"BIAS, or BIASS, in a general sense, the inclination or bent of a person's mind to one thing more than another."
— Author Unknown
Author
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Publisher
Printed for A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar; and sold by Colin Macfarquhar
Date
1771
Metaphor
"BIAS, or BIASS, in a general sense, the inclination or bent of a person's mind to one thing more than another."
Metaphor in Context
BIAS, or BIASS, in a general sense, the inclination or bent of a person's mind to one thing more than another. It also signifies the lead or weight put into a bowl, that draws or turns the course of it any way to which the bias looks.
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Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" in ECCO
Citation
At least 6 entries in ESTC (1771, 1773, 1775, 1778, 1790, 1797).
Encyclopædia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Compiled Upon a New Plan. ... Illustrated With One Hundred and Sixty Copperplates. By a Society of Gentlemen in Scotland. In Three Volumes. (Edinburgh: Printed for A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar; and sold by Colin Macfarquhar, 1771). <Link to ESTC>
See also Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature on a Plan Entirely New. (Dublin: Printed by James Moore, 1790-98). <Link to ESTC>
Also Encyclopædia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature; ... The Third Edition, in Eighteen Volumes, Greatly Improved. Illustrated With Five Hundred and Forty-Two Copperplates. (Edinburgh: Printed for A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797). [18 vols., vols. 1-12 edited by Colin Macfarquhar; vols. 13-18 by George Geig] <Link to ESTC>
Compare the American edition (many articles revised or rewritten): Encyclopaedia; or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature ... Compiled from the Writings of the Best Authors, in Several Languages ... Illustrated With Five Hundred and Forty-Two Copperplates. The first American edition, in eighteen volumes, greatly improved. (Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, at the stone house, no 41, South Second Street, 1798). <Link to ESTC>
Encyclopædia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Compiled Upon a New Plan. ... Illustrated With One Hundred and Sixty Copperplates. By a Society of Gentlemen in Scotland. In Three Volumes. (Edinburgh: Printed for A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar; and sold by Colin Macfarquhar, 1771). <Link to ESTC>
See also Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature on a Plan Entirely New. (Dublin: Printed by James Moore, 1790-98). <Link to ESTC>
Also Encyclopædia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature; ... The Third Edition, in Eighteen Volumes, Greatly Improved. Illustrated With Five Hundred and Forty-Two Copperplates. (Edinburgh: Printed for A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797). [18 vols., vols. 1-12 edited by Colin Macfarquhar; vols. 13-18 by George Geig] <Link to ESTC>
Compare the American edition (many articles revised or rewritten): Encyclopaedia; or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature ... Compiled from the Writings of the Best Authors, in Several Languages ... Illustrated With Five Hundred and Forty-Two Copperplates. The first American edition, in eighteen volumes, greatly improved. (Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, at the stone house, no 41, South Second Street, 1798). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
10/01/2004
