A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams (1829)
Curtis, Thomas, fl. 1820 · London : Thomas Tegg · leaf 707
quantities will reduce an ani-mal body to the great extremity of aridity or dryness.Arbuthnot on Aliments.ARIDAS, a kind of taffety, manufactured inthe East Indies from a shining thread obtainedfrom certain herbs, whence they are styled aridasof herbs. ARIDED, or Auidef, in astronomy, a fixedstar… … ARIES. 663 ARIDURA, in physic, a dryness or want ofmoisture. The word is also used by some for anaridity, or consumption; by others, for an hecticfever; and more frequently by modern writers,for a wasting of some single member of the body,in which sense it amounts to the same with whatis called…
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