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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    whole aliquot Parts are 6, 4, 3, 2. 1, which added to¬ gether, make 16. Abu's e ['Ahufus, L.] the irregular or ill Ule ot a Thing, or fomething introduced contrary to the proper Order and Intention o'i it ; Affront. . Self-Abuse, the Crime called otherwife, Self-Pollu¬ tion. To Asa'sE [Abufum of Ahull, L.] To make a bad ule of, to milufe, to affront, or do one an Injury. Asu'sio, The abufing or mifufing ot a Thing, L. Abus 10 fin Rhet crick] a Figure, the fame Catachrefts. Abu'sivei [Abufivus, L.j Arfrontive, oftenfive, in¬ jurious. Abo'siven ess, Offenfivenefs, Affrontingnef,, &c. To Abu't [of Alcuiir, F.j To bound or border upon. Abu rALs ? gee yil^ttals. Abu ttals 5' Abu tti'llon [with Botanijls] yellow Mallows. Aby'smal, Pertaining to an Abyfs. A'byss [' &yojor, Gr.] A bottomlefs Pit or Gulf, or any prodigious Deep where no Bottom can be found ; or is fuppoled to have no Bottom ; a vaft unfathomable Depth of Waters, fuch as is fuppofed to be inclofed in the Bowels of the Earth. Abyssi'nes, APeopleof Ethiopia, who are Chriftians of the Greek Church. Ac ) at the Beginning or End of a Name of a Town a .. G or pjace is the Saxon Word (ac) which fig- • r ^ 1. _1 . .it j ^1 T31., Ak > or Place is the Saxen Word (.ac) which tig- Ake^ nifies an Oak, and generally denotes the Place to take its Name of Oak, as v Hon is as much as to fay Oak- Town, and Aufiin’s ac, siuflin’s-Oak ; and as for the Names of Perfons of the fame Form, they are for the moll part derived from the Places of their Birth, or lome Achieve¬ ment there. Aca'cia [with Botanifts] the Name of a Shrub, or the Gum of Acacia, called allb the binding Bean-tree. Rob aca'cia, Conferve of Sloes, which is ufed inflead of the true Acacia. A'cacY i’Axeoc/ct, Gr.] Innocence, a being free from Malice. vbjl, s. . Acade'micks [,A*«I‘t*/«nt8/, Gr.] the Dilciples of Plato, who were fo named, becaufc they fludied in the publick School, called Academia, a famous School, not far from Athens, built and planted with Trees, as others fay from 'Cadmus the Phenician; others from Academius who built it, whofb great Dogma was Vnum fcio quod nihil fcio, i. e. I know this one Thing, that I know nothing : A $e£l of Sceptical Philofbphers, who taught that ail Things were uncertain; and that Men ought to doubt of all Things, and believe nothing. Ac ade'mtcks ? A Name now ufed for Members of mo- Aca'demists 5 dern Academies, or inflituted Socie¬ ties of learned Perfons. Aca'demy [’AxctSwu'kh, as fonre will of a.yL& the heal¬ ing, and Jvi#©- the People] An Univerfity ; a Place where Perfons are taught the liberal Arts and Sciences, &c. It is alfo ufed for a particular Society of ingenious Perfons, eltablifhed for the Improvement of Learning, &c. A'cademy, is alfo now ufed for a fort of Collegiate School or Seminary, where young Perfons are inflru&ed in a private \Vay, in the liberal Arts and Sciences, as thole of the Nonconformifts. Academy [of Borfemanfblp] is alfo ufed to fignify a Riding-School, a Place where Perfons are taught to Ride the Great Horfe, and other Exercifes, as Fencing, &c. A'caid, [with Chymifis] Vinegar. Ac aly'phe [’AxewuJqw, Gr.] the Sea Nettle, or great flinging Nettle, L. Aca'lta [with Botanijls] the Wall-Flower, L. Acana'ceous [of dr.dC1io to fharpen, or rather xav&ct a Thorn] prickly ; pertaining to all Plants of the Thiflle kind, foroetimes alfo the prominent Parts of Animals. Acanta'Bolus [’Ax«/i«.,floA.(g>', of ttXAtSi* a Thorn, and to call out, Gr.] a Surgeons Iriftrument, refem- bling a pair of Pincers, to extract any Thii>g that may hap¬ pen to flick in the Oefophagus. Aca'ntha [AxctvSa, Gr.] a Thorn, Brier or Bram¬ ble, L. Aca'ntha [with Anatomifls] the mod backward Pro¬ tuberance or Knob of the Vertebra’s of the Back, other- wife called Spina dorfi. Acanthaleu'ce [*Axa»3wv?u'/Uf, Gr.] the white Thorn, L. Aca'nthion [’AxavSiov, Gr.] the Oat-Thiflle, Aca'nthatopia'ria, Tragacanth or Dragant, L. AcA'nTHICK, [’AxcoAjxx, Gr.] a fweet andpleafant Juice, contained in the Top ot Pellitory or Ivy, L. Aca'nthis [with Botanijls] the Herb Groundfel, L. Aca'ntHus [’'AxctvS©', Gr.] the Herb Bears-brecch, Bears-foot or Brank-urfine. A'caron, ['Axapor, Gr] the Plant Wild-Myrtle or Gow; alfo Butcher’s-broom. A'carus] ''Axotp©-] the Hand-worm; a fmall Worm breeding in Wax. A'carus [Axd?@p, Gr.] a Mulhroom or Toad-flool. Aca'RPY [acarpia, L. of ’Axoipvr/ct, of a. pnvat. and x«j7x'os, Gr. Fruit] Unfruitfulnefs, Barrennefs. Acatale'ctos 7 [’A>cetT»AiixT©',Gr.] A Verfe Acatale'cTICK Verfe* exaftly perfeft, in which there is not one Syllable too much, or too little. Ac atale'ptick [of ’AxafldxmW, Gr.J incompre- henfible. > f Acatale'psy [acatalepfla, L. of ’AxaTctAwJ/t'ci, Gr.] IncomDrehenfiblenefs. Acata'lis [’AxoWau, Gr.] the leffer kind of Juni¬ per, L. Botan. Acate'ra [’Axaltipot, Gr.] the greater Juniper-Tree. Aca'tery [in the King's Houfliold] a l'ort of Check between the Clerks of the King’s Kitchen, and Surveyor. AcATHARSi'a [’AxaSrapAtt of a »eg. and xa2fa/'p^, Gr. to purge or cleanfe] that Filth or Impurity inadileaftd Body, which is not yet purged off. Acau'lis / [with Botanifls] a Term ufed of Plants that Acau'los S feern to want Italks, whole Flower creeps on the Ground. Accapita're flaw Word] to pay Relief to the chief Lord. Acca'pitum [Law Word] Relief due to Lords of the Manours. ■ _ Accedas ad curiam, a Writ diretledto the Sheriff, requiring him to go to the Court of lome Lord or Franchife, where any fa lie Judgment is fuppoled to nave been made in any Suit in a Court of Record, rhat a Record may be made of the fame Suit there, and certified into the King’s Court. Accedas ad vice comitfm, a Writ directed to the Coroner, requiring him to deliver a Writ to the Sheriff* who having had a Pone delivered to him, fuppreffes it. ToAcce'de [accedere, L.J to come to, to draw near to, to enter into. To Accelerate [Accelerare, L.] to haflen, to' quicken, or put on. Accelerated Motion [in Mechamcks] a Motioni which receives continual Increments or Acceflions of Ve- locity. Acceleration, a Haliening, &>c. Acceleration [with Philosophers'] a continual In- creafe of Motion in any heavy Bodies tending towards the Center of the Earth, by the Force of Gravity. Acceleration [with the ancient Aftronomers] a Term ufed in rcfpefl to the fixed Stars, and fignified the Difference between the Revolution of the Primum Mobile, and the Solar Revolution, which was computed at 3 Mi¬ nutes and 5 6 Seconds. • Acc eLerato'res [Anatomy] certain Mufcles fo cal-* led of accelerandi, i. e. haftening. Acceleratores Vrinte [with Anatomifls] a Pair of Mufcles belonging to the Penis, they arife flefhy from the upper Part ot the Urethra, as it paffes under the Os Pubis, and are inferted on each Side of the Corpora caver- nofa Penis ; the Ufe of which is to expedite the Paffage of the Urine and Genitura. To Acce'nd [Accendere, L.J To kindle, to fet on fire. . Accession [Philofophy] the m-kindhng or fettmg any natural Body on fire. A'ccent [Accentus, L.] Tone, Tenor, Tune, the Riling or Falling of the Voice, or a Tone and Manner of Pronunciation contracted from the Country in which 3 Perfon was bred or refided a confiderable time. Accent [with Rhetoricians] a Tone or Modulation of the Voice, ufed fometimes to denote the Intention of the Orator or Speaker, to give a good or ill Signification to his Words. Grave Accent [with Gram.] is this Mark (' ) over a Vowel, to fhew that the Voice is to be deprefs’d. Acute Accent is this Mark (') over a Vowel, to fhew that the Voice is to be raifed. Circumflex Accent is this Mark ( ) over a Vowel, in Greek, and points out a kind of Undulation of the V““- The
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