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 ters in fortification ue it for the talus of a rampart.  ACCLOYED, in farriery, ignifies pricked. Thus a hore's foot pricked in hoeing, is aid to be accloyed.  ACCOLA, among the Romans, ignified that a peron lived near ome place.  ACCOLADE, in antiquity, one of the forms of conferring knighthood, in which the prince laid his arms about the neck of the young knight, embraced him, and ome ay, gave him a blow on the cheek, neck, or houlder, in imitation of the form of manumiion among the Romans.  ACCOLEE, ometimes ynonomous with, which ee. — It is alo ued in divers enes in heraldry: Sometimes it is applied to two things joined; at other times, to animals with crowns, or collars about their necks, as the lion in the Ogilvy's arms; and latly to kews, battons, maces, words, &c. placed faltier-wie behind the ield.  ACCOMMODATION, making two or more things agree with one another. — Among divines, it is applying what is originally aid of one peron, or thing, to another; Thus the words of Iaiah to the Jews of his time, are, by our Saviour, accommodated to his contemporaries, and by St. Paul to his. — In law, it ignifies the amicable iue of a debate, which is effected ometimes by mediation of friends, ometimes by ubmiion, and ometimes by a diviion of the ubject in debate.  ACCOMPAGNAGE, a term in the ilf manufactures, ignifying a fine woof of the ame colour with the gilding, helping to enrich the ground under which it paes, and to hinder it from triking cros the gilding itelf, which would diminih its glos and lutre. All ruch tuffs, the warps whereof are of a colour different from the gilding, hould be accompanied.  ACCOMPANIMENT, omething attending or added as a circumtance to another, either by way or ornament, or for the ake of ymmetry. See.

, in muic, thee parts that are added to render the harmony more full and complete, as an intrument accompanying a voice. Among the moderns, the accompaniment frequently plays a different melody from the ong it accompanies; but authors not agreed whether it was o among the ancients. See.

, in painting, denotes uch objects as are added, either by way of ornament, or probability, as dogs, guns, game, &c. in a hunting piece. See.

, in heraldry, any thing added to a hield by way or ornament; as the belt, mantling, upporters, &c. It is alo applied to everal bearings about a principal one; as a altier, bend, fes, chevron, &c. <section end="Accompaniment" /> <section begin="Accomplice" />ACCOMPLICE, in law. See. <section end="Accomplice" /> <section begin="Accomplishment" />ACCOMPLISHMENT, the entire execution or fulfilling of any thing.

, is alo ued for any mental or peronal endowment. <section end="Accomplishment" /> <section begin="Accompt" />ACCOMPT. See <section end="Accompt" /> <section begin="Accomptant" />ACCOMPTANT. See. <section end="Accomptant" /> <section begin="Accord" />ACCORD, in muic. See.

, in law, an accommodation between parties at variance, by means of an offer made by the one, and accepted by the other.

, in painting, is the harmony that reigns among the lights and hades of a picture. <section end="Accord" /> <section begin="Accorned" />ACCORNED, in heraldry: When any figure of an animal, in an ecatcheon, has horns of a different colour from thoe of the real animal, then it is aid to be accorned. <section end="Accorned" /> <section begin="Account" />ACCOUNT, or, in a general ene, a computation or reckoning of any thing by numbers. Collectively, it is ued to expres the books which merchants, traders, bankers, &c. ue for recording their tranactions in buines. See.

in company, is an account betwixt partners relating to the tranactions of their joint concern. See.

of ales, is account given by one merchant to another, or by a factor to his principal, of the dipoal, charges, commiion, and nett proceeds of certain merchandies ent for the proper or company account of him that conigned them to uch factor or vender. See.

current,—of goods. See.

in bank, a fund which it is common for merchants or others to furnih themelves with in the cah of a bank, to be in readines for the payment of bills of exchange, purchaes, &c.

Auditing an, is the examining and paing an account by an officer appointed for the purpoe. See.

Chamber of, in the French polity, is the overeign court of great antiquity, which takes cognizance of, and regiters the accounts of the king's revenue. It is nearly the ame with the Englih Court of ; which ee.

in the remembrancer's office, in the exchequer, is the tate of any branch of the king's revenue; as the account of the mint, of the wardrobe, of the army, navy, &c.

, in law, the action that lies againt a peron who is accountable by office to another, but refues to render the account.

, is alo taken ometimes, in a particular ene, for the computation of time; as we ay, The Julian account, the Gregorian account, &c. in which ene it is equivalent to tyle.

is alo ued in undry mercantile forms of expreion for advantage, hazard, los, &c. <section end="Account" /> <section begin="Accountable" />ACCOUNTABLE, a term ued to denote a peron's being liable to render an account for any thing. <section end="Accountable" /> <section begin="Accountant" />ACCOUNTANT, or, in the mot general ene, is a peron killed in accounts. In a more retricted ene, it is applied to a peron, or officer, appointed to keep the accounts of a public company, or office, as the South-ea, the India company, the bank, the excie, &c. <section end="Accountant" /> <section begin="Accountantship" />ACCOUNTANTSHIP, the art of keeping and balacing accounts. See. <section end="Accountantship" /> ACCOUNT