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Show SP , Appearance to the fenfes; any vifibl " or fenfible reprefentation \ and audible is, that the vifible doth not mingle i the medium, but the audible doth Bacon Itis a moft certain rule, how much any bod . Rath of colour, fo much hath it of opacity, an . by fo much the more unfit it is to tranfmit th § Ray on the Creation & " The fpecies of the letters illuminated with blue i were nearer to the lens than thofe illuminated wit deep red, by about three inches, or three and but the fpecies o . % quarter " wit indig an viole the letters illuminate -appeare fo confufe indiftinét, that I could not read them "Don an .Ne‘wran's Opticks ‘21, Reprefentation to the mind is n Wit in the poet, or wit-writing 2 than th facult If fhe would drink a good decoétion of farfa wit An apparent diverfity between the fpecies vifibl R S P of imaginatio i th othe writer % which fearches over all the memory for the Jpecie it or ideas of thofe things which it defigns to repre th ufual Jpecificks health the might enjo a goo Wifeman Speci'FrcaLLy. adw. [from fpecifict.] I {uch a manner as to conftitute a {pecies according to the nature of the {pecies His faith muft be not only living, but livel too; it muft be put into a pofture by a particula exercife of thofe feveral virtues that are fpecificall requifite to a due performance of this duty South's Sermons Human reafon doth not only gradually, but fpecifically, difter from the fantaftick reafon of brutes which have no conceit of truth, as an aggregate o divers fimple conceits, nor of any other univerfal Grew He muft allow that bodies were endowed wit the fame affeétions then as ever fince; and that if an axe head be fuppofed to float upon water whic is fpecifically lighter it had bee fupernaer/cy 'tuml Zo SPECI'FICATE. @. a. [from Jpecies an .. Show; vifible exhibition. Not in ufe Jacio, Latin.] To mark by notation o %%y and perhaps, in the following quotation diftinguifhing particularities mifprinted for /pectacles . Man, by the inftituted law of his creation, an . fent RG Dryden Shews and fpecies ferve beft with the people Bacon ", Circulating money As ther wa in the {plendou of th " empire a lefs quantity of current fpecie Roma in Europ than there is now, Rome poffefied a much greate clean.sh data import.tsv out README proportion of the circulating /pecies of its time tha clean.sh data import.tsv out README any European city HArbuthnot ". Simples that have place in a compoun "~ medicine PECIFICAL. ) adj. [ /pecifigue, French (dPECIFICK. § fpecies and facio, Latin. dhaidiss, That which makes a thing of the fpecies of which it is Thatthou to truth the perfeét way may'# know ¢ To thee all her fpecifick forms I'll thow. Denbam i The underftanding, as to the exercife of thi power, is fubject to the command of the will . though a to the Jpecifick nature of its aéts, it i determined by the objeét South By whofe diretion is the nutriment fo regularl diftributed into the refpe@ive parts, and how ar they kept to their fpecifick uniformities ? Glanwille . Thefe principles I confider not as occult quali* ties, fuppofed to refult from the fpecifick forms o things, but as general laws of nature by whic ; the things themfelves are formed; their truth appeating to us by phzenomena, though their caufe be not yet difcovered Neavton's Opticks As all things were formed according to thef / ff«q'fiml platforms, fo their truth muft be meafure from their conformity to them Norris S}:)Ctgfick gravity is the appropriat | gravity or weight whic an peculia any fpecies of natura bodies have, and by which they are plainly diftin guifhable from all other bodies of different kinds Quincy The fferjfic/e qualities of plants refide invtheji native {pirit, oil, and effential falt fixt falt, and earth for the water appear to be the fame in al plants. ‘?P"U?Ek. differenc Arbuthnot is that primar attribut "‘h}Ch diftinguithes each fpecies from one another While they ftand ranked under the fame genera ¢ Dature or genus, Though wine differs from othe hquxd§, in that it is the juice of a certai fruit ¥3t _thxs Is but a general or generick differenc 01'- lt}?oes not diftinguith wine from cyder or per Xy ¢ the fpecifick difference of wine therefore is it preflure from the grape; as cyder is prefle fro apples, and perry from pears Watts « [In medicine. ] Appropriated to th ~ Cure of fome particular diftemper I . qfually applied to the arcana, or meicines that work by occult qualities efl':dotge:a;:?‘:{ ;‘f purging med}cin;is }}as bee Propricty a fpecifica virtue nd the like thiftofs ignorance, ' Bacon's Nit: Hif the commo influence of the divine goodnefs, i enabled to act as a reafonable creature, without an particular, fpecificating, concurrent, new imperat a& of the divine fpecial providence Hale. Specirica'rioN z /. [ from fpecific Jpecification, French. 1. Diftin notation determination by peculiar mark This fpecification or limitation of the queftion hinders the difputers from wandering away fro Watts the precife point of enquiry 2. Particular mention The conftitution here fpeaks generally, withou the fpecification of any place. - Ayliffe's Parcrgon 70 SPE‘CIFY. w. a. [from fpecics; fpeciJer, French.] To mention; to fhow b fome particular marks of diftinction As the change of fuch laws as have been fpecifie is neceflary, fo the evidence that they are fuc Hooker muft be great St. Peter doth not fpecify what thefe waters were Burnet He/has there given us an exaét geography o Greece, where the countries, and the ufes of thei Pope foils, are fpecified SPE'CIMEN. #. f. [/pecimen, Latin. {fample ; a part of any thing exhibited that the reft may be known Several perfons have exhibited fpecimens of thi Addif. Sgecz art before multitudes of beholders adj SeE'cious [ fpecieux Fr. fpeciofus Latin. 1. Showy ; pleafing to the view I took to wife O that I never had ! fond wifh too late Was in the vale of Sorec, Dalila That fpecious monfter, my accomplifh'd {nare Milton folidly Bad men boaf heir [pecious deeds on earth which glory excites Or clofe ambition varnifh'd o'er with zeal. Milton Somewhat of fpecious they muft have to recommend themfelves to princes; for folly will no Dryden eafily go down in its natural form Temptation is of greater danger, becaufe it i covered with the fpecious names of good nature an goo manners A fmal Saxon. [rpecec Sepeck. #. / difcoloration ; a fpot Every [peck does not blind a man Government of the Tongue Then are they happy, whe No fpeck is left of their habitual ftains But the pure ther of the foul remains Dryden's A neid To fpot; to ftain i @, a 7o Speck drops Flow' Carnation, purple, azure, or fpeck'd with gold L Miltor SPE'CKLE. 7 /. [from fpeck.] SmallTpeck little fpot 7o SpE'CcKLE. @. a. [fromthe noun.] T mark with {mall fpots So dreadfully he towards him did pafs Forelifting up aloft his fpeckled breaft And often bounding on the bruifed grafs As for great joy of his new comen gueft. Fairy Speckled vanit Will ficken foon and die And leprous fin will melt from earthly mould Milton Saw'ft thou not late a fpeckled ferpent rea His gilded fpires to clirab on yon fair tree Before this happy minute I was he Dryden The fmiling infant in his hand fhall tak The crefted bafilifk and fpeckled fnake Pleas'd the green luftre of the fcales furvey And with their forky tongue and pointlefs fting fhal play Pope's Meffiab The tortoife here and elephant unite Transform'd to combs, the [peck/ed and the white SpecxT or Speight .P(rf‘z' #./ A woodpecker Sre'cTacLE culum n f Ainfavorth [ fpefacle, Fr. fpefa Latin. 1. A fhow; a gazing ftock ; any thin exhibited to the view as eminently remarkable In open place produc'd they me To be a publick fpecZacle to all. Shak. Henry V1 We are made a [pecZacle unto angels and men 3 Cof. iv. Q 2. Any thing perceived by the fight Forth riding underneath the caftle wall A dunghill of dead carcafes he fpy'd The dreadful fpecZacle of that {ad houfe of pride Fairy Queen ‘When pronouncing fentence, feem not glad Denbam Will deem in outward rites and fpecious form Milton Religion fatisfied 2. Plaufible ; fuperficially, no right ; ftriking at firft view efpecially to that perfonated devotion under whic any kind of impiety is wont to be difguifed, an Hammond put off more fpecioufly Such fpeftacles, though they are juft, are fad The reft, far greater part She nex Piety is oppofed to hypocrify and infincerity Rogers This is the only fpecious obje€tion which ou Romifh adverfaries urge againft the do&trine of thi Atterbury church in the point of celibacy SPE‘C1OUSLY. adw. [from /pecions,] Wit fair appearance 3. [In the plural.] Glafles to affift the fight The fixth age fhift Into the lean and flipper'd pantaloon With fpefZacles on nofe, and pouch on fide W have help Skak for fight above jpeiZacles an glafles Bacon Shakefpeare was naturally learned: he neede not the fpecZacles of books to read nature; h looked inwards and found her there Dryden on Dramatick Pecfy The firft [pecfacle-maker did not think that h was leading the way to the difcovery of new planets ° Grew This is the reafon of the decay of fight in ol men, and fhews why their fight is mended b Jpectacles Neavton This day then let us not be told That you are fick, and I grown old Nor think on our approaching ills And talk of fpefZacles and pills SPE'cTACLED adj [fro Furnifhed with fpectacles Savift the noun. All tongues {peak of him, and the bleared fight Are Jpeéiaclid to fee him Sba/n_',?/. Coriolanus SPECTA TION |