Dictionarium Britannicum: or a more compleat universal etymological English dictionary than any extant ... / Collected by several hands, the mathmatical part by G. Gordon, the botanical by P. Miller. The whole revis'd and improv'd ... by N. Bailey.

  • Nathan Bailey
Date:
1730
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Credit: Dictionarium Britannicum: or a more compleat universal etymological English dictionary than any extant ... / Collected by several hands, the mathmatical part by G. Gordon, the botanical by P. Miller. The whole revis'd and improv'd ... by N. Bailey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Abo'masum [with An at ami ft s ] One of the four Sto¬ machs of ruminant Animals, /. a. luch as chew the Cud ; the other three are called Venter, Reticulum, and Omafum. Abo'minable \_abOminari, according to the native Scnfe of the Word, from ab and omen, L. fignifies to ac¬ count a Thing for an ill Omen, or an unlucky Sign, and therefore to pray againft: it by certain Forms of Speech] to be abhorred, loathed or hated. To Abo'mimate [ abomirtari, of ab and omen'] pro¬ perly fignifies to take a thing for an ill Sign or unlucky O- men ; to pray againft it, or wifh the contrary, by certain Forms and Speeches, we ufe it for to abhor, hate or loath. Abomination, a thing to be abhorr’d or loathed, a deteftable thing. L. Abomino'se [abominofus, L.] full of Abomination. Aborigines [of ab and origo] the People of Italy by Saturn, or fuch Nations as the Italians, who pretend to have been anciently without Original or Derivation from any other Nation or People. Abon? [with the ancient Britain/^ fignified a River, Avon £ and was a general Name for all Rivers. To Abo'rt [abortir, F. of ab and orior, L.J to mif- carry, or bring forth the Foetus, before it is arrived at its Maturity for Birth. Abo'rtion [of aborior, L. to rife or fpring up un¬ timely] the untimely Exciulion of the Foetus, commonly called a Mifcarriage in Women. Abo'rtion [with Gardeners'^ a Term ufed of Fruits that are produced too early before their Time, as when Trees happening to be blaftedby noxious Winds, are fubjeft to this Malady, never bringing their Fruit to Maturity. Abo'rtion [[of aborter, F._] Mifcarriage in Women, or the bringing forth a Child before its Time, that is not in a Capacity to live. Abo'rtive [jibortiws, L-3 pertaining to fuch a Birth, Hill-born, untimely, alfo that comes to nothing, as an ab¬ ortive Deilgn. An Abo'rtive, a fort of fine Vellum made of the Skin of a Caft-calf or Lamb. Abo'rtlven ess, Mifcarriage ; alfo Unfuccefsfulnefs. Abo've [of abogTan, -Sux.J aloft, higher; alfo more than, as over and above. Abou't [of abo“an, 5ax.3 round about, alfo near in Time and Place ; alfo ready, as about to go. Abou'ted [with Gardeners], a Term ufed to denote that Trees are budded. It properly fignifies a Swelling formed in the human Body, which has come to a Head or Abfcefs, and is applied to Trees, in that the Buds of them do in like manner arife like fmail Heads. Asracada'bra, thisWordis a Spell or Charm, which is ftrll in Ule and Efteem with fome fuperftitious Perfons, who pretend to do Wonders by it in the Cure of Agues and Fevers, which is to be written in the Form of a Tri¬ angle, decreafing one Letter every Line till it comes to a Point ; and the Illiterate write the Letters in Fnglifi Cha¬ racters in the fame Form. N'inKIKDN'-inK nKTKDN-inK n k D k i n k k n k n n k 3 « 1 n x a -i a x i n k 3 N 2* A'bracar, a Name which Baftlides, anHeretickof the fecond Century, gave to God, who he laid was the Author of 365, i.e. the 365 Days in the Year, to which the Let¬ ters N“Q NIKDiOHb? Abracadabra, are faid to amount The Author of this Superftitition is faid to have lived in the Time of Adrian, and had its Name after Abrafan, or A- Iraxas [Ajjg^ixf, Gr.] a Deity that the Author adored, this he made his fupreme Deity, and aferibed to him feve- *al petty fubordinate Divinities, as 7 Angels, who prefided over the Heavens, and alfo according to the Number of Days in the Year, he held 363 Virtues or Powers, or de¬ pendent Intelligences, the Value of the Letters in the Word, according to the Greek Numbers made 3(is thus A B P A 2 A 2 1 2 100 1 60 1 200 Abraham s Balm [in Botany3 the Hemp-tree. To Abra'dE [abradere, L-3 to fhave off. A8J.a'sion, a fhaving off; alfo a razing or blotting out. A bra's ION [with Surgeons] a fuperficial railing of th4 Skin. Abrasion [in a Medicinal Senfe3 the wearing away the natural Mucus, which covers the Membranes, parti- ticularly thofe of the Stomach and Guts, by corrofive or fharp Humours. Abrasion [with Philofophers3 that Matter which is worn oft by Attrition of Bodies one againft another. Abrenuncia'tion, a renouncing or forfaking any thing entirely. F. of L. A'bric [with Chymifis3 Sulphur. To Abri'dGE [abreger, F.J to make fhorter in Words, to contraCf, ftill retaining the Senfe and Subitance. To Abridge [in Law] to make a Declaration, or count fhort, by leaving our Part of the Plaint or Demand, and praying that the Defendant may anfwer to the other. Abridgment [abregement, F.J an abridging, QPc. wherein the lefs material Things arc infilled on but briefly, and fo the whole brought into a lefler Compafs ; an Epi¬ tome or fhort Account of a Matter ; a Summary or fhort Account of the Matter of a Book. Abridgment [of account, 6cc. in Law] is the ma¬ king it fhorter by abltrafting fome of its Circumftances. Abrocame'ntum See -xbroebment. To A'bkOGATE [abrogatum, Sup. of abrogare, L-3 to difannul or abolifh, efpeciaiiy to repeal or make a Law void, which was before in Force. Abroga'tion, a difanuulhng, &V. L. Abroo'd [of bjietean, Sax.] as to fit abrood as ail Hen on Eggs, to cherifh. Abrotani'tes [AfiojTov/rMf, Gr3 Wine made of Southernwood. Abro'tanum [A£>£9Tco'!>i',Gr.] the Herb Southernwood. Abrotoni'te [Au^rOuTMf, Gr.J Wormwood Wine, Ab ru'pt [abruptus, L.J Breaking oft fiiddenly ; un- feafonable, alfo rough, hafty The Abrupt \^abruptum, L-3 the uneven, rough, broken, or craggy, Part of the Abyfs. Milton. Abruptness, the breaking or being broken oft oil a fudden ; alfo Cragginefs of a Rock, Mountain, &c. A'bscess [abfcejfus, L. of abs and :do, L. to retire; becaufe the Parts are dilunited by the M atter, a grofs Tu¬ mor, Ulcer, or Swelling in any Part of i. e Body, which may either be diflblved, or be brought to run with Matter. To Absci'nd [abfeindere, L-3 to cut oft. ABSCl'ssiE [in Conick Sett ions, or other Curvilineal Fi¬ gures'] are the Parts of the Axis cat off by the Ordinates, and accounted downwards from the Vertex of the Seftion, thus V b or V B are the Abfcijfa in this Figure. Some Wri¬ ters call thefe the Intercepted Axes or intercepted Diameters. Absci'ssion [of ab and feindo, to cut] a cutting oft. L. Abscission [with Afirologers ] a Term ufed, when three Planets being within the Bounds of their Orbs, and in different Degrees of the Sign; the third comes to a Con- junftion with the middle Planet, and cuts off the Light of the firfl. To Absco'nd [abfeondere, L.3 to hide one’s felfi A'bsent [abfens, L-3 that is out of the Way, mils- ingor wanting. * : . To A'bsent one's felf, to be voluntarily abfent, not to appear, to keep out of the Way. Absenta'nf.ous ['abfentaneus, L-3 pertaining to Ab- fence, done in Abfence.- Absentee's, a Parliament held in Dublin the 28th of Henry VIII. Absi'nthi AT ED [ abjinthiatus, L-3 mingled with Wormwood. Absinthio'menon [’A-J/ivd'io^ewr, Gr.3 Southern¬ wood, or Wormwood gentle. Absi'nthites [ ’A£o'ii'3-/ths-> Gr.3 Wine made of Wormwood. Absi'nthium [’A^'iYSmv, Gr-3 Wormwood. A'bs is ? [’'A^/f, Gr.] the bowed or arched Roof of 3 A'p s 1 s £ Room, Houle, Oven, &c. alfo the Ring, or Compafs of a Wheel. Abs is? [in Aflronomy] is when the Planets moving to Apsis £ their higheft or loweft Places are at a Stay; the high Abfes being called the Apogaum, and the low Ab~ Jis the Perig&um. To Absi'st [abfiflere, L ] to ceafe or leave off. Absole'te [abfoletus, L.] out of Ufe, neglefled. Abso'lvatory [of ahfolutorius, L.] pertaining to a Difcharge or Acquittal. Abso-
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