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  • ADDICEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADDICE

    ADDICE, or Adze, a sharp tool, of the ax-kind, but different from the common ax. It is made crooked, and by that means more convenient for cutting the hollow side of any board or timber; being what the coopers generally make use of for that purpose....

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    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ADONIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADONIA

    or Adonic Feasts, were ancient feasts, instituted in honor of Adonis; and observed with great solemnity among the Greeks, Egyptians, etc. See FEAST. They were begun by the women; who imitated the cries and lamentations of Venus, for the death of her...

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

  • ÆOLIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/grammar/ÆOLIC

    or Aeolian, in Grammar, the name of one of the five Dialects of the Greek Tongue. See GREEK, and DIALECT. It was first used in Boeotia; whence it passed into Lesvos, and was that which Sappho and Alcaeus wrote in. The Aeolic Dialect throws out all the...

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

  • ÆRAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ÆRA

    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: Chronology

  • AFFIRMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AFFIRM

    in Law.—To affirm, signifies to ratify, or confirm a former Law, or Judgment.—In the like Sense, is the Substantive Affirmance used. See AFFIRMATION. AFFIRM

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

  • ALNAGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALNAGE

    or Aulnag, a.k.a. Ell-measure; the measuring of woollen Manufactures with an Ell; and the other Functions of the Alnager. See ALNAGER.The Word is French; formed of Aune, or Alne, an Ell.See ELL.All our Laws relating to the Alnage, Sir J. Child observes,...

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

  • AMNIOShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/AMNIOS

    or Amnion, in Anatomy, the innermost Membrane, wherewith the Fetus in the Womb is immediately invested. See FETUS. The Amnios is a white, soft, thin, transparent Membrane; making part of the Secundines, and lying next under the Chorion. See SECUNDINE,...

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

  • ANBURYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANBURY

    a kind of Wen, or spongy Wart, growing upon any part of a Horse, or Cow, full of Blood.

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

  • ANDREWhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANDREW

    Knights of St. Andrew, or the Thistle. See THISTLE. Andrew’s Cross, is a Badge worn in the Hat, by the People of Scotland, on the Day of the Feast of that Saint. It consists of blue and white Ribbons, disposed into a Cross, or Saltier; and is intended...

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

  • APIARYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APIARY

    a Bee-House; a Place or Court where Bees are kept. The Word comes from the Latin, apis, a Bee: The Apiary should be screened from high Winds on every side, either naturally or artificially; and well defended from Poultry, &c., whose Dung is offensive to...

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

  • APICEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/phytology/APICES

    and FLOWER. They are commonly of a dark, purplish Colour.—By the Microscope they have been discovered to be, as it were, a sort of Capsulae seminales, or Seed-Vessels, containing in them small globular, and often oval Particles of various Colours, and...

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

  • ARBOURhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARBOUR

    among gardeners, a kind of shady bower or cabinet, contrived to take the air in. See GARDEN. Arbours are now much into disuse, by reason their seats, apt to be moist, are unwholesome. They are distinguished into natural and artificial. Natural Arbours,...

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

  • ASTATIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASTATI

    or ASTARII or ASTARTI, a Sect of Heretics in the ninth Century, the Followers of one Sergius, who renewed the Errors of the Manichees. See MANICHEE. They prevailed much under the Emperor Nicephorus; but his nephew Michael Curopalates, curbed them with...

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

  • ASTRALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASTRAL

    something belonging to the Stars, or depending on the Stars. See STAR. The Word comes from the Latin astrum, from the Greek ἀστήρ, Star. ASTRAL, or Sidereal Year. See SIDEREAL and YEAR. ASTRAL

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

  • AUMONEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUMONE

    or ALMS. See ALMS. Tenure in AUMONE, is where Lands are given to a Religious House, or Church, that some Service may be said for the good of the Donor’s Soul. See TENURE. AUMONE

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

  • AVOWEEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AVOWEE

    as a Guardian that presents in the Name of his Ward; as also from those who only have the Lands whereto an Advowson belongs for Term of Life, or Years, by Intrusion, or Disseisin. AVOWEE

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

  • AVOWRYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AVOWRY

    in Law, is where one takes a distress for rent or other thing; and the other sues replevin. In which case the taker shall justify, in his plea, for what cause he took it: And if he took it in his own right, is to show it, and so avow the taking; which...

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

  • AWNINGhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AWNING

    on board a ship, is when a sail, a tarpaulin, or the like, is hung over any part of the ship, above the decks, to keep off the sun, rain, or wind. In the long-boat they make an awning, by bringing the sail over the yard and stay; and booming it out with...

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

  • AXILLAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/AXILLA

    or ARMPIT, in anatomy, the cavity under the upper part of the arm; commonly the armpit. See ARM. The Word is a diminutive of Axis; q.d. little Axis. AXILLA, abscesses in the axilla are usually dangerous, on account of the many blood-vessels, lymphatics,...

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

  • AZONEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AZONES

    in mythology; a term anciently applied to such of the gods as were not the private divinities of any particular country or people, but were acknowledged as gods in every country, and worshipped by every nation. See GOD. The word is derived from the...

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