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  • ARSIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARSIS

    where a point being inverted, is said to move per Arsin & Thesin; that is, rises in one part, and falls in another; or, on the contrary, falls in one part, and rises in another: Whence is produced a very agreeable variety. ARSIS

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

  • ASIDEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASIDE

    the Drama.—An Aside, Secorsim, is something which an Actor speaks apart, or, as it were, to himself, for the Instruction of the Audience, by discovering some Sentiment which otherwise did not appear, and which is to be concealed from the rest of the...

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

  • ASPERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/grammar/ASPER

    in Grammar.—Spiritus Asper,a Character or Accent, in form of a comma; placed over certain Letters, in the Greek Tongue, to show they are to be strongly aspirated, and to supply the Place of an H. See ASPIRATE. ASPER also signifies a little Turkish...

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

  • AThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AT

    or Ap, in our ancient Customs, signifies as much as old, ancient.—This, being prefixed to the Names of Places, expresses their Antiquity; as Aldborough, Aldgate, &c. AT

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

  • ATLAShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATLAS

    ATLAS, in Anatomy the Name of the first Vertebra of the Neck, which supports the Head. See VERTEBRA and NECK. It is so called in allusion to the celebrated Mountain Atlas in Africa, which is so high, that it seems to bear the Heavens; and to the Fable,...

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

  • AURAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AURA

    an airy Exhalation, or Vapour. See EXHALATION. The Word is Latin, derived from the Greek αὔρα, gentle Wind. AURA

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

  • AURUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/AURUM

    in natural history, gold. See GOLD. The word is chiefly applied to certain chemical preparations, whereof gold is the basis or principal ingredient.—Such are the aurum potabile, aurum fulminans, etc. AURUM

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Natural History

  • AVASThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AVAST

    a Term frequently used on board a Ship, signifying to stop, hold, or stay. The Word is form’d of the Italian, basta, it is enough, it suffices. AVAST

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

  • AVERYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AVERY

    a place where oats, or provender are kept for the king’s horses. See AVERTA. AVERY

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

  • AWNhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/phytology/AWN

    in botany, arista; the beard growing out of the husk of corn or grass. See ARISTA, CORN, etc. AWN

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

  • AZUREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AZURE

    the blue color of the skies. See BLUE, COLOR, SKY, etc. Azure, in heraldry, signifies a blue color, in the coats of arms of all persons under the degree of a baron. See COLOR. In the escutcheons of noblemen, blue is called Saphir; and in those of...

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

  • ACCORDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ACCORD

    ACCORD, in Law, is an agreement between two, at the least, to satisfy an offense that one has committed against the other; whether it be a trespass or such like thing, for which he has agreed to satisfy him. This, when executed, becomes a good bar in...

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

  • ACOPUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACOPUM

    ACOPUM, a Fomentation, of warm and emollient things, to allay the Sense of Weariness, occasioned by too violent Labour or Exercise. See FOMENTATION, BATHING, etc.The Word is compounded of the Privative α, and κόπος (kopos), labor. ACOPUM

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

  • ADAGIOhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/phonics/ADAGIO

    ADAGIO, in Music, one of the words used by the Italians to denote a degree or distinction of time. See TIME. The Adagio expresses a slow time; the slowest of any, except Grave. See ALLEGRO. The Triple 3 is ordinarily Adagio. See TRIPLE. ADAGIO

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Phonics - Music

  • ADEPTShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADEPTS

    Lully, Paracelsus, Helmont, Hollandus, Centivoglio, etc. are the principal figures among the Adepts. See CHEMISTRY.The word is Latin, Adeptus, formed from the verb adipiscor, meaning "I obtain."It is a sort of tradition among the Alchemists that there...

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

  • ÆDEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ÆDES

    in Antiquity, an inferior kind of Temple, distinguished by this, that it was not consecrated by the Augurs. See TEMPLE, AUGUR, etc. Such was the Aerarium, or Treasury; called Aedes Saturni. See AERARIUM. ÆDES

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

  • AGARIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/pharmacy/AGARIC

    or Fauagus Agaricus, in pharmacy, a kind of fungous excrescence growing on the trunks, and large branches of several trees; but chiefly on the larch-tree, and certain oaks. See FUNGUS. Dioscorides derives its name from a province of Sarmatia, called...

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

  • AGLETShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AGLETS

    Acuers, or ACLEETS, among Florists, the pendants hanging on the edges of Chives, and Stamen; as in Tulips, Roses, and like-grass, etc. See CHIVE, STAMEN, etc. AGLETS

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

  • ALCAIDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALCAID

    the Governor of a City in Barbary. See ALCAIDE.The Jurisdiction of the Alcaid is sovereign, both in Civil and Criminal Concerns; and Fines and Punishments lie wholly at his Door. The Word is formed of the Particle Al, and the Verb kad, or akad, to...

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

  • ALCALIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALCALI

    Alkary, or rather Alkary. See ALKALY. ALCALI

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