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 notes a Roman meaure, both for liquid and dry things, equal to a cyathus and a half.

ACETABULUM, in anatomy, a cavity in any bone for receiving the protuberant head of another, and thereby forming that pecies of articulation called enarthrois. See, Part I.

, in botany, the trivial name of a pecies of the peziza, or cap-peziza, a fungus belonging to the cryptogamia fungi of Linnæus. It has got the name of acetabulum from the reemblance its leaves bear to a cup. See.  ACETARY. Nehemiah Grew, in his anatomy of plants, applies this term to a pulpy ubtance in certain fruits, e. g. the pear, which is incloed in a congeries of mall calculous bodies towards the bae of the fruit, and is always of an acid tate. See, Sect. 1.  ACETIFICATION, a term ued by chemits for the making of vinegar.  ACETOSA, in botany, a ynonime of the rumex, or forrel. See.  ACETOSE, or, an epithet applied to uch ubtances as are our, or partake of the nature of vinegar.  ACETUM, vinegar, the vegetable acid of the chemits. See, title, Of acids.

ditillatum, in chemitry, ditilled vinegar.

euriens, in chemitry, a ditilled vinegar, rectified by the help of verdigreae.

radicatum. Boerhaave things the tartarus regeneratus is the acetum radicatum of the old chemits.  ACGIAH-SARAI, a town on the north hore of the Capian ea.  ACH, or, in medicine, a term ued for any evere pain, as head-ach, tooth-ach, &c. See. <section end="Ach" /> <section begin="Achac" />ACHAC, a barbarous name of a pecies of the tetrao, a bird of the order of gallinæ. See. <section end="Achac" /> <section begin="Achæinus" />ACHÆINUS. See. <section end="Achæinus" /> <section begin="Achaia" />ACHAIA, a province of Turkey in Europe, now called Livadia, of which Athens was anciently the capital, at preent named Saithines or Setines. See. <section end="Achaia" /> <section begin="Achalactli" />ACHALACTLI, in ornithology, a barbarous name of the columba cyanocephala. See. <section end="Achalactli" /> <section begin="Acham" />ACHAM, a country in the E. Indies, bounded on the N. by Bouton, on the E. by China, on the S. by Ava, and on the W. by Patan and Jeuat in Bengal. It is very little known to Europeans. <section end="Acham" /> <section begin="Achane" />ACHANE, in Perian antiquity, a corn-meaure, equal to forty-five Attic medimni. See. <section end="Achane" /> <section begin="Achandes" />ACHANDES. See. <section end="Achandes" /> <section begin="Achaova" />ACHAOVA, in botany, an obolete name of the marum matricaria, &c. See. <section end="Achaova" /> <section begin="Achasses" />ACHASSES, a river of Languedoc in France. <section end="Achasses" /> <section begin="Achat(Law)" />ACHAT, in the law-French, ignifies a contract or bargain, epecially by way of purchae. <section end="Achat(Law)" /> <section begin="Achat" />ACHAT. See. <section end="Achat" /> <section begin="Achator" />ACHATOR, in the old law-books, is ued for, which ee. <section end="Achator" /> <section begin="Achbaluc-Mangi" />ACHBALUC-MANGI, a town in the northern confines of China. <section end="Achbaluc-Mangi" /> <section begin="Ache" />ACHE, in medicine. See. <section end="Ache" /> <section begin="Achecambey" />ACHECAMBEY, one of the Bahama ilands. See. <section end="Achecambey" /> <section begin="Achelo" />ACHELO, a town near the Euxine ea. <section end="Achelo" /> <section begin="Aghen" />AGHEN, or, a capital town of a kingdom of the ame name, in the N. part of the iland of Sumatra, in the E. Indies. It extends as far as the line. The inhabitants are generally very upertitious. It has for a coniderable time been a noted place for trade; and was formerly governed by a queen; but in 1700, a Said, or Preacher, found means to uurp the government. Its principal produce is gold dut, which is exceeding good. They punih theft very everely; yet robbery and murder are very frequent among them. This town is eated by the ide of a river, and the king's palace is in the middle of the town, and is well fortified. It is 450 miles N. W. of Malua, and 1000 S. E. of Fort St George 95.55. E. long. 5. 30. lat. <section end="Aghen" /> <section begin="Acherner" />ACHERNER, in atronomy, a tar of the firt magnitude in the outhern extremity of the contellation Eridanus. See, and. <section end="Acherner" /> <section begin="Acheta" />ACHETA, an obolete name of the gryllus or cricket. See. <section end="Acheta" /> <section begin="Achiar" />ACHIAR, a Malayan word, ignifying a ort of fruit or roots pickled with vinegar and pice. See. <section end="Achiar" /> <section begin="Achienus" />ACHIENUS, a name given by the ancients to the cervus or tag. See <section end="Achienus" /> <section begin="Achillaea" />ACHILLA, in botany, a genus of plants belonging to the yngeneia polygamia uperflua clas. Of this genus there are 21 pecies, only two of which are natives of Britain, viz. the achilla millefolium, or common yarrow, (ee Plate II. fig. 1.) and the achilla ptarmica, or neezewort.

a name frequently given by the ancients to the gum called dragons blood. See. <section end="Achillaea" /> <section begin="Achilleid" />ACHILLEID,, a celebrated poem of Statius, in which that author propoed to delivery the whole life and exploits of Achilles; but being prevented by death, he has only treated of the infancy and education of his hero. <section end="Achilleid" /> <section begin="Achillis" />Tendo ACHILLIS. See, Part II. <section end="Achillis" /> <section begin="Achimenes" />ACHIMENES, in botany, a ynonime of the columnea candens, a genus of the didynamia angiopermia clas. See. <section end="Achimenes" /> <section begin="Achiote" />ACHIOTE. See. <section end="Achiote" /> <section begin="Achiotl" />ACHIOTL, a name given to the drug achiotte. <section end="Achiotl" /> <section begin="Achiotte" />ACHIOTTE, an American drug, ued in dying and in making chocolate. It is produced from the mitella diphylla, a tree which grows in North America. Between the mall filaments or elaves fo this tree, little grains of a vermillion colour are found, which the Indians make into cakes, and end in this form to Europe; it is uppoed to promote urine. <section end="Achiotte" /> <section begin="Achiropoetos" />ACHIROPOETOS, a name given, by ancient writers, to certain pictures of Chrit and the Virgin uppoed to have been miraculouly made without hands. <section end="Achiropoetos" /> Rh