18 / 844
A
n
L
bting often condl'lnncd to ,he mines, u3ninlment, nnti
fOnll:timcs
c:tpitally.
ABIGE.-'TUS,
01'
AD. cnl s, .mong phyfic..
llS,
fig–
nifit:s a l1Iifc3r1
idg~
ejfcéleo by
:u
t.
ABIG IES,
í\
tCI'I11
in
lhe
Roman la\V, applicd
la
ene
who hJd be!!" guilty of (he
cTilne
A
D1G
1:': ,\
T;
which fcc.
ABILITY,
a terro in
l:1w,
dcnoling a power
ofdoiog cer·
tain aaions in
tht!
acquifitiun or
lransfc:rring
oC
property.
ABINGDON, a ,"wn of Berkfl,ire, EnglanJ, lcaled
on [he Thao\cs, about 55 miles W. of Landan, and
gi",s lide of E,rl
10
Ihe noble family of llenie_
AB-INTESTATE, io Ihe
c,vil
law, is .pplieJ
10
a
perrun \Vilo inhcrits lhe right of one who died intc–
Hale,
Uf
wlchoUl lllakillg a
\ViiI.
See
I HTEST.I\TE.
ABISHERlNG, a lerm f"und io old law books, den
0-
ting a libeny or freedom (.-om all amerciaments, and
a right
to
exatl: forfeitllrcs of
alherso
ABlT,
or
ABOIT,
obColete
lcrms
for ccrufe or
white
lead. See CHUS' aod CHEMISTRV.
ABJURATlON, in our ancieO! cufloms, implied an
oalh, ¡aken by a perfoo guihy oC felony, and \Vho had
fled
10 •
pl.ceof fanéluary, whereby he folemnly eo–
gaged
(O
Jeave the kiogdom for ever.
ABJVRATIO t;,
is
now
ufed
tO
fignify
(he
renouncing,
difclaimiog, and denying, upon uarh, [he Pretender (O
have any kiod of rigll!
10
Ihe erown of Ihefe I<ingdoms.
ABjllRATION
~r
hereJj-,
the
{olemn
recantation of aay
doélrioe as falfe aod wicked.
ABLAC, a fmall river in Swabia, which falls iOlo Ihe
Oanube
001
far from Furflenburg_
ABLACT ATlON, Ihe weaoing a child from Ihe
bre.fl.. See WEA"NG.
AS LACTATIOS,
iD
cardening, fignifies grafting
by
ap4
proach. See GR .U'TING and GARDENI NO.
ABLACQ!! EATION, an old lerm in gardeoing, fig–
nifies
[he operatiODs of removing the earrh and
baring
the rOOts of u ees
in
winter,
to
expofe them more
freely
tOlhe aiT, raiD, (oows,
ec.
ABLATlVE, is Ihe
61h
cafe io Lalin grammar, and
peculiar
to
[hat language.
lt
is oppo(ed
tO
the dative,
,rhich exprdTes the aélíon of
giving,
and rhe ablative
lhat of
l aUllg a'IJ..'QJ.
ABLAY, or AaLA l, a counlry of Gre.. T anary, whofe
inhabirams, called
Eochon,
are va{fals of the RuC.
fians.
It
líes tOthe can of the Inis
J
and extends
500
leagues along the [oulhern frootiers of Siberia,
ABLECTI, in Roman anliql1ily, a fcleél body of foldiers
chofen from among thoCe called EXTRAORD INAR II ,
which fee.
ABLEGM INA, amoog Ihe ancienl
Rom.ns, fignified
thofe
pans
in me intrails of vit1ims which were lprink.
led with BOUT
J
and burnt upon lhe altar
J
in (acri6cing
10
Ihe gods.
ABLET, or ABLEN, ao obfolele oame of Ihe fifh cal–
led
C¡prinul .
See CVPRlNUS _
ABLUENTS, in medicine, ore Ihe fame wilh dilulers.
ABLUTION, a ceremony "fed by Ihe ancienl Romans
before Ihey beg.n Ihe (¡,crifice, which coofiflcd in wafh–
ing Ihe body. They very probably learned Ihis
cer<–
mony from the Jevl'9, as have aIro the Mahomcrans,
"Iho flill praélife il .wiili Ihe Ulmufl {hiélnefs.
VO.L..J. No.
1.
5
A
n
R
ABL V1'IOS, among
ch~minsJ
the rwcctcnin:; any m:lttcr
impl'cgn.\tcd
with
falts,
by
rep~atl.dly
w:l.f}ling it
with
pun:
\\Iale l'.
Sce CHEMISTRY,
ABLUTIO N, wirh phyr.cians, is cilhcr the waf'hing of a·
ny eXleroal pan by b..hing, or uf the (lomach aod io–
leilines by dduling liquors.
ABO, " cily of Swedcn, capital of Fioland, feal ed
a'
the mouth of the river Aurojoks on the
fi,ulph
of Hoth 4
nia,
24-
o.
N.
E.
of SlOckholm, in la! .
60.30.
N.
and long.
2
l.
30.
E.
ABOARO, figoifies any p"l on Ihe deck or inflde of a
lhip; hence any perfon who goes on lhe deck, or ioro
the apartments of a nlip, is faid to go aboard,
ABOLlTlON, implies Ihe aél of aonulliog, deflroying,
making raid, or reducing tO nothing. In Jaw, it
fiI!:
nifies the
repeaJing any law
0 1'
Hatule.
ABOLLA, Ihe name of a military garmeo, woro by
the Gl'eeks and Romans.
ABOMASUS, AaoM,suM, or AaoMASlus, names of
Ihe founh flomach of ruminadng animals. The
firfl
Homach
is
callcd
v~nler,
the fecond
relicululJI,
the
third
oma/w
l
and the fourth
aóom:YiJ.
The third
aomach, omaf.s, is endued wilh Ihe (jogular qualily
of curclling milk. Bu, Ihe Irulh is, Ihe aom.chs of
almofl:
all
animals, whether they rumioate or DOt,
will
produce lhe (ame effea, lhough not perhap3 in an e·
qu. l degree,
as
Ihe
Ilom.ch, of calve. or lambs.
See MILK, RUNNET .
ABOMINATION, a ' erm ufed io [criplure
10
el'prer,
idols, idola!rY,
&c.
ABORlGlNES, an epilhel applied
10
,he origioal or
firfl inh.bilan" of any COUOlry, bUI p.rticularly
ufed
to lignify the ancient iohabitants of La.tium, or COUl\4
u y
now
caHed
Cawpagna di Ro1!to,
wheo .lEneas with
his Trojans carne iOlo llaly.
ABORTlON, in midwifery, ,he birth
of
a f",tus
befoi'e
it has acquired
a
(ufficient degree of perfcaioo
ro en·
able il
10
perform re[piradon aod Ihe olher vilal fune-
tioos. See MIOW1FSRY, title,
O/aúar/ionl"
.~
ABOR
T I
ON, among gardeners,
íignifies
(uch
frnits as,
being produced
tOO
eafy.; oever aTrive
at
matunty. ,~
ABORTIVE,
in
a general fenfe, implies aoy Ihi.g
whicb comes befare
its
proper time, or mifcarries
la.
the execution.
ABOY,
a
fmalllowo io lreland, in lhe provioe< of Lei.a–
fler.
ABRA, a filver coin of Poland, in value nearly equiva–
lenl
10
an Englifll fhilling.
ABRACADABRA, a magical \Vord or fpell, which be–
ing wrilten as many times as the word contains lettel:S,
and omitting the
L'Úl
leHer of the former every time,
was
J
in tbe agcs of ignorance
and
fuperflition, worn
aboul the neck, as aD
amidote
a.gainfl: agues aRd feve·
ral olher difeafes
ABRAHAM'J
hollll,
in bOlany, Seo CANN Aa.,.
ABRA HAMITES. on order of monks eXlermio>t, d
for idolalry by Theophilus in Ihe oinlh cenlury. Alfo
Ihe name of aomher fcél of hcrelics who had adopl.d
the errols of Paulus. Sce PAtILI CIANS.
AllRAMIS, . n obrolele oam. for Ihe fifh cypriDus. See
CvrR INus .
t
B
A"A''',