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  • ADIPOSAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ADIPOSA

    or Adiposa Membrana, in anatomy, is a membrane investing the body, immediately under the cutis;supposed to be the basis of the fat, which is lodged in the spaces between its fibers and in peculiar cells formed herein. See FAT, CUTIS, etc. Anatomists are...

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

  • AJUTAGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/hydrology/AJUTAGE

    in Hydraulics, part of the Apparatus of an artificial Fountain, or Jet d’Eau; being a kind of Tube, fitted to the Mouth or Aperture of the Vessel; through which the Water is to be played, and by it determined into this or that Figure.'Tis chiefly the...

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

  • APYREXYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/APYREXY

    in Medicine, the Intermission of a Fever or Ague. See FEVER and AGUE. The Word is formed of the privative Particle α (a), and πῦρ (pyr), Fire or Heat, or πυρετός (pyretos), to be feverish. APYREXY

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

  • ÆGILOPShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/geometry/ÆGILOPS

    a Tumor, or rather Ulcer, in the great Canthus or Angle of the Eye, by the Root of the Nose; either with or without an Inflammation. See EYE, TUMOR, and ULCER. The Word, in its original Greek, aigylops, signifies a Goat's Eye; in regard, Goats are...

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

  • AERIANShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AERIANS

    there is no difference between Priests and Bishops; but that the Priesthood and Episcopate are absolutely one and the same Order, or Dignity: An Opinion since strenuously asserted by many modern Divines. See BISHOP, PRIEST, PRESBYTER, etc. Aerius built...

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

  • AQUATIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AQUATIC

    AQUATIC, something which lives, breeds, or grows in, or about the Water. See WATER. We have Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Animals, etc. See PLANT, ANIMAL, etc. Trees which grow on the Banks of Rivers, or in Marshes, etc. are also called aquatics. AQUATIC

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

  • ALIMONYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ALIMONY

    Alimonia, in Law, anciently signified Nourishment, or Maintenance; but in a more modern Sense, denotes that Portion, or Allowance which a married Woman sues for, upon any occasional Separation from her Husband, wherein she is not charged with Elopement...

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

  • AGILOPShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AGILOPS

    a Tumor, or rather Ulcer, in the great Canthus or Angle of the Eye, by the Root of the Nose; either with or without an Inflammation. See Eye, Tumor, and Ulcer. The Word, in its original Greek, aigylops, signifies a Goat's Eye; in regard, Goats are...

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

  • CARACOLhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/CARACOL

    the Manage, a Motion which the Cavalier makes hals round ; or a hals turn from Left to Right changing Hands ; that his Enemy may be uncertain on which side he intends to attack : whether in Front, or Flank. CARACOL, is also the half turn each Horseman...

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

  • ANATRONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANATRON

    or Natron, a kind of native Salt-petre, or Nitre, found in Egypt. See NATRON, and NITRE. Natron is also a volatile Salt, skimmed from the Composition of Glass, when in fusion. See GLASS. When pounded, it yields a kind of Powder; which being dissolved in...

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

  • ATELLANhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ATELLAN

    or ATELLANAE, in Antiquity, a kind of comic and satiric Pieces, presented on the Roman Theater; somewhat less ludicrous than the Farces on the English Stage, and yet less grave and serious than the Greek or Latin Comedies and Tragedies. See COMEDY,...

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

  • ANGELIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANGELIC

    or Angelical, something belonging to, or that partakes of, the Nature of Angels. See ANGEL. Thus, we say, an Angelical Life, &c.—St. Thomas is styled the Angelical Doctor.—The Angelical Salutation is called by the Romanists Ave Maria. See AVE. The...

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

  • ANOREXYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ANOREXY

    ANOREXY, Anorexia, in Medicine, an Inappetency, or Loss of Appetite. See APPETITE. Anorexia is properly a longer continuance than is natural, without a desire to eat. See FOOD, FASTING, DISEASE, etc. If the Thought, or the Sight of proper Food, create a...

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

  • ATROPHYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATROPHY

    ἀτροφία, an indisposition or disease, wherein the body or some of its parts, do not receive the necessary nutriment, but dwindles or wastes insensibly. See NUTRITION. Such are what we commonly call consumptions, phthisis, etc. See CONSUMPTION, PHTHISIS,...

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

  • ANTICORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTICOR

    ANTICOR, Anticoeur or Anticogur, or Avant-Coeur, among Farriers, is usually described as a preternatural Swelling, of the Size and Figure of an Apple, occasioned by a sanguine and bilious Humour; and appearing in the Horse’s Breast opposite to his...

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

  • ANTIDOTEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTIDOTE

    a Remedy taken either to prevent or cure Contagion. See PHYSIC, CONTAGION, PRESERVATIVE, etc. The Word Antidote is also used to signify a Medicine taken to prevent the ill Effects of some other, for instance, Poison. See POISON. In this Sense, the Word...

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

  • ANTITYPEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTITYPE

    a Greek Word, properly signifying a Type or Figure corresponding to some other Type. See TYPE. The Word Antitype, ἀντίτυπον, occurs twice in the New Testament, viz. in the Epistle to the Hebrews, IX. 24. and in St. Peter, I Ep. III. 21. where its...

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

  • ABBUTALShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ABBUTALS

    among Law-Writers, denote the Buttings or Boundings of a piece of Land ; expressing on what other Lands, Highways, or the like, the several Extremes thereof do abut, or terminate. Thus, in Croke, the Plaintiff is said to fail in his Abbutals, i. e. in...

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

  • APHORISMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APHORISM

    APHORISM, a Maxim, general Rule, or Principle of a Science; or a brief Sentence, comprehending a great deal of Matter in a few Words. See MAXIM, etc. The Term is chiefly used in Medicine and Law. Thus we say the Aphorisms of Hippocrates, of Sanctorius,...

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

  • AGRARIANhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AGRARIAN

    in Roman Jurisprudence, a Denomination given to such Laws as relate to the Partition or Distribution of Lands. See LAW. The Word is form’d of the Latin Ager, Field. The Agrarian Law, Lex Agraria, by way of Eminence, was a celebrated Law, publish’d by...

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