Cyclopædia
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AEGYPTIACUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AEGYPTIACUM
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...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AVOIRDUPOIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AVOIRDUPOIS
or Averdupois Weight, a kind of Weight used in England; the Pound whereof contains sixteen Ounces. See WEIGHT. The Proportion of a Pound Avoirdupois to a Pound Troy, is as 17 to 14. See TROY, POUND, and OUNCE. All the larger and coarser Commodities are...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AMPHIBOLOGYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/grammar/AMPHIBOLOGY
a Fault in Language, whereby it is rendered obscure, and liable to be understood in a double Sense. Amphibology is chiefly used in respect of a Phrase; as Equivoque is in respect of a Word. See EQUIVOQUE, and EQUIVOCATION. Of this kind was that Answer...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Grammar
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ARTOTYRITEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ARTOTYRITES
a Branch of the ancient Montanists, who first appeared in the second Century, and infested all Galatia. See MONTANIST. They used Bread and Cheese in the Eucharist, or perhaps Bread baked with Cheese.—Their Reason was, that the first Men offered to God,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Theology
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ADDER-Stunghttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADDER-Stung
ADDER-Stung is used in respect of cattle when stung with any kind of venomous reptiles; as adders, scorpions, etc., or bit by a hedgehog or shrew. ADDER-Stung
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANTISTITIUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTISTITIUM
a Term used in ancient Histories, for a Monastery. See MONASTERY.
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ANTISTROPHEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTISTROPHE
is also used in Lyric Poetry, in respect of an Ode, which is usually divided into the Strophe, Antistrophe, and Epode. See ODE. The Antistrophe is a kind of Echo, or Replication to the Strophe; and the Epode a launching out from them both. See STROPHE...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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APPOINTMENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APPOINTMENT
Lords and Princes, to Persons of Worth and Parts; in order to retain them in their Service. See SALARY. The Term is chiefly used among the French. The King of France gives large Appointments to several of the Officers in his Service. Appointments differ...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARTERIOTOMYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARTERIOTOMY
Cases. See ARTERY, PHLEBOTOMY, &c.—For the Effects hereof, see Aneurisma. Arteriotomy, is a very dangerous Operation, seldom used with Design, except in the Temples, and behind the Ears, where the Arteries are easily reached again by reason of the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ALBUMEN Ovihttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALBUMEN%20Ovi
Ovi, the white of an Egg. See EGG. It is used in Medicine, as being of a glutinous or binding Nature, on which Account it is often mixed with Bole Armeniac, &c. to prevent any strained Part from rising into a Tumor, and restore it to its Tone or...
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ADOLESCENCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADOLESCENCE
12 to 25 in boys; and to 21 in girls. See PUBERTY, etc. And yet, among their writers, Juvenis and Adolescens are frequently used indifferently, for any person under 45years. The word is formed from the Latin adolesco, I grow. The fibers being arrived at...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ABSTERGENTShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ABSTERGENTS
The Word Abstergent is compounded of the Latin abs, from ; and tergo, I wipe.---— Whence, also, Abtersion is sometimes used for the mechanical Act of Tersion, or Wiping. See TERSION. ABSTERGEANS
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Medicine
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ATTENUATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATTENUATION
mutual nexus or implication, formed a more continuous mass.—Accordingly, among the alchemists, we sometimes find the word used for pulverization, or the act of reducing a body into an impalpable powder. See POWDER and PULVERIZATION. ATTENUATION
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARISTOCRACYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARISTOCRACY
Republic of Venice is an Aristocracy. See REPUBLIC. Aristocracy coincides with Oligarchy; which however, is more ordinarily used to signify a Corruption of an aristocratical State, where the Administration is in the Hands of too few. See OLIGARCHY. The...
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ADJUDICATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADJUDICATION
act of adjudging; or of giving anything by sentence, decree, or judgment. See ADJUDGED and JUDGMENT. The word is particularly used for the addition or consigning a thing sold by cant, auction, or the like, to the highest bidder. See AUCTION. ADJUDICATION
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ABLAQUEATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/agriculture/ABLAQUEATION
a Name used by the antient Writers of Agriculture, for an Operation in Gardening, whereby Earth is dug from about a Vine, or other Fruit-Tree, and its Roots laid bare, to expose 'em more to the Sun, Rain, and Air, in order to promote its Fecundity. See...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Agriculture
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AMORTIZATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/AMORTIZATION
in Natural History, a kind of Earth that dissolves in Oil; used to blacken the Eyebrows, and the Hair withal. See EARTH. AMORTIZATION
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Natural History
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ART AND PARThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ART%20AND%20PART
AND PART,is a Term used in the North of England, and in Scotland.—When any one is charged with a Crime, they say he is Art and Part in committing the same; that is, he was both a Contriver, and acted a Part in it. See Principal, Accessary, &c.
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANGEIOGRAPHYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANGEIOGRAPHY
a Description of the Weights, Measures, Vessels, &c. used by the several Nations. See MEASURE, WEIGHT, VESSEL, etc. The Word is compounded of ἀγγεῖον, Vas, Vessel; and γράφω, scribo, I describe. ANGEIOGRAPHY
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AGNUS Castushttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AGNUS%20Castus
during the Feasts of Ceres.See CEREALIA. It is reputed a cooler, and particularly of the genital parts; and was anciently used in physic, to allay those inordinate motions arising from seminal turgescences. But it is out of the present practice. See...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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