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CHEMOSIS, a diCeafe'oNhé eyes,

~'Icl¿eedíni;fr\¡m

inll,mmation, when Ihe white of 'thll eye

(wdls

above

the blaek, ano oveno¡n it to fueh a degree, tnat

me'~e

appears a

Cort

of gap

bCtWetO

thérl!.

H R

Others denne it tO 'be an c1eutlon or the

h1.mbta~

""hic" futround's rhe eye.

ari8

blled

'/!¡'e

wlllte;

be~

in'g al! .·lfeétion of the

¿y~:' like

\vblfe

'MiI.

CHENOPODJUM, lit

b6tan~>

'geou~l df' Hle pent~o'dria digyoia claC,. The calbt confifls of five Imel;

it has DO roralla; and thm is b\Jt one'lenticular' feed.

There are 18 fpecies, 13of whicb are

o~tives

of Rri–

tain,

viz.

Ihe bonus heoricus, commOA Englilh mero

tury,

all-good; die- o'rbieum. or upright blile; che

rabrom, atlharp.ledved goofc!:foot; 'rhe murale, cÓm'–

mon goofeJfoor,

01'

(ow-bane

the hybridam, or

inap'I~lw'ed blire : rhe albdm, or (bmmoo oí.che; the

v¡~

ride,. or greco blite; the (erotioum.

la\e-6owered

blire; rhe glallcl1m,

oak·leal'eo blíte; tbe vulva-

ría,

(link

orache ; tbe polyfpermum. rcund–

reaved blite, or nll (eeJ; rhemantimum,

f~a

blitc, or

whitegla(s-wort ; and the (rutico(um, Ihrub none-crop,

or gla

(s.wo

(.1. Tbe reaves or the vulvaria, Or IHr,king

on che, are (aid ro be ao excellent anti hyneric.

CH EPELlO, an i!l"od io die bay of P,

n.ma,

and pro–

vince o( Darien, in South IImerica,

r:tu~ted

about

thrte feague! (rom the city of Pa03ma, which it fup.

plin wirlrproviGons :

long. 81°, N lat. 9°'

OHEPSTOW, a márket·town in Monmouthlhire,

fi–

tuated 'on

th~

river Wye,

n~ar

its mouth, about t, n

miles (outh of Moomouth : W., loog.

2 0 .

40',

N.lat.

1°

40';

CHEQ, or CH

[R 1P,

!heprince of

~[ecca,

who is, as it

were, high.prien

Ihe la.w, ano fovereign pontíff af

aJi

me M.hometans, of whatever feél or ,ounuy they

be. See CALIPH .·

The grand fignior, fophin, moguls, fhans of Tar–

tuy,

6',

(elid Mm yearly prefents, efpeCially

lape~ry

to C()\ler M.homet·s.' tomb wimal,

tog~ther

l"itli

fumpruous tem (ot hlmftlf, and vaft fums of money to

provide fOI all the 'pilgrirrrs duríng me (cventeen days

of their devotion.

CHERHURG, a 'pon-town of France, in the pcovinee

oF·Normandy, fitomd on a

OOy

ofthe Englilh channel,

oppolji~to

Hamplhire, in England:

long ..

.¡,o',

·I.t.

49°

4s '.

CHEltEM, in Jewilh' arttiquity, 'the fecond

and

grearer

fon o( excommunic,tioll among the

J~"'s.

The cherem depriHd the excommunícated prrfon

almon ,lI lhe advantages of civil (ociety: he could

h,lve nocommercewirh anyone, could neither buy nor

Id l.

,except fuch .mings as were abfolutelynece(l"ary

fo; He ; nor re(on to the rchools, nor ente, the fy–

nagogues ; and no one was pel:nitted tOColt or drink

Wlth him.

The (entence of cherem was to be pronounced by

ten per(ons, or at leal! iD the pre(ence of ten : but the

excommunicated perfons might be abrokd by three

jwlgcs, Ot even by one, provided he were a doélor of

ril,·

law. The form of this excommunication was

lo.,rled with a multitu,le of curres and imprecations,

takeDfrom difl'ereDt pans of the fcripture.

CHEltESOUL, ' the eapRsI of 'Cllrdillao, "in Afiatic

Turky', aod

th~

feat of Ihe be¡:lerbeg, or viceroy, of'

the province : E, loog.

45°, N.

lat.

36°.

CHERLERIA, il1,bota/1Y, Henus of ¡he decandriaui–

gynia

c1af~

. .

Th~

caií¡f., coofi ns of 6ye lcaves ;"it ha

6,ve :petals

'I~~

lhap tH,e

I~~vcs

Qf rhe c,·lix,. and 6ve

b,fid neélaria

¡6e,aotperre are altel'\l2t¡ly

b~rren.:

aod

the

~apfu!e' ha$ th;~

cdls and

m~n.)'

",álvcs. There

is bui one [pecies,

vi• •

me ícdoides,

~ n~tiv~

SWil–

zerland.

CHE RLESQ~HOR,

in Turkilh affair., denotes aIieu–

\€!Iaot·ge.nelal of Ibe Grand Slgnior's armies.

C;~,~RNESI'

z.oology, a

~enul

of in(t4l,s

~Ioogin&

,ro,.the orger of ¡pfeéla hemlPtera. The. rOnill/ll is

Ii,

tuate on ¡,he breaff; the feclers are looger UJ,an tbe

breafl; lhe .{our wings are defieéled; the prean is

gibbous; ,and the {ee! are of Ibe .jumpjog ki1ld.

There

~re

(pecies, anrí Ihe trivial oames are lakeo.

(10m

I h~

.pJ.o.ntS which they frequeor, as

I~e

cherroe.

gramir.is,

Or gra(¡-bug; the chermes ulmi, o,r

elm-:

bug,

f¡c, .

CHE.itR

~.TREE,

in botany.

Seé'llRq,N~s,

CHERRY· ISLE , io geography, an i!land fituated in

0,e

nonh Ol ftozen oteao, between Nonvay aod

Gree~lanJ:

long.

20·,

la!.

1so.

CHERSO, lhe capital of aD iOand of me fame Dame. iD

the gulf of Venic" aod

f~bje~t

tbe Yeoelians::

E. long ISO, N. lat

45°

25 .

CHEaSONESUS, amoog geographers,

.tbcJam~

witA.

' a

penin(ula. See PtNINSVL4

CHtRTSEY, a

!Tlarket· tow~

of Surly,

aboW[e~e/lJ

mib wen of KingHon:

long.

~d,

l~t.

25'·

CHERUl:l, or CHERU BI'N, a celefli.l· {pirit, which in

the hierarchy is placed nex! tO the feraphim. Seo

lhaARcHv.

The

«ver~1

de(cription.,which lhe

{criptur~:gil'es

usl

of c?eru.biJ15, differ (rom,one ,aoother ;

bu(

aU agrec–

repre(eiaiog a ogore compofed of mious

,'CJ:eaw~elI,

as a

man, <In

O~,

eagle, .and .alioQ.

CHERVI-L, in botaoy. See CItAZ10PH YL1.UIiI.

CHERWEL, a river, which, arifing io

Nonh~mpton.

Ihire, rUDS' foulhwards by Bahbury, and unites ¡ts

wa~"

tm wilh thofe of the Ifis, near Oxrord,

CHSSHAM,.

markel-IOWO

of.

j:luckinghulIllPire,

abolit

ni'oe miles fOutb.e.n of Ailelbury :

long.

35',

N..

laL

51° 16'.

CHESHIRE, a maritime county of England, bounded

by Sta/fordlhire on the eaH, aod by th. ¡rilh fea on.

the wen : its chief commodilies are fal t and chee(e;

the

tal!

of whiclr is much eneemld aJl over Brilain.

CHESNUT·TR'EE, io botany. See FAClIS.

CHESS, an ingeOlous ga:ne, pe((orm<u wllh different.

piec~

of wood, on a board dlvidtd into fi xly·fou r'

fquares or houfes;

which chance

has'

fo fmall a

/hare, thH it nlay be doubted whether a eer(on ever

Ion bm by his town f. ult

Each gam<fler hlS eight dignified pieces,

vi?.

kiog, a queen, tWto biOtops, tlVO knights, and IIV!)'

rooks; alfo eight pawns : all which, for dlilínélion fake._

~re

2ainted of t\VO diJfereo[ colours.

white

~od

bldClt_.