Glossographia Anglicana nova, or, a dictionary, interpreting such hard words of whatever language, as are at present used in the English tongue, with their etymologies, definitions, etc.

Date:: 1707

Credit: Glossographia Anglicana nova, or, a dictionary, interpreting such hard words of whatever language, as are at present used in the English tongue, with their etymologies, definitions, etc. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$* i v Jiccpdas ad Vicecomiteny, in Law, is a Writ, commanding the Coroner to deliver a Writ to the Sheriff. Accelerated Motion, is the Motion of Bodies whofe Ve¬ locity continually encreafes the farther they move. Acceleration, (Lat) is a ha- ftening the doing any thing. Acceleratrix vis, is a Force, which by its inceflant AClion, produces an accelerated Mo¬ tion. Acceleratores XJrinx, are a pair of Mufcles belonging to the Penis, whofe Ufe is to ex¬ pedite the Urine and the Ge- ni turn., Accenfion (Lat.) is the En¬ kindling or Petting any Body on Fire. Accent in Grammar, is a Mark placed over a Syllable in Grammar, to {how that it is to be pronounced either with a ftronger or a weaker Voice. Accent in Mufic\, is a Mo¬ dulation of the Voice, to ex- pfefs thePadions either Natu¬ rally or Artificially. 'Acceptance, a Receiving; alfc an Agreement to fome ACl done by another, which, without fuch an Agreement, might have been left undone. Acceptation, (Lat.) the re¬ ceived Meaning of a Word, or the Senfe in which it is ufually taken. Acceptila'tionJLat.) in the Ci¬ vil Lavo, is the fame with Ac- guittance'm theCommonLaw^ vic(, a verbal Difcharge from Accefs,(L&L) an approaching or coming to 3 a Paifage or Way to a Place 3 alfo the Fit or Paroxyfm of a Difeafe. Accejjlble, (Lat.) that may be come to3 Accejjlble Height? a Height whofeBafe or Foot may be come to, neither Rivers nor Rocks hindring the Approach* Accejjcry or Accejfary, (Lat) a Common Law Term, fig- nifying a Perfon advifing or procuring before the Fad:, or aiding and addling, receiving or protecting, after the FaCt, one that hath committed Fe¬ lony. In genera], Tis ufed for Aiding and Addling. Accident, (Lat.) that which happeneth by Chance, a Ca- fualty. Accident, the Logicians ufe this Word to denote what does not efientially belong to any Subftance 3 and thefe Acci¬ dents are fometimes Subflan- ces, as the Cloaths a Man has on ; fometimes Qualities, as Red, Blew, (3c. And in Op¬ position to Subftance, it is uf¬ ed for a Thing whofe Elfence and Nature it is to fubfift in fome Subftance, and cannot be alone ; in this Senfe the nine laft Predicaments dn Lo~ gick are Accidents. Accidental Point in Perfpe- Clive, is a Point in the Hori¬ zontal Line, where the repre- fcntation of Lines Parallel a- mongft themfelves, tho’» not Perpendicular tp tile FiClures do meet. Acclamation, (Lat.) aloud$

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