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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences, fol. -

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  1. che Positions is che sum desred.
  2. 4. AII ehe Propolrions resolved bY Single P0
  3. sirion, will be retolved by Double Position.
  4. POSTHIVE DegreC OF Comparison in Gram-
  5. mar, is chac which signities etic Thins simpli
  6. and absolurelr, without comparins ic wich o
  7. Ehers; it belonos ony co Adjectires.
  8. POSITIVE Levity. Sec Levity.
  9. POSTTWVE Duantiries in Alsebra, arc suct 25
  10. arC OF a Keal and Afirmatire Nature, and ci-
  11. cher hare, or are supposed to have che AFirma-
  12. rire ox Posirire Sign-) Before chem, and ris al
  13. vays used in oppolition ro che Negative Duanti-
  14. cies, Whichare delective, and hare chis Sien-
  15. betore them.
  16. eOSSF Comitatus, a Ferm in Law, signity-
  17. ins che Aid and Acrendance oF all Kniehis, Cen-
  18. Elemmen, ZeOmen, LAbOUFCKS, SCrVANES, APpren
  19. rices, and all ochers, abore the Age oF Filteen
  20. Tears wichin che Conner; except Women, FC.
  21. clesrastical Persons, and such as are decrepid, Or
  22. laboux oF an Intrmier: And the Scature ot
  23. nisce, atrer che same is fulls pased, and all
  24. thinos performed couchins che lame; ctiC Rare
  25. thereot is (0 much, and hale (0 much 25 W2s
  26. Paid rothe Kins for che line, and is Collected
  27. by che Sherif oE che Couner, where che L anc
  28. Coc. lies, Whereot the fine was leried, tobe an-
  29. sivered by him into che Exchequer.
  30. POST Terme, IS a Rerurn OF L WVrIE, HOLON-
  31. I aster che Dar alsigned For he Recurn chereot,
  32. buc atter che Term allo; For Which, the Custo
  33. brevium cakes eHe Fec oF Tiveney Pence; lome
  34. times allo, it is taten For the Fec ir selF.
  35. POSTERH, in Fortiticarion, is a Fasse D00.
  36. ulually made in che Anele of che Flank, and of
  37. cheCurcain, or near ihe Orillon For privare Eal-
  38. lies.
  39. POSTICOM, is che Postern Gate, Or Back.
  40. Door oF any Fabricke.
  41. POSTOLATES, Or Demands in Mathema-
  42. ticks, _c. are uch easie and set f- evident SupPO.
  43. sicions as necd no Explicarion or Illuctration 10
  44. render them Incellisiblc. A5
  45. That a Risht Line maybe drann from one Point
  46. to another.
  47. That a Cirele may be described on any C entre si-
  48. ven os any Magnitude, etc
  49. POSTOLATION (inthe Lav) is made ux-
  50. e FT. 3. cap. 8. CayS, That Persons able to Travel, on the Dnanimons Vorine OF anYy PCFION EO=
  51. Pall be assistant in ehis Service, wtich is uled
  52. wrtrere a Possetion is Kepe upon a Forcible Fn-
  53. FEY, OF ANY FOECC OF REICHE UTCd, CONFTAEY 1O
  54. he Command oF che RineSWVriC, Or in opposi
  55. tion ro che Execution ot jultice.
  56. POSSESSION, in a Legal Sense, is ratcen
  57. Ervotold, Actual and in Lam: Actual Possession
  58. is, When a Man actually enters into Lands and
  59. Fenemens cohim descended. Possession in Lar
  60. is, Wvhea Lands Ox Penements are descended ro
  61. a Man, and he hach nor as vet actually enrrec
  62. inco chem. Asfor fixample.
  63. Betore or until an Ottice be Found ot Lands
  64. Fscheated by an Acrainder, the King hach onty
  65. a Possession in Lam, and nor in Deed: There is
  66. alo a Onier ot Possession, Whichche Civilians cal
  67. Consolidationem. IF che Lord purchase che Te-
  68. nancs held by Ferios Service, then the Periot is
  69. excinet by Onier oF Possession; thac is, lecause
  70. che seipniors and che Tenanes are no in one
  71. ManS Possession.
  72. POSSESSIVES, in Crammer, are such Ad
  73. joctives 25 signise che Posestion Ot, Or PrOperrY
  74. in Ponic Thine.
  75. POSTEA, in Law, is che Return OF thC PFO-
  76. cecdines by Nisi prius, inro che Courr ot Com-
  77. Dignier or Osice, ot wrhich he is not capable
  78. by che Ordinary CatOnS Ox Statures, wichout
  79. Special Dispenlation
  80. POTANS, OE Potence, L ParE OC 2 Wacch:
  81. see under Ballance
  82. POTENT, Or Potence, the
  83. Term for a Cross in Fleralder.
  84. Formed into this Figure.
  85. He bearech Sable, 2 Cros.
  86. Porent, Or, by che Name oE
  87. Allern
  88. LhIS FOrM Reprelents che
  89. upper end ot a Crutch; For
  90. Ancienls Crurches vere cal.
  91. led Potemts.
  92. wtrichis, nOr thac ICM a Plane is actually Colc
  93. toche Touch, buc chat ic is Cold in its Fffects
  94. mon-Pleas, afcer a Verdict, and chere atcerwards and Operations, il catren Inwardly. And wvten-
  95. Recorded.
  96. FOSE Brachiale, vid. Metacarpus.
  97. POSE Diem, is the RCtuEn OF 2 NVrir aETeF
  98. the Day astioned, For wrtich the Custos Brevium
  99. hath four Pence, Wvhereas he hach nothing it it
  100. be recurn d ac the Day; Pometimes it is caken
  101. Forthe Fec IE PCIF.
  102. POst Byscm, is a Wric siven by the Sca-
  103. cure ot estminst. 2. cap. 26. det IeS LOt MII
  104. that tavins recovered Lands or Penemenes by
  105. Praecipe quod reddat, uxon the Detaulr or Reddi-
  106. tion, 1 25ain dinseised by che former Disscilor.
  107. fOSL tinc, I Law, is a Dues belonging 10
  108. the Kino, For a Fine Formerly acknoled sed be-
  109. Thacthis Body, wtich ther call Potentially Cold.
  110. is made up ot Corpuscles oF Tuch 2 Sizc, Strape
  111. (9c. thac beins disjomed and relolred by thc
  112. SelreS WiFMMIC HIaIL PaLIS OT CIIC BIVOC aHIC OIHICL
  113. Liguors, as BY CIOGBIAS aNA LIIIDEMIMB CHCIM W
  114. Iake FHICIIL aCL M a PCCMUaL Was, ao Wes as lelS
  115. briskly on che Nerrous and Fibrous parrs. OF ehe
  116. Body: The Perceprion OE exhich Imminution
  117. tore him in his Couri, ubtich is paid by che C05. Or perhaps Chanse oE Morion in ilic Orsans ol
  118. Fectine
  119. quat in Nurbers
  120. 3. HE BOTH MhC FrrOrs Be
  121. anid ver their Signs unsikre, halF. OF bOr
  122. POTENT Coamet Laene, 2 Ferm in Feral-
  123. dey: Dec airy lopp)
  124. POFLHETAL Colaness, is a Relative Ouali-
  125. ey rhich sene Dus Simples, or Compound
  126. Medicines are suppoled ro be endoved vich
  127. And Meretore rou will sind frequenely in some
  128. OId Books, or in the Wricings ot such as Follon
  129. he OId PHVHCTAnS, ThaC LUCH a LLaMH OL OTUS
  130. is cold in the 2d or 3d Deoree: The meanins ot
  131. evet sueu an Lfect doch tollo che calcins ol
  132. CucH a Meaicine, ME. Boyle thus aCCOnNES FOE A
  133. accordins ro the Mechanical Philosopty, viz
  134. Menstruum Ot the Scomach, or the Lluids iE mas
  135. ellerrhere neet wich, chez a IO aLOLLALE CIILIH
  136. lessen their WOIICed ASITaTIOn; and perhapS aIO 10

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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences, fol. - . Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/806933011:0649?run=74