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kp-eb0702-002203-0095 | ABDERA, in Ancient Geography, a maritime town of Thrace, not far from the mouth of the river Nessus, on the east side. The Abderites, or Abdcritani, were very much derided for their want of wit and judgment: yet their city has given birth to several eminent persons; as Protagoras, Democritus, Anaxarchus, Hecataeus the ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002204-0095 | ABDERAHMA, a Saracen viceroy in Spain, who revolted and formed an independent principality at Cordova. He had several successors of the same name. A viceroy and captain-general of this name led the Saracens and their followers into France, ravaging the country wherever they came. At length he was met at Tours by Charle... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002205-0095 | ABDEST, a Persian word, properly signifying the water placed in a basin for washing the hands; but it is used to imply the legal purifications practised by the Mahometans before prayer, entering the mosque, or reading the Alcoran. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002206-0095 | ABDIAS of Babylon, one of the boldest legendwriters, who boasted that he had seen Christ, that he was one of the 70 disciples, had been eye-witness of the actions and prayers of several of the apostles at their deaths, and had followed into Persia St Simon and St Jude, who, he said, made him the first bishop of Babylon... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002207-0095 | ABDICATION, the action whereby a person in office renounces and gives up the same before the term of service is expired.
This word is frequently confounded with resignation ; but differs from it: for abdication is done purely and simply, whereas resignation is in favour of some third person. In this sense, Dioclesian ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002208-0095 | ABDOMEN, in Anatomy, is that part of the trunk of the body which lies between the thorax and the bottom of the pelvis. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002209-0095 | ABDOMINALIS, or Abdominal Fishes, constitute the Fourth Order of the Fourth Class of Animals, in the Linnaean system. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002210-0095 | ABDON, an island of the India Sea, of the Papuan group, to the north of Wageeoo. It is not more than three or four miles in circumference, is scarcely cultivated, the few inhabitants subsisting chiefly by the fishery. Lat. 0. 30. N. Long. 131. 15. E. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 0 30' N 131 15' E | ABDON |
kp-eb0702-002211-0095 | ABDUCTION, in Logic, akind of argumentation, by the Greeks called apagoge, wherein the greater extreme is evidently contained in the medium, but the medium not so evidently in the lesser extreme as not to require some further medium or proof to make it appear. It is called abduction, because, from the conclusion, it dr... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002301-0108 | ABDUCTOR, or Abducent, in Anatomy, a name given to several of the muscles, on account of their serving to , withdraw, open, or pull back the parts to which they belong. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002302-0108 | ABDULPOOR, a town in the centre of the southern Indian peninsula, in the province of Beeder, 20 miles north-west from Hyderabad, in Lat. 17. 12. N. Long. 76. 41. E. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 17 12' N 76 41' E | ABDULPOOR |
kp-eb0702-002303-0108 | ABEJAR, a town in the province of Soria, in Old Castile, in Spain. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002304-0108 | ABEL, second son of Adam and Eve, was a shepherd. He offered to God some of the firstlings of his flock, at the same time that his brother Cain offered the fruits of the earth. God was pleased with Abel’s oblation, but displeased with Cain’s; which so exasperated the latter, that he rose up against his brother and kill... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002305-0108 | ABELARD, Peter, an eminent scholastic philosopher of France, of noble descent, was born at Palais near Nantes in Bretagne, in the year 1079. Devoted to letters by his father’s appointment, and by his own inclination, his literary attainments could at this time only be exhibited in the field of scholastic philosophy; an... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002501-0134 | ABELIANS, Abeolites, or Abelonians, in church history, a sect of heretics mentioned by St Austin, which arose in the diocese of Hippo in Africa, and is supposed to have begun in the reign of Arcadius, and ended in that of Theodosius. Indeed it was not calculated for being of any long continuance. Those of this sect reg... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002502-0134 | ABELLA, now Avella, anciently a town of Campania, near the river Clanius. The inhabitants were called Abellani, and said to have been a colony of Chalcidians. The nux Avellana, called also Praenestina, or the hazel nut, takes its name from this town, according to Macrobius. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002503-0134 | ABELLINUM, now Avellino, anciently a town of the Hirpini, between Beneventum and Salernum. Long. 14. 50. E. Lat. 4L 0. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002504-0134 | ABEN-EZRA, Abraham, a celebrated rabbi, born at Toledo in Spain, called by the Jews the wise, great, and admirable Doctor, was a very able interpreter of the Holy Scriptures; and was well skilled in grammar, poetry, philosophy, astronomy, and medicine. He was also a perfect master of the Arabic. His principal work is, ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002505-0134 | ABENAS, a town of France, in the department of Ar-desche; and upon a river of the same name, at the foot of the Cevennes. Long. 4. 20. E. Lat. 44. 37. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002506-0134 | ABENHEIM, a market town in the bailiwick of Alzey, and province of the Rhine, in the grand duchy of Hesse Darmstadt, with 940 inhabitants, who make some excellent wine. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002507-0134 | ABENSBERG, a bailiwick in the circle of Regen, in the kingdom of Bavaria. Its extent is 160 square miles, or 102,400 acres. It is watered by the Danube on its north-west boundary. The land is even, the soil partly good, and some excellent. Both corn, green crops, and grazing, arc pursued with success. The numbers of sw... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002508-0134 | ABENSPERG, a small town of Germany, in the kingdom of Bavaria, and in the government of Munich. It is seated on the river Abentz, near the Danube. Long. 11. 38. E. Lat. 48. 45. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 48 45' N 11 38' E | ABENSPERG |
kp-eb0702-002509-0134 | ABERAVON, a borough town of Glamorganshire, in Wales, seated at the mouth of the river Avon, 194 miles west of London. Long. 3. 35. W. Lat 51. 40. N. Population in 1801, 275; in 1811, 321; and in 1821, 365. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 51 40' N 3 35' W | ABERAVON |
kp-eb0702-002510-0134 | ABERBROTHICK, or Arbroath, a seaport town of Scotland, in the county of Angus, situated at the discharge of the little river Brothic into the sea, as the name imports, Aber in the British implying such a situation. It is a flourishing place, well built, and still increasing. Having been in an improving state for the la... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 56 32' 30" N 2 34' 15" W | ABERBROTHICK |
kp-eb0702-002601-0147 | ABERCONWAY, or Conway, in Caernarvonshire, North Wales; so called from its situation at the mouth of the river Conway. It is a handsome town, pleasantly situated on the side of a hill, and has many conveniences for trade; notwithstanding which it is the poorest town in the county. It was built by Edward I. and had not ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 53 20' N 3 47' W | ABERCONWAY |
kp-eb0702-002602-0147 | ABERCROMBY, The Honourable Alexander (Lord Abercromby), a Judge in the Courts of Session and Justiciary in Scotland, was the youngest son of George Abercromby, of Tullibody, Esq. of a respectable family in Clackmannanshire, and was born on the 15th October 1745. Mr Abercromby was early destined for the profession of th... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002701-0160 | ABERDEEN, Old, is a place of great antiquity. According to tradition, it was of note in the reign of Gregory, who conferred on it some privileges about the year 898. In 1004, Malcolm II. founded a bishopric at a place called Mortlich in Banffshire, in memory of a signal victory which he there gained over the Danes: whi... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-002702-0160 | ABERDEEN, New, a considerable seaport, and capital of the county of Aberdeen. It is situated on the German Ocean, at the mouth of the river Dec, and in point of population, wealth, and commerce, ranks as the chief town in the north of Scotland. In 1800, an act was obtained for the general improvement of the city; and s... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 57 9' N 2 8' W | ABERDEEN |
kp-eb0702-002901-0186 | ABERDEENSHIRE, a county in Scotland, situate in the north-east, between 56. 52. and 57. 42. north latitude, and between 1. 49. and 3. 48. of longitude west from Greenwich. It is bounded by the German Ocean on the north and east; by the counties of Kincardine, Forfar, and Perth, on the south; and by those of Inverness, ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003001-0199 | ABERDOUR, a small town in Fifeshire, Scotland, on the northern shore of the frith of Forth, about ten miles north-west of Edinburgh, with which there is now a frequent and easy communication by steam-boats. In old times it belonged to the Viponts; in 1126 it was transferred to the Mortimers by marriage, and afterwards ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003002-0199 | ABERFORD, a market town in the west riding of Yorkshire, about a mile in length, and pretty well built. It is near a Roman road, which is raised very high, and not far from the river Cock; between which and the town there is the foundation of an old castle still visible. It is 181 miles north by west from London. Long.... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 55 52' N 2 45' W | ABERFORD |
kp-eb0702-003003-0199 | ABERGAVENNY, a town in Monmouthshire, seated at. the confluence of the rivers Usk and Gavenny. It is surrounded with a wall, and had once a castle. It carries on a considerable trade in flannels, which are brought hither for sale from the other parts of the county. It is 142 miles distant from London. Long. 3. W. Lat. ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 51 47' N 3 W | ABERGAVENNY |
kp-eb0702-003004-0199 | ABERNETHY, John, an eminent dissenting minister, was the son of Mr John Abernethy, a dissenting minister in Coleraine, and was born there on the 19th of October 1680. When about nine years of age he was separated from his parents, his father being obliged to attend some public affairs in London; and his mother, to shel... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003101-0212 | ABERNETHY, a town of Scotland, in Perthshire, situated at a short distance to the southward of the right bank of the river Tay, a little above the mouth of the Eame. It is of very ancient date, and is said to have been the seat of the Pictish kings; and there are some uncertain traditions of its existence prior to this... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003102-0212 | ABERRATION, in Astronomy, a remarkable phenomenon, by which all the stars appear, at certain seasons of the year, to deviate in a slight degree from their true situation in the heavens, in consequence, as is now ascertained, of the motion of the light from every star combining itself with the motion in the eye of the o... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003501-0264 | ABERYSTWITH, a market-town of Cardiganshire, in Wales, seated on the Ridal, near its confluence with the Istwith, where it falls into the sea. It has a great trade in lead, and a considerable fishery of whiting, cod, and herrings. It was formerly surrounded with walls, and fortified with a castle; but both are now in r... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 52 17' N 4 20' W | ABERYSTWITH |
kp-eb0702-003502-0264 | ABESTA, or Avesta, the name of one of the sacred books of the Persian magi, which they ascribe to their great founder Zoroaster. The Abesta is a commentary on two others of their religious books, called Zend and Pazend ; the three together including the whole system of the Ignicoae or worshippers of fire. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003503-0264 | ABETTOR, a law term implying one who encourages another to the performance of some criminal action, or who is art or part in the performance itself. Treason is the only crime in which abettors are excluded by law, every individual concerned being considered as a principal. It is the same with art-and-part in the Scotis... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003504-0264 | ABEX, a country of Africa, bordering on the Red Sea, by which it is bounded on the east. It has Nubia or Sen-nar on the north; Sennar and Abyssinia on the west; and Abyssinia on the south. Its principal towns are Suaquem and Arkeko. It is subject to the Turks, and has the name of the beglerbeglik of Habeleth. It is abo... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003601-0277 | ABEYANCE, in Law, the expectancy of an estate. Thus, if lands be leased to one person for life, with reversion to another for years, the remainder for years is in abeyance till the death of the lessee. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003602-0277 | ABGAR, or Abgarus, a name given to several of the kings of Edessa in Syria. The most celebrated of them was one who, it is said, was contemporary with Jesus Christ; and who, having a distemper in his feet, and hearing of Jesus’s miraculous cures, requested him by letter to come and cure him. Eusebius,^[1. Hist. Eccl. l... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003603-0277 | ABGILLUS, John, surnamed Prester John, was son to a king of the Friscii; and, from - the austerity of his life, obtained the name of Prester, or Priest. He attended Charlemagne in his expedition to the Holy Land; but instead of returning with that monarch to Europe, it is pretended that he gained mighty conquests, and ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003604-0277 | ABIAD, Bahr el, a great river of interior Africa, which, at Halfaia, below Sennaar, joins the Bahr-el-Azrek, or river of Abyssinia; and the two united form the Nile of Egypt The Abyssinian river was long considered by
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kp-eb0702-003605-0277 | ABIAGA, a town in the corregimento of Alcaniz, and province or kingdom of Arragon, in Spain. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003606-0277 | ABIANS, or Abii, anciently a people of Thrace, or (according to some authors) of Scythia. They had no fixed habitations, but led a wandering life; dwelling on waggons, which carried all their possessions. They lived on the flesh of their herds and flocks, on milk and cheese, chiefly on that of marc’s milk. They were un... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003607-0277 | ABIATHAR, high priest of the Jews, son to Ahime-lech, who had borne the same office, and received David into his house. This so enraged Saul, who hated David, that he put Ahimelech to death, and 81 priests; Abiathar alone escaped the massacre. He afterwards was high priést, and often gave King David testimonies of his ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003608-0277 | ABIAUL, a town in Portugal, in the department of Thomar, province of Estremadura. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003609-0277 | ABIB, signifying an ear of corn, a name given by the Jews to the first month of their ecclesiastical year, afterwards called Nisan. It commenced at the vernal equinox; and according to the course of the moon, by which their months were regulated, answered to the latter part of our March and beginning of April. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003610-0277 | ABIES, the Fir-Tree. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003611-0277 | ABIGEAT, an old law term, denoting the crime of stealing cattle by droves or herds. This crime was severely punished; the delinquent being often condemned to the mines, banishment, and sometimes capitally. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003612-0277 | ABIHU, brother to Nadab, and son to Aaron. The two former had the happiness to ascend Mount Sinai with their father, and there to behold the glory of God: but afterward putting strange fire into their censers, instead of the sacred fire commanded by God, fire rushing upon them killed them. Though all the people bewaile... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003613-0277 | ABIKSCHAN, a large fresh water lake near the river Sumy, in the circle of Osnsk, whose surplus water runs to the Irtisch. It is within the government of Tobolsk in Siberia. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003614-0277 | ABIMELECH, king of Gerar, a country of the Philistines, was contemporary with Abraham. This patriarch [7:2:37]and his family being there, his wife Sarah, though 90 years of age, was not safe in it; for Abimelech carried her off, and was so enamoured of her, that he resolved to marry her. Abraham did not declare himself... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003701-0290 | ABINGDON, a market-town in Berkshire, Situated on a branch of the Thames, derives its name from an ancient abbey. The streets, which are well paved, terminate in a spacious area, in which the market is held; and in the centre of this area is the market-house, which is supported on lofty pillars, with a large hall of fr... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003702-0290 | ABINTESTATE, in Law, is applied to a person who inherits the right of one who died intestate, or without making a will. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003703-0290 | ABIPONIANS, a tribe of American Indians, who formerly inhabited the district of Chaks in Paraguay; but’ the hostilities of the Spaniards have now obliged them to remove southward into the territory lying between Santa Fe and St Jago. Μ. Dobrizhoffer, who lived seven years in their country, informs us, in his account of... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003704-0290 | ABIRAM, a seditious Levite, who, in concert with Ko-rah and Dathan, rebelled against Moses and Aaron, in order to share with them in the government of the people; when Moses ordering them to come with their censers before the altar of the Lord, the earth suddenly opened under their feet, and swallowed up them and their... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003705-0290 | ABISHAI, son of Zeruiah, and brother to Joab, was one of the celebrated warriors who flourished in the reign of David: he killed with his own hand 300 men, with no other weapon but his lance; and slew a Philistine giant, the iron of whose spear weighed 300 shekels. 1 Sam. chap, xxvi. 2 Sam. chap, xxiii. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003706-0290 | ABJURATION, in our ancient customs, implied an oath taken by a person guilty of felony, and who had fled to a place of sanctuary, whereby he solemnly engaged to leave the kingdom for ever.
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kp-eb0702-003707-0290 | ABLA, a town on the river Almeria, in the department of Guadix and province of Granada, in Spain. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003708-0290 | ABLACH, a river in the grand duchy of Baden, in Germany, which soon falls into the Danube on the border of Wirtemberg. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003709-0290 | ABLACQUEATION, an old term in Gardening, signifies the operation of removing the earth, and baring the roots of trees in winter, to expose them more freely to the air, rain, snow, &c. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003710-0290 | ABLACTATION, among the ancient gardeners, the same with what is now called Grafting by approach, is a method of ingrafting, by which the scion of one tree being [7:2:38]for some time united to the stock of another, is afterwards cut off, and, as it were, weaned from the parent tree. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003801-0303 | ABLANCOURT. See Perrot. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003802-0303 | ABLANQUEJO, a river of Spain, in the province of Soria, which falls into the Tagus. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003803-0303 | ABLATIVE, in Grammar, the sixth case of Latin nouns. The word is formed from auferre, “to take away.” -Priscian also calls it the comparative case; as serving among the Latins for comparing, as well as taking away.
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kp-eb0702-003804-0303 | ABLAY, a country of Great Tartary, governed by a Calmuck chief, but subject to Russia, to obtain its protection. It lies east of the river Irtisch, and extends 500 leagues along the southern frontiers of Siberia. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003805-0303 | ABLE, or Abel, Thomas, chaplain to Queen Catherine, consort to Henry VIII. distinguished himself by his •zeal in opposing the proceedings against that unfortunate princess for a divorce. For this purpose he wrote a piece entitled Tractatus de non dissolvendo Hernici ct Catharinae matrimonio. But the title of the book, ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003806-0303 | ABLECTI, in Roman antiquity, a select body of soldiers chosen from among those called Extraordinarii. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003807-0303 | ABLEGMINA, in Roman antiquity, those choice parts of the entrails of victims which were offered in sacrifice to the gods. They were sprinkled with flour, and burnt upon the altar; the priests pouring some wine on them. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003808-0303 | ABLITAS, a town of Spain, in the circle of Tudela, and kingdom or province of Navarre. It is situated near the lake of Santo. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003809-0303 | ABLOCH, a river of Germany, rising in the principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and runs to the Danube. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003810-0303 | ABLUENTS, in Medicine, the same with diluters or Diluents. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003811-0303 | ABLUTION, a ceremony in use among the ancients, and still practised in several parts of the world; it consisted in washing the body, which was always done before sacrificing, or even entering their houses. Ablutions appear to be as old as any ceremonies, and external worship itself. Mioses enjoined them, the heathens a... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003812-0303 | ABNER, the son of Ner, father-in-law to Saul, and general of all his forces, served him on all occasions with fidelity and courage. After the death of that prince, Abner set Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, on the throne. A war breaking out between the tribe of Judah, who had elected David king, and Israel, Abner marched agains... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003813-0303 | ABNOBA, now Abenow, in Geography, a long range of mountains in Germany, extending from the Rhine to· the Necker, and having different names according to the different countries through which they stretch. About the river Maine they are called the Oden or Otenwald ; between Hesse and Franconia, the Spessart ; and about ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003814-0303 | ABO, a circle in the province of Finland, recently transferred to Russia from Sweden. By the new division, it extends over 12,145 square miles, between Lat. 59. 50. and 62. 20. Ņ. and Long. 19. 10. and 23. 46. E. It is bounded on the north by the circle of Wasaj∙on the east by Helsingfors; on the south by the Gulf of F... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003815-0303 | ABO, a city, the capital of the late Swedish, but now Russian, province of Finland. The river Aurajchi divides it into two parts. By a most extensive fire in November 1827, nearly the whole city was destroyed, with the public buildings, including the university, and its valuable library. Before this calamity, Abo conta... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003901-0316 | ABOARD, the inside of a' ship. Hence any person who enters a ship is said to go aboard : but when an enemy enters in the time of battle, he is said to board ; a phrase which always implies hostility To fall aboard of is to strike or encounter another ship when one or both arc in motion, or to be driven upon a ship by t... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003902-0316 | ABOCRO, or Aborrel, in Geography, a town near the river Ankobar or Cobre, on the African Gold Coast. It gives name to a republican province. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003903-0316 | ABOD, a market town of Hungary, in the circle of hither Theiss, and the district of Erlau, where woollen manufactories are established. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003904-0316 | ABOLA, in Geography, a division of the Agow, in Abyssinia, is a narrow valley, through which runs a river of the same name, whose waters receive many tributary streams from the lofty, rugged, and woody mountains that form the valley. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003905-0316 | ABOLITION, in the Roman law, is the annulling a prosecution, or legal accusation: and in this sense it is different from amnesty; for, in the former, the accusation might be renewed by the same prosecutor, but in the latter it was extinguished for ever. Within 30 days after a public abolition, the same accuser, with th... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003906-0316 | ABOLLA, in antiquity, a warm kind of garment, lined or doubled, worn by the Greeks and Romans, chiefly out of the city, in following the camp. Critics and antiquaries are greatly divided as to the form, use, kinds, &c. of this garment. Papias makes it a species of the toga, or gown; but Nonnius, and most others, suppos... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003907-0316 | ABON, Abona, or Abonis, in Ancient Geography, a town and river of Albion. The town, according to Camden, is Abingdon; and the river, Abhon or Avon. Others take the town to be Porshut, at the mouth of the river Avon, near Bristol. Abuin or Avon, in the Celtic language, denotes a river. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003908-0316 | ABORAS, in Ancient Geography, by Xenophon called Araxes, a river of Mesopotamia, which flows into the Euphrates at Circesium. In the negotiation between Dioclesian and Narses, near the end of the third century, it was fixed as the boundary between the Roman and Persian empires. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003909-0316 | ABORIGINES, in History, originally a proper name, given to a certain people in Italy, who inhabited the ancient Latium, or country now called Campagna di Poma. Whence this people came by the appellation is much disputed. St Jerome says, they were so called, as being absque origine, the primitive planters of the country... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-003910-0316 | ABORTION, in Midwifery, the premature exclusion of a foetus. It has sometimes been doubted whether this unnatural practice was ranked as a crime in the laws of Greece and Rome. This question has been revived, and elaborately discussed in France, by some members of the Institute. The subject, it seems, had been incident... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-004001-0329 | ABOUKIR, a small town of Egypt, with a castle and a little island adjoining, with which it is connected by a chain of rocks. It stands at the eastern extremity of the long neck of land between the sea and the lakes Mareotis and Maadie, upon which Alexandria, about twelve miles to the westward, is also situated. Eastwar... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-004002-0329 | ABOULFEDA, or Aγ>ulfeda, the most celebrated of the Arabian writers on history and geography. Among his contemporaries he was also distinguished both as a ruler and a warrior. His descent was in a direct line from Ayoub, father to Saladin, and from whom the house of that conqueror received the appellation of Ayoubites.... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-004101-0342 | ABOUTIGE, a town of Upper Egypt, in Africa, near the Nile, where they made the best opium in all the Levant. It was formerly a large, but now is a mean place. N. Lat. 26. 50. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-004102-0342 | ABRA, a silver coin struck in Poland, and worth about one shilling sterling. It is current in several parts of Germany, at Constantinople, Astracan, Smyrna, and Grand Cairo. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-004103-0342 | ABRABANEL, Abarbanel, or Avravanel, Isaac, a celebrated rabbi, descended from King David, and born at Lisbon a. d. 1437. He became counsellor to Alphonso V. king of Portugal, and afterwards to Ferdinand the Catholic; but in 1492 was obliged to leave Spain with the other Jews. In short, after residing at Naples, Corfu, ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-004104-0342 | ABRACADABRA, a magical word, recommended by Serenus Samonicus as an antidote against agues and several other diseases. It was to be written upon a piece of paper as many times as the word contains letters, omitting the last letter of the former every time, as in the margin,^[1. abracadabra abracadabr abracadab abracada... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-004105-0342 | ABRAHAM, the father and stock whence the faithful sprung, was the son of Terah. He was descended from Noah by Shem, from whom he was nine degrees removed. Some fix his birth in the 130th year of Terah’s age, but others place it in his father’s 70th year. It is highly probable he was born in the city of Ur, in Chaldea, ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-004201-0355 | ABRAHAMITES, an order of monks exterminated for idolatry by Theophilus in the ninth century. Also the name of another sect of heretics who had adopted the errors of Paulus. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-004202-0355 | ABRAHAMSDORF, or Abrahamsfalva, a village in Hungary, in the circle of hither Theiss, one of sixteen which were formerly part of Poland, but in 1772 united with Hungary, in consequence of which they all enjoy some peculiar rights of exemption from the Austrian taxes and judicatories. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-004203-0355 | ABRANTES, a town of Portugal, in the province of Estremadura. It is situated on the Tagus, near its junction with the Zezare, which is navigable for barges. The situation is delightful, on the upper part of a sloping hill, with a country below it covered with olive trees, and interspersed with vineyards. One of Buonapa... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-004204-0355 | ABRASAX, or Abraxas, the supreme god of the Basilidian heretics. It is a mystical or cabbalistic word, composed of the Greek letters c¢, ĉ, g, α, ξ, α , ς, which together, according to the Grecian mode of numeration, make up the number 365. For Basilides taught, that there were 365 heavens between the earth and the emp... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0702-004205-0355 | ABRASION is sometimes used among medical writers for the effect of sharp corrosive medicines or humours in wearing away the natural mucus which covers the membranes, and particularly those of the stomach and intestines. The word is composed of the Latin ab and rado, to shave or scrape off. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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