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1. ;

~n,'

&il'c nnticc of m.king c.ndles

the

excif~·o!1ieer

f .• ,. Ihe

dlllle~,

and of Ihe numbe,.,

&r.

or Ihlll fo:

f~it

501.

ltemoving the (.\Odles bdol e

weiglltd

the

o.n~;:r!

mi:\III~ th~m

with others,

is li 'clI'ife

li.lhl~

pen.llti~s.

C.' SIl U is :llfo • tcrm in medicine, and is reckoned a-

1\I0n& ¡he \nllrumcn¡¡ of

{iJl

y. 1'hus the canod.

f~llI.lis,

or the canoela pro rulfllu odoMa, is a mJfs

of ¿n cblong form, confiliing of oJorifcrous pOIVdm ,

mlxed U? lI'ith a third, or nll)r., of the dweoal of

lI'illolV

01'

lime-me, anJ redll" J

a proper conlit!–

ence IVi¡h

mueilage

01'

gUlIl·tr.•

g.IC

,nth, I.IJ.num.

01'

turpentine. lt is inten.IeJ

excite a grat.rul find l

without any

fl.me

, to correa the air,

fonify the

brain, .lId

\(1

excite the fpirits.

M!d".IldCHDLt , or SOUC IE , in furgery, a fmall

fliek of wax in form of a c.n",,", whieh furgeons in–

troJuce ioto the uretha, cither tOJillte it ano keep

it open, or to confume e:1I nolities. There are tlVO

fons of thefe candles, the or.-: limpie, and the other

compound. The fimple are maJe

01'

wax, of cat-ntlt,

or even of le.d; and the intelltion uf thrm is tOkeep

the canal of the urethra

pro?~rly

dillended. Their

thicknefs, therefore, Ihould

b~ proponio~ed

to the

cli.mcter of th.t eanal. The eompound bougies are

loaded with fome medicine Clplbll of produeing a

fuppuration, or of dcllroyiu&c.trnofities aud excrtf–

eeneesin theurethra. SeeSu RcERv.

CA SD LS. Sale or auaion hy ineh of canJle, is when a

fm.1f piece of eandle being lighted, the byll.nders

are allol'led to b¡d for the merchaodife that is felling;

btHthe moment the candle is out, the commodity is

.Jjdged to the

Ila

bidder.

Tnrre is airo an exeoromunieltion by ineh of can–

cle; when the finner is allowed tO come to rcpentanee

wh:!e a lighted canJle eontinues burning; but arter it

i, confumed, he

lem.in<

excor.1municatcd tO all inteots

and purpafes .

CA~DLE ' B E H Y ' TREE,

in botany. See Mn ,eA.

CA. DLD!.\S, a

f~aH

of the ehureh held on the

fe–

eond day of februdry, in honour of the purification

or the Virgin M...

i, borrowed rrom the prac–

tiee of lhe aneim Chrinians, who on tha¡ day ufed

abundar.ee

or lighll both in their ehurehes aod pro–

eeffioos, in memory, as is fuppofed, of Our Saviour's

being,

011

that day, deelmd by Simeon, " tO be a

hght tO Iighten the Gentills." In imimion of this

c~nom,

the Roman eatholies, on this day, eonfecrate

all the tapers and undles ",hieh they ufe in their

ehurches during me whole

l'e~r.

At Rome, the pope

performs th t eeremony himfdr, and dillributes wax–

eandles

the eardinals and others, who carry them

in proeeffi," th,rij"gh

,h~

erC>! hall or the pope's p,t–

lace. This emmony

W1S

probibittd in En¡:l,¡nd, by

:,n order of eouneil in

'5 18.

C:\. DLESTICK, an inllrument tO hold a

eandl~,

made io difb ent form" and of all fons or matter.

The golden eandlellick was one of the f••ered uten–

Col,

nn~e

by lofes tO be placed in the Jewilh taberna·

ele. lt was made

hammered gold, a talent in

weigbt.

cor.ffled of f.feo branchel, fupported by

t.J

a hale or foot. T hefe branehes were a""raed at equ.l

<lill.ln

"s wllh fix flowClS like lilie!, an.1with.s

m.ny

bOIVls and

kno~s

plaeeJ alternm ly. Upon the lloek

anJ fix branehes of the eandlelliek, w(le ,he golden

IJmps, which were inlluoveable, whertin ",ere put oi!

and colton.

l'hefe fUI'en lamps were lighted eve, y el'ening, and

extinguiOtcJ every morning. The I_mps lud

th~,r

toogs or fnuffers to dldw the eotton in or

0111,

.nd

diOtes un"erne.tth themtOreeeive thé fll.llks and dltlp'

pings of the oil. This andlelli k wa, plmd in the

antiehamher of the fanauary on the f"mh-fide, and

fm'cd

illumin;ue the altar of perfume, and the ¡a–

ble of the lhew·bread. When Solomoll

I.ad

built the

,emple of the LorJ, he placed ill it ten golden c.u–

dlcllicks, of the fame fOl m as that dcfcribcd by Mu–

fes, five on the nonh, . nd five on the fouth·fide of

the holy.

BU(

aCter the DJbyloOllh captivity, the gol–

den canJlellick

WdS

again plaecd in the temple, as it

had been before in the tabClOacle by Mofes. This fa–

ered utenfil, upon the dcHrutlion of the temple by

the Rom"ns, was lodged in ,hetemple of

Pcac~, ~uilt

by Vefpafian; anJ the reprefenfation of it is llill tO be

feen on the triumphal areh at the foot of mount Pa–

btine, on " hieh Vefpafian's triumph is delineated.

II'dl,'r

CA SD LEST 'CK, a l.ind of fountain, the fpou!

",hieh is raifed upon a pedeOal in form of a large

balullr.de

"hi~rries

a fmall bafon like atable or

Oand, rrom wIí'ich the water falls into a larger bafon,

leI'rl with t e alleys in • garden.

DY,

in geography, lhe capitalofdle ifland of Cey–

Ion, fituated in the Illiddle of the ifland: E. long.

79·,

N. IJt.

BO.

CA '

SlIgar,CA

NDI',

a preparation of fugar, made

by meltin

and crl'llalizing it fix or fe ven times over,

to render it hard and tranfparent. 1t is of three

kinds, white, ycllow, and reo. The white comes

[rom the loaf·fugar, the yellolV from the cafl'onado,

and the red from the lIllufeol'ado.

CA DYING, in ph.nnaey, the atl of rreferving

fiOl'

pies in fubllaoee, by boiling them in fug.r.

The performance of this originally bclonged to the

apothcc.tries, but is nolV bceome a pm of the bufinef,

of a eonfetlioner.

CA E, in botany. See ARUSDO.

E denote, alfo a lVa!king-llick.

i, cullomary tO

adorn it with a head of golJ, film, agate,

&r.

Sorne

are without knots, andv<ry fmooth ar,J even; other!

are full or knots.

~boot

tWOinehes diHant from caeh

other. Thefe tall have very little elaflicity, and will

not blnd fo wdl as the o,hm .

Canes or Eengal,

ate

the moll beautirul which the

Europe.n, bring tnto Eurnp.. Sorne

thcmare fo

fiM, that people 1V0rk thcm into veffd,

01'

bOlVll,

wh:eh bring varnilhed om in the infidc wi,h bbtkur

ycllolV lam, will hold liquors as well

glafs

china-wue doc" and the lndians ufe them for that

purpore.

CA'

is airo the mme or a long me:tfure, whieh dilTen

according to the f«ml eountries where it is ufed.

At JPl<s, the eaoe is e

¡J

7 fcet

inch..

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