336 / 1042
e u
R
300
e u
S
un(!er
Ceme
pmhies, that, at the ringinc of a bell CURIWCU, in ornithology. See MOTACI LLA.
al
eig!.! o'dock io the eveniog, every one Ihould put CUR R
y
ING, lhe melhod
oC
prcpa,iog lealher with oil;
out lheir lighl! aod fires , and go lO bed: \Vheoee, to
tallow,
Óc.
S~e
TANN ING.
this day, a bell rung about that time is ealled
a
eur· CURTATE
diJIllII<r,
in aOronomy, the diflanee of
a
felV·bell.
a planet from Ihe filO
10
that point where a perpendi·
CUR IA, in Roman antiguity, aeemin
divi~on,
or por·
eulu let fall fromthe planet meels IVilh the ecliplie.
lion of a tribe. Romulus divided lhe peQple into ¡hir· CURTATION, in aflronomy, is the inlem l belween
Iyeuri:t, or IVards, whereof Ihere IVere teo in
every
a plancl's Jiflaoee from the Cuo, aod lhe eurme di·
tribe, lhal eaeh might keep lhe eeremonies of their
lIaoee.
fealls and faerifiees in the lemple, 'or holy place, ap' CURTIN, CUR TA IN, or COURTIN, in fortifieation,
pojn,ed for every curia. The priefl of lhe curia IVas
js that part of the rampan of a place whieh is be·
talled curio.
l"'ixl lhe flanks of IWO ballions, bordered wilh apa·
CUR IA, io the Englilh laIV, generally
~gnifies
a eoun j
rapet five
Cm
high, behind IVhieh Ihe foldiers fiand
ano has been takeo for the euflomary lenams, \Vho do
to fire upoo the eOI'ered way aod iOlo Ihe moal.
their fuit aod ferviee at the eourl of the lord. See CURVATOR
mc)giJ,
in aoatomy. See Vol.
1.
p.
COURT.
220.
CURING, aterm ufed for the preferviog filh, flelh, and
CURV.~TURE
q(
a /in"
is the peculiar maooer of
other aoimal fubllaoces, by meaos of cenaio additioos
its beoding or flexure by whieh it becomes a curve of
of things,
10
prmnt putrefaétioo. Ooe great melhod
fueh aoo fuch pecllliar properties.
oC
doing Ihis, is by fmoking thebodies \Vith the fmoke CURVE, io geometry, a lioe which runoing
00
eonti.
of wood, or rubblOg themwith falt, .oitre,
&c.
nnally in all direélions, may be cut by ooe righl lill.
CURLEW, in ornithology.
~ee
SeoLoPAx.
io more points thao ooe. Sce CONle SECT IONS, aod
CURNOCK. a meafure of coro, eootainlOg four bulhels,
FLucTloNs.
or
h~lf
a quarrer.
CURVET, or CORVET, io the meoage, an ai rinwhich
CURRANS, or CURRANTS, Ihe fruit of
a
Cpeeies of
the horCe's legs
m
raifed higher thao io lhe dcmi"'oltj
grolflllaria. See GROSSULARIA.
beiog a kiod oflcap up, aod a lillle forwa rds, where·
The white and red Con are moflly ufed
j
for the
in the horCe raiCes both his fore.legs at ooee, equally
blaek, aod ehieAythe Icaves, upoo firfl eoming out, are
advaoced, (when he is going flraight for\>lard, aod oor
io uCe to rlavour EngliOt fpirits, aod eouotcrfeit Freoeh
io a eirele),
~od
as his fore·legs are falliog, he imme·
braody. Curraots greatly alfuage drought, eool aod
dimly raiCes his hiod.legs, equally advanced. and oot
fonify the flomaeh, and help digefiion.
ooe before the other : fo that all !tis four legs are io
Cu R RA NT
S
alfo figoi fy a fmaller kiod of grapes brought
the air at ooee
j
ano as he Cets themdowo, he marks
principally fromZaot and Cephalooia. They are,ga·
but twiee witb lhem.
thered off the bulhes, anJ laid to dry io the fuo, CURVILl NEAR, or CURVIL INEAL, is faid ofligures
and Co put up io large bllIlS. They are opeoing aod
bonndeo by ellrves, or crooked lioes.
reOoral, bllt are more uCed io the kitcheo, than io CURVIROSTRA, io ornit!tology.• See LOX IA.
medici ne.
CURULE
chair,
io RUlOao aOliqnit)', a chair aduroed
Currants, Ihe hnodred weight pay on exportatioo
witlt ivory, whrreio the great magiOrates of Rome
JI. 2S. t·N6d. aoJ drawbaek ooexponation tI. os.
hnd a
ri~ltt
to (it ano be cmied.
¡ ..
¿~d.
If imponed io Veneliao Ihips, they p'Y.lhe
Theeurlllc magiOrates were the:tdiles,
the.pra:t~rs,
t 121b. JI.
3
s. 7T\hd. aod draw baek
11.
l s. 8,!,hd.
ceoCors, ano conC"ls. This ehair \Vas fitred
10
a kllld
lo other foreigo bOltomS they pay JI. ¡ s.
4¡~ig d.
of charior, llheoce it haJ irs oame . 111e feoators
aod dral\' back JI.
5
s.
6.,',,'0
o.
\Vho hJd borne the oflices of :rJiles, pr:J:torl,
ce.
CURRENT, io hydrography, a flream or linK nf \Va'
were earrird
10
the reoale·hOllfe in this ehair,
as
were
rer io aoy direélioo. In the Cea, they are eilhe r oa·
aIro IhoCe \Vho triumphed. ano fueh as IVeot
10
adroi·
tural,
ocea~ooed
by the diuro.1 motion of lhe eanh
oifler jnOice,
&c.
See h:D ILE,
OC.
round its axis, or aceideo" I, eaufed by the waters be· CURZOLA, an iOaod io rhe gulf of Veoice, upon the
ing dri"eo ag.iofl promootories, or ioto gulfs
~nd
CoaOof ]), Imalia about IwcJre
mil~s
fromlhe Ifland
Oreights, whete, waoting room tOfprend, they
Uf
of Lellina.
'
dri"tIl back, aod thus diflu rb lhe onhoary flux of Ihe CUSCO, the capital eity of Peru, during the rcir,ns
~f
{ca. Dr H,lley makes il highly probable tltat io the
the locas: it is nilJ a fioe eity.
an,llh~
f,e of a
~I'
Downs, Ihere
a~e
uoderoeurrents, by whieh as mueh
Ihop, and Oands .hout
35
0 miies can
nr
Lima, io
7
0•
Water is earried out
al
is brought io by the ul'per·eur·
W.
long.
,nd
13·
S.
lar.
. .
rents.
CUSCUTA , ur DODO E
R,
agenus of the ICmodoa dlgy'
CuR
R
E
N"
s, in
oavi~alioo,
are cemio lettiogs of lhe
oia d,f.. Thecalix coofiHs of four I<gments ; Ihe
1'0'
IIream , by Wh¡eh Ihips aré compclled to "ltu their
roll, has bm onc peral
j
and the
ca r(ui~
is
bil~cular.
courfe ur v.locity, or botlt, .nd fubmit to the mOlioo
TI,c
are I\VO [peeies, noe of whi.;h
i~
a nalll'e of
impreOed upoo lltcm by lhe eurrcnt. See NAVI GAo
Ilfllilln,
t'/Z.
the Europ:ra, d"dder. heJl·weed,or
TI ON.
(kv'¡ '~
gllts.
('UI{ RIER
S,
thrle whodrcf, and ,olollr leathcr . fter CUSI' IDAT ED, io ¡'otanv, are (uch plants \Vhofe
It
COII¡lS flom lhe ton y_rJ. See TASNISG.
bm
alCI'l'IIIt{U liLe
a
Cpear.
CUSTOM,