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  • ACMEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACME

    ACME, the height or top of anything. The word is Greek, "ἀκμή" (akmē), point, tip; of "ἀκμάζω" (akmazō), I flourish. Acme is more especially used to denote the height of a distemper; which is divided into four periods by some institution writers: 1)...

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

  • ACTORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/poetry/ACTOR

    ACTOR, in Dramatic Poetry, one who represents some Person or Character upon the Theatre. See PERSON, and CHARACTER. Tragedy, in its original, only consisted of a simple Chorus, who sang Hymns in honor of Bacchus. See TRAGEDY, and CHORUS. Thespis was...

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

  • ADEPShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ADEPS

    Cavities of the Abdomen. See FAT.Adeps differs from the common fat, called Pinguedo, in that it is thicker, harder, and of a more earthy substance.See PINGUEDO.Adeps is much the same as what we call Sevum, Suet, or Leaf. See SEVUM.Adeps is also used by...

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

  • ADIThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADIT

    Apertus, the shaft or entrance into a mine, quarry, or the like. See MINE, QUARRY, etc. ADIT

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

  • AGISThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AGIST

    in Law.—To agist, signifies to take in, and feed, the cattle of strangers, in the King’s forest; and gather the money due for the same. See AGISTOR.The word is also extended to the taking in of other men's cattle, in any man's ground; at a certain rate...

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

  • AGONYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AGONY

    Agonis, the extremity of pain or a disease; when nature makes her last effort, or struggle, to throw off the evil that oppresses her. See PAIN, DISEASE, and DEATH. The Word is form’d from the Greek term, Certamen, Combat; this being a kind of Strife...

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

  • ALPHAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALPHA

    an, without; sometimes Augmentation, as dyer, much; and sometimes Union, as aves together. It was also used as a Letter of Order, to denote the first; and of Number, to signify one; but when it was a numerical Letter, a little Stroke, or an acute Accent...

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

  • AMBOhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/AMBO

    a kind of Pulpit, or Desk, anciently used in Churches, whereon the Priests and Deacons stood to read, or sing part of the Service; and preach to the People. See PULPIT. It was ascended by Steps; which occasioned that part of the Office performed there,...

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

  • AMBRYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AMBRY

    or Armory, the Place where the Arms, Plate, Vessels, and everything belonging to House-keeping were kept. Hence, probably the Ambry at Westminster, was so called, because formerly set apart for that use; or rather, from Aumonery, a House adjoining to an...

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

  • ANSEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ANSES

    or Ansae, in Astronomy, those apparently prominent Parts of the Planet Saturn’s Ring, discovered in its opening, and appearing like Handles to the Body of that Planet. See SATURN and RING. The Word is Latin and literally signifies Handles or Arms of...

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

  • ANTAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/architecture/ANTA

    or Ante, in the ancient Architecture, a square Column, or Pilaster, placed at the Corners of the Walls of their Temples and other Edifices. See PILASTER, TEMPLE, etc. The Antae stood out of the Wall, with a Projection equal to one eighth of their Face,...

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

  • AORTAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/AORTA

    AORTA, in Anatomy, an Artery, which arises immediately out of the left Ventricle of the Heart; and is distributed thence through all Parts of the Body. See ARTERY and HEART. The Aorta is otherwise called the great Artery; as being the Trunk, out of...

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

  • APPLYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APPLY

    is used among Mathematicians three ways:1. It signifies to transfer a Line given into a Circle, most commonly, or into any other Figure; so as its Ends be in the Perimeter of the Figure. 2. To apply denotes as much as to divide, especially among the...

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

  • APRONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APRON

    in Gunnery, a piece of Lead which caps, or covers the Vent, or Touch-Hole of a great Gun. See GUN, ORDNANCE, etc. APRON

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

  • ATONYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ATONY

    ἀτονία, in medicine, etc. a want of tone or tension; or a relaxation of the solids of a human body; occasioning a loss of strength, faintings, etc. See TONE, SOLID, FIBRE, RELAXATION, etc. The word is compounded of the privative α, and τόνος, I stretch....

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

  • AVISOhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AVISO

    an Advice, piece of Intelligence, or Advertisement; to notify some Event, or Matter worthy of Knowledge. See ADVERTISEMENT, etc. The Word is Italian, and is chiefly used in Matters of Commerce. AVISO

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

  • AYRYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AYRY

    or Aery of Hawks, a nest or company of hawks; so called from the old French word aire, which signifies the same thing. See HAWK and HAWKING. AYRY

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

  • ERAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ERA

    whence to begin the Computation of the Years elapsed since. See Epoch. The generality of Writers agree, that the Era was originally used in respect of the system of reckoning Time among the Spaniards; whose Era was thirty-eight Years older than the...

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

  • ABBESShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ABBESS

    the Superior of an Abbey, or Convent of Nuns. See ABBEY, and CONVENT. The Abbess has the same Rights, and Authority over her Nuns that the Abbots regular have over their Monks. See ABBOT. The Sex indeed does not allow her to perform the Spiritual...

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

  • ACCUREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCURE

    ACCURE, or Accrue, denotes something to fall by way of accession or accretion to another. See ACCRETION and ACCESSION. ACCURE

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