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  • ALHIDADEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALHIDADE

    or Alhidada, the Index or Label of an Astronomical, or Geometrical Instrument, for taking of Heights or Distances—The Alhidade is a kind of Ruler, movable on the Centre of the Instrument; and carrying the Sights. See INDEX, SIGHTS, &c. See also...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ACROSTIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACROSTIC

    composition, the verses whereof are disposed in such a manner, as that the initial letters make up some person's name, title, or a particular motto. See POEM and POETRY. The word is derived from the Greek ἄκρος, summit, that which is at one of the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • AROMATIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AROMATIC

    Aromaticus,is understood of a Drug, Plant, or the like, which yields a brisk, agreeable smell, and a warm, spicy taste. Such are Frankincense, Storax, Benzoin, Cinnamon, Mace, Cloves, Nutmeg, Pepper, etc.—Such also are Lavender, Marjoram, Sage, Thyme,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • APPANAGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APPANAGE

    Appanagium, Appanace, or Appennagium, the Fortune of a King’s younger Son: or a settled Portion of Lands, etc., assigned for the Subsistence of the Cadets, or younger Sons of a Sovereign Prince. See KING, etc. The younger Sons of England have no certain...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ASSASSINhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASSASSIN

    a Person who kills another with the Advantage either of an Inequality in the Weapons, or by meansof the Situation of the Place, or by attacking him at unawares. See MURDER, DUEL, etc. The Word Assassin is said, by some, to have been brought from the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ASSIGNEEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ASSIGNEE

    in Law,a Person to whom a Thing is appointed, or assigned, to be occupied, paid, or done. See ASSIGN. An Assignee differs from a Deputy in this, that the Assignee possesses or enjoys the thing in his own Right, and a Deputy in the Right of another. See...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Law

  • AVENTUREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AVENTURE

    or rather ADVENTURE, in our Law Books, a Mischance, causing the Death of a Man, without Felony; as, when he is suddenly drowned, or burnt by any Misleap or Mischance, falling into the Water or Fire. See MISADVENTURE, CHANCE, etc. AVENTURE

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • AMBURBIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AMBURBIA

    or Ampursare Sacrum, in Antiquity, a Religious Feast, or Ceremony, practiced among the Romans, wherein they made Processions around their City. The Word is composed of ambio, I go round; or of amb, or ambit, an ancient Preposition, signifying around,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Chronology

  • ALLODIALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ALLODIAL

    Allodran, in ancient Customs.——Allodra, or Allodran Land, is that whereof a Person has the absolute Property; or which he holds without paying any Service or Acknowledgment to any Superior Lord. See PROPERTY, etc. Such an Inheritance is Allodial, i.e.,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Law

  • ADHESIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/ADHESION

    Adherence, in Physics, is the state of two bodies that are joined or fastened to each other, either by the mutual interposition of their own parts, or the compression of external bodies. See COHESION, and NEXUS. The word is compounded of the Latin "ad"...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Physics

  • ASSURANCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ASSURANCE

    in Law. See SECURITY. ASSURANCE, Or INSURANCE, in Commerce. See INSURANCE. Policy of ASSURANCE, is a Contract whereby one or more Persons oblige themselves to make good any Damages which a Ship, a House, or the like, may undergo, by Sea, Fire, or the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Law

  • ADMINICLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/politics/ADMINICLE

    Adminiculum, Adminiculatum, a term used in some ancient statutes, for aid, help, or support.See AID, etc. In the civil jurisprudence, adminiculum signifies the beginning of a proof; an imperfect proof; a circumstance or conjecture, tending to form or...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Politics - Policy - Justice

  • ARABESQUEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARABESQUE

    or Arabesco, something done after the manner of the Arabians. Arabesque, Grotesque, and Moresque, are Terms applied to such Painting, Ornaments of Friezes, etc. wherein there are no human, or animal Figures, but which consist wholly of imaginary...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • AGGREGATEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AGGREGATE

    the sum, or result of several things aggregated or added together. See ACCRETION, and SUM.Natural bodies are Aggregates, or Assemblages of Particles or Corpuscles, bound together by the Principle of Attraction. See BODY, PARTICLE, &c.The word is formed...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ALLUMINORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALLUMINOR

    ALLUMINOR, or Enluminor, or Illuminator, one who by Trade colours, or paints upon Paper or Parchment. See COLOUR, PAINTING, etc.

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ALTIMETRYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALTIMETRY

    Altimetria, the Art of taking or measuring Altitudes, or Heights; whether accessible or inaccessible. See ALTITUDE.Altimetria makes the first Part of Geometry; including the Doctrine and Practice of measuring both perpendicular and oblique Lines;...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ABOLITIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ABOLITION

    the Act of undoing, destroying, or throwing a Thing out of use. Thus, in our Laws, the Abolition of a Law, Statute, or Custom, is the abrogating or repealing it. See ABROGATION, REPEALING, STATUTE, &c. So, the Leave given by the King or Judge, to a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Law

  • ACOUSTICShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACOUSTICS

    ACOUSTICS, Acoustica, the Doctrine or Theory of Sounds. See SOUND.Acoustics is what we otherwise call Phonics.Phonics.Acoustics, or Acoustica, or Acoustic Medicines, are Remedies against the Imperfections and Disorders of the Ear; or of the Sense of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ABROGATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ABROGATION

    the Act of annulling or repealing a Law, or of abolishing or setting aside the Authority thereof.See LAW, REPEAL, &c. The Word, in this Sense, is borrow'd from the Civil Practice of the Romans, Among that People, to propose a Law to the People for their...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Law

  • AMERCEMENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AMERCEMENT

    or Ammercement, in Law, a Penalty assessed by the Peers or Equals of the Party amerced, for an Offence done; or a pecuniary Punishment imposed upon Offenders, at the Mercy of the Court; and therefore in our Law frequently called 'Misericordia'. See...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Law
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