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AGO ( i9 ) A C CV Roman church, viz. the religious of the holy facra- Acopa, ' alfo fignifies medicines for refrelhing the body ment, who keep up a perpetual; adoration, home one after great fatigue. or other of them praying before the holy facrament, ACOPAM. See Acopa.
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ACOPIS, a kind of foflil, mentioned by Pliny. ACOL ASTRE, a fmall river of France in the Nivernois. ACOPUM, among ancient phylicians, a topical medicine ACOLCHICHI, in ornythology, a barbarous name of compofed of warm and emolhent ingredients for allaythe phoenicopterus, a bird of the order of grallae. See ing the fenfe of wearinefs. ACORES, in geography. See Azores. Phoenioopterus. ACOLIN, an obfolete name of a fpecies of the tetrao, ACORN, the fruit of the oak-tree. See Quercus. ACORUM, in botany, afynonimeof the acorus. See of the order of gallinae See Tetrao. Acolin, in geography, a river of France which takes Acorus. its rife in the Bourbonnois. ACORUS, in botany, the fweet-fmelling flag or calaACOLUTHI, a term applied to perfons who were mus, a genus of the hexandria monogynia clafs. It’ firm and fteady in their opinions, and particularly, to is a native of this as well as other European countries. • the ftoics, who were remarkably tenacious of their re- There are three varieties of this genus, viz. the acofolutions and principles. rus calamus; the vulgaris, or aromaticus of the (hops ; In church-hiftory, the term acolythus, or acolythijl, and the verus, which chiefly grows in the Indies. is peculiarly applied to candidates for the miniftry who Acorus, in mat. med. a name fometimes given to the continually attend the bifhops. great galangal. See Galangal ACOLYTHIA, in the Greek church, denotes the of- Acorus, in botany, is likewife a fynonime of the iris, fice or order of divine fervice; or the prayers, cere- pfeudacorus. See Iris. monies, hymns, fac. whereof the Greek fervice is ACOUSMATICI, fometimes alfo called Acoujlici, in Grecian antiquity, fuch difciples of Pythagoras as had compofed." ACOMA, a town of N. America, in New-Mexico, not completed their five years probation. See Pyfeated on a high mountain, with a ftrong caftle: It is thagorean philofophy. the capital of the province, and was taken by the Spa- ACOUSTIC, in general, denotes any thing that relates niards in if99, 108. 35. W. long. 35. o. lat. . to the ear, or the fenfe of hearing. ACOMAC, a county of Virginia, in N. America, be- Acoustic du£l, in anatomy, the fame with meatus auing a peninfula, bounded on the N. by Maryland; on ditorius, or the external paflage of the ear. See Athe E and S. by the ocean, and on the W. by the natomy, Part VI. bay of Chefe-peak. Cape Charles is at the entrance Acoustic injirument, an inftrument made in the form ■ of the bay, being the moft fouthern promontory of this of a horn, perforated at the fmall end, to aflift hearcounty. ACONE, a fpecies of whet-ftone. See Cos. Acoustic nerve, the fanfe with ^the auditory nerve. ACON1TUM, in botany, a genus of the polyandria See Anatomy, Part V. zads Auditory nerve. trigynia. There are feven fpecies of the aconitum. 1. ACOUSTICS, with phyficians, medicines for curing The lyccdlonum, is a native of Lapland, Switzerland, and'other-hilly countries of Europe. 2. The unci- deafnefs.a town at the foot of the Pyrenaean mountains ■ natum, is a native of Philadelphia. 3. The variega- ACQS, government of Foix'in France. It takes its tum grows on the Italian and Bohemian mountains. innamethefrom the hot waters in thefe parts; 1. 25. E. 4. The napellus, is a native of Switzerland, Bava- long. 43. lat. ria, and France. 5. The Pyrenaicum, is a native of ACQUA, ao.town the Grand Dutchy of Tufcany, Siberia, Tartary, and the Pyrenaean mountains. See where there are inwarm baths, 12. 5. E. long. 43. plate II. fig. 2. 6. The cammarum, and, 7. The 45. lat. anthora, are both natives of Taurus and the Pyre- ACQUA-CHE-TAVELLA, a celebrated fountain of nsean mountains. The Englilh name of the aconitum in Calabria-citerior, a province of Naples. It is •wolfsbane or monkshood. Each fpecies is highly a- isItaly, near the mouth of the' river Grata, and the ruins crid, and extremely dangerous when, taken into the. commonly called Sihari rovinaia. It has been faid to ftomach, as it generally occafions convulfions, and fre- beautify thofe who wafhed in it. quently a mortification in that organ. ACQUAPENDENTE, pretty large town of Italy, ACONTIAS, in zoology, an obfolete name of the an- in the territory of the achurch, and patrimony of St guisjaculus, or dart-fnake, belonging to the order of Peter, with a bifhop’s fee. It is feated on a mountain, amphibia ferpentes. See Angitis. near the river Paglia, 10 miles W. of Orvieto, and Acontias, is alfo a name applied by fome writers to a 57 N. by W. of Rome, 11. 53. E long. 42- 43. lat. kind of comet or meteor, whofe head appears roundifh ACQUARIA, a fmall town of Italy, in Frigana, a dior oblong, and its tail long and flender, like a dart or flriri: of Modena, which is remarkable for its mediciarrow. nal waters. It is 12 miks foath of the city of MoACONTIUM, in ancient writers, a kind of Grecian . dena, 11. 17. E. long. 44. 24. lat. dart or javelin, fomewhat refembling the Roman pilum. ACQUAVIVA, fmall town in the Terra di Bari, a ACOPA, in botany, an obfolete name of a fpecies of province in the akingdom:of Naples, 17.25,. E. long. . the trifolium, SbeTrifolium. 41.10-la.U ACQUEST,
