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  • ALTERNATEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry/ALTERNATE

    in Heraldry, is used in respect of the Situation of the Quarters. See QUARTER. Thus, in Quarterly, Ecartele, the first and fourth Quarters are alternate; and are usually of the same Nature. The like holds of the second and third. See QUARTERING,...

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

  • ANATOCISMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANATOCISM

    by the Roman Law, as well as the Common Laws of most other Countries. See USURY. The Word is originally Greek, but is used by Cicero in Latin; whence it has descended into most other Languages. It comes from the Preposition ἀνά, which in Composition...

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

  • ANECDOTEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANECDOTES

    Anecdota, a Term used by some Authors, for the Titles of Secret Histories; that is of such as relate the secret Affairs and Transactions of Princes; speaking with too much Freedom, or too much Sincerity, of the Manner and Conduct of Persons in...

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

  • ARÆOSTYLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARÆOSTYLE

    ever planted; whence the name: from the Greek ἀραιός (araios), rare, and στῦλος (stylos), column. The Aræostyle is chiefly used in the Tuscan Order; at the gates of great cities and fortresses. ARÆOSTYLE

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

  • ADMINICLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/politics/ADMINICLE

    Adminiculum, Adminiculatum, a term used in some ancient statutes, for aid, help, or support.See AID, etc. In the civil jurisprudence, adminiculum signifies the beginning of a proof; an imperfect proof; a circumstance or conjecture, tending to form or...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Politics - Policy - Justice

  • ARCHETYPEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHETYPE

    word coincides with original; and stands opposed to copy. See ORIGINAL and COPY. Among minters, &c., archetype is peculiarly used for thestandard or original weight, by which the other weights are to be adjusted and examined. See STANDARD. The...

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

  • AEROMETRYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AEROMETRY

    rarefaction, condensation, etc., of that fluid. See ELASTICITY, RAREFACTION, etc. The term "Aerometry" is not commonly used; instead, this branch of philosophy is usually referred to as Pneumatics. See PNEUMATICS. C. Wolfius, Professor of Mathematics at...

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

  • ASCENDENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASCENDENT

    Bent and propensity to one thing more than another. See NATIVITY, &c. In the Celestial Theme, this is also called the First House, the Oriental Angle, and the Significator of Life. See HOUSE, THEME, SIGNIFICATOR, &c. Such a Planet ruled in his...

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

  • AMBROSIANhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/AMBROSIAN

    frequently read of the Ambrosian Rite, the Ambrosian Office, &c. denoting a particular Office, or Formula of Worship, used in the Church of Milan; which is sometimes also called the Ambrosian Church. See RITE, OFFICE, &c. We also meet with the Ambrosian...

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

  • ACCIDENCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCIDENCE

    ACCIDENCE, Accidentia, a Name used for a little Book, containing the first Elements or Rudiments of the Latin Tongue. See GRAMMAR. ACCIDENCE

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

  • ANNIENTEDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANNIENTED

    a Term sometimes used in Law Books, in the sense of frustrated, or annulled. It is of French origin; being formed of the Verb Annientir, to bring to nothing, annihilate. ANNIENTED

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

  • ACQUITTALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACQUITTAL

    freed: In which Case, as the Accessory is acquitted by Law, so is the Principal in Fact. See ACCESSORY. Acquittal is also used, where there is a Lord Mesne, and Tenant, and the Tenant holds Lands of the Mesne, and the Mesne holds over of the Lord...

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

  • ACOUSTICShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACOUSTICS

    See EAR, and HEARING.The Word is formed from the Greek ἀκοή (akoē), Hearing.Acoustic is particularly applied to Instruments used by those who are slow of Hearing; to supply that Defect.Dr. Hook says, it is by no means impossible to hear the lowest sound...

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

  • ADJOININGhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/philosophy/ADJOINING

    Adjunction, in philosophy, etc. See ADJUNCT and ADJUNCTION.Adjoining is particularly used for the associating of a person to another, or appointing him a colleague, or adjunct.See ADJUNCT, etc. ADJOINING

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

  • ANNOISANCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ANNOISANCE

    private one, by laying anything that may breed Infection; by encroaching, or the like means. See NUISANCE. Annoisance is also used for a Writ brought upon this Transgression. See NUISANCE. ANNOISANCE

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

  • ÆGYPTIACUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/pharmacy/ÆGYPTIACUM

    UNGUENT. It is composed of Verdigris, Vinegar, and Honey, boiled to a Consistency. The Prescription is Mesue's.—It is chiefly used for eating off rotten Flesh, and cleansing foul Ulcers; particularly Venereal ones in the Throat, etc. It also destroys...

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

  • ACROSPIREDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACROSPIRED

    ACROSPIRED is used in respect to barley; which, in the operation of making malt, is apt, after coming, or sprouting at the lower, or root-end, to become Acrospired, i.e. to sprout also at the upper, or blade-end. See MALT. ACROSPIRED

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

  • ASCETERIUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASCETERIUM

    Asisterium, Archisterium, etc. are Words frequently used among our ancient Writers, for a Monastery. See MONASTERY. ASCETERIUM

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

  • ANAGOGICALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANAGOGICAL

    that raises the Mind to Things eternal and divine; the Matters of the next Life. See ANAGOGY. This Term is principally used with regard to the different Senses of the Scripture. The literal Sense is the first, and the natural Sense. The mystical Sense...

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

  • AMMUNITIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AMMUNITION

    more especially Powder and Ball. See MUNITION. The Word is formed of the Latin Amonitio, which, according to Du Cange, was used in the corrupt State of that Language for Subsistence. AMMUNITION

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