1000000030

fre,!$.

Ther~

i, but one

rpeei~s ,

a oatil'e of ;'wecden.

L1 NNEN, in eommcrcc, a well·l:nowo kind of cloth,

ehieOy nude of

Il.lx.

See FL Ax.

In order to fueceed in the hnnen.manuf.dlure, one

fet of people Ihould be eonfined to the plowing ami

prcraring Ihe fuil,

lowin~

and coming the feed , tO

th~

weeding, pulling, rippling, taking careof the new

fe~d,

and watcring and gralling the na", till it i, lod–

ged at home: otilers fllotdd beconcerned in the Jrying,

breaking, reutching, and heekling the

n.lX

, to fit it

for the fpinners ; and others in fpinning and reelinR it,

fit it for the IVeaver; others nlOuld be eooeerned in

lakiog due Care of the IVeaving, bleaching, beetling,

and Gnilhing the cloth fu r the nmket,

is rearon–

able to belie,e, th, t if thefe fereral branehes of the

manllfaaure IVere carried on by dillina dealers in Seot–

land and Ireland, where our home·made linnens are

manufaau red, the feveral parts IVould be better exe–

toted, and the whole would be alforded eheaper, ami

,,,itl: greater profit,

LlNNET, in ornithology. See FRI NG ILLA.

LINS EED, the feed of the plaO! linum. Linfeed brui–

fed and lIeeped in water, gives it very foon a thick

mucilaeinous nature, and communicates much of its

emollieot vinues to it.

LINT. See LtNN EN and FLAX.

LINTEL, in architeaure, a pieee of 1I0ne or timber

tha! lies horizontally over door·polls and window–

jambs, as well to bear the thieknefs of thc wall over

it, as to bind the fides of the wall t9gether.

LINTON, a mar ket·to\\"n of Cambridoefllire, filuated

tcn miles fouth·eall of Cambridge.

LINTS, or Lt NT2, a beautifu l eity, capital of Upper

Aullria, with a IIrong citadel.

LINUM, FLAX, in bOlany, a genus of the pentandria

pentagynia clafs. The calix confills of nve leaves,

and the corolla of 6,'e petals; the capfule has live

-valves, and ten cells; and thefeeds are folitary. Thcle

are

fpecies, five of them natives of Britain,

viz.

the ufitatillimum, or common flax; the perenne, or blue

flax; thetenuifolium, or narrow·leaved wild fl 'JI; the

catharticum, or purging flax ; and the radiola, leall

rupmre·worr, or all·feed. See FLAX.

LION, in zoology. See FELIS.

L10NCELLES, in heraldry, a term ured for feveral

lions borne io the fame coa! of arms.

L1P, in anatomy. See ANATOM Y, p.

3oj.

J{dre·LI

P, adiforder, in whieh the upper lip is in aman–

ner Oit or divideo, fo as tO refemble the uppcr lip of a

hare, whence the name. See SURGE RY.

LIPOTHYMI A, FAINT ING, in medicine, mayarife

frum feveral catlfcs, as tOo violent exercifcs, fupprellion

of the menfes or other aceullomed evacuations,

&(.

See MEOICISE.

L1PPIA, in hotany, a genus of Ihe

didyn~mia

angio–

fpermia claf... The calix confills of fOtl r roundiOl, e–

rea, ancl membranaeeotls tceth ; thc

e~pfule

is Ilraight,

has two valves, one eell, and two fc,·ds. Thcre are

two fpecies, none of thcmnatives of Britain.

L1QUIDAMIi FR, in botany,

r,enus of the mODrecia

polyandria

cI.fs

. The calix has (our

Ic,ye,

it has

LIT

no cllTolL1, btlt

nU~I~rous

filaments: the cllix of the

OIale eonr.lls of fotlr bves in the forr.¡ of a globe ; it

h.ls

no corolla, bn! aeouple of Ilyli; anJ thecapfules,

whieh arc numerous, are round, with a double vahe,

and eontai ns many reerl.. There arc two fpecies, botl!

narivcs of America. This trce y:dds afragrar. t refin,

dl~d

h'luidamber, whieh refolves and open's obllruc–

tions.

LIQYOR, a nlmc r.gnifying any fluid fubllaoee.

LHZl:10IUCE. See GLyeYRRH t2A.

LlRIODENDRUM, the TUL IP' TREE, in botany, a

genns of the polyandria polygyoia clafs. The calix

conr.lIs of three leaves, and the corolla of nine petal!;

and the fceds are imbricated upon a Ilrobilus. There

are twa fpecies, nune o( them natives of Britain,

L1SBON, the capital of Portugal, r.tuatcd on the north

bank of the Tagus, about ten miles from its Olouth,

and eighty miles \\ ell of the frontiers of Spain:

long.

2{,

J¡t. 38°

25',

It is about r.x miles

long, winding with the river, from whence it rifes

with an eafy afccnt, and is computed to contaio about

3°,000

houfes ,

200,OPO

inhabitants, forty parilh .

churehes, aod forry convents of both fexes.

LISIEUX, a large eity and bilhop's fee of France, in

the province of Normandy : E.long. \6', aod N. lat.

o '

40 t 4 '

L1SLE, or RYSIEL, a large and populous city, the

capitalof Freneh Flanders, fituated onthe river Deule,

twelve miles well of Tournay: E. long.

3°,

and N.

lat.

JOO 42' ,

LIST, in commercc, the bordure of cloth, or

lIulf;

ferving not 6nly tO Ihew their quality, bUI to preferve.

themfrom beiog.torn in the operations of fulling, dy–

ing,

&(.

Lill is ufed on various omr.ons

bUI chieAy by

gardeners for fecuring their wall·trees.

LITANY, a folemo form of ftlpplication to God, in

which the priell uttm fomethingsfit tobe prayed for,

and the people joinin their intercellion, f.ying,

IV, be–

I,,(h Ihu lo h<Qr

Ul,

good Lord,

&c.

LI TCHFIELD, a city of StnffordOlire, one hundred

miles norrh- ",efl of London, and twelve fouIh-eall of

Stafford. This city and Coveotry have one bilhop

betwcen them; it fends two Olem'bers

parliament.

LITERA

TI,

in general, denotes men of Im ning; but

is more panictllarly ufed by the Chinefe for ruehper–

fons as are able to rcad anrl write their language.

LITHANTHRAX, r tT-COAL, in natu,,1hillory, a

g~nus

of (ollils, defined

be folid, dr)'. opake, in–

flammablc fubllances, found inlarge lima, fplitting ho–

rizontally more

ear.ly

than in any other dtreaion, of

a gloffy hue, foft and frial,le, not fufible, but eaftlyin–

flammable, and le.ving " large rer.dulIOl of alhes.

Of Ihis gcnus thcre 'are three fpecies:

The h"d,

dllfky, blaek coal, knowoby the naOle of Seotch eoal.

The h"d. glolry. black co. 1. known hy ,he fame

name.

The friable, glofl'y, bhck eoal, ealleJ Nelv–

eaflle coa l, as being chlclly dllg about that 10IVn.

LlTHARGE. is propcrly • rrcremrnt of lead , or lead

vitrificd, either alone, or with

mixturc of corper.

Sec CIIEMtSTR\', p.

84 '

L1TH lDB,