Cyclopædia
Assuming or is required, the following 1093 results were found.
-
ALGUAZILhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/politics/ALGUAZIL
in the Spanish Policy, a Sergeant or Officer, who arrests People, and executes the Magistrate’s Orders. See SERJEANT, etc. ALGUAZIL
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Politics - Policy - Justice
-
ALHANDALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/pharmacy/ALHANDAL
and Gum Tragacanth. See TROCHE.They are esteemed good Purgatives, and are used on divers Occasions. See PURGATIVE.The Word is formed of the Arabic Handal, or Handhal, a Name for Colocynthis. See COLOCYNTHIS. ALHANDAL
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Pharmacy
-
CHEVRONEEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/CHEVRONEE
or CHEVRONNY, signifies the Parting of the Shield several times Cheveronswise. Gibbon says, Cheveronne of six.
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
-
AURICULARhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AURICULAR
Auricularis, something known or learnt only by the Ears. See EAR. We say, an Auricular Witness, Auritus Testis, a Witness by hearsay. See WITNESS, EVIDENCE, TESTIMONY, etc. AURICULAR Confession. See CONFESSION. The little Finger is also called...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
-
AGITATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AGITATION
Agitatio, properly signifies shaking; or a reciprocal motion of a body this way and that. See MOTION.The Prophets, Quakers, Pythian Priestesses, &c. were subject to violent agitations of body, &c. See PROPHET, QUAKER, PYTHIA, etc.Among Physiologists,...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
-
ALVEARIUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ALVEARIUM
in Anatomy, the bottom of the Concha; or hollow of the Auricle. See AURICLE, and CONCHA. The Alvearium Auriculae terminates at the Meatus Auditorius. See MEATUS. The Word literally signifies Bee-hive, formed of Alveus, Channel. ALVEARIUM
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Anatomy
-
ASSAILANThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASSAILANT
one that assaults, or sets upon another: See ASSAULT; Attack, etc. ASSAILANT
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
-
ANCYLODEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ANCYLODES
is used by some Writers in Anatomy, for the Process or shooting forth of the Shoulder-bone, in form of a Beak. See OMOPLATE. ANCYLODES
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Anatomy
-
ANKYLOSIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANKYLOSIS
a Disease in the Joints of a human Body; where the nervous Liquor that should lubricate the Bones, and make their Motions more easy, growing too thick, clogs up, and as it were, cement the Bones within one another. See BONE, ARTICULATION, etc. The Word...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
-
ATRABILIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATRABILIS
in the ancient medicine, black or adust bile. See BILE and ADUST. Atrabilis was one of the great humours of the ancient physicians; whence arose the atrabilary, one of their temperaments; answering to what we call melancholy. See HUMOUR, TEMPERAMENT,...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
-
ASYMMETRYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASYMMETRY
Asymmetria, a want of Symmetry or Proportion. See SYMMETRY. In Mathematics, the Term is particularly used for what we more usually call Incommensurability; which is when between two Quantities there is no common Measure: As, between the Side, and...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
-
AFFIDATUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/AFFIDATUS
or Affidarius, in our Law-Books, a Tenant by Fealty: Also a Retainer. See TENANCY, and RETAINER.Affidati non proprie Vassali sunt sed quasi Vassali, qui in alicujus fidem & clientelam sunt recepti, recommendati dicti, Laurentii Amalthea. Affidatio...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Law
-
APARTMENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APARTMENT
a Portion of a large House, wherein a Person may lodge separately; having all the Conveniences requisite to make a complete Habitation. See HOUSE, etc. A complete Apartment must consist at least of a Chamber, an Antichamber, and a Cabinet or Wardrobe....
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
-
ABUNDANCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ABUNDANCE
ABUNDANCE, Copiousness, Plenty. See FERTILITY, CORNUCOPIA, &c. Abundance, when carried to an Excess, is a Fault, call'd Redundance, Exuberance, &c. See REDUNDANCE, EXUBERANCE, etc. The Author of the Dictionnaire Oeconomique gives divers Manners or...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
-
ARMENIANShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMENIANS
in respect of Religion, a Sect, or Division among the Eastern Christians; thus called from Armenia, the Country anciently inhabited by them. See SECT. The Armenians, since the Conquest of their Country by Shah Abbas King of Persia, have had no fixed...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
-
ARTHROSIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARTHROSIS
or Arthrogon,in Anatomy, a Juncture of two Bones, designed for Motion; called also Articulation. See ARTICULATION. The Wordis formed from the Greek ἄρθρον, Articulus, Juncture, Joint. ARTHROSIS
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
-
ASYNDETONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/grammar/ASYNDETON
ASYNDETON, a Figure in Grammar, implying a defect or want of Conjunctions in a Sentence. See FIGURE and CON- JUNCTION. As, in the Instance, Veni, Vidi, Vici, I came; I saw, I conquered; where the Copulative et, and, is omitted. The Word is derived from...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Grammar
-
ACCENSIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/ACCENSION
Accensio, in Physicks, the Act of Kindling, or setting a Body on Fire. See FIRE, FUEL, HEAT, &c. Accension, on other Occasions, is called Inflammation, Ignition, Conflagration, &c. See IGNITION, INFLAMMATION, CONFLAGRATION, &c. Accension stands opposed...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Physics
-
ACCEPTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCEPTION
ACCEPTION, or Acceptation. See ACCEPTATION. ACCEPTION
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
-
ACCESSIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCESSION
ACCESSION, is particularly used for the Act whereby a thing accedes, i. e. joins or unites itself to something existing before. See ACCESSORY. Thus, we say, the Accession of a Governor to a Government, etc. — The first of August is observed in Memory...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified