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on the banks of tliis river, in which Flaminius was viif^o- 

 riov;s over the Infubrian Gauls. 



Adda is alfo the name of n fmall diftiid in the duchy of 

 Milan, where Louis XII. gained a victory over the Vene- 

 tians in 1509. 



Adda, El, in Zoology, a fpecies of fmall lizard defcribed 

 by Mr. Bruce, and reprefentcd as a native of Atbara be- 

 yond the rains, in the iituation to which he refers the an- 

 cient ifland and city of Meroe. Its length is iix inches 

 and a half : its body is round and tail of the fame form, but 

 Tei y (harp pointed : its forehead is flat, of a conical fiiape, and 

 rounded at the end : the head is darker than the body, and 

 its face covered with black lines crofTing one another at 

 rii^ht angles : its eyes are fmall, and defended by a number 

 of llrong black hairs which ferve for eye-lalhes : its upper 

 j:iw projefts beyond the under, and its jaws are furnithed 

 v.-ith leveral fnort and line teeth : its ears are large, open, 

 and nearly round : its body is of a light yoUow colour, 

 croffed with eight black bands : the fcales are clofc, and 

 largell along the back, and their furface is polifhed : its legs 

 from the flioulder to the middle toe are near one and three- 

 fonrths of an inch long, and its feet have five toes, each of 

 which is fnrnilhcd witli a brown claw tipt at its end with 

 black. Its motion is very fwift, though it crawls with its 

 belly almoft clofe to the ground. It burrows in the fund, 

 but comes out in the heat of the day to baflv in the fun ; 

 and when it is not much frightened, it will flielter itfelf be- 

 hind ftones, or in the withered roots of the ablinthium when 

 they are dried fo as to be nearly of its own colour. This is 

 one of the few hzards which the Arabs believe to be free 

 from poifonous qualities, and they afcribe to it many medi- 

 cinal virtues. It is thought to be a certain remedy for the 

 elephantialis ; and to be efficacious in cleanfing the Ikin of 

 the'body and the face, from cutaneous eruptions ; and it is 

 alfo ufed againft films and fuffufions of the eyes. Such are 

 the virtues afcribed to it by Arabian authors. 



ADDACA, in Geography, a town according to Ptolemy 

 ef Mefopotamia. 



ADD ACE, in Zoology, the name by which the Africans 

 call the common Antelope. 



ADDiEA, in Anc'mit Geography, a town of Afia in the 

 fouthern part of Mefopotamia, near the Euphrates ; placed 

 by Ptolemy in lat. 34°, and long. 77° ij', and probably 

 the fame with Anatho. 



ADDjEUS, a river of Afia, which is fuppofed to be 

 the Anamis of Arrian, and the AnJanis of Ptolemv. 



ADDEPHAGIA, compounded of aji'», ;n;.rZ.,'and yx^*-, 

 J cat, in Medicine, ;t term ufed by fome phyficians to denote 

 a greedinefs in children, whereby they load themfelves with 

 new food, before the old is digelled. Some ufe Addephagia 

 in a more extenfive fenfe for voracioufncfs in general, fo as 

 to comprehend the Bulimia, Pica, and Malacia. 



ADDER, in Zoology, a venomous reptile of the ferpent 

 kind, more ufually calkd a viper. See Coluber. The 

 miller is fometimes confounded with afp : thus the deaf 

 adder, fpoken of in the Englilh Bible, is not properly the 

 adder, but the afp. C'almet. 



The adder differs from the fnake, as the former is much 

 {Iiorter for its bulk, and efpeeially its tail below the vent ; 

 that it is marked on the back with black lines or fpots, 

 which the fnake has not ; that its belly is blackifli, and of one 

 colour, whereas the fnake's is party-coloured, of a pale yellow 

 and blue; that it never grows to the fize of fome fnakes ; 

 and laftly, that it is viviparous, whereas the fnake is ovi- 

 parous. 



AoDEa, Sea, in Ichthyology, the Englifti name of the 

 SvNCNATHUs TyfHLE. See Sea-adder. 



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Adder, nvaler, in Zoology, a name given to the N"atrix, 

 See CoLUiiER. 



Adder's JJa/il, in Geography, a flioal which lies off the 

 north-weft point or ei. trance of the river Ilfequibo, in Gui- 

 ana, in South America, which, with fome others, extends lar 

 into the fea, and reaches to Cape NafTau, or the eail point of 

 the river Pouniaron. 



Adder-Bolts, in ZooJigy. See Dp-agon-elies. 



ADDERGEY, in Geography, a village in the diilrici of 

 Salent, or Talent, in Abyiiinia, not far from the river Ta- 

 cazzc, fituate amongll rugged and ban-en mountains, and 

 fnriounded by a thick wood in form of an amphitheatre, 

 which is full of lemons and wild citrons. The river mai-lumi 

 rifes near the village, and precipitating into a catai-adl 153 

 feet high, at fome dillance difcharges itfelf into the Tacaz/x'. 

 N. lat. 13", 24', 56". E. long. 37^57'. Brucc's Tiav. 

 vol. iii. p. I 70. 



Adder-stumg is ufed with refpeft to cattle when ftung, 

 whilll tlicy are grazing, by any kind of venomous reptiles, 

 particularly the adder. Dogs are peculiarly liable when hunt 

 ing to this accident ; and it rehef is not obtained it fometimes 

 proves fatal. Tlie fymptoms are great pain, anxiety, and 

 fwelling of the wounded part ; after wir.ch, the body fwelis 

 univerfallv. — Oil has been given with advantage, as likewife 

 onions : but the remedy moll to be depended on is the 

 caullic volatile alkali, which is the eau de luce of cabinets, 

 the aqua ammonia pura of tlie college difpenfatory, and the 

 fal volatile of the (hops. To a horle or ox two moderate 

 table- fpoonfuls may be given in half a pint of milk ; to a 

 large dog three tea-fpoonfuls in tlie fame manner, and to a 

 lefler dog or other fmall animal a proportional dofe. What- 

 ever is given internally may with propriety be applied ex- 

 ternally to the wound. — The adder is perhaps the only ani- 

 mal in our iiland whofe bite occafions any confiderable 

 morbid confequences ; the goat-fucker, the hedge-hog, and 

 the (hrew-moufe, are animals perfectly inoffeniive, and in^ 

 capable of inflifting any venomous wound. 



Adder's Tongue, in Botany, a medicinal plant, fo called 

 either from its refembhng, or its curing, the bite of a viper. 

 It is more conunonly called Ophioglossum. This is a fpring 

 plant, and is only to be found in April and May. It is nc\t 

 uncommon in wet m.eadows, and is eallly dillmguilhed among 

 the other fpring plants by its fpike or tongue. It is 

 cfteemed one of the beft vulnerary herbs this country pro- 

 duces ; but it is more in ufe among the common people 

 than in the fliops. They give its juice internally, and ufe 

 the herb bruifed, or an ointm.ent prepared from it with lard, 

 or May-butter, externally, at the fame time. Farriers, &c. 

 prepare an ointment of this herb, called culcler's tongue ointment, 

 ufed as a remedy againil the bites of venomous beafts. 

 Phil. Tranf. vol. xlix. pt. ii. n°. 112. p. 853. 



Adder's Wort. See Bistort. 



ADDEXTRATORES, or Addextrarii, in the 

 court of Rome, denote the pope's mitre-bearers. Som.e 

 fuppofe that they are thus called, on account of their 

 walking at the pope's right hand, when he rides to vifit the 

 churches. 



ADDICE. See Adze. 



ADDICO. SeeAoDicTio. 



ADDICTI, in Antiquity, infolvent perfons, or thofe 

 who being fentenced to pay a debt, but unable to do it, 

 were adjudged to a temporary kind of fervitude to the cre- 

 ditor. In this fenfe addifti were a fpecies of fervl ; from 

 whom, however, they differed in this, that a (lave, whca 

 difcharged, became a libertus ; whereas an addllius became 

 ingenum. Again, a flave coiJd not be difcharged without 

 tjic confer.t of his mafter ; whereas the addiitus was dif- 

 charged. 



