ters in fortification uſe it for the talus of a rampart.
ACCLOYED, in farriery, ſignifies pricked. Thus a horſe's foot pricked in ſhoeing, is ſaid to be accloyed.
ACCOLA, among the Romans, ſignified that a perſon lived near ſome 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 ſome ſay, gave him a blow on the cheek, neck, or ſhoulder, in imitation of the form of manumiſſion among the Romans.
ACCOLEE, ſometimes ſynonomous with Accolade, which ſee. — It is alſo uſed in divers ſenſes 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 laſtly to kews, battons, maces, ſwords, &c. placed faltier-wiſe behind the ſield.
ACCOMMODATION, making two or more things agree with one another. — Among divines, it is applying what is originally ſaid of one perſon, or thing, to another; Thus the words of Iſaiah to the Jews of his time, are, by our Saviour, accommodated to his contemporaries, and by St. Paul to his. — In law, it ſignifies the amicable iſſue of a debate, which is effected ſometimes by mediation of friends, ſometimes by ſubmiſſion, and ſometimes by a diviſion of the ſubject in debate.
ACCOMPAGNAGE, a term in the ſilf manufactures, ſignifying a fine woof of the ſame colour with the gilding, helping to enrich the ground under which it paſſes, and to hinder it from ſtriking croſs the gilding itſelf, which would diminiſh its gloſs and luſtre. All ruch ſtuffs, the warps whereof are of a colour different from the gilding, ſhould be accompanied.
ACCOMPANIMENT, ſomething attending or added as a circumſtance to another, either by way or ornament, or for the ſake of ſymmetry. See Circumstance.
Accompaniment, in muſic, theſe parts that are added to render the harmony more full and complete, as an inſtrument accompanying a voice. Among the moderns, the accompaniment frequently plays a different melody from the ſong it accompanies; but authors not agreed whether it was ſo among the ancients. See Music.
Accompaniment, in painting, denotes ſuch objects as are added, either by way of ornament, or probability, as dogs, guns, game, &c. in a hunting piece. See Painting.
Accompaniment, in heraldry, any thing added to a ſhield by way or ornament; as the belt, mantling, ſupporters, &c. It is alſo applied to ſeveral bearings about a principal one; as a ſaltier, bend, feſs, chevron, &c.
ACCOMPLICE, in law. See Accessory.
ACCOMPLISHMENT, the entire execution or fulfilling of any thing.
Accomplishment, is alſo uſed for any mental or perſonal endowment.
ACCOMPT. See Account
ACCOMPTANT. See Accountant.
ACCORD, in muſic. See Concord.
Accord, in law, an accommodation between parties at variance, by means of an offer made by the one, and accepted by the other.
Accord, in painting, is the harmony that reigns among the lights and ſhades of a picture.
ACCORNED, in heraldry: When any figure of an animal, in an eſcatcheon, has horns of a different colour from thoſe of the real animal, then it is ſaid to be accorned.
ACCOUNT, or Accompt, in a general ſenſe, a computation or reckoning of any thing by numbers. Collectively, it is uſed to expreſs the books which merchants, traders, bankers, &c. uſe for recording their tranſactions in buſineſs. See Book-keeping.
Account in company, is an account betwixt partners relating to the tranſactions of their joint concern. See Book-keeping.
Account of ſales, is account given by one merchant to another, or by a factor to his principal, of the diſpoſal, charges, commiſſion, and nett proceeds of certain merchandiſes ſent for the proper or company account of him that conſigned them to ſuch factor or vender. See Book-keeping.
Account current,—of goods. See Book-keeping.
Account in bank, a fund which it is common for merchants or others to furniſh themſelves with in the caſh of a bank, to be in readineſs for the payment of bills of exchange, purchaſes, &c.
Auditing an Account, is the examining and paſſing an account by an officer appointed for the purpoſe. See Auditor.
Chamber of Accounts, in the French polity, is the ſovereign court of great antiquity, which takes cognizance of, and regiſters the accounts of the king's revenue. It is nearly the ſame with the Engliſh Court of Exchequer; which ſee.
Account in the remembrancer's office, in the exchequer, is the ſtate of any branch of the king's revenue; as the account of the mint, of the wardrobe, of the army, navy, &c.
Account, in law, the action that lies againſt a perſon who is accountable by office to another, but refuſes to render the account.
Account, is alſo taken ſometimes, in a particular ſenſe, for the computation of time; as we ſay, The Julian account, the Gregorian account, &c. in which ſenſe it is equivalent to ſtyle.
Account is alſo uſed in ſundry mercantile forms of expreſſion for advantage, hazard, loſs, &c.
ACCOUNTABLE, a term uſed to denote a perſon's being liable to render an account for any thing.
ACCOUNTANT, or Accomptant, in the moſt general ſenſe, is a perſon ſkilled in accounts. In a more reſtricted ſenſe, it is applied to a perſon, or officer, appointed to keep the accounts of a public company, or office, as the South-ſea, the India company, the bank, the exciſe, &c.
ACCOUNTANTSHIP, the art of keeping and balacing accounts. See Book-keeping.
