OF THE HUMAN STRUCTURE-Bones, muscles, nerves, arteries, blood, &c.
THE SOUL AND ITS FACULTIES-Mind, perception, under-
standing, judgment, will, idea, knowledge, memory,
imagination, &c.
PASSIONS, management of, social and selfish, affections, virtue, vice, devotion, superstition, bigotry, &c.
PRODUCTIONS FOR FOOD AND OTHER USES-Tea, coffee,
chocolate, sugar, rice, salt, cheese, butter, &c.
FRUITS-Oranges, citrons, lemons, melons, pomegranates, raisins, apples, pears, quinces, &c.
WINES, LIQUORS, &C.-White and red wines, of different countries, preparation of, fermentation, tartar, cider, perry, vinegar, rum, brandy, &c.
AROMATIC SPICES, GUMS, RESINS, &c.-Frankincense,
spices, camphor, manna, rhubarb, jalap, gums, turpen-
tine, resin, tar, pitch, lamp black, bark bread, amber,
opium, Peruvian bark, tobacco, snuff, oils, &c.
FISH-Cod, herring, mackerel and piichard fisheries,
sturgeon, caviar, carp, anchovy, oysters, tortoise, whale,
spermaceti, ambergris, isinglass, musk, &c.
Fow LS-Swan, goose, partridge, pheasant, peacock, grouse,
SIMPLE EARTHS USED IN MEDICINE-Magnesia, alumin, lime; nitre, &c.
MINERAL WATERS-Bath, Bristol, Cheltenham, Tun- bridge, Malvern, Islington, &c.
ARTICLES OF COMMERCE OR MANUFACTURE DERIVED FROM THE THREE KINGDOMS OF NATURE.
METALS, MINERALS, WOODS, &c. USED IN THE ARTS OR TRADE-Platina, gold, silver, lead, copper, zinc, tin, iron, magnet, ochre, black lead, mercury, arsenic, nickel, cobalt, manganese, antimony, bismuth, &c. ALKALIES-Potash, soda, ammonia, &c.
MIXED EARTHS OR CLAYS-Fuller's earth, marl, chalk, clay, bole, &c.
BITUMINOUS AND INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES-Naphtha, mineral tallow, caoutchouc; pitcoal, sulphur, vitriol, &c.
GEMS AND PRECIOUS STONES-Diamond, crystal, ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, garnet, amethyst, beryl, agat, onyx, opal, carnelian, hyacinth, pearls, &c.
STONES-Marble, porphyry, serpentine, granite, flint, mill- stones, free stone, slate, hone, &c.
COLOURS AND PAINTS-Cinnabar, vermillion, red lead, white lead; massicot, blue, woad, indigo, smalt; red, madder, cochineal, carmine, lake, lac, rose pink, red chalk, kermes; yellow, turmeric, sumac, fustic, quer- citron, bark, weld, annotto, saffron, gamboge; Spanish brown, ruddle; blacks, Indian ink; India rubber, &c. FINE WOODS-Ebony, box, logwood, Brazil wood, cedar, mahogany, sandal, guaiacum, aloes, &c.
CURIOUS TREES-Bread fruit tree, sago, paper-mulberry, salop, cork and tallow trees; liquorice shrub, sugar maple; fossil wood, &c.
TIMBER TREES--Oak, elm, ash, beech, walnut, chesnut, poplar, alder, birch, larch, pine, osier, fir, holly; bird lime, charcoal, coke, &c.
CORAL AND SPONGE FISHERY-Coral, Sponge, &c. CLOTH MANUFACTURES-Wool, English, Spanish; wool- len manufacture, cloth, baize, worsted, flannel, calamanco, tapestry, camblet, mohair, carpet, &c.
SILK-Eastern, Spanish, French, Sicilian and Turkey; spider silk, satin, velvet, taffety, gauze, tabby, brocade,
COTTON-Muslin, calico, fustian, &c.
FLAX-Cambric, lace; hemp, canvass, &c.
SKINS-Tanning, currying, tan, parchment, vellum, sham- my, shagreen, Morocco, ermine, &c.
GLUE-Whalebone, horn, tortoise-shell, ivory, bones, &c. HATS AND FELTING-Manufacture of hats; fur, &c. BUTTONS-Glass, pearl, &c.
GOLD ORES AND MANUFACTURES-Refining gold, gold wire, thread, leaf, &c. gilding;. silvering, coining, New MINT, and improved methods of coining, &c.
PLUMBERY-Casting lead in sheets; tin plates; bronzing,
FOUNDERY-Casting in sand, statues, bells, guns, &c. LETTER FOUNDERY-Matrices, font; printing, &c. his tory of, stereotype, presses, copper-plate printing, &c. JAPANNING-Varnishing, lacquering, encaustic painting, enameling, &c.
POTTERY Earthenware, stone ware, glazing, potter's lathe, &c. bricks, tiles; tobacco pipes; PORCELAIN, materials and manufacture of, painting and baking porcelain; Eng- lish porcelains, &c.
GLASS Composition and history of, blowing bottles, &c. POT ASHES-Barilla, soda water, putty, &c. PINS-Manufacture of, and needles, &c. BLEACHING-Silk, woollen, linen, &c.
DYEING-Fixing colours, colouring materials, salts used in dyeing, general process, dyeing scarlet, and other colours; leather, skins, &c, staining wood, &c.
SOAP-Hard, white, soft, green, balls, soap earth, &c.
CANDLES-Tallow, wax, spermaceti, mould, &c.
WAX-Honey, sealing wax, &c.
STARCH-Hair powder, &c.
PAPER-Egyptian paper, paper rush, pounce, &c.
TITLES AND DISTINCTIONS-Emperor, king, stadtholder, sultan, czar, doge, dey, prince, viceroy, nobility, duke, marquis, earl, count, viscount, baron, lord, thane, baronet, knight, knights-errant; knights of the garter, bath, thistle, St. Patrick, &c. esquire, gentleman, mon- sieur, sire, &c.
GREAT OFFICES-Lord lieutenant, ambassador, minister of
state, treasurer, lords of the treasury, lord high chancellor,
chancellor of the exchequer, privy council, lord president,
&c. lord chamberlain, speaker of the house of commons,
earl marshal, &c.
PARLIAMENTS Passing bills, acts of parliament, house of
lords, &c.
COURTS of chancery, king's bench, common pleas, exche- quer, admiralty, &c.
GOVERNMENT AND LAW-Civil society, government, demo cracy, aristocracy, monarchy, British constitution; laws, municipal and civil; law of nature and of nations, com- ymon and written law of England.
LAWYERS Judge, justice, lord chief justices, &c. justices of the peace, &c. inns of court, juror, grand and petit juries, &c.
CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CAUSES-Oath, assizes, felony, perjury, larceny; treason, high and petit; jurisprudence, benefit of clergy, burglary, manslaughter, habeas corpus, sumptuary laws, plaintiff, titles, mortmain, mortgage, freehold, copyhold, lease, subpoena, executor, heptarchy, feudal system, vassal; magna charta, ordeal, domesday book, diet, shire, county, city, borough, fairs, markets, parish, hundreds, mayor, sheriff, coroner, bailiff, scep- tre, &c.
OLD TERMS-Wold, riding, &c. COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS-Hamburgh, Russia, Levant, &c. companies; exports and imports, fund, bank of England, agio, bankrupt, bullion, trade, coin, bills of exchange, usance, par, sterling, polity; broker, factor, underwriters, stock brokers, policy of insurance, customs, sales, &c. MILITARY AFFAIRS-Discipline, rank, generalissimo, .CO lonels, major-general, brigadier, captain, adjutant, quar- ter-master, chaplain, serjeant-major, drum-major, soldier, guards, dragoons, cavalry, squadron, light horse, grena- diers, infantry, artillery, troop, brigade, company, batta- lion, military regiment, engineers, &c.
NAVY-Lord high admiral, admirals vice and rear, captains, pilot, midshipman, purser, steward, clerk, marines, navy bills, &c.
SHIPS-Merchant, of war, &c. frigate, yacht, brig, sloop, cartel, galley, convoy, privateer, canoe, &c.
IMPLEMENTS OF WAR-Ordnance, office of; cannon, mortar, musket, halbert, bayonet, grenado, bullet, shot, gunpowder, bow, archery, &c.
ARTS, SCIENCES, RELIGION, AND LITERATURE.
ARTS, LIBERAL AND MECHANICAL-Occult sciences, mo ral and physical causes, pneumatics, mechanics, optics, acoustics, phonics, cataphonics, hydrostatics, chronology, geography, history, natural philosophy; architecture, doric, ionic, corinthian, tuscan, and composite orders; he-
raldry, ethics, physics, metaphysics, ontology, logic, geo- metry, philology, algebra, fluxions, mathematics, tactics gunnery, fortification, physiognomy, anatomy, antiquary, pharmacy, chemistry, astrology, palmistry, theology, mythology, biography, natural history, botany, zoology, mineralogy, meteorology, hydrology, manage, sculpture, statuary, painting in oil and fresco; engraving, etching, mezzotinto; casting, bust, basso-relievo, &c. PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENTS-Air pump, camera-obscu- ra, quadrant, sextant and octant; barometer, thermometer, orrery, telescope, microscope, micrometer, burning glass, prism, observatory, theodolite, &c.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS-Organ, harp, harpsichord, piano forte, trumpet, serpent, æolian harp, violin, flute, oboe, &c. &c.
PHILOSOPHY-Ancient, speculative, practical, corpuscular, mechanical, natural, and moral; Pythagorean, Aristotelian, Peripatetic, Socratic, Platonic, Cyrenaic and Epicurean philosophy; Academics, stoics, cynics, scepticism, &c. Cartesian, Newtonian, and Melebranchean philosophy, &c. RELIGIOUS OFFICERS, &c.-Druids, caliph, dervise, brah- mans, pope, cardinal, archbishop, bishop, archdeacon, dean, canon, rector, vicar, curate, advowson, abbot, abbe', monk, friar, capuchin, nun, Jesuit, apostle; chapel, church, catholic church, abbey, monastery, synagogue, cathedral, college, university; graduate, bachelor, doctor, Sorbonne, consistory, conclave, sanhedrim, synod, apo- crypha, septuagint, talmud, liturgy, rubric, simony, alco- ran, elysium, catacomb, &c.
RELIGIOUS SECTS-Mohammedanism, atheist, deist, pagan. ism, Judaism, Christianity, Trinitarian, Baxterian, Sa- bellian, Arian, Socinian, Brownists, anabaptists, anti- trinitarians, Calvinism, arminians, methodists, huguo- nots, episcopalian, dissenters, puritans, presbyterians, seceders, independents, baptists, Muggletonians, quakers, antinomians, papists, Greek or Russian church, protes- tants, Moravians, universalists, sabbatarians, dunkers, shakers, mystics, millenarians, Swedenborgians, &c. CHRONOLOGICAL DIVISIONS-Era, epoch, cycles of the sun and moon, dominical letter, leap year, Julian and Gregorian years, epacts, ides, calends, nones, olympiad, Roman era, hegira, calendar, Whitsuntide, Ash Wed- nesday, Lent, Good Friday, Easter, Christmas, Candle- mas, Ember Week, vespers, vigils, &c.
ANCIENT PEOPLE AND COUNTRIES, &C.
MONTHS AND DAYS, solar and lunar year, new style, &c.
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