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ACAO, an i(land of Chin. , in ,he provinco

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of Can,on, fif,y miles fou,h of Cantan.

ó

.1lMAcAo ,lnormthology. SeePSl TTAcUS.

MACCABEES, t\Vo .poeryph.1 books of

ferip,ure; fa called from Judas Mattathias,

furnamed Mace.beu,. The r,rfl book of ,he Maec,bee.

¡s"an excellent hiHory,

ana

comes neareH

te

:he ílyle and

manncr of thefacred hirtorians ofany extant. It contains

the hil1oryof fony years, (rom the

reign

of

Antiochus

E–

piphanes to the death of Siman the high prieH ; rhat ¡s,

from ,he )'" r of ,he \Vorld

3829

tO ,he ye"

3R69'

' 3'

berore Chrifl. The fecond book of ,h. M.ccabee,

begins

with

tWO

cpifllcs

(cnl

from the Jews af

J.:rUrd.–

lem to tlie J t!ws of Eg}'pt and Alexandria, to cxhort

them

to

obferve Iht!

feaH

of rhe dcdic;nion of the n;:w

olt.r

ereBed

b)' Judas

00

hi, puri fy ing ,he ,e'!)ple.

AfteT thefe epilllc, follo\V, the prcface of the au,hor

ro his hiHary, "!hicb is <I n

abridgr.lf:

nt of a

hrgcr

work ,

cnmpcfed

by

one J a{(m, a Jew of C)'rcnc, \Vho wrote

the hiflory of }

ido:l.s

r ..

1

acc:lbe~s

:-.nd

his brethrcn, ;¡nd

the

wars

:1_~Jlínn

Ara-;ochlls Epiph:tncs ::md

Eupator

his

(ü:1.

Thi~

(.:cnnd

u~ok

do:s not,

by

~:;y

medns,

cqual

lhe

:lrcur<i,y :lnd cxcellency of

(he

lid!.

Jt

coo–

t;¡im:,

a

hi n-nry

of

;.¡t:o:~, ~rtC~'n

years,

from Ihe

rxr:CI]–

tioo of

f!e!iodorus'~

cClmmi¡Tior:,

wllo \

'a~

(cot

by S::·

Iencus

::0'1

frtt.:h

aw,¡v th:

trearurcs of

lhe

t~r:1ple,

to

!~1:

t1ift'ory

Obl;¡i"cd

by

Jol !flS

l\fac:;¡U~lIS

over

Nicflnr;r;

rh.H ¡s.

(rom

tllt

y':o!.f

of the worlJ 3828,

t I,)

the yt:ar

;84;.

J .~;

\'c;:rs

h:f,)re C;:ii{L

:\ j,\CCLI ...

S VIEI.D, a l1lark.:t- lOwn

of

Chenlirc,

thir–

Iy

¡i",c

nl'lls

l'.dl

IIr

Ch<(l::r,

(, 0m

whCilCel, th:

noSle

r..m;ly of

l',llL" r

t

.kc

tlll'

t :~ !::

of

~íl: 1.

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M A C

MACE, the feeond eoat or.covering of the kernel of th

e

nutmeg, is a thin and membranaceolJS fubClance, of an

o!caginous nature and

a

yellowilh colour; being met

with in fiakes

oE

an inch and more

in

length, which are

divided

ioto a

muhitude of ramifications.

It

is of an

cxtremely fragT:lnt, :u omatic and agreeable fia'four,

and of •

plear.nt,

but aerid and ole.ginou, tafle.

Mace is carminative, tlomachic, and aClripgent; and

po(fe(fe, . 11 the virtues of Dutmeg, but is lefs aflrin-

gent.

MACEDONIA,

a

provinceofEuropeanTurky, bound–

ed

by

Servía and ROnlfl.nia, on the north and can; by

the gulph, oC S.lonichi, ConT<(fa

.r.d

The(faly, on the

foulh; and by Albania ;md Epirm. on lhe

weft.

MACERATION, i, al1 infu!ion of, or Co.king ingr<–

dieots

in

water or aoy other

flu id.

in order either to

fofrcn

th~m,

or dra\\' OUt their vi rtucs.

MACHIAN, • Cmall ifl,nd of the Moluce.., whieh pro·

duces

the

beH c!o\'es: ir is lituated under the eQuator,

in

12 50

E.

long. and is f"bjea 'o the D u,eh.•

MACHINE, in gene.,I, whate<er

h.to

force C"!lieient

to "ife or flap the motion of

a

h.avy body. Se< ME–

CHAN ICS,

M t\Cl!INERY, in epic . nd d"matic poetry, is \Vhen

the

pON introduces

Ihe

nfc of

machin~s,

or brings

(,lme

[u?erna rura l

t'Cil'ig

~lpon

the

Jln.ge,

in orda to

(~I\'~

fl,)nle

dllli~u!l y,

01' 10

perform fo,He exploit out

c(

Ihe

rc.:1ch uf

h:H~l'ln

pow::r.

St'~· C(lI\IPOSI;- I ON.

l\l l\ CKER .-i.N,

or

l\ I Ac~:As,

lhe capit:() of a

pro\'ince

jI"

I'~·r(¡.ll)f

Ihe (ulle

na~H:

j

fituatt.:J in E .

long,

66" ,

:\IHi

N. lar. ':.

(,0 ,

1II,\ C¡'; I·: n

EL,

ir. i.:lltilyology .

SeO

Seo"., ••

Vr) ;' . ¡11. NJ 6?

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