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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    * jETHEREAL World, all that Space above die upper Ele¬ ment, viz. Fire, which the Ancients imagined to be per¬ fectly homogeneous, incorruptible, unchangeable, &c. Ethereal Oil’[Chymiffy] a fine lubtil Oil, ap¬ proaching nearly to the Nature of a Spirit. ^EtHIo'pICUS ? [ _ , _ , n r . JEthic/pic A >[with BotanijhJ of the Product or the ^Eth icFpicu Mj Southern Parts of Africa. L. jEthio'pis [’A/3/W, Gr.] an JEthiopan Herb like Lettice, with which Enchanters are faid to open Locks, and dry up Rivers. ,/E'thiops Mineral [of ’AiOT^, Gr. a Blackmoor, from its Colour] a Medicine prepared by imbodying running Quickfilver and Flour of Brimftone, and then deflagra¬ ting off the Mixture in a Crucible. ./Eth ©Vices [of ’A/Srcv, Gr. to burn] hot fiery Puftules. jEtioeo'gica [’A/tioao>/x», Gr.] that Part ot Ihy- fick which explains the Caufes and Reafons of Difaafes, in order to cure them. t , , ./EtioVoGY [cetiologia, L. of ’Amo\oylct, of turra a Caufe, and xiyu, Gr. to fay] a Rhetorical Figure fhewing a Caufe or Reafon. ./Etiology [in Medicine'] the Reafon given of natural or preternatural Accidents in human Bodies. •/EtFtes [’Aer/THf, Gr.] the Eagle Stone, a Stone that when fhaken rattles as if there was another within it. It is falfely reported to be taken out of an Eagle’s Nell; but others fay it is found by the Sides of Rivers, on Moun¬ tains, in the Ground, &c. jEvite'rni [among the Romans'] certain Deities, fo called, becaufe they remained to Perpetuity, to whom they always offered red Oxen in Sacrifice. A'f fable [affabilis L.] eafy to be fpoken to, cour¬ teous, civil. Affabi'lity ?[affabilitast L.] Eafinefs to be fpo- A'ffableness i ken to or of Addrefs, Gentlenefs, courteous or kind Behaviour. Affa'brous [affaber, L.] cunning, artificial. Affabula'tion, the Moral of a Fable, L. Affai'r [of affaire, F.] Bufinefs, Concern, Matter, Thing. ToAffe'ct [affetlare, L.] to fet ones Mind upon; to have an Inclination to, to love, to delire, to hanker af¬ ter; to afpire to; alfo to move the Affeftion. Affecta'tion , Affe&ednefs, Conceitednefs, Self- opinionatednefs; Formality, Nicenefi, Precifenefs, L. Affe'cted [affetlatus, L.] difpofed or inclin’d to, as well or ill affetted; alfo formal, nice, precife, as an affetted Way ; alfo over-curioufly done, as an affetled Stile. Affected [in a Medicinal Senfe] a morbid ordilor- derly State of the Part, feized or affli&ed with a Difeafe or Malady, as the Part affetled. Affe'ction, Inclination towards, Good Will, Kind- nels, Love, Palfion. Affection [with Naturaliffs] a Quality or Property of fome natural Being. Affection [with Phyftcians] is ufed, for a morbid or diforderly State of the Part. Affection [in a Legal Senfe] fignifies a making over, pawning or mortgaging a Thing, to allure the Payment of a Sum of Money, or the Difcharge of fome other Duty or Service. Affe'ctionate [affetlionne, F.] full of Affe&ion, loving. Affe'ctionateness, Fulnefs of Affe&ion. Affections [with Humanifts] are dillinguilhed into Primary Affections of Being [in Metapbyjicks] are Unity, Truth and Goodnefs. United Affections of Being [in Metaphyficks] are fuch as are predicated of Being, fingly and folely, and are convertible with it, without any Conjunction, as every Being is good, and all gcod is a Being. Difunited Affections of Being [in Metaphyficks] are predicated for it with a disjunctive Term, and by taking in both Parts of the Sentence are convertible with it, as Being is either neceffary or contingent, and whatfoever is either necef- fary or contingent is a Being. Affections of Body [with Natural)fts] certain Mo¬ difications of a Body occafioned or introduced by Motion, by means of which the Body comes to be fo and fo difpofed. Affections of the Mind, arc what are commonly called Paflions. Affe'ctuous [affetluofus, L.] much defired or af- fcCted. Affectuo'sity [affetluefttat, L.] Affection. A F Affe'ctus, the Affe£tion, Difpofition, or any Difor- der of the Mind, L- Affe'ctus [in Medicine] Sicknefs, or any Diforder of the Body. Affe'rers [in Law] Perfons appointed by a Court Leet upon Oath, to fettle and moderate the Fines on them that have committed Offences, which may be punilh- ed arbitrarily, no Statute having appointed an exprefs Penalty. To Affe're in Amercement [in Law] fignifies to lef- fen or mitigate the Rigor of a Fine. Affe'tto [with Muficians] that kind of Mufick which mull be performed in a very tender, moving, and affe&ing manner, and for that Reafon, rather flow than too fall. Affettuo'so, the fame as Affetto. Affeu'rer [Old Her.] to fet the Price of a Thing. Affi'ance, Trull, Confidence Fr. AffFance [with Divines] fignifies an Acquielcence of the Mind, by which it is lupported againll all unne- ceffary Doubts and Fears, upon Account of the Divine All-fufficiency in general; but with a more fpecial Eye to his Knowledge, Wifdom and Providence. Affiance [iu Law] the plighting of Troth between a Man and a Woman, upon an Agreement of Marriage. To Affiance, to betroth, or plight the Faith. Affida're [Old Records] to plight Faith, to fweaf Fealty. Affida'tio Dominorum, the Oath taken by the Lords in Parliament. Affida'tion, a mutual Fidelity between one Perfon and another, L. Affida'ture [affdatura, L.] mutual Contra£l. Affi da'tus [old Law] a Tenant by Fealty. Affida'vit [i.e. he has plighted his Faith or fworn] a Depofition, or the witnefling a Thing upon Oath. To make Affidavit [law Term] to lwear to the Truth of a Thing before a Magillrate. Affidia'ri [in ancient Deeds] to be inrolled and muf- tered for Soldiers, upon having taken an Oath of Fidelity. Affi'nage, the refining of Metals, Fr. Affi'nity [affnitas, L. ] Kindred or Alliance by Marriage ; alfo the Relation or Agreeablenels between le- veral Things. To Affi'rm [affrmare, L.] to avouch, allure ot maintain the Truth of a Thing. To Affirm [in a Law Senfe] fignifies to ratify or confirm a former Law, Decree or Sentence. Affirmance, the Aft of ratifying after the before- mentioned manner. Affirma'tion, an alluring or fpeaking point blank. Affirmative [affrmatwus, L.] pertaining to Affir¬ mation, pofitive, peremptory; in which Senfe it is oppo- fed to Negative. Affirmative Heretick [in the Popiff Law] one who owns the Errors he is charged withal, and maintains the fame in his Examination with Firmnefs and Refolution. To Affi'x [affixum, L ] to fallen to ; to fet up or poll up a Bill. Affi'xion, a fixing or fallening to, L. Affla'tion, a blowing or breathing upon, L. Affla'tus, a Blalt or lnlpiration, a blowing or breath¬ ing upon, L. To Affli'cT [affligere L.] to call down, to caufe Grief to one, to trouble, dilquiet, vex or opprels. Affli'ctedness [of ajpitlus,Li. and nefs] Affli£tion. Affliction, Adverfity, Grief, Sorrow, Trouble, Calamity, Milery, Diftrels. Affli'ctiv e [aff.itlif, F.] caufing or bringing Af- fliftion. A'ffluence? [affluentia, L. ] Abundance, great A'ffluency S Store, Plenty, Wealth. A'ffluent [affluens} L.] abounding, flowing to, increafing. A'ffluentness [affluentia, L.] great Plenty. Afflu'x [affluxus, L.] a Flowing to, as of Humours to or upon any Part. Affo'dilus [with Botanifls] the Daffodil, a Flower. Affora're [Old Law Term] to fet a Value or Pricq upon a Thing. Afforcia're [Law Word] to add, increafe or make llronger. Affo'rciament [Old Records] a Fort or llrong Hold. Afforciame'ktum Curia, the calling ot a Court upon fome folemn and extraordinary Occafions, Old Law Records. To
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