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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.
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.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.sr ..
1
acc:lbe~s
:-.ndhis 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'
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of
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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.
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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.toforce 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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