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 A I Z (7 3 ) ALA five cells ; and the flower-cup reds on the top of the mduth of a river of the fame name, which dif- has fruit. There are three fpecies of the aizoon, viz. charges itfelf into the frith of Clyde. Aire is the - the the canarienfe, the hifpanicum, and the paniculatum, chief town of the county, and very ancient. About which laft is a native of Africa. This plant refembles a mile north from the town, there is a lazar-houfe, the fedum commonly called tke King's chapel, which King Ro- AKISSAR, oror houfe-leek. Ak-hissar, a town of Leffer Afia, bert de Bruce fet apart for the maintenance of lepers. fituated upon the river Hermus. Aire, is alfo the name of two towns of France, the AKOND, in the Perfian affairs, the chief judge in all one fituated in the province of Gafcony, about fixty- cafes of contracts and other He is at the five miles S. of Bourdeaux; and the other in Artois, head of the lawyers, and hascivilhis affairs. deputies in all courts about thirty-five miles Si E. of Calais. of the kingdom. AIRESHIRE, a county of Scotland, the capital of AKROCZIM, a town of Poland, with a oaftle of conwhich is the town of Aire. It lies eaftward of the fiderable ftrength, fituated in the Palatinate of Maffrith of Clyde. fovia. AIRING, a term peculiarly ufed for the exertifing hor- AKSTADT, in geograghy. See the article Aichfes in the open air. STAT. AIRON< a river of France in the Nivernois. Arabic particle prefixed to words, and fignifyAIRONO, a town of Italy, in the dutchy of Milan. AL,inganmuch the fame with the Englifli particle the: AIROU, a river of France in the province of Normandy. Thus they fay, alkermes, alkoran, Ac. e. the kerAIRY, or Aery, among fportfmen, a term exprefling mes, the koran, <bc. the nefl of a hawk or eagle. or Ann, a Saxon term frequently prefixed to the Airy triplicity, among afhologers, denotes the three An,names of places, denoting their antiquity, as Aidfigns, gemini, libra, and aquarius. borough, Aldgate, <bc. AISE, in geography. See AisuE. a Latin term properly fignifying a wing; from a AISIAMENTA, in law, the fame with eafement. See ALA, refemblance to which feveral other things are called by Easement. AISNE, or Aise, a river of France which rifes on the the fame name : Thus, in botany, is ufed in different fenfes; fometimes it frontiers of Lorrain, near -Clermont, and falls into Ala, denotes the hollow between the ftalk of a plant and the Oyfe, a little below SoifcnS. AITOCZU, a confiderable river of Leffer Afia, which,, the leaves ; fometimes it is applied to the two fidearifing in the mountain Taurus, falls into the fouth petals of the papilionaceous flowers ; others ufe it for the flender membranaceous expanfions found in the part of the Euxine fea. AJUGA, in botany, a genus of the dklyriamia gymno- Items of plants, thence denominated alatedJlalks. fpermia clafs. There are foun fpecies of the ajuga, Ala., in botany, an obfolete name of the helenium. See of wnich the reptans or bugle, and the pyramidaiis Helenium. or mountain bugle, are natives of Britain. ALM, in anatomy, a term applied to the lobes of the AJURU-ca/inga, in ornithology, the Indian name of a liver, the cartilages of the noftril, &c. fpecies of the pfittacus or parrot. See PsittacuS. Alje, in the Roman art of war, were the two wings AjvRU-curat/, in ornithology, the Indian name of two or extreme parts of the army drawn up in order of fpecies of Brafilian parrots, beautifully variegated with battle. blue, green, red, yellow, and black. ALABA, in geography, the name of a kingdom of AfriAjURU-para, another parrot refembling the ajuru-catin- ca, dependent on the empire of Abyffinia, or Ethiga, but fmaller. opia, the capital of which is called by the fame name. AJUTAGE, or Adjutage, a kind of tube fitted to ALABASTER, in natural hiftory, a genus of foflils rethe mouth of the velfel through which the water of a fembling marble, which are bright, brittle, and do fountain is to be played. To the different form and not give fire with fleel; they ferment with acids, and ftrudture of ajutages, is owing the great variety of readily calcine with heat. There are three fpecies of fountains. See Fountain. alabafter; 1. The fnow-white fhining alabafter, or AIX, in geography, the name of feveral places, viz. of lygdinum of the ancients, is found in Taurus in pieces a large city of France, the capital of Provence; of a large enough to make difhes, or the like. It cuts fmall town of Savoy, about eight miles N. of Cham- very freely, and is capable of a fine polilh. 2. The berry ;■ of an ifland on the coafi of Gafcony, between yellowilh alabafter, or phengites of Pliny, is found in that of Oleron and the main-land; and of a village of Greece, and is of a foft loofe open texture, pretty Champagne, fituated in the generality of Chalons. heavy, and nearly of the colour of honey. This fpecies A1X-LA-CHAPELLE, otherwife called Kach, Ach, has likewife been found in Germany, France, and in and Aken, an imperial city of Germany, in the dutchy Derbyfhire in England. 3. Variegated, yellow, and of Juliers. It is large and populous ; being much re- reddifti alabafter. This fpecies is the common ala-* forffed to by foreigners, as well as by the Germans, bafter of the ancients, and is fo foft that it may be' on account of its hot baths. cut with a knife: It is remarkably bright, and almoft AIZOON,. in botany, a genus of the icofandria pentan- tranfparent; admits of a fine polifli, and confifts of dria clafs. The cup is divided into five parts ; the large angular fparry concretions. It is not proof a-’ flowers confifts of one leaf ; the Capfule or feed-veflei gainft: water; it ferments violently with aqua-fortis, and Vol.T. No. 4. 3 T burns