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1006

L U L

of IVhieh conuins Ihe numoers, an,1

~:,e

olher Ihe cor- LUC, a lown of Provence, in France,

t~'~nt)'-Ihrec

r<fponding ol!nks or priz:s.

miles

nonh -e~rt

ofToulon.

LOTUS, in bOlan}',

~

genusof Ihe diadelphia d<c.lndria LUC:\R, or SI LvcH , a pon- lolVn of S?ain, in Ihe

clafs. Thc kguIIlen

IS

cyllllJrical; Ihe IVing! are con-

provinee of Andalur.,l:

\V,

long 6°

,9,

N.lal

36°

4

2' –

ni,'cnl above; anu Ihecal,x is luoular. There are 17 SI LvC.

R

is alfo a [OIVn of

.~nddlur.a,

io Spaio : W.

fpeeic<, only one of which.

vi:.

Ihe cornieulm, Or

long.

So

12. N.

I~l.

37°

10.

birJs·fool Ir,foil, is a nalive of

Bril.in

.

SI LVCAR is alfo Ihe name

01'

aoolher town of Spaio,

LOVAGE, in ootany. See LI GVST ICVM.

lifleen miles wen of Sel'ille.

LOVE APPLE. See SOLANV".

LUCARNO, a town of Ihe

uur.hy

of

Mil~n.

r.luat-

LOU IS. or

KllighlJ

of

SI.

LOVIS, the roame of ami-

cu on Ihe

I.ke

uf Mdggiore, bUI fubjeé! 10 Swilzer-

litaryorJerin France, inniluled by LouisXIV. in 1693.

!ando

Their collar! are of a Odme colollr, ,nd rafs froml& LUCCA, the capital of Ihe rcpublie of Ihe fdme name

10 righl ; Ihe king is

Ih~ir

grand mallcr. Tlwe are

in ltaly, r.lumd Iwel.e miles e,n of Ihe Tufean fea:

in il eighl grwero{fes, andlwenly

foureommar.dm

;

E. leng. 11°

20',

N. lat' 43° 4s'-

the numoer of

kni~hts

is nOI limiled. Al Ihe lime of LUCERN, Ihe eapilal of Ihe ean[On of Ihe(ame name in

their innitlllion, the king eharged his revenue wilh a

Swilzerland, r.lumd on Ihe lake Lueern, lO whieh il

fund of time hundred Ihollfand livles for Ihe penr.oos

gil'ts ilsn. me: E. long. 8°

12',

N.I,t. 47°.

oftheeommanJers and knighu.

LUCERNE, in botany. See MEOICAGO . For Ihe

LOUISIANA, or NEW FKA HC

E,

acounlryof nonh A-

eullure of IlIcerne, (ee AG

R

ICV L

TV

RE .

p. 65.

merica, bounded by Ihe river and hke of lIIcnois on LUCI A' ISLANns, one of Ihe Caribbec iOands in Ame-

Ihe nonh, Nonh CJrolina on Ihe

ea~,

and Ihe gulph

rica, fi lualed ( veoll' miles north-wen of Barbadoes,

of Mexieo on the foulh.

bcing Iwenll'-Iwo miles ,tong, and elefen

bro~d .

LOUSE, .inzoology. See PEDICVLVS.

SI .

LVC IA, one of Ihe Cape Verd iflands iD ACriea,

LOUTH, a eounll' of

lrclan~,

in Ihe provinee of Lein·

Il'ing in W. loog. 25°, N. Il!. 16°

30'.

lIer, bounded by

~¡onaghan

2nd Armagh onlhe nOrlh, LUCIOPERCA, in ichlhl'ology. See PERCA.

by Ihe ¡riOl

Char.ne

\ on Ihe can, by Ea:! Mealh

OA

LUCIUS, in iehlhyology. See Esox.

the foulh; and by Cmn onIhe wen.

LUCONIA. or MANILLA , the ehief of Ihe Philippine

LOUV!lIN, a eily of Ihe Aunrian Ne\hulands, in Ihe

iOands, filumd between 11 7° and 123° E.long. and

province of Rrabanl, filualed 00 Ihe river Dyle, fif-

bellVeen 12° and 19° of N.lat.

tccnmiles nonh·eall of Flru{fels.

LUDLOW, a borough of Shroprhire, r.mmd on the

LOWERING, among dillillm, a term u(ed to elt?re(s

river Córve; eigllteenmiles (oulh of Shrew(bury.

It

Ihe

debar.ng

\he {\renglh of any (pirilou! liquors, by

f.nJs two membm 10 puliamenl.

mixing water wilh it. '

LUDWIGIA, in b(¡lany, a genus of Ihe lelraoJria mo-

LOXIA, in zool0gy, Ihe nameof a genus of birdsof the

nogynia ela(s. TI,e eorolla eonfills of four perall,

order of the

p.ll

'<rCs; Ihe dillinguirhing charaélers of

and the ealix of four fegments; Ihe capfule has four

which are. Ihar Ihe tong"e is phin, equal ¡nd whole;

fides aocl four cdls, wilh many feeds. Thae are

\hc beak large, Ihirk , . nd {hon, and erooked .nd con-

t\Vo fpecies, none of Ihcm

n~lives

of Brilain.

"ex bOlh lVays. There are 48 (peeics, principally di- LUES, among

phyr.ei.ns

, is, in general, \leed for a

ninguilhed

by

their colour.

di(tafe of ,ny kind ; bUI, in a more particular fenfe,

LOZENG E, in heraldry,

~

rhombul, orfigure of equal

is rell rained to conlagious ,nd pellilential difeafes:

fides, bUl unequal angles, refembling a quarry of gla(s

\h us , Ihe lues

galilea,

orvenerea, fignifies Ihe venereal

in our old. windows. rlaced creél, poinl way'.

Ir

is

dif.afe. See

M~OICINE.

in Ihis figure Ihal all unmwicd gentlcwomcn and LUGGERSHAL, a borough-town, ten miles. nonh

\Vidows bcor Ihei r eoals of .rms, becaufe, aS (ome

of Sa\¡(bury .

It

fends IWO memb'crs 10 p, rliamenl.

fay, i\ \Val Ihe fi gure of Ihe Amazonian Olield; or, LUGO, a ci\y and bilhop's fee of Spdin, r.xly miles

as others, becallfe it i, Ihe aneicnt

r.gu

re of Ihe fpin-

e,rt of Compoflella: W. long. 7° 50', anu N. lal.

,:1e. Plalc CIII . r.g. 8. repre(enls anordinJrYof IGz-

4,° S'.

cn~cs .

LUKE, or

/lo/rd

o/

SI.

Lv

H,

aeanonical book of Ihe

T ite lozenge differs from \he (11(,1, in Ihal Ihe lalter

New Teflaclml.

is nwower in Ihe middle, anJ not foO,.,p allhe ends.

Some Ihink il wa9 properly SI. Paul's go(pe!,

~nd

LUnEC, a eill' and l'0rt'lownofGermany, in Ihe eirele

Ihal when Ihal 'poll le fpeaks of his gofre!, he

l1\ean~

or 1.o"er Saxony, and duehy of Holllein. /ilualed

whar is ealkd SI. Lllke's_ lrcna'lIs fays. Ihal SI. Luke

ten miles

fO\llh,,~el!

of Ihe Ballie (ca: E. long. 10°

di~cllcd

inlo wriling II'h' l Sto1'.111 prcached 10 Ihe

35', N lal. 54°

10'.

Gentiles; and Gregory N,zianzcn lells us, Ihal SI.

LUllEN, a 10wn of Germ,ny, in

Ih~

eirele of Upper

Luke WIOle wilh Ihe aí!inanee ofSt.

1',1U1.

Saxony, and I"arquifmof Lufalia: E. long. 11

02s',

SI.

LVKE

Ihc ,"fl"~.-li,f/'J

d"y.

a (dli.-.

.!

in IheChrillian

N. 1,1.

szo.

ehurch, obferved ,llI lhe 181h Ilf

O,~obcr.

LUB LI -. a eily of Poland, in Ihe palatinatc of \he LvLA LArMHK, a

1'1l1~inLc

of Swctl,n,

b011~dr,1

on

1,",c naDle:

E . I()n~.

22"

15', N lat. 51 ° 30'.

IhenollhbYlh.lI

ofTornc : 011 Ih.:e,lI. oYlhe!)"lhllie

LlJi:OW, alowll of Poland. in Ihepalatinale uf Cracow :

~lIlph;

on Ihe ¡¡)\lIh, by 1'IIhia·I.lpDlalk; and on Ihe

E.

loog. 20° lO', N. lal.

1~0.

31)'.

I'.'dl,

hy

OI'.\'.ly.