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  • ALCOHOLhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/chymistry/ALCOHOL

    leaving the least Phlegm or Feces behind. See SPIRIT, DISTILLATION, RECTIFICATION, &c. The Word Alcohol is sometimes also used for a very fine, impalpable Powder. See POWDER. The Word is formed from the Arabic or Hebrew kaal, to lessen, attenuate,...

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

  • ALLEGROhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/phonics/ALLEGRO

    in Music, a Word used by the Italians to denote one of the six Distinctions of Time. See TIME. Allegro expresses a very quick Motion, the quickest of all excepting Presto. The usual six Distinctions succeed each other in the following Order: Grave,...

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

  • ALLIOTHhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/ALLIOTH

    in Astronomy, a Star in the Tail of the Great Bear, whose Observation is much used at Sea. See STAR. Its Longitude, Latitude, &c., see among the rest of Ursa Major. To find the Latitude, or Elevation of the Pole by this Star. See LATITUDE, and POLE....

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

  • ARREARShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARREARS

    of an Account; or a Sum of Money remaining in the Hands of an Accountant. See ACCOUNT and ACCOUNTANT. The Word is also used more generally for a Remainder of Rents, or Monies unpaid at the due Time; whether they be Rents of a Manor, or any other Thing...

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

  • ARRETEDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARRETED

    Arrectatus,is sometimes used in our ancient Law-Books, for imputed, or laid to; as, No Folly may be arreted to one under Age. ARRETED

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

  • ASCETIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASCETIC

    ANCHORITE, etc. The Word is derived from the Greek ἀσκητής, which is formed from ἄσκησις, I exercise. The Term Asceticis also used as a Title of several Books of Spiritual Exercises: As, the Ascetics, or devout Treatises of St. Basil, Archbishop of...

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

  • ESTUARYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/ESTUARY

    up a good way into the Land. See SEA.Such is Bristol Channel, many of the Firths of Scotland, etc.Estuary, is sometimes also used in Pharmacy, for a Vapour-Bath, Balneum Vaporosum, See VAPOUR, and BATH. ESTUARY

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

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

    Name of a nitrous Juice, which condenses in Vaults, Arches, and other subterraneous Places. See STALACTITES. Natron is also used by some Writers for a compound Salt, made of Quicklime, Alum, Vitriol, common Salt, and Nitre. See SALT.

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

  • ATARAXYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATARAXY

    Ataraxia, a term much used by the Stoics, to denote that calmness and tranquillity of mind, and that firmness of judgment which sets us free from any agitations or emotions arising from self-opinion, and the knowledge we imagine ourselves possessed of....

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

  • ANCHOVYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/commerce/ANCHOVY

    in Matters of Commerce, &c., a little Sea Fish, much used by way of Sauce, or Seasoning. Scaliger describes it as of the Herring-kind, about the Length of a Finger, having a pointed Snout, a wide Mouth, no Teeth, but Gums as rough as a Saw. Others make...

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

  • ATHANORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATHANOR

    and Constructions of this Furnace, in the Writers of Alchemy. The Athanor is also called Piger Henricus, Slow Harry; because chiefly used in the slower Operation; and because once filled with coals, it keeps burning a long time; whence the Greeks call...

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

  • ANIMATEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANIMATE

    Animare, something endued with Life or a living Soul. See LIFE and SOUL. Thus, in Mechanics, animate Power is used to denote a Man or Brute; in contradistinction to inanimate ones, as Springs, Weights, etc. See POWER, etc. ANIMATE

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

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

    etc. If the Thought, or the Sight of proper Food, create a Sickness in the Stomach, or a Tendency to vomit; it is called Nausea. See NAUSEA. Anorexia is chiefly considered as a Symptom of some other Disorder, from which the curative Indications are to...

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

  • ANTISCIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/geography/ANTISCI

    Elevation of Pole. See ANTIOCI. The Antisci are distinguished from Perioeci, etc. See PERIOECI. Antisci are sometimes also used among Astrologers, for two Points of the Heavens equally distant from the Tropics—Thus the Signs Leo and Aquarius are held...

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

  • ANTIADEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTIADES

    a Term used by some Writers for the Glandules, and Kernels, more commonly called Tonsils and Almonds of the Ears. See TONSIL, ALMOND, and AMYGDALA, etc. ANTIADES

    • 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

  • ACETARIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACETARIA

    ACETARIA, a Salad. See SALAD. The word is formed from Acetum, vinegar; because that fluid is commonly used for the seasoning of it. ACETARIA

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

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

    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, of Boerhaave, etc., Aphorisms of the Civil...

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

  • ANNULETShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/architecture/ANNULETS

    also a narrow flat Moulding, common to other Parts of a Column, viz. the Bases, etc., as well as the Capital; so called, because it encompasses the Column round. In this Sense, annulet is frequently used for a Baguette or little Astragal. See BAGUETTE,...

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

  • ACRIBEIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACRIBEIA

    ACRIBEIA, a Term purely Greek, ἀκρίβεια, literally denoting an exquisite or delicate Accuracy; sometimes used in our Language for want of a Word of equal Significancy. ACRIBEIA

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