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

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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$A t ' , • w i . u ' ' ‘ 1 - • - At aba's tAum ? [tt\ct£a.?por, Gr.] an Aiablafler Box Alaba'strus $ of Ointment. Alaba'sTRUM [with Botanifis] the Bud or green Leaves of Plants which incloie the Bottom of Flowers be¬ fore they are fpread. Ala crity [alacritas, L.] Brisknefs, Airinefs, Live- slinefs. . Alif., is uled to fignify the Lobes of the Liver, and the Nymph*, the fpongeous Bodies in the Pudendum Mulie- ire; alfo the Curtilages of the Nofe which form the Noftrils. Alt [in Military Affairs'] fignifies the two Extreams of an Army ranged in Form of Battle. Alve ecclesiastics, the Wings or Side-Ifles of a Church, L. Alami're [in Mufick] the lowed Note but one in the three Septenaries of the Scale of Mufick or Gamut . Alamo'de [a la mode, F. i. e. after the fafliion] a lort of Silk for Women’s Hoods and Scarves. Alanera'rius, a Keeper of Spaniels and Setting Dogs for Hawking, O. L. Rec. Ala'rm ? [Alarme, F.] a Signal given by loud Cries, Ala'rumS or the Sound of warlike Inftruments to caufe People to take Arms upon the fudden Arrival of an Enemy. Ala'rm ? [Metaphorically3 any manner of fudden Ala'rum S Node, QPe. caufing Fear, Fright or Trouble; alfo a Chime fer in a Clock or Watch. To Ala'rm [alarmer, F. probably q. A. ad arma, L. to Arms] to give an Alarm, to fright, or put in a Fright. Alarum lost [Milit. Affairs] the Ground which the Quarrer-mafter General appoints to each Regiment, to which they are to march in cafe of an Alarm from the Enemy. Ala'ss [probably q. d. O me laffum, O tired me, L. or Helas, F.] an Interje&ion of Complaint, Grief, i5c. AI a t e'rn u s [with Botanifts] the mod beautiful Shrub for Hedges, of a lovely green Colour and fweet feented Bloffom. Ala'y [Hunting Term] ufed, when frefh Dogs are lent Into the Cry. A'lba, a Surplice or white Vedmcnt, ufed by a Pried officiating at Divine Service ; an Albe or Aube, L. Albada'ria [Anat.] the larged Bone of the great Toe, at the uppermod part of the Metatarsus, Arab. Alba firma [Law Term] an annual Rent that was payable to the chief Lord of a Hundred, called Alba, &c. becaufe it was paid in Silver, call’d white Money and not in Corn, call’d Black-mail. * Alba Spina [Botany] the white Thorn, L. Al 3 e', fee Alba. Albe'rge, [Botany] a fmall forward Peach of a yel¬ low Colour. 1 Albi'num [with Botanifis] the Herb Chaff-weed or Cud-wort. Albu'cum [in Botany] the white Daffodil. Albugi'nea Oculi [with Anatomifls] a very thin Tu- nicle 01 Coat of the Eye, fo named on account of its Whitenefs; called alio Adnata Tunica, Albugj'nea Teflis [Anatomy] the white Membrane or okin that immediately covers the Tedicles. Albugi'neous [albugineus L.j of or pertaining to the white of the Eye. Albu'go [with Oculifis] a white Speck in the horny Coat of the Eye, alfo a Pearl or Web grow in- over the bight ; alfo the White of the Eye; alfo the White of an Egg. ^ A'lbum, White, Whitenefs ; alfo white Rent paid in Album grvecum [in Pharmacy] white Do« Turd. Album Oculi, the White of an Eye, L. Album Ovi, the White of an Egg, L. A'lburn Colour, a brown, fee Auburn. Alburnum [with Botanifis] is edeemed by fbme to be the hat of Trees, that Part of the Trunk that is be¬ tween toe Bark and Timber, or the mod tender Wood, to be hardened after the Space of fome Years. Alcalde ) a fort of Judge or Minider of Judice a- Alca id > mong the Spaniards, much the fame as Alca ldej a Provod. Alcaliza'tion ? [with Clymifis] the Aa of im- caline SMLlZA TION J pregnating a Liquor with an al- A'lcahoi l [with Chymijls] the pure Subdance of any L c 00 l 5 thing that is feparated from the more PnwdLbUt Specially a fubtil and highly refined rcaificdSpafofwLr'ypll''!Spirit’ yM• ,he A L Alca'ick Verfes, Latin Yerfes that confid of two Dac¬ tyls and two Trochees, fo named of Alcaus the firft in ¬ ventor. Alcaicks, are of three Species ; the fird confids of two Daftyls and two Trochees. Exilium impnfitura cymba. The fecond confids of five Feet ; the fird of which is a Sporv- dee or Iambiclc; the fecond an lambick ; the third a lon>*- Syllable; the fourth a Daftyl ; the fifth a Dadtyl or Arm phimacer ; as Horace, Omnes eodem cogimur, omnium Verfatur urna, ferius ccyus Sors exitura. Thefe two are called Alcaick Daily licks; the three Species has the fird an Epitrite, the fecond and third Cboriambut\ and the fourth a liacchius, as Cur timet fiavum tilterim tangere ? Cur olivu m An Alca'icic Ode confids of four Strophes, each of which contain four Verfes, the two firlt are Alcaick Verles of the lame kind; the third an lambick Dimeter Hypercata- lettick, i.e. of four Feet and a long Syllable ; the fourth is an Alcaick of che fird kind. fi he Alcaick Strophe entire is as follows. Omnes eodem cogimur, omnium Verfatur urna, ferius ocyut Sors exitura, Qp nos in aternum Exilium impofitura cymba. Ant Ai.ca'id [in Barbary] the Governowr of a City. A L c n Y M Y [of Al an yirabick Particle and yofoix ot Xy^ct, of xycf, to melt Metals] that fublimer Part of Chy- nudiy that teaches the Pranfmutation of Metals, and ma- ' ng the Grand Elixir or Vhilofophers Stone, according to the Cant of Adeptifls. The Word fignifies no more than bare Chymidry without the Addition of the .Arabick Parti- r , whicl1 they will needs have to fignify a wonder¬ ful Virtue here ; iome have defin’d this Study of yhl.ymy to be Ars fine Arte, cujus principium eft mentiri, medium la¬ bor are, &fi„js mendicare, i.e. an Art without Art, which egms with Lying, is carried on with Labour, and ends in eSgaty. And thus it was found to his Sorrow by Teno- tus, who having fpent his whole Life and Fortune in this Art in vain, died in an Alms-houfe at Tverdon in Switzer¬ land, and was us’d to fay, that had he an Enemy he did °PenIy to attack, he would recommend the Study of Alchymy to him. Alcocho'dOn [with Afirologers] i.e. the Giver of ro ^ears’. t^ie Planet which bears Rule in the princi¬ pal Places of an Adrological higure when a Perlon is born ; fo that his Lite may be expefted longer or fhorter according to the Station, &=c. of this Planet. Alcoholiza'tion, the reducing any Subdance into a fine Powder; or in Liquids, the depriving liquid Spirits or Alcohols of their Phlegm, or waterilh. To Ai.coholi'ze [ChymifiryJ to fubtilize or reduce to an Alcohol. Alcma'nian Terfe, a fort of Verfo compos’d of three Daftyls and a long Syllable, as Munera, Lztitiamque Dei. Ai.col e'ta, the tartarous Sediment of Urine. Alco'rad [with Afirologers] a Contrariety of LHfit in the Planets Arab. A'lcoran, the Turks Book of their Law, or Gofpel, or the Revelations and Prophecies, &c. written by their falfe Prophet Mahomet. Alcora[nes, high (lender Turrets, which the Turks generally build for Ufo and Ornament near their Mofques. Alco'v e, a particular Place in a Chamber, parted by an Ellrade. Alcyoni'a [’AXKVona, Gr.] Halcyon Stones, a fort of Stones bred of the broth of the Sea, with which the Birds King’s-filhers make their Nells. Aldeba'ran [with Afironomers] the Name of a fixed Star, called Royal, of the fird Magnitude, feared in the Head of the Condellation of the Bull, call’d commonly the Bull’s-eye. 1 A'lder Tree [al^oji, Sax. alnut, L. ] a tree well known, delighting to grow in watery, boggy Places. Alder, fird, as Alder-bed is the bed of all. Alderman [ot ealb old, caR'eji older, and d?an> hence caltcjiman, ■S/rx’.] Anciently one of the three De¬ grees of Nobility among the Anglo-Saxons, being the fo- cond Degree, Atelm was the fird, and ’Sane the third. Aldermen of London and other Cities, &c. arc now the AG fociates of the Lord Mayor, or chief Magidrate of a City or Corporation, SEc. A't e [Cale, &»*.] A well known Drink. Ale «$

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