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  • ALLEGORYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/ALLEGORY

    Lib. I. Od. 14:O Navis, referent in mare te novi Fluctus, &c.Where the Ship, stands for the Republic; Waves, for Civil War; Port for Peace and Concord; Oars for Soldiers; Mariners for Magistrates, &c. The Old Testament is supposed by many to be a...

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

  • ARSENALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARSENAL

    according to some, is derived from Arx or Arcus; or rather from Ars, an engine; this being the place where the engines of war are preserved.—Some derive it from Arcus Senatus, as being the defence of the Senate; others from the Italian Arsenale, or from...

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

  • ADVOWEEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADVOWEE

    St. Peter's; King Hugh, of St. Riquier; and Bollandus mentions some letters of Pope Nicholas, by which he constituted King Edward the Confessor, and his successors, Advocates of the Monastery at Westminster, and of all the Churches in England. These...

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

  • ARCHONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/ARCHON

    The occasion of their institution was this: Codrus, king of Athens, having devoted himself for the good of his people, in the war with the Heraclidae; his sons, Medon and Nileus, disputed the crown between them: The Athenians took this occasion to...

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

  • AMABYRhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AMABYR

    a Sea Term, used by a Man of War, to his Enemy; and signifying, yield.—Hence, To strike Amain, that is, to lower your Top-sails. AMABYR

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

  • ARMYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/military-art/ARMY

    etc. See also CAVALRY, INFANTRY, etc. This is to be understood of a land army:—A naval or sea army, is a number of ships of war, equipped and manned with marines, under the command of an admiral; with other inferior officers under him. See NAVY,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Military art

  • ARMORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMOR

    but all light.—Lastly, the Horses themselves had their Armour, wherewith to cover the Head and Neck. Of all this furniture of War, scarcely anything is now retained. The gallantry of going to the Battle naked, without any defensive Armour, prevailed so...

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

  • ARMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARM

    the Humerus, or Shoulder-Bone. See HUMERUS. It has five sorts of Motions, which are effected by five Pair of Muscles; upwards, by the Deltoides, Supraspinatus, and Coracobrachialis; downwards, by the Teres, Rotundus major, and Latissimus Dorsi;...

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

  • ARIEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARIES

    long Beam, like the Mast of a Ship, armed at one End with a Head of Iron, somewhat resembling a Ram’s Head, that is moved forward, and recoiled backwards; and so shakes the Walls with its Iron Head: Nor is there any Tower or Wall so thick or strong, as...

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

  • ALIENhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ALIEN

    viz. Alien-Friends, who are of those Countries which are at peace and league with us; and Enemies, who are of Countries at war with us. A Man born out of the Land, so it be within the Limits of the King’s Obedience beyond the Seas; or of English Parents...

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

  • ALARMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALARM

    a Signal given by Shouts, or by Instruments of War, for the Soldiers to take to their Arms, at the unexpected Arrival of an Enemy. The Word is formed from the French à l'arme, to your Arms. Alarm-Post, is the Ground appointed to each Regiment, by the...

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

  • VIEW OF KNOWLEDGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/view-of-knowledge

    Stadtholder, Protector, &c. Their Succession, Elective, Hereditary, by Primogeniture, &c. Their Transactions, as Peace, War, Treaty, Union, League, Croisade, &c. By Armies, Fleets, Embassies. Secretary, Plenipotentiary, Envoy, Legate, Nuntio, &c. Their...

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