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ground is tak:n off, ~nd the plJte IVdOICJ an:l dricd :
after which nothing remains for lhe ~rtirl, bUl to ex·
"mine the work \\'tlh his ~r.ver, to loueh il up, aoJ
hcig.ltten il where the aquafortis has miffcd.
And, l,flIy, it is lO be remcmbercd, tlldt a (rcOt
dip of aquafonis is ne,'er given, wilhout lira IVanting
out th. plm in fai r wata, and dryinh it at the fi, e.
.ETERN ITY, un attribute of God, exprefling his infi·
nil< or endl~fs duration.
Aecording to Mr Loeke, we come by the idea of
mrnity, by being able 10 repeat any part of time, as
'3 year, as often as IVe will, withOUl erer cominz to an
en,1.
ETHER. See iETHER ,
ETHICS . See MORALS,
ETHIOPIA, or ¡"ETIII OPI A, a I'ery extenfil'e eoun:ry
of Aírica, comprehending Abyilini" Nubia, and A·
bex: it is boundcd by Eg)'pt. and the defart (,( llar,
ca, on the north; by the I~ed fea and lndian oce, n,
on the ean; by Anian, ,nd the unknown parts uf A·
fri ca, on the fouth; alld hy other unknowlI coull trics
on the wea.
ETH~'iOlD:\L, in anatomy. See ANATOMY, p. rp.
ETH~IOIDES os, in anatom)'. See fl.NAT. p. 157.
ETNA, or mocnt GIBEL LO, a ,'ulcaoo, or burniog
mountain of Sicily, Gtuated fifty miles (outh·wea of
Meflina, and twenly wea of Catania. See VOLCA NO.
ETYMOLOGY, that part of gramm3r IVhich coofidm
and explains the origin aod derintion of words, io
order to arrive M their fira and primary fignifieation,
See GRAMMAR.
EVACUANTS, in pharmae)', are properly fueh medio
cines as diminiO, the animal fluius, by throwing ,out
fome morbid or redundant humour, or fuch as thin,
aneouate, .nd promote the motioo aod circulation
,hereof.
EVACUATION, io medicine, the art of diminifhing,
emptyiog. or atteoualiog lhe humours of the bodl'.
See !ll tO ICtNE .
EVANG ELlST, a name gil'en to thofe who
wrile or preach Ihe gofpel of jefils Chria.
The wllrd is oC Greek origio, fignif)'in~ one who
publifhes glad tidi og. or is lhe meffeoger of good news.
Aeeoruiog to Hooker, evangelins were prefbytm
of Pliocip1.1fufliciency.jwh1m the . ponles f, ot abroad,
aod ufed as ageots in eecleGaaie. 1afTdirs, wherefoel'tr
lhey f~IV need.
The term evaogelia hO~'ever is at pre[eot confioed
to lhe writers uf the four gofpds.
EV ANID, a name giveo byfome aUlhors10[ueh colot"s
al are of noloog duwion, as thofe io therainbow, io
c10uds before aod after fuo fet, Oc.
Evaoid colours are .Ifo called famanieal aod empha–
lical eol"urs.
EV ,\ NTE . in ',ntiquity, the prieOeffcs of Raccltns,
thus called. by re.loo. lhat in cdebrating the orgi.l,
they "O ,b"ul as if diflraéled, crriog, Eoa,;, IV"",
.Ié Iv"n. Ser BA CC HAS ALt A.
EVAPOIU 1IOt , io chtntillr)', the fwing a liquerio
a gemle h:2t tO dikharge its fuperfluous humiJuy, re·
E U e
Jucc il to a proper confi.lcllc:, or o~tJio its ury re.
Ol. inder. See Cll hM ISHY.
EVATES. a braoch or dil'il:oo of Ihe druids, or aneient
Celtic philofophcrs. 5mbo di"ides the Rrilinl ao~
(; ,uliOI philoforhClS iota tI,,·ce ftéls; bard¡, e'atel,
aod dI uids. l-Ie . dds, tlw tlle b~rds wcrc the r OClS
ar.d mufieiaos ; the evallS, the priefls .nJ oaturalills;
ood the druids were moralins as \\'tll as oaluralifls:
But 1I1arcdllls and 1I0rnius reduce tI,COI all to twa
fcéls, vit o the h',lus aod druids.
EUIlAGES, 1. n o\lb of prien" or philofophers, a.
moog Ihe aoci~ot Ccl!:t:, or G.lUls: fome will ha'e
,he eubag~s to be the fame with the druids aod r. ro·
oida: of Diodorns ; and others, that they were the
Cune with IVhat Slr,bo calls evates.
EUCH,\IUST, the f,crament of the Lord's fupper,
properly fi~ ::i"i,,~ .
Thi, fJcraOlent IVas ioflituted by Chria himfdf,
aod the participation of it ealled communioo .
As to the OIaool'f' of celebratiog the eueharifl a·
moog the aocieot Chriaians, after the cuflomary ~bla­
tioos IVere made, the deacoo brought water to the bi·
OIOpS aod prefbyters, fl anding rouau the table, to
IV,OI their hands, aceordiog to that of the pfalOliU,
" 1 will IVanl my haods io ioooeeoey, aod fo \\'illl
" compafs thy altar, O Lord." Theo the deaeon
eried out aloud, " Mutually embrace ,nd kifs eaeh
.. other;" which being dooe, the whole eoogregatioo
pr~yed for lhe uoiverfal peace and welfare of lhe
ehurch, for the traoquillity and repofe of the worhl,
for the profperity of the age, for wholefome IVeather,
aod for all raoks ar.d degrees of meo. After this fol·
lowcd mutual f.lutations of the mioiaer aod people ;
ao~ then the bifhop or prefbyter haviog faoélificd the
c1cmems by a fol emn beoediélioo, he brake the bread,
and deliveredit to thedeacoo, \'Iho diHributed it to the
communicants; and after lhal the eup. Their fma·
mentalwioe was ufually diluteu or mixed with water.
Durioc the time of admioiaratioo, they faog h)'otos
aod pfalms; ao¿, haviog concluded with prayer aod
thankfgiviog, the people fr.lutcd each olher \Vitlt akifs
of peaee. aod fo the affembly broke up.
EVER·GREEN, io gardening, a fpecies of percooiaIs,
whichcontioue their verdure, leares, &c. ,11 the )'ear :
fueh are hollies, phillyria's, I~ururbnus's, bays, pines,
¡irs. cedars of L~baooo, &".
EVERL!\STI NG H A. a geous of plants, otherwrre
called lathyrus See L.\THl'RUS .
E'\' ES DROPI' EP-S, io law, per(ons \Vho flaod uoder
the e"es, \\'alls, Or \Viodoll's of a hOllfe, by ddy O( by
nighl, 10 ItHeo aft er news, 'rttl carry it 100Iher>,
thereby raifing nrife and cuntemion io the ocighbour.
hood.
r: VES lfAM, a borough tOIVO lhineeo otiles fouth·
CJIl (lf Worccfla, ""ich fends til'OIllcotbcrs tOpal"
liantent.
EUC EN I.~ , lh~ SILVER TREF., io b~tanl'. a gcons of
Ihe ieol:mJri.1 nlOnoAyoia cI,fs T h< L.dix is abore
the (rull, . od confills oi fOllr « ~III<OtS; the pwl~
al e four; aou th~ drllp. i, qll.ldl.;n ', ,t:ldcont.uos
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