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B lltton attemplcJ 10 Jind O\ll a north·well patrage 10

lhe Eall [odie..

Jie. belween

80·

anJ

100°

long. •nd bellVeen

60·

and

66°

N . lal.

BUTrRESS, a kind of bUlmeot built .,ehwife, o, a

mar.

of non. o, b,iek, ferving tO prop or f"ppo" ,he

/ideo of a building, wall,

6c.

00 ,he uu,fide, wh<l<

it is either very

high,

or has any coofiderable load

full:a.io

on the other fidc, as a bank of

eanh,

cc,

lluttretre. are ufed againl! the .ngles of !leeples

and other builJing. of Ilone,

6c.

on the ou,fide, . nd

.aloog lhe w:Ul. of fueh buildings

h.ve

great and

. heavy ronf., whieh would be fubjeét 10 thru!l the walls

out, un!t!fs very thick,

no buure'(es were placed

ag.iol! them. They are alfo plaeed for a fupporl and

butment againfl. the

feel

of fome. arches,

thal

are

turn·

ed,.crof. grea< halls in old palaee., abbey.,

&c.

BUTZA\V, a town of L ower Saxony, in

Germ.oy

;

ihnds upon

lhe river VarDow,

lhe

road from

Schwerin tO Rolloek.

BUXTON, a place. in the peak of Derbylhire, cele–

brated for medicinal waters; tbe hanea in 'Eogland,

DeXl to

Bath.

B UXTON+'WelJ¡.

The firata of carth

2nd

minerals, In

lhe parts

adjacent

Buxton,

are

peal.mors, blue

clay, iroD,

and

coa),

mixed with fulphur and brazil.

The

warm watcrs there, at prefent, are the bath,

which takes in fevcral warm fprings; St Ann', wdl.

a hot 'Dd eold fpring riGng up ioto the fame reeep–

tacle; .nd Biogham.well.

Thefe waters greatly promote digellion, unlef, they

are drunk too loog, in which

e.fe

,hey relax th< 110-

maeh, aod retard digenion; they are \Vell adapted to

obllruétion. of every kiod, \Vhenee <bey produce fur–

priling cffeéb

gOuty, rheumatic, athritic, and fcor–

butÍt

pOlios.

this water is Wélrm, highly impreg–

nated

with

mineral fieam, vapour, or fpirit,

lignally beneficial to eramps, eOI)'/u1600" dry allhmas,

the biliou. eolie, Ililfoefs,

&c.

They advife botb drinking aod bothing io the ufe of

thefe waters; only lhe

Jan

is of bad eoofequenec in

the gout, inward in8ammations. fe,Ters. dyfentery.

Jarge inward tumours, or in an outward preCfure of the

BUXUS, iDbOlaoy,

geous of the hlon",e"

tetr.nd

claf.. The eaJix of lbe male eonron, of three leaye. ;

"od the eorolla has t\Vo pelals : The c.lix of lhe fe–

maje has four

leaves

;

,the pctaJs

are

three;

has threc

Il yli;

and the capfule

has

thre.e

celJ~

cont:tining tw.o

leeds. There

but one fpeclcs,

1.11%.

the fempervl–

reos, or box-tree, a natlve of Britain. A dr:coélion

V·OL.

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of the Jeavcs and wood has beco recomtDcnded as a

powerful fudorific; but

nOI now ufed by praaition–

ers.

The

wood ¡s

uf a hard

dore texture, ann

greatly ufed by mechanics

Cor

100ls

v..

rious kind,.

BUYS.

a town

of Dauphine, in Frailee, fituated on

th~

confines of Provenee:;

long.

5°

20',

and

Iin.

44° 25'·

llUZZARD, in ornithology, the Eoglilh name of feve–

.ral fpeeie. of the hawk kind. See FALco.

BYGHOF, or Bvcow, a ci'y 'of Lithuania iD Poldnd,

filualed on lhe river Niepcr¡

long.

30°,

and

lat. 0°.

BY~LAWS,

B VE - LAW',

private and peculiar

Jaws

for [he good government of a city, caun. or othcr

community, made by lhe general confe", of the

mem~

ben .

Al! by.laws are to be re.foo.ble, .od ror the eom–

mon

benefit, nOl private ad"antagc of an)' particulu

perfoD', and mul! be agree.ble tO the public I>ws in

beiog .

BYRLAW, or

BURLAW

10""(,

Scotland. are

m.de

and determíned by ncighbours,

eI~llcd

by comml,);'l

confene

byrlaw conrts. The men chofen as judses,

are called byrlaw or burlaw men, and lake cogniz:mce

of complelints belween neighbuur and

nt:i~hbour.

BYRRHUS, in zoology,

ordor of infe

belongir.

lOthe order of coh:optera. The fcelels are clavale'cJ:

prtuy foJid, and a'lilde compleCftd. T here are

6vc

fpc:cies,

i\1l

of which are

foul1d

0 0

p:tnicular

pl.ots, and principally di!li:tgui:bed from eaeh other

by lhe colour

and

figure of lhe c1)'tra

Ql'

croGaceoos

winE:.cafes,

BYSSVS, io bDlaDY, • geous of motrcs lidooging 'o

the cryplOgamia alga:. The charaéter ¡s t.lkeo from

lhis circumllance, that

lhey

are

coverro \Vith el (¡mplc

eapillary

fiJ~ment

do·",n, refembli"g fof, dull.

t. .

'(pecies

are

15.

all nalives

Britain .

BYSSUS, in . otiquity, ,hat 'fine Egyp,i3. lioeo "here–

thl!'

tunics of

the

Jewí(h prieH .. were

mad~.

PI" lo faY" tbOl ,he by"us i. the clearen anJ mon

beautiful, tHe whi,ell,

!lroo~<n,

and moll glotry fO"1

of linen; t:lal it is not madc of any thing

mOrt41,

that is

fay . of

wool.

or the

O<in

any

anim"ll,

bllt

that it comes OUt of the earrh,

and

becomes ..lway!

whih~rf

and

more

(ht ning, \Vlu:n

w:.fhl!d as

lhould be.

BYZ>\NT .

See

BEH" ' ·.

BYZANTIUM, the ancicnt n"me of Coufi.n,iool':.'

See

CON ST .\HTIN OPLE .

BZO,

town of

Af.

icJ.,

[he

king~lom

)roroc~Ct.

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