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  • ACCUSATIVEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/grammar/ACCUSATIVE

    ACCUSATIVE, in Grammar, the fourth Case of Nouns that are declined. See CASE, and NOUN. Its Use may be conceived from this, That all Verbs which express Actions that pass from the Agent, as, to beat, to break, &c., must have Subjects to receive those...

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

  • ASCODROUTEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASCODROUTES

    Antiquity, a Sect of Heretics, in the second Century, who rejected all Use of Sacraments, on this Principle, that incorporeal Things cannot be communicated by Things visible and corporeal. See SACRAMENT. They made perfect Redemption consist in the...

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

  • AGGLUTINANTShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/AGGLUTINANTS

    term is derived from the Latin "ad" meaning "to" and "gluten" meaning "glue." See GLUE and AGGLUTINATION.The Operation and Use of Agglutinants, see under STRENGTHENERS. The principal Simples which come under this Class, are Ising-glass, Olibanum, Gum...

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

  • ABLATIVEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/grammar/ABLATIVE

    the Dative repeared. In English, we have no precise Mark whereby to distinguish the Ablative from other Cases ; and we only use the Term in analogy to the Latin. Thus, in the two Phrases, "The Magnificence of the City", and "He spoke much of the City" ;...

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

  • ALLUSIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/ALLUSION

    a Letter, or two; whence Words resembling one another, become applicable to different Subjects. Thus the Almighty, if we may use sacred Authority, changed Abram, i.e., high Father, into Abraham, i.e., Father of many.— Thus the Romans played on their...

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

  • ARMENIANShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMENIANS

    Persia, and another in Poland.—The other make a peculiar Sect, having two Patriarchs in Anatolia. They have their Printing-house at Marseille. The Armenians are of the Sect of Miaphysites, and only allow of one Nature in Jesus Christ. See MIAPHYSITE. As...

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

  • ÆGILOPShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/geometry/ÆGILOPS

    Agilops be neglected, it bursts, and degenerates into a Fistula, which eats into the Bone. See FISTULA. Authors frequently use Aigylops, Auchylops, and Fistula Lachrymalis promiscuously: But the more accurate, after Aegineta, make a difference.—The...

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

  • AMBRYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AMBRY

    or Armory, the Place where the Arms, Plate, Vessels, and everything belonging to House-keeping were kept. Hence, probably the Ambry at Westminster, was so called, because formerly set apart for that use; or rather, from Aumonery, a House adjoining to an...

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

  • AMMIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/AMMI

    or Semen Ammeos, a kind of aromatic Seed, of considerable use in Medicine; the Produce of a Plant of the same Name. The Seed is brought from the Levant: It is found to contain a great deal of essential Oil, and volatile Salt; and to be attenuating,...

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

  • ABACUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mathematics/arithmetic/ABACUS

    of the Principles of Arithmetic ; denominated from its Inventor Pythagoras. Hence also, from an Agreement in point of Use, the Karnes Abacus and Abaco, are us'd among the English and Italians for an Alphabet, or A B C, &c. The Abacus Pythagoricus was,...

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

  • ADDICEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADDICE

    and by that means more convenient for cutting the hollow side of any board or timber; being what the coopers generally make use of for that purpose. ADDICE

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

  • APPEARANCEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/astronomy/APPEARANCES

    in Astronomy, etc., are more usually called Phenomena. See PHENOMENA. In Optics, we use the Term Direct Appearance, for the View or Sight of an Object by direct Rays; without either Refraction or Reflection. See DIRECT and RAY. See also OPTICS, VISION,...

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

  • ANCHORAGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANCHORAGE

    Ground fit to hold a Ship’s Anchor, so that she may ride safely. See ANCHOR. Anchorage, in Law, a Duty taken of Ships for the Use of the Haven, where they cast Anchor. See DUTY. Anchored, in Heraldry. A Cross-Anchored, or Ancrez, is a form of Cross so...

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

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

    by others whenever it pleases any of the Fraternity to die, or to transmigrate to some other place, where they may make use of their gold; for in this wicked world, it will scarcely purchase them a shirt. Harris. ADEPTS

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

  • ADVERBhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/grammar/ADVERB

    As, the boy paints neatly, writes it; the book is there, etc. Not that the adverb is confined purely to verbs; but because that is its most ordinary use—We frequently find it joined to adjectives, and sometimes even to substantives, particularly where...

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

  • ADYTUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ADYTUM

    A, a Diphthong, or double Vowel, borrowed from the Greeks and Latins. See DIPHTHONG. Authors are by no means agreed as to the Use of the AE.—Some, out of regard to Etymology, insist on its being retained in all Words, particularly Technical ones,...

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

  • ALGORITHMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALGORITHM

    an Arabic Term, which some Authors, and especially the Spaniards, make use of to signify the Doctrine of Numbers. See NUMBER.Algorithm is properly the Art of numbering truly, and readily; and comprehends the six Rules of common Arithmetic.—It is...

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

  • AMBER-SEEDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AMBER-SEED

    is a seed somewhat like the millet, of a bitterish taste, and brought dry to us from Martinico and Egypt.—The Egyptians use it internally, as a cordial, to fortify the heart, stomach, and head, and to provoke lust—It gives a grateful scent to the...

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

  • ANTITHESIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/ANTITHESIS

    decried. Demetrius represents them as the Favourites of young Writers. Persius long ago declaimed against the impertinent use of Antitheses: Crimina Rasus Librat in Antithetis, doctus posui me Figuras. ANTITHESIS is also a Figure in Grammar, whereby one...

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

  • Gardeninghttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/gardening

    Replanting, Watering. Engrasting Inoculating, Primal, Pinching, Variegating, &c. Preventing Disiasis, Blights, Gum, &c. The Use and Ordering of a Hot-bell Green-house, Seminary. Nursery, Garden, Vineyard &c. Their Exposure, Walls, Horizontal Shelter,...

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