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D A N
D:\ NCE, an
~gree.ble
motion of the "ody, adjufled
by
m to the
me.fures or tune of innrumeots, or of
file voicc.
Athella'us concludes, that io the early ' ges of aoti–
quitl" dlt·y aceounted danciog ao cxereife becomiog
perfoos of hooour aod wifdom
i
aud that, as fuch, it
had been eflcemen by the gre.tell men in all ages.
Thus, Homer calis Merion a fioe daneer
i
aod (ays ,
that the graeeful mein . od gre.t . giliry whieh he had
acquired by rhat exercifc, dillioguithed him abovc rhe
rdl io rhe .rmies of either Greeks or Trojao!. Dan–
cin~
IVas in \'ery grcar elleem amoog rhe Greeks, eveo
Ihe Lacedemonians eneouraged it : bUI, at Rome, IVe
fiod rhe eullom was quiteolhcrIVife
i
for thcre, to ufe
rhe words of Cieero, no man dances uolcfs he is mad
or drunk : Cieero reproaehes Gabi nius wilh having
daneed : and we read, that DomilianexcludeJ feveral
membm fromIhe fenate fN havingdaneed.
Danciog in general, was by Ihe aneicOl' divided into
cubillie, fpherillic, and orche(lic: the eubiflic daoee
\fas performed \·¡j'h eerrain IVrenJings and eonrorfior.s
of Ihe body
i
the fpherillie \Virh a fon of uall, or
bo~,1
play; hut rhe oreheflie IVas
m~flufual,
aod \Vhal
iodeed "'as daneiog properlr fo ealJed.
Dancing is u(uall y an effeét and indication o( joy
i
rhough Mr Palleprat arrures us, that Ihere are nalioos
in Soulh Ameriea, IVho dance ro fh ew rheir forrnw.
!t
has been in u(e among alJ o.:ions, eivilized and bar–
barous
i
.though held io elleem among fome, and in
contempt . moog othcr!. lt has oflen ueeo, ami OilJ
is, fomerimes
m.dean aét of religion. Thus David
daneed before Ihe ark to honour God, aod expre(s his
txcefs of joy for irs rerUrn inw SiDO.
Amoog the pa·
gans it made a pan of rhe worOlip paid ro Ihe gods,
ir being u(ual ro daoee rouod Ihe ahars and flalues
i
and ar Rome, Ihe fal ii, who were pridh of Mars,
d,need throl1¡:h rhe flrem in hooour of rhat God.
The poet! made the gods themfelves dance. The
Chriflians are oot free from rhis fuperOilion ; for in
popifh eountries cerrain fellivals, parricularly thofe of
the faerament, and pallioo of our Lord, are celebrared
wilh .Ianeing.
DANCETTE, in heraldry, is wheo the outlioe of any
bordure, or ordinary, is indeored very largely, rhe
!argenefs of the iodenrures bcing Ihe ooly thiog·th. t
di(linguifhes it from inoenred.
DANDELION , io bOlany. See
LE O~T O D O~ .
DANEGELT, a tax or rribnre on every hide of land,
impo(ea
00
our aneellors rhe Saxoos bythe Danes,
00
their frequenr invafions, as rhe arbirr.lry terms of
peaee and dl'parture.
DARN AMAS, the oame of rhe befl fon of cotton rhar
comes from Smyrna, fo called froO! a pl.i" oear Ihat
ci,y.
DANTELLE, in hmldry. See DHC ETT E.
D \NTIA, in botany. See 1
~""IA.
DANTZICK, rhe capilal of rcgal Prullia, in rhe kiog·
dom of Poland, (¡lIIated
00
Ihe \Vdlern thore or the
rim
W.fd,or Villub , whieh a lillle bclow falls io–
to rhe U.hic fe a : E. long. 19°, and N.·Jar.
54°'
[r
DAR
i, an cxcelleot harbour, and has the befl fordgn trade
wirhin Ihe Balrie.
DA
U
BE,
o~e
of the largefl rivels io Europe, which,
raklng
liS
r& 10 rhe Blaek Forefl in Sw.bia, runs
eaflward Ihrough Bavaria, Aullri" Hunguy, aod
Turky in EUlope
i
direharging irrelf by feveral chan–
neis inlO rhe Puotus Euxious, or Black Sea.
DAPHNE, io botany, a
~enus
of Ihe oétandria morlo.
gynia clafs.
lt
has no ealix
i
lhe eorolla confifls of
four fegments; and rhe berry contains but one feed.
Time are
1I
(peeies, two of whieh are narives of Bri–
tain,
viz.
the laureola, or fpurge laurel; and the me.
zereum, or fpurge olive. The laureola is a Ilrong ca–
rharric.
DAPPLE BAY, io the mehage: when bay horfe! háve
marks of a oark'bay, rheyare c,lIed dapple.bays.
DAPPL E' BLAcK
i
wheo a black horre has gOt fpor! or
ma~ks,
more blaek or fhi oiog lhan the refl of his Odo,
he
IS
e"ll~d
a dapple.black.
D.~ R APTI,
,mong logieians, ooe of rhe modes of f)'l.
logifms of the Ihird ngure, \dlOfe premifes are uoiver–
fal aflirmati\'es, and lhe conclu(¡oo is . particular a/lir–
malive: rhus,
DAR' Evtry body is divifible
i
A
p.
Every body is a fubllaoee
i
TI,
Therefore , (ome (ubflanee is diviftble.
D.~RBY,
the eapiral of Darbyfhire, fi 'uared
00
Ihe ri–
ver Darweot : W. loog.
1°
25/,
aod N lar. 53".
DARDANELLS, two cafll<9 ar rhe entranee of rhe
HelJefpo"I, where all fhips goiog ro Conlf,"rinople
are examincd: E. long.
27°,
aod N. lat.
40° (
DARIEN, a province of Tma Firme, in Sourh Ame–
rica, beiog rhe oarrolV iflhmus whieh joios Nonh ana
Somh Ameriea.
DARll , io logic, one of the modes of fylJogifm of rhe
firll fi gure, whereio rhe major propo(¡>rion is an uoiler.
fAI am rmalive, and rhe mioor aod conclu(¡on particular
afiirmalives: rhus,
DA- E,ery thiog that is mo'ved, is moved byao–
Olher;
Rr-
Some body is moved
i
1.
Therefore, fome body ís' moved by sn-
orher.
DARKlNG, a markeHo.'n of Surre)',
fJio~red
ren
miles eafl of Gudford: W. long.
20/,
aod N. lat..
51,° 18'.
DARLl NGTON, a market-town of Ihe counry of Dur–
ham, fi rumd lwenly miles fouth of the (irl of Dur·
ham: W. long. Iu 15 ' , aod N.
lar.
54°
30 .
DAR~I STAT,
rhe c'piral of Herre·Darmll.t, io the
cirele of rhe upper Rhioe io Germaoy, firuar ed on a
""er of the (aOle oame, founeeomiles fourhof Frane–
fon, .nrllhirteen fonth·ean of MeDtz : E.·[oog. 8
Q
21',
aod N. I. r.
49° 45 /.
DAR NEL. in bOlaoy. Sec LOLIIIM.
f):IRTFORD, a OIarket·roll'o of ICent, in Ihe Dorer
1'0'0,
foun~"n
milIS (0Ulh eall or London: E. loog.
JI,',
,1\,1 N.
lAr.
51°
,¡'.
DARTMOllTll , ,
borou~h
a011 port tOll'n of
De.on–tltire,
(¡lu~lcd
on Ihe Englilh
<:ll.llllld,
l\\'
onry.fi¡¡ milrs·
fourh,