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A TI A
forr.: orn:uncnt, as a rbf..: or
other Ao\\'.:r. Scammoz zl
\If~'s
r.h,:,·,'u
fllr .1COncJ."C
11l0l,1Jing
on lhe
c.¡pilal
of
,b"
T "fean I'cJclb l; ,nu P. lladio e.•
II,
!he plinlh a–
Loye
lhe
cchinus,
01'
bonh,in,
in the
Tutean
flnd Doric
or....tcrs,
by
lhe f:lnlC name.
Scc platl:
L
fig.
l.
and
Ar. C~ IT ECTURE .
A D .~ C US
is alfo
lhe
name of <In aneient inClrument for
flcilitating opcrations in arithll1ctic.
Ir
¡So
nrioully
contriveJ. T hat
chit::ny
ufcd in Europl! is
Cll.ldc
by
drawing any number of par,dlel ¡ines
al lhe
JiíLtnce of
t\\lO
di.t:ucters of one
01'
(he couoters
utCd.
in
lhe
c.::!.l–
culaqQn. A cOW1!cr plaeedon ,helowd\li!le, fignifies
¡ ;
on the 2d,
10;
on lhe 3d,
100;
on lhe 4th,
1000,
&c.
In
lhe
intermcruate fpaces, rhe (,une
counten 3rc
cfii–
mu ed
al
one half of
lhe
valuc
of
lhe
l¡oe
immediate.Jyfupcrior, viz. bctween the
IÍt
and 2d, 5; between
the od and 3d,
50,
&e. See plate
1.
6g. o. A
B,
where the fame. number,
1768
for example, isrcprefent–
.d IInder bo,h by clifl'erent difpofi tions
oL
!he
coun~.
A SA CU!
narmonicu,l.
amoog muficians, the
arrangcment
of
the
keys of
a mnfical inHT\1mcnt.
A BACUS
logijlicUJ,
a
righ,-angled !fiangl., whofe fideo
forming lhe right angle contain lhe Dumbcrs from [ to
60,
aod its
arca
m"e falta of every two of rhe numbers
perpendielllarly oppoGtc. Tbis is alfo caHed a eaDOn
of fexagefimals.
,A SACUS
Pj1/nagoricul,
.the
tD\1hiplic~tioD-tabIe,
or,any
tabl~
of numbcrs that
facilitates
operations in
a,rilh–
mctic .
ABADAN, a 'OlVOof Perfia, fimated oc.r the mouth of
the T ygri•.
ABADDON, from
ahad,
to deflroy; a oame given by
.S, John, in
,he.Revclatio~s,
[O
me Iúng of lhe locul11.
ABADIR"
a title
which
lhe Carthagioians gave tO
~ods
of dle firfl order. In mc Roman mymology, i,
is
the
Dilme of
.3.
Ilone wbich Saturn fwallowed , beJieving
Ü
to be hi. oew-born fon Jupi,er :
hcnce
il beeame lbe
.objctl of rcligiou. worfhip.
'ADJERE, a ,owo in ,hc der.",s of Arabia.
ABAFT, a fea-term, figoifying
IO'IJJordJ Ih, j1"n:
for
inllanc::,
ahaft Ihe mizulI"majl,
implies, that me
ob~
jeét is bClwecn lhe mizzcn-maH
and
the
fiem.
ABAI,
iD
botJ.ny,a
rynoniDle of lhe calycanthus przcox,
a genu. of plan" belooging
tO
,he ieofaodri. polygyoia
clars of Linnxu9 . Scc
CALYCANTHU S.
AllAlSSE. See AB"ED .
ABALlENATlON. Sec AL!ENAT!ON .
ABANBO, a river of Ethiopia which faHs into the Nile.
ABANCAI,
.or
A8ANCAYS,
a
town and river
oC
Peru,
in ,he diflriCt of Lima.
ABANO, a fmall ,own in ltaly, fubjeél 'o Veniee, and
fituated fi ve miles [outh-well of Padua.
ABAI'TISTON, or ANABAPTISTON, an obfolete <erm
for (he chirurgical ioarumcnt callcd a
trrpal/ .
See
S U R. GSRY ,
and
Trrpan.
ABARCA, a fllOe made o[ row hide., [ormerly \Voro
by ,he pearan.. in Spain.
ABARTICU LATION, in aoatomy, a fpeeics of ani–
cul.uion which is now termed
diarthrojiJ.
Sec
ANA–
T O", Y,
Part L and
DinrlhroJil .
ABAS, a weigh, ufed in Perfia for weighiog pe.rIs. lt is
l -8tb ltf. ,ban ,he Europeao earaL
A B TI
JI
BASCIA. the eOlintry of the Alea: . See
.~LCA5.
A IlAISED,
/Ihailfr ,
in heraldry, an epi!hct apphed to
the
\Vine1
of Cltlt5,
&c.
when the lip looks uownwards
lO
·the
pUlIlt
uf
tll..:
nüe:ld.,
01'
when
the
wings are
lhUI;
.
t~le
natural
\V,IY
of uearing them being extended.
ABASINC, in tl,c fta.language, C,gOllies me fame
as
flriking.
ABASSI, .(Ir
AnJ\sslS , a
filver coin current
in
Perfia ..
equivalent in "alue
[O
a Frcoch livre, or ttnpcnce
ha!f–
penny Stcrling.
It
took its name from Sehaw
Abas
Ir.
king
of l'Cff"", under ","'nm ir was.flruek.
AD¡1TAMEIffUM,
i~
b w,
is
an~ntry
,olaods by iD–
tClpoGtion,
i.
c. when a perfon
dies
feized, aad aOOlhe:r
who has no right enttrs
before
the heir.
4BATE,
from
af,alre,
tO Jdlroy;
a
term ufed
by
tbe
writers of
the
commun law, bOlh in ao aétive and ncu–
rral fenre ; as, tO
avate
acame, is
tO
dearoy or beat
ir
down.; to
ahale
a writ,
i~)
by
fome exception to
rcn–
der it.UDU and . oid.
ABATE,
in
dic maoage, implics the: performance orany
downward motion properly. Hence a horfe
is
faid tO
ovale,
or tale down his curvets, when he puts both
his
hind-Iegs
to
the ground al once, and obfenes the
fame exnétnefs in
all
the times.
ABATEMENT, in heraldry, implie. fomething added·
to
a
coal
of aTlDS
in order tO Jcrren
in
digoity, and
POtot
·out fome jmperfcé'tioD or
naio
in tbe
~haraéler
of
tbe
wearcr.
ABATEM[NT,
in law.
Sce
ABATE.
ABATEM EN T,
jn commercc, Ggni6es
an
allowance or
difcount in
the
price of Certaln commodities, in conri–
deration
of
prompt paymcDt,
a
dlminunon
iQ
thc Ilipu–
J..ed qtlan,i,y or qu. li,y of goods, or fome [uch
cir–
eumllance:..
ABAT EMENT,
io the cunoms, an allowance
made upon
,he duty of goods, \Vh"n the quaotum damaged is dcter–
mioed by
tbe
judgmcnt of t\Vo mcrch::nts upon oat""
and afcertained
by
a certificate from the furveyor ílod
Iano-waiLCr"
ABATIS, ao aneien, 'erm for ao ollieer of,he flabIc..
ADATOR, in law, a term applied to a Ferfon who en""
10
a houf. or Jan'ds, "oid by th. dealb of the lall pof–
ferror,
before
the
t(ue heir.
ABAVO, in bo,any, a fyoonime of ,he adanfonia,
~
fhrub bclooging 'o ,he monadclphia polyaodria of Lin–
oxus. See ADANSON lh.
ABAYANCE. See ABEYAN CE .
ABB, a term, among c1omiers, applied to ,he yam of a
weaver's warp. They alfo fay
Abó-wool
in
lbe fan11:
fenfe.
ABBA, in the Sy!;ac and Chaldec Janguagrs, li,erally
fignifies
afather ;
and
6gurativcly, a fuperior, reput('d
as a father in rerpea of age,
dignity,
or afT'etlion.
lt
is
alfo a Jcwifh ,i,le of bonour
gi.en'o fome of lbe
clalS
e. lled T anaites.
ABBAT. Se< ADDOT.
AR8ATIS ..• See ABATIS.
AB8EFORD, a fca-pon town iD l"orway, iD
58. 44.
N . lat.
ABRESS, ,he fuperior of an abbcy or con<cnI of nuns,
o\'crwhonl {he has thc fame 3uthority as the ahbots O"cr
the monks. T hcir fex indocd hioders lbem from per–
forruing