Cyclopaedia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Containing an Explanation of the Terms, and an Account of the Several Subjects, in the Liberal and Mechanical Arts, and the Sciences, Human and Divine. Intended as a Course of Ancient and Modern Learning
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Cyclopaedia: Or, An Universal Dictionary Of Arts and Sciences: Containing An Explication Of The Terms, And An Account of The Things Signified Thereby, In The Several Arts, Both Liberal And Mechanical; And The Several Sciences, Human And Divine: The Figures, Kinds, Properties, Productions, Preparations, and Uses of Things Natural and Artificial: The Rise, Progress, and State of Things Ecclesiastical, Civil, Military, and Commercial: With the Several Systems, Sects, Opinions &c. Among Philosophers, Divines, Mathematicians, Physicians, Antiquaries, Critics, &c. ; The Whole Intended as a Course of Antient and Modern Learning ; Extracted Fromt He Best Authors, Dictionaries, Journals, Memoirs, Transactions, Ephemerides, &c. in Several Languages ; In Two Volumes. L - Z
... belt Negro's are brought from Cape Verd , Angola , Se- negal , the kingdom of Joloffes , that of Galland , Damels ... gymnic ; at length they were open to the people , and other kinds of fports introduced . The conquerors were crowned ...
Cyclopaedia: or, An universal dictionary of arts and sciences: Containing an explanation of the terms, and an account of the several subjects, in the liberal and mechanical arts, and the sciences, human and divine. Intended as a course of ancient and modern learning
... time ; and thofe , on the contrary , the most compound and harsh , which are generated in the longest time . For inftance , let 1 , 2 , 3 , be the lengths of 3 chords , 12 is an octave ; 2 : 3 a fifth ; and 1 : 3 an octave and fifth ...
Cyclopaedia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Containing an Explanation of the Terms, and an Account of the Several Subjects, in the Liberal and Mechanical Arts, and the Sciences, Human and Divine. Intended as a Course of Ancient and Modern Learning
... draw the end 10 of the regulator to- wards t , and thereby fhut it by ... Ffbelow , it was fup- plied with the fcalding hot water which comes out of ... moves up and down VOL . IV . N ° 345 . 7 U above STE STE.
Cyclopaedia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Containing an Explanation of the Terms, and an Account of the Several Subjects, in the Liberal and Mechanical Arts, and the Sciences, Human and Divine. Intended as a Course of Ancient and Modern Learning
... 21. a day , fix clerks of the roads and their fix afliftants , thirty ... sheet , bills of exchange , invoices , bills of lading , ( fent or brought ... days be- fore or after any fummons or prorogation , which shall be figned , on the ...
Cyclopaedia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Containing an Explanation of the Terms, and an Account of the Several Subjects, in the Liberal and Mechanical Arts, and the Sciences, Human and Divine. Intended as a Course of Ancient and Modern Learning
... dragons or snakes - skins ; and the plant we call dra- cunculus , or tarragon ... meteor , appearing long , and finous , fomething in the fhape of a flying dragon ... breed in the muscular flesh of the arms , legs , & c . and from their be ...
Cyclopaedia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Containing an Explanation of the Terms, and an Account of the Several Subjects, in the Liberal and Mechanical Arts, and the Sciences, Human and Divine. Intended as a Course of Ancient and Modern Learning
... kiln . Dr. Hales is also of opinion , that a ventilation of warm dry air from the adjoining ftove , with a cautious hand , might be of fervice to trees and plants in green - houses ; where it is well known that an air full of the rancid ...
Cyclopaedia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Containing an Explanation of the Terms, and an Account of the Several Subjects, in the Liberal and Mechanical Arts, and the Sciences, Human and Divine. Intended as a Course of Ancient and Modern Learning
... Libra . And as the beginning of Aries is the rifing point of the ecliptic , Cancer the higheft , and Libra the ... ( tab . I. for Jan. ) new moon 3 In tab.III . ( A ) against 185 is the equation o In tab.IV. ( B ) against 298 is the ...
Cyclopaedia: or, An universal dictionary of arts and sciences: Containing an explanation of the terms, and an account of the several subjects, in the liberal and mechanical arts, and the sciences, human and divine. Intended as a course of ancient and modern learning
... means & c . FOUNDERY ; of BELL , LETTER , ORDNANCE , & c . of EPACT , GOLDEN NUMBER , DOMINICAL , & c . , COINING ; MONEY ... TESTICLES , CLITORIS , MATRIX , GLOBE , & C . NYMPHA , HYMEN , EMBRYO , ZOOPHYTE , MOLE , & c . ERECTION ...
THE NEW ROYAL CYCLOPAEDIA, And ENCYCLOPAEDIA; OR, COMPLETE MODERN AND UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: On an ENTIRE NEW and IMPROVED PLAN, AND INCLUDING ALL THE Modern Improvements and Latest Discoveries on the Various Subjects. CONTAINING A NEW, FULL ... DIGEST AND DISPLAY OF THE WHOLE Theory Anc Practice of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts; ALSO THE WHOLE CIRCLE OF THE SCIENCES, HUMAN AND DIVINE. WHEREIN ALL THE RESPECTIVE SCIENCES ARE PROPERLY ARRANGED Into GENERAL and COMPLETE SYSTEMS, AND THE ARTS DIGESTED INTO DISTINCT TREATISES; LIKEWISE ALL THE VARIOUS DETACHED PARTS OF KNOWLEDGE, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, CRITICALLY ILLUSTRATED, and Very COPIOUSLY EXPLAINED, in the Most CLEAR and SATISFACTORY MANNER, ACCORDING TO THE BEST AND MOST RESPECTABLE AUTHORITIES. Comprising a ... Course of ANCIENT and MODERN LITERATURE, From the Very Earliest Ages of the World, Down to the Present Time. Including All the Latest DISCOVERIES and Newest IMPROVEMENTS Made in the Various Branches of the ARTS and SCIENCES, PARTICULARLY IN Acoustics ... Zoology, &c. &c. &c. The Whole Entirely Freed from the Many Errors, Obscurities, and Superfluities of Other Works of the Kind. By Adopting this New and Improved Plan, this Work Includes a Complete Circle of the ARTS and SCIENCES; and Forms a More METHODICAL, INTELLIGENT, and COMPLETE REPOSITORY of GENERAL and UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE, Than Any Other Encyclopaedia ... in the English Language. Illustrated with UPWARDS of 150 Very Large Superb COPPER-PLATES ... IN THEREE LARGE WOLUMES.
... dragon , in natural hiftory , a fabulous animal , which has been reprefented ... meteor , appearing long and finous , fomething in the fhape of a flying ... breed in the mufcular parts of the arms and legs , called Guinea- worms . This ...
THE NEW ROYAL CYCLOPAEDIA, And ENCYCLOPAEDIA; OR, COMPLETE MODERN AND UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: On an ENTIRE NEW and IMPROVED PLAN, AND INCLUDING ALL THE Modern Improvements and Latest Discoveries on the Various Subjects. CONTAINING A NEW, FULL ... DIGEST AND DISPLAY OF THE WHOLE Theory Anc Practice of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts; ALSO THE WHOLE CIRCLE OF THE SCIENCES, HUMAN AND DIVINE. WHEREIN ALL THE RESPECTIVE SCIENCES ARE PROPERLY ARRANGED Into GENERAL and COMPLETE SYSTEMS, AND THE ARTS DIGESTED INTO DISTINCT TREATISES; LIKEWISE ALL THE VARIOUS DETACHED PARTS OF KNOWLEDGE, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, CRITICALLY ILLUSTRATED, and Very COPIOUSLY EXPLAINED, in the Most CLEAR and SATISFACTORY MANNER, ACCORDING TO THE BEST AND MOST RESPECTABLE AUTHORITIES. Comprising a ... Course of ANCIENT and MODERN LITERATURE, From the Very Earliest Ages of the World, Down to the Present Time. Including All the Latest DISCOVERIES and Newest IMPROVEMENTS Made in the Various Branches of the ARTS and SCIENCES, PARTICULARLY IN Acoustics ... Zoology, &c. &c. &c. The Whole Entirely Freed from the Many Errors, Obscurities, and Superfluities of Other Works of the Kind. By Adopting this New and Improved Plan, this Work Includes a Complete Circle of the ARTS and SCIENCES; and Forms a More METHODICAL, INTELLIGENT, and COMPLETE REPOSITORY of GENERAL and UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE, Than Any Other Encyclopaedia ... in the English Language. Illustrated with UPWARDS of 150 Very Large Superb COPPER-PLATES ... IN THEREE LARGE WOLUMES.
... kiln . Dr. Hales is alfo of opinion , that a ventilation of warm dry air from the adjoining ilove , with a cautious hand , might be of fervice to trees and plants in green - houses ; where it is well known that an air full of the rancid ...
THE NEW ROYAL CYCLOPAEDIA; OR, MODERN UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF Arts and Sciences: ON ENTIRE NEW AND APPROVED PLAN, AND INCLUDING ALL THE Modern Discoveries and Latest Improvements on the Various Subject. CONTAINING A NEW, FULL ... DIGEST AND DISPLAY OF THE WHOLE Theory and Practice of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts, AND ALL THE VARIOUS RESPECTIVE SCIENCES, HUMAN AND DIVINE. Alphabetically Arranged, and Digested in the Most Complete, Regular, and Systematical Manner. Together with Full, Clear, and Satisfactory EXPLANATIONS of ALL THE VARIOUS DETACHED PARTS OF KNOWLEDGE, ACCORDING TO THE BEST AND MOST RESPECTABLE AUTHORITIES. Comprizing a Regular and General Course of ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE, From the Very Earliest Ages of the World, Down to the Present Time. Including All the Latest DISCOVERIES and IMPROVEMENTS in the Various Branches of the ARTS and SCIENCES, PARTICULARLY Acoustics ... Zoology, &c. &c. &c. The Whole Entirely Freed from the Many Errors ... of Other Writers on the Various Subject; And Forming a More METHODICAL, INTELLIGENT, and COMPLETE REPOSITORY of GENERAL and UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE, Than Any Other Cyclopaedia ... in the English Language. Illustrated with Near Two Hundred Very Large Superb COPPER-PLATES, Accurately Descriptive of All the Numerous and Various Important Subjects to which They Refer. IN THREE LARGE HANDOSME VOLUMES.
... caper - cucumber . BELATUCADRUS , the name of an ancient British idol , fup ... copper : the proportion one to the other is about twenty pounds of pewter ... clapper on the infide , and the ear or cannon on which it hangs to a large beam ...
THE NEW ROYAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA; OR, COMPLETE MODERN UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS & SCIENCES, ON A NEW AND IMPROVED PLAN: IN WHICH ALL THE RESPECTIVE SCIENCES, ARE ARRANGED INTO COMPLETE SYSTEMS, AND THE ARTS DIGESTED INTO DISTINCT TREATISES. ALSO THE DETACHED PARTS OF KNOWLEDGE, Alphabetically Arranged and Fully Explained, According to the BEST AUTHORITIES. Containing a Digest and Display of the Whole Theory and Practice of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts. Comprising a General REPOSITORY of ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE, FROM THE EARLIEST AGES, DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME: Containing All the New IMPROVEMENTS and Latest DISCOVERIES Made in the ARTS and SCIENCES, Particularly Acoustic ... Zoology, &c. Including All the Material Information that is Contained in CHAMBER's CYCLOPAEDIA, THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, AND THE FRENCH ENCYCLOPAEDIE. By Introducing and Incorporating Complete Systems on the Sciences, and Distinct Treatises on the Respective Arts, this Work Comprises, Independent of the Alphabetical Arrangement, A GENERAL CIRCLE OF SCIENCE, AND FORMS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE LIBRARY OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE, That was Ever Published in the ENGLISH LANGUAGE. The Whole Entirely Freed from the Errors, Obscurities, and Superfluities of Other DICTIONARIES. Illustrated with Upwards of 150 Large Superb COPPER PLATES, Accurately Descriptive of the Subjects to which They Refer. IN THREE VOLUMES.
... AIR - GUN , a pneumatic machine for exploding bullets , & c . with great violence . See Syftem of PNEUMATICS . AIR - JACKET , a fort of jacket made of leather , in which are feveral bags , or bladders , compofed of the fame materials ...
THE NEW ROYAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA; OR, COMPLETE MODERN UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS & SCIENCES, ON A NEW AND IMPROVED PLAN: IN WHICH ALL THE RESPECTIVE SCIENCES, ARE ARRANGED INTO COMPLETE SYSTEMS, AND THE ARTS DIGESTED INTO DISTINCT TREATISES. ALSO THE DETACHED PARTS OF KNOWLEDGE, Alphabetically Arranged and Fully Explained, According to the BEST AUTHORITIES. Containing a Digest and Display of the Whole Theory and Practice of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts. Comprising a General REPOSITORY of ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE, FROM THE EARLIEST AGES, DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME: Containing All the New IMPROVEMENTS and Latest DISCOVERIES Made in the ARTS and SCIENCES, Particularly Acoustic ... Vermeology, &c. The Superfluities which Abound in Other Dictionaries are Expunged, for the Purpose of Incorporating Complete Systems, and Distinct Treatises. By Means of this Addition and Deviation from the Old Plan it Comprizes A GENERAL CIRCLE OF SCIENCE, AND FORMS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE LIBRARY OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE, That was Ever Published in the ENGLISH LANGUAGE. The Whole Entirely Freed from the Errors, Obscurities, and Superfluities of Other DICTIONARIES. Illustrated with Upwards of 150 Large Superb COPPER PLATES, Accurately Descriptive of the Subjects to which They Refer. IN THREE VOLUMES.
... line in the field book , viz . S. 87 ° W. 5.50 ; 2d . The offset to the ... below the line of fight and level points , as is generally the cafe ; but if ... figures in the chart , by taking at the fame time the be rocky , fandy , thelly ...
THE NEW ROYAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA; OR, COMPLETE MODERN UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS & SCIENCES, ON A NEW AND IMPROVED PLAN: IN WHICH ALL THE RESPECTIVE SCIENCES, ARE ARRANGED INTO COMPLETE SYSTEMS, AND THE ARTS DIGESTED INTO DISTINCT TREATISES. ALSO THE DETACHED PARTS OF KNOWLEDGE, Alphabetically Arranged and Fully Explained, According to the BEST AUTHORITIES. Containing a Digest and Display of the Whole Theory and Practice of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts. Comprising a General REPOSITORY of ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE, FROM THE EARLIEST AGES, DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME: Containing All the New IMPROVEMENTS and Latest DISCOVERIES Made in the ARTS and SCIENCES, Particularly Acoustic ... Vermeology, &c. The Superfluities which Abound in Other Dictionaries are Expunged, for the Purpose of Incorporating Complete Systems, and Distinct Treatises. By Means of this Addition and Deviation from the Old Plan it Comprizes A GENERAL CIRCLE OF SCIENCE, AND FORMS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE LIBRARY OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE, That was Ever Published in the ENGLISH LANGUAGE. The Whole Entirely Freed from the Errors, Obscurities, and Superfluities of Other DICTIONARIES. Illustrated with Upwards of 150 Large Superb COPPER PLATES, Accurately Descriptive of the Subjects to which They Refer. IN THREE VOLUMES.
... time , the meafure of two times , or of common time , which is marked by the ... longest of all notes is a femibreve . A minim is half its value ; that is to ... Chords . 121. The chord compofed of a third , a fifth , and an octave , as ...
The New and Complete American Encyclopædia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: On an Improved Plan : in which the Respective Sciences are Arranged Into Complete Systems, and the Arts Digested Into Distinct Treatises : Also the Detached Parts of Knowledge Alphabetically Arranged and Copiously Explained, According to the Best Authorities; : Containing a Digest and Display of the Whole Theory and Practice of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts, Comprising a General Repository of Ancient and Modern Literature, from the Earliest Ages Down to the Present Time ... : The Whole Forming a General Circle of Science, and Comprehensive Library of Universal Knowledge. : Illustrated with One Hundred and Seventy Copper Plates, Descriptive of the Subjects to which They Refer
... CITY OF , and Metropolis of the state Poughkeepsie , Kingston or Efopus , Schenectady , Plattf- of New - York , is the first commercial fea - port in America ; burgh , Whiteflown , Fayette , Sparta , Mount - Pleafant , although not yet ...
The New and Complete American Encyclopædia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: On an Improved Plan : in which the Respective Sciences are Arranged Into Complete Systems, and the Arts Digested Into Distinct Treatises : Also the Detached Parts of Knowledge Alphabetically Arranged and Copiously Explained, According to the Best Authorities; : Containing a Digest and Display of the Whole Theory and Practice of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts, Comprising a General Repository of Ancient and Modern Literature, from the Earliest Ages Down to the Present Time ... : The Whole Forming a General Circle of Science, and Comprehensive Library of Universal Knowledge. : Illustrated with One Hundred and Seventy Copper Plates, Descriptive of the Subjects to which They Refer
On an Improved Plan : in which the Respective Sciences are Arranged Into ... bones . 2. The sagittal suture joins This is what is called anchylosis . It ... tendons , between thefe and the bones . and malarum . Many others cover not ...
The New and Complete American Encyclopædia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: On an Improved Plan : in which the Respective Sciences are Arranged Into Complete Systems, and the Arts Digested Into Distinct Treatises : Also the Detached Parts of Knowledge Alphabetically Arranged and Copiously Explained, According to the Best Authorities; : Containing a Digest and Display of the Whole Theory and Practice of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts, Comprising a General Repository of Ancient and Modern Literature, from the Earliest Ages Down to the Present Time ... : The Whole Forming a General Circle of Science, and Comprehensive Library of Universal Knowledge. : Illustrated with One Hundred and Seventy Copper Plates, Descriptive of the Subjects to which They Refer
... Mu- cilage ; for it differs from it only in being infoluble in cold water , in which it falls with great quicknefs ... fin- viz . the amylaceous , or ftarch , the faccharine , and the ani- eft part of the fecula , however , is carried ...
A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary: Containing an Explanation of the Terms, and an Account of the Several Subjects, Comprized Under the Heads Mathematics, Astronomy, and Philosophy Both Natural and Experimental
... light and tranfmit another , viz , that if thefe glaffes or liquors were fo ... reflecting the more refrangible rays moft copioufly , and others thofe that ... chords that found the feven notes in the diatonic fcale of mufic : which is ...
A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary: Containing An Explanation Of The Terms, And An Account Of The Several Subjects, Comprized Under The Heads Mathematics, Astronomy, and Philosophy Both Natural And Experimental ; With An Historical Account Of The Rise, Progress, And Present State Of These Sciences ; Also Memoirs Of The Lives And Writings Of The Most Eminent Authors, Both Ancient And Modern, Who By Their Discoveries Or Improvements Have Contributed To The Advancement Of Them ; In Two Volumes
... light and tranfmit another , viz , that if thefe glaffes or liquors were fo ... reflecting the more refrangible rays moft copioufly , and others thofe that ... chords that found the feven notes in the diatonic fcale of mufic : which is ...
A Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary: Containing an Explanation of the Terms, and an Account of the Several Subjects, Comprised Under the Heads Mathemetics, Astronomy, and Philosophy Both Natural and Experimental; with an Historical Account of the Rise, Progress and Present State of These Sciences; Also Memoirs of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Authors, Both Ancient and Modern, who by Their Discoveries Or Improvements Have Contributed to the Advancement of Them
... Dictionary of the French Academy , the Dic- tionary of the Jesuits of Trevoux , the Chemical Dictionary of Johnson , the Medical ones of Blanchard and Castellas , the Mathematical Dictionaries of Stone and Wolfius , the Sea Dictionary ...
The New Universal Etymological English Dictionary: Containing An Additional Collection of Words, with Their Explications and Etymologies from the Ancient British, Teutonick, Dutch, Saxon, Danish, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Chaldee, &c. Each in Its Proper Character. Also An Explication of Hard and Technical Words, Or Terms, in All Arts and Sciences ; with Accents Directing to Their Proper Pronunciation, Shewing Both the Orthography and Orthoepia of the English Tongue. Illustrated With Some Hundred Cuts, Giving a Clearer Idea of Those Figures, Not So Well Apprehended by Verbal Description. Likewise A Collection and Explanation of Words and Phrases Used in Our Antient Charters, Statutes, Writs, Old Records and Processes at Law. Also The Theogony, Theology, and Mythology of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, &c. Being an Account of Their Deities, Solemnities, Divinations, Auguries, Oracles, and Hieroglyphicks. A Work Useful for Such as Would Understand what They Read and Hear, Speak what They Mean, and Write True English. To which is Added, a Dictionary of Cant Words
... crochet , and two semi - quavers a quaver . MIN'NIMS ( fo called of minimus ... MINION of the largest Size ( with Gun- ners ) a piece of ordnance of three ... pattern or model , as he is a mirrour of virtue and patience . MIR'ROURS , are ...
Universal Technological Dictionary, Or Familiar Explanation of the Terms Used in All Arts and Sciences, Containing Definitions Drawn from the Original Writers and Illustrated by Plates, Epigrams, Cuts, &c. by George Crabb: A-F
... CROCO'TA ( Ant . ) a woman's garment of saffron colour , of which ... tube simple ; border six - parted ; divisions ovate . - STAM . fila- ments ... tubes occasionally applied to trum- pets and horns , and made moveable , for the purpose ...
Universal Technological Dictionary, Or Familiar Explanation of the Terms Used in All Arts and Sciences, Containing Definitions Drawn from the Original Writers and Illustrated by Plates, Epigrams, Cuts, &c. by George Crabb: G-Z
... battle . SKULL ( Anat . ) vide Cranium . SKULL - CAP ( Bot . ) the Scutellaria of Linnæus , a perennial . SKUNK ... pass- SLAB ( Mason . ) a table of marble for hearths , & c . SLAB - LINE ( Mar. ) in French couillard , a small cord ing ...
The New World of Words: Or, Universal English Dictionary. Containing an Account of the Original Or Proper Sense, and Various Significations of All Hard Words Derived from Other Languages, ... Together with a Brief ... Explication of All Terms Relating to Any of the Arts and Sciences, ... To which is Added, the Interpretation of Pro
... Master of the Rolls , the Chancery or Ex- chequer . Archontes , chief ... Stellaris , the Bittern . rope , in the Sea formerly call'd the Egean ; the ... Nature and Properties of it : Thus that Forming Nature , Power , or Spirit ...
The Universal Etymological English Dictionary:: comprehending the derivations of the generality of words in the English tongue, either ancient or modern, from the ancient British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and modern French, Teutonick, Dutch, Spanish, Italian ; as also from the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew languages, each in their proper characters ; and also a brief and clear explication of all difficult words, derived from any of the aforesaid languages, and terms of art, relating to anatomy, botany, physick, pharmacy, surgery, chymistry, philosophy, divinity, mathematicks, grammar, logick, rhetorick, musick, heraldry, maritime affairs, military discipline, horsemanship, hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing, gardening, husbandry, handicrafts, confectionary, carving, cookery, &c ; together with a large collection and explication of words and phrases used in our ancient statutes, charters, writs, old records, and processes in law ; and the etymology, and interpretation of the proper names of men, women, and remarkable places in Great-Britain ; also the dialects of our different countries ; containing many thousand words more than either Harris, Philips, Kersey, or any English dictionary before extant ; to which is added, a collection of our most common proverbs, with their explication and illustration ; the whole work compiled and methodically digested, as well for the entertainment of the curious, as the information of the ignorant ; and for the benefit of young students, artificers, tradesmen, and foreigners, who are desirous thoroughly to understand what they speak, read, or write
... L. DIVINE [ divinus , L. ] belonging to God , heavenly . F. A DIVINE , a Clergyman . To DIVINE [ divinare , L. ] to foretel , to guefs , to foothfay . DIVIN'ELY , in a heavenly Manner . A DIVIN'ER [ divinator , L. ] a Conjurer , a ...
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