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ENCEINTE

Volume 2 · 67 words · 1771 Edition

in fortification, is the wall or rampart which surrounds a place, sometimes composed of battlements or curtains, either faced or lined with brick or stone, or only made of earth. The enceinte is sometimes only flanked by round or square towers, which is called a Roman wall.

ENCEPHALI, in medicine, worms generated in the head, where they cause so great a pain, as sometimes to occasion distraction.