ACCOR`SO

ACCOR`SO, the name of a Florentine family, of 12th and 13th centuries, great in jurisprudence.

ACCOL`TI

ACCOL`TI, a Tuscan family, of 15th century, famous for their learning.

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ACCOLADE

ACCOLADE, a gentle blow with a sword on the shoulder in conferring knighthood.

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ACCIAIOLI

ACCIAIOLI, a Florentine family of 15th century, illustrious in scholarship and war.

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ACCA-LAURENTIA

ACCA-LAURENTIA, the wife of Faustulus, shepherd of Numitor, who saved the lives of Romulus and Remus.

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ACCA`DIANS

ACCA`DIANS, a dark, thick-lipped, short-statured Mongol race in Central Asia, displaced by the Babylonians and Assyrians, who were Semitic.

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ACARNA`NIA

ACARNA`NIA, a province of Greece N. of Gulf of Corinth; its pop. once addicted to piracy.
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ACAPUL`CO

ACAPUL`CO, a Mexican port in the Pacific, harbour commodious, but climate unhealthy.

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ACANTHUS

ACANTHUS, a leaf-like ornament on the capitals of the columns of certain orders of architecture.

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ACADIA

ACADIA, the French name for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

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ACADEMY

ACADEMY, a public shady park or place of groves near Athens, where Plato taught his philosophy and whence his school derived its name, of which there are three branches, the _Old_, the _Middle_, and the _New_,represented respectively by Plato himself, Arcesilaos, and Carneades. The_French Academy_, of forty members, was founded by Richelieu in 1635, and is charged with the interests of the French language and literature, and in particular with the duty of compiling an authoritative dictionary of the French language. Besides these, there are in France other four with a like limited membership in the interest of other departments of science and art, all now associated in the _Institute of France_, which consists in all of 229 members. There are similar institutions in other states of Europe, all of greater or less note.

ACACIA

ACACIA, a large group of trees with astringent and gum-yielding properties, natives of tropical Africa and Australia.

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ABYSSIN`IA

ABYSSIN`IA, a mountainous country SE. of Nubia, with an area of 200,000 sq. m., made up of independent states, and a mixed population of some four millions, the Abyssinians proper being of the Semite stock. It is practically under the protectorate of Italy.

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ABY`DOS

ABY`DOS, a town on the Asiatic side of the Hellespont, famous as the home of Leander, who swam the Hellespont every night to visit Hero in Sestos, and as the spot where Xerxes built his bridge of boats to cross into Europe in 480 B.C.; also a place of note in Upper Egypt.

ABU-THA`LEB

ABU-THA`LEB, uncle of Mahomet, and his protector against the plots of his enemies the Koreish.

ABUL-FEDA

ABUL-FEDA, a Moslem prince of Hamat in Syria, who in his youth took part against the Crusaders, and wrote historical works in Arabic (1273-1331).

ABUL-FAZEL

ABUL-FAZEL, the vizier of the great Mogul emperor Akbar, and who wrote an account of his reign and of the Mogul empire; he was assassinated in 1604.

A`BUL-FARAJ

A`BUL-FARAJ, a learned Armenian Jew, who became bishop of Aleppo, and wrote a history of the world from Adam onwards (1226-1286).

AB`U-KLEA

AB`U-KLEA, in the Soudan, where the Mahdi's forces were defeated by Sir H. Stewart in 1885.

AB`UBEKR

AB`UBEKR, as the father of Ayesha, the father-in-law of Mahomet, the first of the caliphs and the founder of the Sunnites; _d_. 634.

ABU

ABU, a mountain (6000 ft.) in Rajputana, with a footprint of Vishnu on the top, and two marble temples half-way up, held sacred by the Jains.

ABT, FRANZ

ABT, FRANZ, a German composer of song-music (1819-1885).

ABSYRTUS

ABSYRTUS, a brother of Medea, whom she cut in pieces as she fled with Jason, pursued by her father, throwing his bones behind her to detain her father in his pursuit of her by stopping to pick them up.

ABSOLUTE, THE

ABSOLUTE, THE, the philosophical name for the uncreated Creator, or creating cause of all things, dependent on nothing external to itself.

ABSALOM

ABSALOM, a son of David, who rebelled against his father, and at whose death David gave vent to a bitter wail of grief. A name given by Dryden to the Duke of Monmouth, son of Charles II.

ABRUZ`ZI

ABRUZ`ZI, a highland district in the Apennines, with a pop. of 100,000.

ABRAXAS STONES

ABRAXAS STONES, stones with cabalistic figures on them used as talismans.

ABRAN`TES

ABRAN`TES, a town in Portugal, on the Tagus; taken by Marshal Junot, 1807, and giving the title of Duke to him.

ABRAHAM-MEN

ABRAHAM-MEN, a class of lunatics allowed out of restraint, at one time, to roam about and beg; a set of impostors who wandered about the country affecting lunacy.

ABRAHAM, THE PLAINS OF

ABRAHAM, THE PLAINS OF, a plain near Quebec.

ABRAHAM

ABRAHAM, the Hebrew patriarch, ancestor of the Jews, the very type of an Eastern pastoral chief at once by his dignified character and simple faith.
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ABOUT, EDMOND

ABOUT, EDMOND, spirited French littérateur and journalist (1828-1885).

ABOU`KIR

ABOU`KIR, village near Alexandria, in Egypt, on the bay near which Nelson destroyed the French fleet in 1799; where Napoleon beat the Turks, 1799; and where Abercrombie fell, 1801.

AB`OMEY

AB`OMEY, the capital of Dahomey, in W. Africa.

ABO

ABO, the old capital of Finland and seat of the government, on the Gulf of Bothnia.

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ABNER

ABNER, a Hebrew general under Saul; assassinated by Joab.

ABLE MAN

ABLE MAN, man with "a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute" (Gibbon).

ABIPONES

ABIPONES, a once powerful warlike race in La Plata, now nearly all absorbed.

ABIOGENESIS

ABIOGENESIS, the doctrine of spontaneous generation.

ABINGDON

ABINGDON (6), a borough in Berks, 6 m. S. of Oxford.

ABICH, W. H.

ABICH, W. H., a German mineralogist and traveller (1806-1886).

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ABIGAIL

ABIGAIL, the widow of Nabal, espoused by David.

ABHORRERS

ABHORRERS, the Royalist and High Church party in England under Charles II., so called from their abhorrence of the principles of their opponents.

AB`GAR XIV.

AB`GAR XIV., a king of Edessa, one of a dynasty of the name, a contemporary of Jesus Christ, and said to have corresponded with Him.
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ABERYST`WITH

ABERYST`WITH (16), a town and seaport in Cardiganshire, Wales, with a university.

ABERRATION OF LIGHT

ABERRATION OF LIGHT, an apparent motion in a star due to the earth's motion and the progressive motion of light.

ABERNETHY

ABERNETHY, a small burgh in S. Perthshire, with a Pictish round tower, and once the capital of the Pictish kingdom.

ABERDEENSHIRE

ABERDEENSHIRE (281), a large county in NE. of Scotland; mountainous in SW., lowland N. and E.; famed for its granite quarries, its fisheries, and its breed of cattle.
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ABERDEEN, EARL OF

ABERDEEN, EARL OF, a shrewd English statesman, Prime Minister of England during the Crimean war (1784-1860).--Grandson of the preceding, Gov.-Gen. of Canada; _b_. 1847.

ABERDEEN

ABERDEEN (124), the fourth city in Scotland, on the E. coast,between the mouths of the Dee and Don; built of grey granite, with many fine public edifices, a flourishing university, a large trade, and thriving manufactures. Old Aberdeen, on the Don, now incorporated in the municipality, is the seat of a cathedral church, and of King's College, founded in 1404, united with the university in the new town.

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ABERCROMBIE, SIR RALPH

ABERCROMBIE, SIR RALPH, a distinguished British general of Scottish birth, who fell in Egypt after defeating the French at Aboukir Bay (1731-1801).
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ABERA`VON

ABERA`VON (6), a town and seaport in Glamorganshire, with copper and iron works.

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ABEN-EZ`RA

ABEN-EZ`RA, a learned Spanish Jew and commentator on the Hebrew scriptures (1090-1168).

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ABENCERRA`GES

ABENCERRA`GES, a powerful Moorish tribe in Grenada, whose fate in the 15th century has been the subject of interesting romance.

ABELLI

ABELLI, a Dominican monk, the confessor of Catharine de Medici (1603-1691).

AB`ELARD, PETER

AB`ELARD, PETER, a theologian and scholastic philosopher of French birth, renowned for his dialectic ability, his learning, his passion for Héloïse, and his misfortunes; made conceivability the test of credibility, and was a great teacher in his day (1079-1142).

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ABEL, HENRY

ABEL, HENRY, an able Norwegian mathematician, who died young (1802-1828).

ABEL, SIR F. A.

ABEL, SIR F. A., a chemist who has made a special study of explosives; _b_. 1827.

ABEL

ABEL, the second son of Adam and Eve; slain by his brother. The death of Abel is the subject of a poem by Gessner and a tragedy by Legouvé.

À'BECKET, A. W.

À'BECKET, A. W., son of the preceding, a littérateur and journalist; _b_. 1844.

À'BECKET, GILBERT

À'BECKET, GILBERT, an English humourist, who contributed to _Punch_and other organs; wrote the "Comic Blackstone" and comic histories of England and Rome (1811-1856).

ABDUR-RAH`MAN

ABDUR-RAH`MAN, the ameer of Afghanistan, subsidised by the English; _b_. 1830.

ABD-UL-MED`JID

ABD-UL-MED`JID, sultan, father of the two preceding, in whose defence against Russia England and France undertook the Crimean war (1823-1861).

ABDUL-HA`MID II.

ABDUL-HA`MID II., sultan of Turkey in 1876, brother to Abdul-Aziz, and his successor; under him Turkey has suffered serious dismemberment, and the Christian subjects in Armenia and Crete been cruelly massacred; _b_. 1842.

ABDUL-AZIZ

ABDUL-AZIZ, sultan of Morocco, was only fourteen at his accession; _b_. 1880.

ABDUL-AZIZ

ABDUL-AZIZ, sultan of Turkey from 1861, in succession to Abdul-Medjid (1830-1876).

ABDIEL

ABDIEL, one of the seraphim, who withstood Satan in his revolt against the Most High.

ABDICATIONS

ABDICATIONS, of which the most celebrated are those of the Roman Dictator Sylla, who in 70 B.C. retired to Puteoli; of Diocletian, who in A.D. 305 retired to Salone; of Charles V., who in 1556 retired to the monastery St. Yuste; of Christina of Sweden, who in 1654 retired to Rome, after passing some time in France; of Napoleon, who in 1814 and 1815 retired first to Elba and then died at St. Helena; of Charles X. in 1830, who died at Goritz, in Austria; and of Louis Philippe, who in 1848 retired to end his days in England.

ABDE`RA

ABDE`RA, a town in ancient Thrace, proverbial for the stupidity of its inhabitants.

ABD-EL-KA`DIR

ABD-EL-KA`DIR, an Arab emir, who for fifteen years waged war against the French in N. Africa, but at length surrendered prisoner to them in 1847. On his release in 1852 he became a faithful friend of France (1807-1883).

ABDALS

ABDALS (lit. servants of Allah), a set of Moslem fanatics in Persia.

ABDALRAH`MAN

ABDALRAH`MAN, the Moorish governor of Spain, defeated by Charles Martel at Tours in 732.

ABDAL`LAH

ABDAL`LAH, the father of Mahomet, famed for his beauty (545-570); also a caliph of Mecca (622-692).

ABBOTT, EDWIN

ABBOTT, EDWIN, a learned Broad Church theologian and man of letters; wrote, besides other works, a volume of sermons "Through Nature to Christ"; esteemed insistence on miracles injurious to faith; _b_. 1838.

ABBOTSFORD

ABBOTSFORD, the residence of Sir Walter Scott, on the Tweed, near Melrose, built by him on the site of a farm called Clarty Hole.

ABBOT OF MISRULE

ABBOT OF MISRULE, a person elected to superintend the Christmas revelries.

ABBOT, GEORGE

ABBOT, GEORGE, archbishop of Canterbury in the reigns of James I. and Charles I., and one of the translators of King James's Bible; an enemy of Laud's, who succeeded him (1562-1633).

ABBOT

ABBOT, head of an abbey. There were two classes of abbots: Abbots Regular, as being such in fact, and Abbots Commendatory, as guardians and drawing the revenues.

ABBEVILLE

ABBEVILLE (19), a thriving old town on the Somme, 12 m. up, with an interesting house architecture, and a cathedral, unfinished, in the Flamboyant style.

ABBÉ

ABBÉ, name of a class of men who in France prior to the Revolution prepared themselves by study of theology for preferment in the Church, and who, failing, gave themselves up to letters or science.

AB`BATI, NICCOLO DELL'

AB`BATI, NICCOLO DELL', an Italian fresco-painter (1512-1571).

ABBASIDES

ABBASIDES, a dynasty of 37 caliphs who ruled as such at Bagdad from 750 to 1258.

ABBAS-MIRZA

ABBAS-MIRZA, a Persian prince, a reformer of the Persian army, and a leader of it, unsuccessfully, however, against Russia (1783-1833).

ABBAS THE GREAT

ABBAS THE GREAT, shah of Persia, of the dynasty of the Sophis, great alike in conquest and administration (1557-1628).

ABBAS PASHA

ABBAS PASHA, the khedive of Egypt, studied five years in Vienna, ascended the throne at eighteen, accession hailed with enthusiasm; shows at times an equivocal attitude to Britain; _b_. 1874.

ABBAS

ABBAS, uncle of Mahomet, founder of the dynasty of the Abbasides (566-652).

ABBADIE

ABBADIE, two brothers of French descent, Abyssinian travellers in the years 1837-1848; also a French Protestant divine (1658-1727).

ABAUZIT, FIRMIN

ABAUZIT, FIRMIN, a French Protestant theologian and a mathematician, a friend of Newton, and much esteemed for his learning by Rousseau and Voltaire (1679-1767).

ABATEMENT

ABATEMENT, a mark of disgrace in a coat of arms.

ABARIM

ABARIM, a mountain chain in Palestine, NE. of the Dead Sea, the highest point being Mount Nebo.

ABADDON

ABADDON, the bottomless pit, or the angel thereof.

ABACUS

ABACUS, a tablet crowning a column and its capital.

ABACA

ABACA, Manila hemp, or the plant, native to the Philippines, which yield it in quantities.

AARON

AARON, the elder brother of Moses, and the first high-priest of the Jews, an office he held for forty years.

AARHUUS

AARHUUS (33), a port on the E. of Jutland, with a considerable export and import trade, and a fine old Gothic cathedral.

AARGAU

AARGAU, a fertile Swiss canton bordering on the Rhine.

AAR

AAR, a large Swiss river about 200 m. long, which falls into the Rhine as it leaves Switzerland.

AALBORG

AALBORG (19), a trading town on the Liimfiord, in the N. of Jutland.

AACHEN

AACHEN. See AIX-LA-CHAPELLE.

A'ALI PASHA

A'ALI PASHA, an eminent reforming Turkish statesman (1815-1871).

Introduction

The Rev'd James Wood edited the Nuttall Encyclopaedia back in 1907. It contains over 16,000 entries "and original articles on nearly all subjects discussed in larger encyclopaedias, and specially dealing with such as come under the categories of history, biography, geography, literature, philosophy, religion, science, and art". The entries are brief and helpful for a quick look at the topics covered."

The edition of the Nuttall Encyclopaedia posted on this blog is from the public domain.