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ADSORHENT m:{¡'cilJer, tc!hccous po\'/drrs, as chalk,
craLs-eycs, Cc. which :He t:tkcn ¡nwudly for dryiog
up Of ab!'ulbing :lny acrid or hU:!lours in
the Jlomach al" inleniDc~. Tlu.:.yare lil-..cwirl! ;¡pplicd
outw:lI'Jly to ukcrs or lores with me fame ¡nteolion.
A nsoRIIENT .)(!¡;'h , in an41fomy, a 1,;tOle given promif.
cuouny [O the laélcal vcn~¡s, lymph:Hics, and ¡nhalent
:lTleries. Se..: A NATOM. Y. •
AJlSORO ENT t'!./I'dl , is alft) a M m e ured fOf (he fmall
fibrolls roots of plants.
AnSORPTION, in the animal reeonomy, is the a/1
wh<.reby the al>forbent velfels imbibe the juices, 6,.
A13ST EMIOUS, .n epithet applied to perCons very tel1l'
perate in calíeg and drinking. h is likcwife applicd
to (hofe who could COl panak.e of the eucharill 0 0 Ole·
CDunt of rhcir a\'erfion to wine.
AHSTENTUS, in la\\', . n heir who is with·held by his
.tutor from emering upon his inheritance.
ADSTERG ENT medicina, thore employed Cor reCol·
viog obíl:ruélions, concretions, ('Te, fuch as foap, &e.
ABSTINENCE, the refraining from fomething we
a propenfity tO, lt cornmonly imporfs a fpare diee.
ABSTINENTS, in ehureh hi(lory, • Con oC people in
the ancient chulch who carried their abflinence and
mcnifi:o:.tion ,'c,:y faro T hey havc beco c1arrcd with
heretics, lhough we have no cen aja account of thcir
pan icular opioions. •
ABSTRACT id,a, in , is a parti. 1idea of
a complex ohjeél) limited tO on\! or more of tbe com–
ponent parts or propcrties, Jayiog aGdc or abHraéting
from the rell:. T hus, in. viewing an objeél. with the eye,
or recolleéliag tt in the miad) we can eafily abr~rad
from.fome of its parts or properlies. aod OUT–
felves to others : we can atlend to the reánefs of a.
cherry, without recard la its figure, tafle, or confift.
enCe. Sec A BSTRA CTI ON, M ETAPH YS IC5.
ABSTRACT terUJI, words that are ufed lO exprcrs ah–
firaél ide¡s, Thus beauty, uglinefs, whilenefs, round·
nefs, tife, death, are ab(fratl. terms
ABSTI. ACT malhenlflliu . fOnlt:times deoominated purf
malhemali&J .. treat of magnitude or quantity abfolute–
ly and gener.uly coníidered, without regard tO aDy par–
ticular fpecies of magnitude,
AB ST&ACT num6rrJ, fuch as have no particular applica–
tion.
AB 5TRACT, is alfo a Cerm in literature tOfi gnify a con–
cife, yet genJ!ral view or analyGs offome larger work,
1t <liffers from an abridgmeot. in being (horter and more
Iupcrficial ; 'arid from aD extraél, as this lan is a copy
of fome part or palTage of it.
ABSTRACTION, the operation of the mind when oc·
cupíed by abflraél ideas A large oak our anen–
ti\in) and ahílra{ts us from {he furubs (har rurround it.
In the fame manner, a beautiful woman in a crowd,
abfiratls OUT rhoughts, and eogrolfcs our attcntion fole–
Iy tO herCelf.. TheCe are examples of rcol abnra/1ion :
when {hefe, or any others of a fimilar kind, are rccallcd
10 «he mind, after the ohjetls thcmfclves are r(moved
from our fight , they form what ¡s called ahj1rtr{J idUlI .
or the mind is Caid to be employed in abllraél iJe...
.Eut tbe power of ab(lraél;on is not eonlined tO ob·
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'céls that are reparable in reaJity U wt11 as rlleoUJ–
y: Ihe flZC, the figure, the colour iof a trce are in(e–
par:tt-Iy conncétcd, and Citnnot cxiH indt!pendt:nt vf
~ac!! oth!\r; and yct we can mentally confine Our ab–
feryatio,n,s to ;my one of thef( propenies, negleéling 'or
ablh.{bRg from the rtll. _
AB ST RACT I01'1, in chcmiOry, the evaporating or drawing
off lhe menflruum from any fubj eél.
ABSTI( ACTITIOUS, anobColete term, among ehemins,
foc í\ vegetable fpirit obtait1cd without fermentadon',
ABSTRUSE, a ICrm applied 10 any thing Ihat is hard
tO be underHood, whe(her the obfcurity arires from
the difficulty oC lhe fubjeél, or the confufcd manr1er
of the writer.
ABSURD, . n epithet for any thing tha! eon<radi/1s aD
apparent trul.h.
ABS URDITY, the name of .n abCurd allion or Centi·
menl.
ABSUS, in botany, the trivial name of a fpecies of me
calJia.
Al:!SYNTH1UM. See A BSJ"THIV '1.
ABUAI, oneof che Philippine ines, Scc PHILIP PINE.
AB UeCO, ABOCCO, or Atioocu l. a wciRIH ufed!in
the kiogrlom of Pegu) equal tO 12; recca/,ís; twO ¡–
buccoS' make an agiro; and t\VOagiri make half a biza,
which is equal tO 2 lb 5 OZ. of lhe heavy weight of Ye–
niée.
ABUKESO. See ASLAN I.
ABUNA, Ihe title of the Archbifhop or Meuopolitan
of Aby •.
ABUNDANT nllmherr, Cueh whoCe . Iiquot pan. ad·
'ded togcth..::r exceed the number ¡trelf ; as 20, the
aliquot pan s of which are, 1, 2, 4, 5. 10) and mue 211 .
ABUSAN " an inand on the eoan of Il fne., in 35 3"5 .
N lat dependent on the province of G<l.ret, io roe
kingdom of r oz.
ABUSE, implies the perverting of any thing from its
original ¡ntemion.
ABUTIGE, a town in Upper Egypt, famous for produ·
eing the bc!! opium.
ABUTTALS. See ABBVTTALS.
ABUTILON, in botany, the trivial name of Ceveral
fpecies of the fida. Sce SIDA. Abuluon is al(o 'a
fynonime of Ihe m~lochia lomentofa, and mclochia dc–
prdY'", t\l.'O American planrs of lhe monadelphia pen–
tandria . lt it is likewife 3 fynooimc of the la–
vatora, malva, and hibifcus.
ABYSS. in a general fenfe, rignifies :lny unfathonlJbJe
gulph, lt is alfo lhe name of a ,,~\!l ca\'ero liilcJ "'¡lh
water, fllppofcd tO cxifi oear lhe c('ntre of the eanh.
ABYS S, in tCripture, is fomctirncs ufcd for hell.
Asyss, in amicluity, a name gi \'en tO the temple of
Profcrpinc.
A8Y SS, among a.lchemifls, fi!:nili~s the receplaclc of the
n: matter, and lometimts the femina.! maner it–
Celr.
AnYSS INIA, • kingdom of Afriea, bounded 00 the
N, by Ihat of Senoar, or l\ubicl. ; on the E pln–
Iy by the Red f<:I, .nd p",I)'. bv D,n~31. : nn Ihe
W . hy GOJ'haOl ;\nd Gingiro: OIml 011 th~ S. by :\ –
and Ommo-Za:di. lt was . t~Jrml!dy oi' gr~Jtcr
l xteOl