Cyclopædia
Assuming ear is required, the following 29 results were found.
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AURICLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/AURICLE
Auricula, in Anatomy, the external Ear; or that Part of the Ear which is prominent from the Head. See EAR. The Word is a diminutive of Auris, Ear; q. d. little Ear. For the Structure and Variety in the Auricle; with the several Parts thereof, their...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Anatomy
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AUDITORYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUDITORY
something belonging to the sense of hearing. See HEARING. AUDITORY, AUDIENCE, is also a collective name, denoting an assembly of persons, hearing, or attending to a person who speaks in public. See ASSEMBLY, ORATION, etc. AUDITORY is also used for the...
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JULIAN I EARhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/JULIAN-I-EAR
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AURIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AURIS
an ear. See EAR. The cutting off the ears was a punishment inflicted by the Saxon laws on those who robbed churches; and afterwards on every thief, and at length on divers other criminals. See PUNISHMENT. AURIS
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AURICULARhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AURICULAR
Auricularis, something known or learnt only by the Ears. See EAR. We say, an Auricular Witness, Auritus Testis, a Witness by hearsay. See WITNESS, EVIDENCE, TESTIMONY, etc. AURICULAR Confession. See CONFESSION. The little Finger is also called...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AQUEDUCThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AQUEDUCT
Hours, Rome received, from these Aqueducts, no less than five hundred thousand Hogsheads of Water: The Aqueduct built near Maintenon for carrying the River Eure to Versailles, is the greatest in the World. It is 7000 Toises long; and its Elevation 256...
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AURISCALPIUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AURISCALPIUM
an instrument wherewith to pick and cleanse the ear from wax. See EAR, CERUMEN, etc. The word is compounded of the Latin, auris, ear, and scalpo I scratch. AURISCALPIUM
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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EAR-Warhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/EAR-War
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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JEWS-EARhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/JEWS-EAR
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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EAR-Ringhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/EAR-Ring
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ALMONDhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALMOND
the Heat and Fumes of the Wine.The expressed Oil of Bitter Almonds, is much used to soften and deterge the Wax out of the Ear.—Some affirm, that Bitter Almonds bruised, kill or stupify Fowl; so that they may be taken with the Hands: which, they say, is...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AIRhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/AIR
a thin, fluid, transparent, compressible, and dilatable Body; surrounding the terraqueous Globe to a considerable Height. See EARTH, and TERRAQUEOUS. It's considered by some of the Ancients as an Element; but then, by Element they understood a different...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Physics
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ACOUSTICShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACOUSTICS
Phonics.Phonics.Acoustics, or Acoustica, or Acoustic Medicines, are Remedies against the Imperfections and Disorders of the Ear; or of the Sense of Hearing. See EAR, and HEARING.The Word is formed from the Greek ἀκοή (akoē), Hearing.Acoustic is...
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ACOUSTICKShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACOUSTICKS
Phonics.Phonics.Acoustics, or Acoustica, or Acoustic Medicines, are Remedies against the Imperfections and Disorders of the Ear; or of the Sense of Hearing. See EAR, and HEARING.The Word is formed from the Greek ἀκοή (akoē), Hearing.Acoustic is...
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AURICULA JUDAEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AURICULA%20JUDAE
JUDAE, or Jew's Ear, a kind of Fungus or Mushroom, resembling in Figure, a human Ear. See FUNGUS and MUSHROOM. It grows on old Elder Trees, which is the Tree whereon, 'tis pretended, Judas hanged himself; which has given occasion to the Name. This...
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ANIMALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANIMAL
a Plant without itself. See FOSSIL and VEGETABLE. In effect, the Intestines of an Animal are, in reality, no more than its Earth, or the Body it adheres to; into which it sends forth its Roots; that is, the lacteal Vessels, which thence draw the Matter...
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ADULTERYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADULTERY
the children into a state of uncertainty, and bringing contempt and derision upon the husband; for as the husband is the nearest interested in the matter, it is supposed he will examine the wife's actions with more circumspection than any other: So that...
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ANTIADEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTIADES
a Term used by some Writers for the Glandules, and Kernels, more commonly called Tonsils and Almonds of the Ears. See TONSIL, ALMOND, and AMYGDALA, etc. ANTIADES
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARTERIOTOMYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARTERIOTOMY
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 Cranium underneath, which would be very difficult in any other...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AMMONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/chronology/AMMON
the Sun-beams. However this be, the god Ammon was usually represented under the Figure of a Ram; tho in some Medals he appears of a human Shape, having only two Rams Horns growing out beneath his Ears. AMMON
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chronology