1000000029

e e

!>edy.

inh3hi" rhe po.arocs of Surinam. 23. The

gy11\noptcroruOl, is

rcddifh,

\\ilh {\Vo

fca dt't lpaís

0:1

c.lch filie.

illhftbiu

bl.!'c~,

6c.

"1 _ 'fhe

c~lk(Jp

u 'uorum, is reJdilh,

Wilh

a white

:\nU$ .

inhJLlts

tht!

fC:lr:\b:eus

~5.

The r\lpcHris, is

rdll>wifh,

Wlth

douhlc: colourcJ Itne on the back.

:l.

nati\'c uf

Europe. 16. T hc: longicornis,

~-:;

red,

:l.nd

the [ecl–

ers are longer than lhe foout. lt is a native of Eu·

Tope.

'27 The littoralis,

is of a ra\Vny

ycllowi!h

co–

luur. and has blood-rcd

legs.

fr~q\lcnl!

the Illores

of Europe. 28. The fungorum

r..

of • ycllowifh eo–

rour, and has a globular c1ammy belly.

l .

inhabi..

the mulhroom. 29, The

[caber,

alh-coloured,

aod

dcprdr\!d; {be tilles are fturfy.

is a nadve of Eu–

rope.

30.

TIte f.1.licinm;, is red, with t\Va yeHow

lines on .he baek; it is forked before. " dwells on

the willows. 3

The croceus,

yeltow¡

wi1l\

reddiO. fpot

e.eh

fiJe of tho breall

ACAT!\.LECTIC,

term, in the ancienl poerry, for

f"ch verfes as have all their feer or

fyll.bl.

., in coa–

tradiClintiion tOchofe .hat have a fyllablc too fell'.

ACATALE PSY, lignifie. che impoCribility of compre–

hending any thiog.

ASAT ALIS, • Dame gin:n by che ancien"

che juni–

per-berry.

ACATAST ¡\T OS, ..ith phy/icilhS, fignifics the irte–

guiar paro><)lrrns of a difea!'e.

ACATERY, or ACCATR', an oflicer of the king'.

hOllfchold, dcfigned for a check betwixt ch.. c1erks of

the kitchen ami the

purveyors.

ACATHARSIA, ao impllriry of the blood or humOlm.

ACATHISTUS, io ao ecclefi,fiieal feofe, a falerno

byrntr ancieotly fung iD che Greek ehureh ou the S.–

turd.y of rhe fifdl week of Lent, in honoul' of che

Virgio, fur having thrice deliV'Cred Conflantinoplc flOm

invaGoe$

of the barbarous nations.

A CATIUM, in ao.iquity, a kind of boat ufed in mili–

r.ary

affairs, and was a fpecies

oí'

the naves

actcariz.

gee

A CT UAIt'[ ~

NAV'ES.

ACAT SI A-Y

ALU,

in botany, a fYDonime

che eaf–

r..ha fi liformis. See C.SsrTHA.

AC.'\U LrS, in ootaoy, figni6es planrs chat havO' no

e'<lU–

li. or Clem.

A CCALlA, in antiquity, folemn fealls' hcld in honour

Acea Laurentia,

nurre-

Roml1lus.

They

were

otherwife called

LOllunto/ia.-- T o

the rame

Ac–

ca i. alfo afcribed .he inlli.otion· of che

j'ra!ru

ar–

f.Ja/~./.

ACCAPITA:RE, in

Iaw,

the aél of becoming valfal of

a lord, or of )'ldding him homage aod obedienee. See

VASSAL

and

H 6ltfAC"E.

ACC:lPITUM, fignifie. the monq paid by

valfal op–

his admiffion

to a

A CCAPITUM,

our

ancienr

law, was

ufed airo

ex–

prefs nle relief due to the chief lord. Se.

Ra ' EF.

ACCEDAS'nd

curiafll,

in rhe Englifh law, a writ Iy–

ing.

wllcre a rnfln hao¡ received, or fcars

falfe judg–

ment, in an'inferior

coun;

ir lies alfo

for

ju!tice de–

layed, and is a fpecies of rhe wric

rUflrJare.

ACCE OOl'\'ES. See ACCENDONES.

ACCF.LERA'l'ED, ilnplics,

in.

g~m:ral

feofc, quick-

V OL.

No.

e e

cned, contir.uaJly incrc:lling.

T hllS,

p(Crllrl"/t.1 mo·

/Jon

a mOlioo <,olltll1ucdly incccafing.

~cc

.t-.: tCHA–

NI CS.

ACC~.LER .

\TI ON,

an inerc.

.rc

of ,"cloei.y in lhr

010-

(jon uf

boJy

oppof«t

fClJnbttioe, \dlllh

a dll\.JOtJtiun uf mUlIon.

AC CLL ~ RA TI ON,

alfo a {erm

\Ired

ancitnt

aílro–

numers,

with

whom.

fignificd

che

diffcrencc bClwcen

{he

re\'olution

or [he

pnlllum

molldc,

and

that uf the

fun, cllmputed

three minu(c:s alld

fifty.ú;<

fe–

conds.

ACCELE R AT OR, in ana.omy, ,he nanle of .wo muf–

cI..!s of rhe penis, which

recve

for

ejcéling the

urine

remen .

Scc

nN ATOMY,

Pare

VI.

ACCENDENTES, a loo'" order of miniClero in the

Romilh

church,

whofe

office is to

lisht

and

triJO

(he

candles.

ACCENOONES, in Roman .ntiquity, a fo" of gl••

waters, whore oAlce

was tO

excite and

anim:Hc

(he

combatants duriog

theengagemcDt.

Sec

GLA

OIATOR .

ACCENSI, among .he ancien, Rom,"s, a kind of fu–

pernumcrary

folc1iers

who [t."fvcd

filt

(he

places of

.hofe wh'O IVere killed or dirabled by their wound, .

A CC E1U t

/1unjeJ,

among

the RomaDs,

ieferior ar–

der

ot!1cers,

who

aHended che

magilhates

in tbe

maneer

our uf'hers,

ft!rjeants,

or ripHarrs

ACCENSlON,

in chemillry, the .aion of fetting

1)0-

dy on

fire: chus the

accen!:on

of uoder is

eff~c.tcd

ftril:ing fire with fiio• •r.d CrecI·.

ACCENT, or aceenting, in re.ding or fpeakiog: 'Vlien

raire

the tone h,gher

fouild.ing aay particular'

word or fyllable, .h•• word or fyllabl, i. faid ro be

accemed, or

graccd

with

accent.

hexameters

theri!'- is- a

capital acceot in

cvery

line,

c:-tfily

diíHn–

gniihabk fróm tbe rcCl by a good ear. T hus,

N ec óene

promcriliJ capitdr, tUC IOl1gilu,. ir«.

Accents either in prófe or poetry

ha""

a dou.ble elfoél :

T hey contribure to ,he melody, by giving it >ir and

fpirit; rJtey contribute not lefs

.he fenfe,

difiin–

guiChing

words

of importanee from

others. Accene.–

ing 's entirely confined to long fyllabJes; fur a fhort

fyllable is not eapable of an accenr. Every word' ia

ao hexamercr line titar has a long fyllable may be ac–

eented,

unlefs the feafe

interpofe,

which

rejeéh

th.c

aceenting a ,vord .hat makes

figure by its fignifici–

tion. But,

ootwithfianding

this

circum!l:ana .

there

conflantly cne accene in

every line which m¡J{es a

gtearer figure ch., o any of che reCl. Thus,

S ,woth jlC'W th, ,",du", the uphyrl gmtly

1"")',

B,linda j il/íf'd,

4nd

nll ,h. "JJOrlJ

'U/al

g4y.

order tO facilitare (he reading or dead laDgu.gcs,

graOllDarians have adoptcd various charatlers

ff)r

di,.

Itinguífhing the aeeenlS bclonging tO panicular fylll –

blt:s; fuch as

the

ac:nte, marked thus, ('). tbe

~rave

chus ('), ao

che circumflex th\lS (v), or(,.),

&c.

The

aCute dcnofes that dle

voiee

is to be

raifed

clf~

grave,

lhat

lowercd

ft:Htened;

and che

circumfiex, .ba't .he fyllable is tO be

Icn~,hcnod

dwd t upon.

ACctN T