Cyclopædia
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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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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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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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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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Coat-ARMOURhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/Coat-ARMOUR
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANEMOMETERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANEMOMETER
from an Artery being accidentally cut, or pricked in bleeding; or from some preternatural Distention, or a Corrosion of its Coats, etc. See PHLEBOTOMY. If an Artery happen to be cut, the Blood gushes out impetuously, by starts; and is not easily...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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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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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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Heraldryhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry
HERALDRY, or the Confideration of COATS ; consisting of Field, Charge, Figure, &c. as Cross, Chevron, Bend, Palo, &c. with Abatement, Difference, Quartering, & c . Composed of Colour, Metals, Points, &c. Bore on Escutcheon, Shield, &c. Accompanied with...
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VIEW OF KNOWLEDGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/view-of-knowledge
as Oration, Declamation, Panegyric, &c. Parable, Essay, Dialogue, History, &c. 46 HERALDRY, or the Confideration of COATS ; consisting of Field, Charge, Figure, &c. as Cross, Chevron, Bend, Palo, &c. with Abatement, Difference, Quartering, & c....
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Introduction
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ALKALYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/chymistry/ALKALY
Bezoards, Crab's Eyes, etc. 2°, Testaceous Matters and Shells; as Pearls, Oyster-shells, Cuttle-fish Bones, the Shells of Coats of Lobsters, Crabs, etc.3°, The Parts of Animals, which by length of time, or some other Cause, are become stony, or even...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Chymistry
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AETITEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/AETITES
is found of various Forms, and Sizes; but its Texture or Consistence is pretty uniform; consisting of two or three Layers or Coats of a Matter resembling baked Earth: Especially the innermost.—They are originally soft, and of the Colour of yellow Ochre....
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Natural History
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AQUEOUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AQUEOUS
Origin and Conveyance of this Humour. It's certain, the Source must be pretty plentiful, inasmuch as, if by any Accident the Coats it is contained in be wounded, so that the Humour runs out, and the Cornea falls or collapses; the Wound readily heals, by...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AORTAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/AORTA
and Descending Aorta, ascendens and descendens. See ASCENDING and DESCENDING. Ossifications, or Petrifications of the Coats of the Aorta at its rise from the Heart, are so frequent, that some think it a constant Case—Mr. Cooper, however, has an express...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Anatomy
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AZUREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AZURE
the blue color of the skies. See BLUE, COLOR, SKY, etc. Azure, in heraldry, signifies a blue color, in the coats of arms of all persons under the degree of a baron. See COLOR. In the escutcheons of noblemen, blue is called Saphir; and in those of...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ARGENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry/ARGENT
in heraldry, signifies the color white, used in the coats of gentlemen, knights, and baronets. See COLOR and WHITE. Barons and all nobles have the white color called Pearl; and sovereign princes have theirs called Luna. Without either this or Or, the...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANTHROPOPHAGYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANTHROPOPHAGY
discovered the Principle of Anthropophagy, and that it consists in a black acrimonious Humour, which being lodged in the Coats of the Ventricle, produces this Voracity. And they give several Instances of this inhuman Hunger, even among their own...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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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
- Category: Unclassified
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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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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
- Category: Unclassified