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[ Thei spedde her iourneyes that the i com to the Castell of Charroye with-oute eny encomber , and ther the i made of the kynge Bohors grete ioye. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 358. Into the se of Spayn [they] wer dryuen in a torment Among the Sarazins, bot God, that grace tham lent, Saued tham alle tho tymes fro ther encumberment. Rob . of Brunne , tr. of Langtoft's Chron., p. 148. The best advizement was, of bad, to let her Sleepe out her fill without encomberment . Strip from the branching Alps their piny load, The huge encumbrance of horrific wood. Thomson. Specifically-3. In law , a charge or servitude affecting property, which diminishes the value of ownership, or may impair its enjoyment, so as to constitute a qualification or diminution of the rights of ownership. It does not impair owner- aqua fine ship or power to convey, but implies a burden which will continue on the property in the hands of the purchaser. If a person owns only an undivided share in land, the share of his cotenant is not designated an encumbrance on his share; but if the land is subject to unpaid taxes or to a right of way, or if the land or one's share is subject to a mortgage or a mechanic's lien, it is said to be en- cumbered. encorteinen, n. And all within in preuy place A softe bedde of large space Thei hadde made, and encorteined [var. encurtyned). Gower, Conf. Amant., I. ency., encyc. Abbreviations of encyclopedia. encyclic, encyclical (en-sik'lik, -li-kal), a. and [= F. encyclique = Sp. encíclico = Pg. en cyclico = It. enciclico, An imperial encyclic letter branded with an anathema the whole proceedings at Chalcedon, and the letter of Pope Leo, as tainted with Nestor i an ism. Milman , Latin Christianity, iii. 1. The Encyclic Epistle commences with the duty of preserving the faith pure and undefiled as it was at first. J. M. Neale , Eastern Church, i. 1194. 2. In bot., isomerous, with regular alternation of parts: applied to flowers in which the petals, stamens, etc., are equal in number in each whorl, alternating with each other. If all the whorls have an equal number of parts and are alternate, it [a flower) is encyclic . Encyc. Brit., IV. 127. II. n. A circular letter. He [Leo XIII.] teaches by encyclicals ; his predece or taught by allocutions. The Century, XXXVI. 90. encyclopedia, encyclopædia (en-si-klō-pē'dia), n. [Formerly also encyclopedy, encyclopedie, encyclopædy, And therefore, in this encyclopedie and round of know must obserthe great and exemplary wheels of heaven, we Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., To the Reader. Some by this art have become universally learned in a far larger compa than the old reputed encyclopedy . Boyle , Works, VI. 335. To Systematic Theology belongs also formal Encyclo pædia, or an exhibition of theology as an organic whole, showing the relationship of the different parts, and their proper function and aim. Schaff , Christ and Christianity, p. 5. Specifically-2. A work in which the various topics included under several or all branches of knowledge are treated separately, and usually in alphabetical order. It [a public library] should be rich in books of reference, in encyclopædias , where one may learn without cost of research what things are generally known. For it is far more useful to know these than to know those that are not generally known. Lowell, Books and Libraries. 3. In a narrower sense, a cyclopedia. See cy clopedia, 1. Abbreviated enc., ency., eпсус . French Encyclopedia (Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, etc.), a celebrated French work in 28 folio volumes (including 11 volumes of plates), the first 4. A family charge or care; especially, a child of which appeared in 1751 and the last in 1765. Five vol. encumbrancer, incumbrancer (en-, in-kum' bran-sér), n . One who holds an encumbrance or a legal claim on an estate. encumbroust, a. [ME. encombrous, encomber- ous, encombrus , Ful encomberouse is the usynge. Chaucer , Complaint of Venus, 1. 42. What helpp shall he Whos sleves encombrous so syde trayle Do to his lorde? 'umes of supplements were i ued in 1776-7, and two volumes of index in 1780, the complete work thus consisting of 35 volumes folio. The chief editor was Diderot, who was a isted by D'Alembert, and many of the great contemporary literary men of France (hence called the ency clopedists ) contributed to it. From the skeptical character of many of the articles, the work excited the bitterest ecclesiastical enmity, and had no small part in bringing about the state of public opinion which prepared the way for the French revolution.