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oí parehmenl, and IVhen dry, is

~il'en

to the IVeal'CrS,

\\'ho n:' Jnt it on the 100m.

The warp thus mouoted, the weal'crs, who are tIVO

to eaeh loolll, one 00 eaeh (ide,

t1 ~ad

alt<nwdy 00

the treddle, firfl 00 the rigllt flep, and then on the

le(t, whieh raifes and 10IVers.the threads of the warp

equ.lly ; betweeo whieh they throw traofverfely the

fhuttle (rom Ule ooe

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the other : and every time

that the Oluttle is thus lhrowo , aod a Ihread o( the

woof iofened Wilhiothe IVarp, they fl ,ike it eoojuoét.

Iy wilh the fame (rame, wherein is (afleoed the eomb

or reed, uetweeo whofe leelh the Ihreads o( Ihe warp

are

pa(r~J,

repeatiog the {lroke as o(tcn as is oe·

ee(fary.

Th. weavers having eontinued lheir work liUthe

IVhole IVarp is fiUed with the IVoof, lhe clolh

i~

fi ·

lIifhcd; it is lhen laken off the 100m by unroUiog it

(rom the beam whereon it had beeo rolled in propor·

Iioo as it 113S wove; aod now giveo tO be cleaofed of

I"e kl;OIS, ends of threaJs, tlraws, and other fihh,

whieh is done with iron nippers.

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lo lh,s eoodilioo it is euried 10 the fullery, to be

feou red with urioe, or a kiod o( pomr's clay, IVeU

tleeped io waler, pUt aloog wilh the cloth io the

trough IVhereio it is fuUed . "I:he clolh beiog aga,"

cleared (rom the eanh or urioe, is reluroed' to the

former haods to hare the le(fer fihh, fmaUflraws,

6c ,

taken off as before: theo il is relurned lO the fuUer

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be beat and fuU ed wilh hOI water, whereio a fuitable

quantilYof foap has beeo diffolved; a(ler fuUing, il

is tah n out to be (moothed, or pulled by the litis

kngthwife, to t ke out lhe wriokles, ereviees,

6c.

The fmoothiog is repeated every t\Vo hours, till lhe

fuUing be fin iOled, arod the cloth brouglll lOils p'ro·

per b,eadth: after whieh it is wafhed io clear water,

tu

purge it o( the foap, and giveo IVet tOti! wders

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rlile the hair or Ildp on the ritht fide with lbe

t!,i!lle or weed, After this preparatioo the clolh·

worker lakes the cloth, aod gives il its fi rn eUl or

(hearin~:

theo the earders refume il, and after wet·

ting, give it as Olaoy more eourfes with Ihe teazle, as

the qualily o( the {lufT requires, alIVays ob(erviog tO

"esin agaio{l the graio o( the hair, aod

10

end IVith

it ; ., ,.1(0 to begin wilh a (moolher thiflle, proeeed.

ing {liU wilh ooe Omper and fharper, as far as the

fix lh degree.

Afler Ih& operations, the cloth being dried, is

returned to the cluth worker, who fheers it a (e·

et:nd time, and returlls it tO the

earder~,

who re·

ptat their op!!mion as b:fole, tiU the nap be weU

r an~ed

on tlle (urfaee of the clolh,

fron~

one end of

the picee

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th~

other.

The clolh thus \'Jove, feou red, oapped, and fhorn,

is fem tOthe tlyor; "hen d)"ed, it is

1'I•

.n:cd io fdir

IV.Ha

,

Jlld the wOlk. r tJkes it

ag~in

"'et as il is, lays

Ih, r,ap ",ith a

br"~1

t n the l.ble, an.1 hang$ it

UII

the :"0:.:r5, wilelc it i, Ilretehed bOlh in length and

brl.l.hb

f'líii"itruiy

to

fmoud.

it,

f..

t

it

lqu.trc,

ancl

L,"rlg

It

IU ils proper tlimen

(u.ls

, wilhout flrdioing it

100 "'Jeh;

obf~rl"i~r.

10 bruf]¡

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afrLfh . Ihe w.y uf

,he

n~rJ \\'~.il;

ro !i:t1c

loc¡ll ~

en

Ih~

t

',lL f1.

When quite dry, lhe c10th is

I~keo

ofT

the tCOIers

and bruO,cd again ?n

t~e.

table,

10

fioifh the laying of

the nal' ; a(ter wllleh

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ISfolded, and laid eold under

a pr e(s, 10 make it perfeélly fmoolh aod even, aod

gil'e it a glo(s.

Laflly, the clolh bcing takeo out of the prefs, and

the p:pers,

6c.

(or nloffing il remol'ed, it is io a

eondition for fale or ufe. Wilh regarel to the maou.

f.~lure

o( mixt clolhs, or tho(e wherein the 1V001s are

fi dl dyed, and then mixl, fpun

~nd

1V0ve of the eo.

lours intended, the proee/s, exeept what rel. tes tO

the eoluur, is mo{\ly the (ame IVith that jull repre.

fented.

CLOUD, a eoUrélion of vapours fu(pended in lhe atmo.

fphere. See PN EUMAT ICS.

CLOVE TREE, in bOlany. See CU YOP HYL LUS.

CLon, a lerm ufed ioweights of wool. Seven pounds

make a clove.

In E(fex, eight pounds of ehee(e and buuer go 10

the clove.

CL OVE JU LY·FLOWER. See CARYOPHYLLU S,

CLOVER,cRAs s, in botaoy. See T kIFoLl uM,

CLOYNE, a eity and bifhop 's fee of Ireland, in th.

eount)' of Cork, and provlOee of Munller, about fif.

tecn miles eafl of COlk : W. long. 8°, alld N. Jat,

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40"

CLUPEA, or herring, in iehthyology, a genus belong.

iug tOthe order of abdomin.les. The upper jaw is

fu rnifhed with a (errated myflaehe ; the branehioflege

membrane has eigh! rays; a fealy (erraled line ruos

aloog the belly from the head tO the lail ; aod the

belly.fins have frequendy nine rays, There. are

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fpecies,

viz.

l .

The harengus, or eC>Olmon hcrring, has no (pOIS,

aod the under jdW is longer dMn the upper one. A

herrin¡; dies immeJi>tdy dfter i! is taken oUt of the

w~!er,

whenee the prol"erb .rifes,

Al dcad al a h,,.·

ring.

T he AeOI is e"ery where in great efleem, be·

iog fa l, fofl, and delicate, e(peeially if il is dretl as

(000 as eaught ; for then it is ineomparably beu,,'

thao on the neXl day. 'fhere are vafl qUdotitics of

thefe fifll lakeo, fahed, (moak·dried, and conluOled

aU over Europe. T hey make a progrefs ever)' year

from the feas near the nonh o( Seodaod, into

th~

Bri·

tiOI

ch~nncl,

comiug in purfuit of worms aod (maU

fifh,

whieh at thal lime abound there, There is alfo

plenty near orway aod

Oc

.,llark, (romwhenee they

proeeed aunually as far as the eoafl of ormandy.

The hm ing·fiOlery is begun bOlh by Ihe EngliO.

and Dute!1 towards the Ial er end of June; andlhe

Dutlh alooe employ uo Hs than one Ihoufand fhips

Ihflein, called bnflcs, (rom

(orty.fi

,e to r.xty tun

caeh. T he ueO time for eatehing herriogs is from the

1m.·,

f O"

of S'ptcmher. to the lauer end o( Onober ;

2nd Ihe uets thlY mal e ufe or, are about tll'enty fi,e

)"Jlds IIIng, and

lil'~

de, p. They ((l1ICrimes f.llen fo

OIany of thUe ne s tC¡,uher, as "ill

ta~e

in a mile in

C"mpd(s. They judge "hm the hurings Ilc by the

hUIel ing dnd Dlolionof Ihe (ca·bi rds, wh,eh eootinually

pur(ue Ihem, in

expe,~"ion

of prey. The fifhcrmeo

row very ¡;ently aloog, letting tb,

net~

f.ll

ir,to lI,e

fea,