Cyclopædia
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CHEVERONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry/CHEVERON
a House join'd together, without any Division. See ORDINARY, &c. It descends from the Chief towards the Extremities of the Coat, in form of a Pair of Compasses half open: Thus, he bears Gules, a Chevron Argent. The Cheveron is the Symbol of Protection,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Heraldry
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COAT of Armshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/COAT-of-Arms
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ARMShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMS
Honour, regularly composed of certain Figures and Colours, given or authorized by Sovereign, and bore in Banners, Shields, Coats, etc. for the Distinction of Persons, Families, and States. See FIGURE, COLOUR, SYMBOL, HONOUR, NOBILITY, etc. see also...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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Coat-ARMOURhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/Coat-ARMOUR
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ATCHIEVEMENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry/ATCHIEVEMENT
in Heraldry, the Coat of Arms of any Person or Family; duly marshalled with its external ornaments, as Supporters, Helmet, Wreath, Crest, and Motto. See COAT and ARMS. See also SUPPORTER, HELMET, etc. Such are usually hung out on the Fronts of Houses...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Heraldry
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ARMORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARMOR
habit, wherewith to cover and secure the Body from the attacks of an enemy. See ARMS. Such are the Buckler, Cuirass, Helmet, Coat of Mail, Gauntlet, etc. See BUCKLER, CUIRASS, HELMET, etc. A complete Armor anciently consisted of a Casque or Helm, a...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AFFIRMATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AFFIRMATION
Africanus. Authors frequently confuse him with Sextus, or Cestus Africanus. After-Birth, among midwives, refers to the coat or membranes wherein the fetus is enclosed, in Utero. See FETUS. It is thus called, by reason it comes away some time after the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AMPHIBLESTROIDEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/AMPHIBLESTROIDES
in Anatomy, a Tunic, or Coat of the Eye, more usually called Retina. See RETINA. The Word is Greek, amphiblestroides, from amphiblestron, Rete, Net; compounded of amphi, circum, around, blestron, I cast; and eidos, Form; by reason of its Net-like...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Anatomy
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ASSUMPTIVE Armshttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry/ASSUMPTIVE%20Arms
a Man has a right to assume of himself, in virtue of some Action. See ARMS. As, if a Man who is no Gentleman of Blood, nor Coat Armour, takes a Gentleman, Lord, or Prince, Prisoner in any lawful War; he becomes entitled to bear the Shield of such...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Heraldry
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AGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AGE
progress of his years, by correspondent alterations in his body. See HORSE. We have characteristics from his teeth, hoofs, coat, tail and eyes. See TEETH, HOOF, etc.The first year he has his foal's teeth, which are only grinders and gatherers: The...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ALBUGINEAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ALBUGINEA
in Anatomy, the outermost coat or tegument of the eye; also called the tunica albuginea, conjunctiva, &c. See SCLERA, CONJUNCTIVA, &c. It takes the name albuginea, from its whiteness; being this that forms what we call the white of the eye. See EYE. The...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Anatomy
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ALLANTOIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ALLANTOIS
Allantois, in Anatomy, a third Coat or Membrane of a Foetus, investing part thereof, in the manner of a Scarf, or Collar, extending from the Cartilago Xiphoides, to the bottom of the Hips. See FOETUS.The Allantois makes part of the Secundine.—It is...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Anatomy
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ACCIDENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/philosophy/ACCIDENT
by a quality accidental to it and not considered as iron. Accident, in heraldry, is an additional note or mark in a coat of arms, not necessarily belonging thereto, but capable either of being retained or omitted without altering the essence of the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Philosophy
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AMETHYSThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry/AMETHYST
in Heraldry, signifies the purple Colour, in the Coat of a Nobleman; which in Gentlemen's Escutcheons below that degree, is called Purpure; and in those of sovereign Princes, Mercury. See PURPURE, and PURPURE. AMETHYST
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANNULEThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANNULET
little Ring; in Heraldry, is a Difference or Mark of Distinction, which the fifth Brother of any Family ought to bear in his Coat of Arms. See DIFFERENCE. Annulets are also part of the Coat-Armour of several Families: They were anciently reputed a Mark...
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ARTERYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ARTERY
derive it from ἄρτι τὴν ῥύσιν, because of its continual Throbbing or Beating. The Arteries are ordinarily composed of three Coats or Membranes. The first or outermost, nervous or tendinous; being a Thread of fine Blood Vessels with Nerves, for...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Anatomy
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SIEVEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/chymistry/SIEVE
Hair, Line, Wire, or even thin Slices of Wood. The Sieves which have large Holes, are usually called Riddles ; such is the Coat or Lime Sieve, Garden Sieve, &c. When Drugs, apt to evaporate, are to be passed thro' the Sieve, 'tis usual to have it...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chymistry