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l'au!ts nnd arehes, mon eOlllntooly of dlil'tic.i ,mi

parabolie,tl figures, ured

redo,\"ie rOUOU$, , nd prv·

duce

milici~1

echos.

ECHOMETEIt,

~moog

muficians, , kiod of feale or

rule, w;lh feve" llioes lhaeon, rerviog lOmc<fure the

duratioo and length

fou uds,

~od

to lind their intcr·

vals and

r~tios.

ECLECTI CS, ancieot philofcphers, who, ..ithout at–

taching themrelves tO any particular rd\', fdeélcd

whatever

~ppeared

to themthe bcn aod mon rational,

fromeach.

Pot~mlln

~Iexaodria

was the firfi of the eclrél;cs:

he lived in lhe reigns of Augu!lus and Ttberius

and

bc:ng tired w,th the fcept,ctlin of thePyrrhonians, he

rerolved upoo a Icheme that ..ould . lIolV him tobe!

eve

foolethiog, bUI IVithout.beiog fo tmplicit as

fwallolV

aoy rml« hypothefis,

ECLECTOS . See LI NrTus.

ECLIPSE, io ,lIronomy, Ihe deprivation of the li,!ht

of the fun, or of fome heavenly body, by lhe ioter·

pofition cf aoo:her hea,-coly budy bCI..etll our figh t

aod ,[. See Vul.

476, .

ECLlPTIC, io all ror.omy, a grrat cirele of the fphere,

fuppol'ed to be draIVo lhrough the middle of the

zo–

diac, makiog ao aogle with the eql1iooélial of abollt

23° 30',

which is the fuo 's greate'! declioatioo

or,

more nnélly fpeakiog, it·is th.t path or way

amoo~

the fixed llars, that the eanh appears tOdefcribe tO

eye

placed lO tht ruo. See ASTRONO r.1Y, and

GEOCRAPHY :

ECLOGUE. io poetry, a kiod of pafioral compofitioo,

or a fmall

de~.ol

pOCIn, io a oatural fi mple fiyle.

The moJels io this fon of poetry are Theocritus

aod Virgll.

El' OUTE'. in the meoage, a pace or motioo of , horre,

wheo he rides well upon the haods aod the heds, is

compJélly pU! up,'n his h.uoehes, aod hms or lilleos

to the heds or fpurs, aod

coo~oues

duly halaoced

tlVeeo ¡he hee's, .,ithout t1l1olViog

either (¡de. This

happens wheo

horfe has

fioe feofeof the aids o( tbe

hand IOd hee\.

ECPHR:\CTICS. io medicine, remedies which

am–

ou.te

,nd

'emol'e obllruélions. Set ATTE SUANTS,

,od DEOBSRUENTS.

ECPIESM:\, io furgery, a fort o( fr"élure of lhe

m–

nium, wlteo the hones are

m~clt

Ihattered, aod, pref–

fing iowardly, aireé! the membr,;"es 01' the braio.

ECPl ES MA. in I'hlfOlacy, lignifics themafs re01aioing af–

ter thejniw of vegmbl,s have beeoprelfcd out : . od,

io this feofe is the fame as magma.

fometiOlts (ur–

lher inrpúrtl the jnice

prelf~d

OUt.

'ECPII::SMUS, in the aocieot IVriters of medicioe,

1V0rd

uf~d

exprds adilleOlpetatnre of the eye, coo–

fii! iog in a very

gr'

at prolOlOeoee of the eotire globc

cf the

.,e,

which is, as it were, thruH

out

of its

fllcket Or OIbit, by a great flux 01' humours, oc ao iD·

fl. mr.lat,oo.

Ef: I' UCTIC,\ . in pharm,ey. See IscRH sAN·rs.

ECTH

I ~,

io cltordl·hiflory, , coo(tÍlioo of f.i ,h. in

the f ..rl1l (lf ,n ediCt , ruhlilhed in the )'t':lr

63'),

by the

emp",or Hmdu:s, wHit a rieIV to rar.t(y the troubles

oce t!i lilt:J

b¡

tlle r;,ltychiao

hm :!

in the canem

church

J-I

)liI~I'Cr,

the

f.mt

pnnce rCl'I,ked it, on

bell1g io;orme" tb:u

f'oP~

Severious

had

condcnlO':dit,

as falourir,g the Moootl:dites

"eriariog at the rame

timc, thJt Sergius, patriarcll of CoonaOliooFle, was

tbe Huhor of it.

ECTIlLll'

IS,

atntlog Latin grammarians, a fignre of

profodywhcreby the

111

at the eodof aword, IVlten the

tollowior, lVord begios with a vowel, is elided, or cut

uff, togctha with the 1'0\VeI precediog it, fúr the Cake

of the m!afyre uf the I'erfe: thu; they reacl lllu/"

il/:,

for

lliubutll

iI/,.

ECTR()PJU~1,

io furgery, is wheo the eye.lids are io·

vcrted, or rw,l/led fu

¡S lO

fuew their ioternal or red

fntf.ce,

an\l caooot fulli eiently cover the eye,

ECfYLO

ncs,

io pharmacy, remedies properforeoo.

rumiog c.lllofities.

ECU, or Ese u, a f reoch erolVO, forrhe valueofwhich,

fee MONlY.

EDDlSH,

or E'ADlSH, the Imer panure, or grafs that

comes aftcr

ntolVi"~

or reapiog

o¡herwil'e call,d ea·

grais , or e"rfu, aod eteh

EDDY TIDE , or

ED~Y · IVATER,

amoog fea meo, is

where the lVater

!'tI,lS

back cootrary tO

th~

ude ; or

that IVhich hinders the free pallJ&e uf the Ilrearo, and

fo caufes

to rcturo again,

EDDY 'lV t

Dis thu u'hich retoros, or isbeat back from

fai l mouotaio, or aoythiog that mayhtnder its palfagc.

EDESS.'\. Sec OHA .

EDICT, in mamrs of polity,

order or ionrumeot,

lir,ned and fealcd by a pnnce, to ferve aS a I,w tOhl!

fubje/l ,. We liod freqocnt m' ntioo of the edtéls uf

the pi:etor, the ord'O,loees of that oflicer io

th~

Ro–

m,o law. lo the freoeh law, the ediéls are

f.ve

–

ral k,ods: fome importiog a OCIV law ur rcgulaliún;

others, the ereélioo of oew ofliecs

cn,tblilh roeo:s of

duties, rents,

&c.

aod fometimcs aniclts of pacirtc,–

tioo. lo f raoce, ed,éls are moch ,he fame a! a pro–

c1amatioo is lVith us' but lVit hthis d,¡rereoc" thal the

former have the

autll~rity

I.IV

io theonfdvcs, fronl

the po\Ver \Vhich ilfues ,themronh, IVhe, e's the lamr

are ooly declaratioos of a

13" ',

which the) rcfer,

aod have 00 pOIVer tO themfdres

EDlNllURGH, the capital city of the kingdom of

Scotland, fituated W.

l\lil~.

3°,

aod

lat. .

56°..

We IhJlI oot fpeod time io !ruulefs iOllltl.nes lOto

the,nliquity of thiscity, Or dtcetymologyof

n:lme;

bo,h of which fecm

be {abuloos aod uocerldln.

is coojcélureo by fome to have olife.! its ongio and

o,lme

EdlVin

kio~

of Nonhumberlaod, abOUI the

year

600

is takeo ootice (lf by aothors 'o th:

as a rmall and iocoofiderabl .. vdlage, aod onlyabuul the

middl, of the 11th eeotury as the capit,l ol .Scotl,nd.

Edinbl1rgh is filtlatcd O?OO a neop hill :,fing

I~(¡O\

tan

tOlVen, aod ter:nioatiog in

hi¡;h .totl lo""clhol,

roek, upoo which the canle n,tnds.

J\t

the eall eod,

10\Ver cxtremity of this hdl, fiaods the abbry of

I!olyrood.hol1rC, or king's pal,ce, IJ,I!aot. from

th~

callle l1pw" ds of a ollk · aod btlWlxt whlch, aho"

. I

the ton

Ihe ridgc, and almoH io .t IIrau lOe. rno

tbe hlgh'llreet of Edioboroh, On

e.ch

fide, aná

1" 1'

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