Intercepted, prevented. 



Internal, inward. 



Inverted, turned backward, or contrary 

 way from the common custom. 



Iris, the circle round the black spot, or 

 pupil of the eye. 



Irides, the plural number of the fore- 

 going. L. 



Lieu, the place, room or stead of. 

 M. 



Machine, an engine fitted for some 

 peculiar purpose. 



Magnitude, size, bulk, bigness. 



Malady, a disease. 



Malignity, hurtfulness, mischievous 

 quality. 



Matrix, that part of the womb wherein 

 the foetus, or the egg is conceived 

 and nourished till the time of its 

 delivery. 



Megrims, a distemper which affects the 

 temples or head. 



Mission, a sending, or an authority to 

 preach. 



N. 



Nitrous, having the quality of nitre. 



Nutriment, nourishment or food. 

 O. 



Oesophagus, the gullet, being a passage 

 for the food, situate behind the wind- 

 pipe. 



Operation, a labouring or working. 



Ornithology, a description of the several 

 kinds and natures of birds. 



Ossificated, turned to, or become bone. 



Ovary, that part of the womb in which 

 the eggs are contained, called by the 

 fanciers, the egg bag. 

 P. 



Perpendicular, directly upright. 



Plastic virtue, a term invented by natu- 

 ralists to express the faculty of gene- 

 ration. 



Plumage, the colour and mixture of the 

 feathers. 



Pores, holes, or void spaces between the 

 particles or smaller parts of matter. 



Potent, powerful. 



Potestates, or powers are the result of 

 a combination or union of the essen- 

 tial oils with the spirit, wherein it is 

 supposed are contained all the prin- 

 cipal virtues. 



Pressure, the pressing of the air by its 

 gravity or weight. 



Priority, being first in rank, order, or 

 dignity. 



Progeny, offspring, issue, or race. 



Projecting, standing out. 



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[as regards MR; 



Prolific, fruitful, apt to breed. 



Propagation, the act of encreasing or 

 multiply the kind. 



Protuberant, bunching, or standing out. 



Provocative, apt to provoke, or stir up. 



Pustules, wheals or pimples full of mat- 

 ter. 



R. 



Reception, receiving. 



Recipe, a prescription or bill, giving 

 directions for preparing or compound- 

 ing of a medicine. 



Reflected, turned back. 



Repository, a place to lay up anything. 



Reservoir, a receiver to retain anything 

 till wanted. 



Restorative of a restoring or strengthen- 

 ing nature. 



Reverses, turns backs. 



Reverted, turn back. 

 S. 



Sagacity, wisdom or cunning. 



Salacious, wanton, rank. 



Salaciousness, wantonness, or rankness. 



Scrophula, the evil. 



Seraglio, the palace of the grand Seig- 

 nior at Constantinople, where he 

 keeps his court, concubines, &c. 



Species, a particular sort. 



To Stagnate, to stand still, as water in 

 a pool, without motion. 



Subventaneous, addle. 



Sustenance food, noimshraent. 



Symmetry, a due proportion, or imifor- 

 mity of parts, in respect to the whole. 

 T. 



Temperament, a proper mixture of the 

 elements. 



Tour, a turnabout. 



Transmitted, sent over. 



Tremulous, shaking or quavering. 



Tuberous, full of knots, or small swel- 

 lings. 



Tumour, a rising or swelling in the 

 body. 



Uterus, the womb. 

 Unctuous, oily, greasy. 



Vertigo, a giddiness or swimming in the 



head ; an^indisposition in the brain. 

 Virago, a hen that beats or fights with a 



cock, taking the offices of the male 



upon her. 

 Vital, belonging to, or supporting life. 

 Vitellary, the cluster of eggs in a hen, 



from their resemblance to a bunch of 



grapes. 

 Vitiated, corrupted, spoiled, made worse. 

 IS. 

 moore's work.] 



