Cyclopædia
Assuming gum is required, the following 19 results were found.
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AMMONIAChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AMMONIAC
AMMONIAC.—Gum Ammoniac; or, as it is sometimes, tho improperly, called, Armmoniac, is a kind of Gum, brought from the East Indies; supposed to ooze from an umbelliferous Plant. See GUM. It ought to be in dry Drops, white within, yellowish without,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANIMA MUNDIhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANIMA%20MUNDI
is used for Crocus, or Saffron; by reason of its great Use in Diseases of the Lungs. See SAFFRON and LUNGS. ANIMA, or Gum Animae, in Pharmacy, a kind of Gum or Resins whereof there are two kinds, Western and Eastern. The first flows from an Incision of...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ARABIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARABIC
no other than the Greek letters, which we all know that people used to express their numbers by. See NUMBER, NUMERATION, etc. Gum Arabic, is the name of a gum which distills from various species of Acacia, growing in Egypt and Arabia. See GUM. It is...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ASSA-FOETIDAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASSA-FOETIDA
or Asa-Foetida, a Gum or Resin,brought from the East-Indies, of a brownish Colour, a sharp Taste, and a very strong, offensive Smell; whence it is also called Stercus Diaboli, or Devil’s Dirt. It is not known from what Plant this Gum is procured; all...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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AURUM POTABILEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AURUM%20POTABILE
POTABILE, potable gold, is a composition made of gold, by reducing it, without any corrosive, into a gum, or substance like honey, of the colour of blood; which gum steeped in spirit of wine, acquires a ruby-colour, and is called tincture of gold. An...
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AGGLUTINANTShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/AGGLUTINANTS
in the body's actions. See MEDICINES, NUTRITION, etc. Most of these are glutinous in nature or easily form into gels and gummy consistencies. The term is derived from the Latin "ad" meaning "to" and "gluten" meaning "glue." See GLUE and...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Medicine
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APHRONITREhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/APHRONITRE
of the Greek ἀφρός, Foam, and νίτρον, Nitre. APHTHAE, in Medicine, little Ulcers or Pimples rising in the Mouth, the Palate, Gums, at the Root of the Tongue, &c. See ULCER, &c. Even Sucking Children are particularly subject to these Pimples when either...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ANCHOVYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/commerce/ANCHOVY
describes it as of the Herring-kind, about the Length of a Finger, having a pointed Snout, a wide Mouth, no Teeth, but Gums as rough as a Saw. Others make it a sort of Pilchard: But others, with better Reason, hold it a peculiar Species, very different...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Commerce
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It was invented by Avicenna, and is otherwise called Unguentum Venetum. The principal Ingredients are Turpentine, Resin, Wax, Gum Ammoniac, Birthwort Roots, Olibanum, Bdellium, Myrrh, and Galbanum, Opopanax, Verdigris, Litharge, Oil of Olives, and...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Pharmacy
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AMBER-GREASEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AMBER-GREASE
Maldivy Islands, Soffala, Melinda, Cape Comorin, etc., where no whales are found. 3°, Others take it for a kind of wax, or gum, which distills from trees, and drops into the sea, where it congeals, and becomes Ambergrease. 4°, Others, and particularly...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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Gardeninghttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/gardening
Transplanting, 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,...
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ABSTERGENTShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ABSTERGENTS
Scurvygrass, Fumitory, Liverwort, Tansy, and Vervain ; Bitter Almonds, Figs, Jujcbs, Raisins, Dates, Jumiper-Berries ; Gum Ammoniac, Balsam of Capivi, Balm of Gilead, Tacawahaca, Sapo ; Turpentines ; Barberries, Liquorice, Turmeric, Madder, Parmasitty,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Medicine
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ASSA-DULCIShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASSA-DULCIS
a Name sometimes given to Gum Benjamin. See BENJAMIN. ASSA-DULCIS
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ALHANDALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/pharmacy/ALHANDAL
Arabian Pharmacy.The Troches of Alhandal, Trochisci Alhandale, are a kind of Troches, composed of Colocynthis, Bdellium, and Gum Tragacanth. See TROCHE.They are esteemed good Purgatives, and are used on divers Occasions. See PURGATIVE.The Word is formed...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Pharmacy
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ADRAGANThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADRAGANT
or Tragacanth, a sort of gum. See TRAGACANTH. ADRAGANT
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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AROMATIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AROMATIC
Rosatum, is a compound officinal powder, made of red roses, liquorice, aloes wood, yellow sanders, cinnamon, cloves, mace, gum, tragacanth, nutmegs, cardamoms, galangals, spikenard, ambergris and musk mixed together.—It is chiefly prescribed in cordial...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
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ASTHMAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ASTHMA
thereof, being detergent and attenuating, are reputed excellent. Lixiviums also contribute to the Cure, Sillepedes, Spirit of Gum Ammoniac, with Sal Ammoniac, Coffee, Tincture of Sulphur, etc. are commended in Asthmatic Cases. For the convulsive Kind,...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Medicine
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ACACIAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/medicine/ACACIA
the Pods of a large thorny Tree, growing in Egypt and Arabia. — Some Naturalists will have it the same Plant that yields the Gum Arabick. It is very austere and binding; and on that account good against Fluxes. — Choose that of a tan-colour, smooth, and...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Medicine
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VIEW OF KNOWLEDGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/view-of-knowledge
Circumstances thereof, Style, Allegory, Type, Parable, Mystical, &c. Text, Versim, Septuagint, Vulgate, &c. Paraphrase, Targum, &c. Points, Quotations, &c. Matter thereof; Declarations, of Incarnation, Passion, Crucifixion, Miracle, &c. Inunctions, as...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Introduction