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f~r fueh (paces, lincs, and .ngles as ~re c'n:n in magni.
tulle, or to \\'hidl \\'e can aOignodms cqu~ 1.
DATE, in I.I\\', is the ,.<'cripllon of the d.I)', month,
)earuf OItr Lord, and ye~r 01 the reien of the king,
in which adeed or o,her wliting was made.
DATE, thefruit of thephrenix, or great palm·tree. Sec
PKOFS'X.
DATISI, in logic, a mode of fyllogifms in the third fi·
gure, wherein the m' jor is ao univerf. 1allirmatil'e, antl
the minor and condulioo particular allirmative propo·
fitions. For cxample,
DA· AII who ferve Cad are kings;
Tt· Sorne \Vho ferve God are poor;
SI. Therffore, fome \Vho are poor are kings.
D.\TI V!!:, ;¡mong grammarians, the third cafe in the
dedenfion of nouns, e~prefling the relalion of a thing
la whofe proGt or lofs folfle cther thing is refened. It
is called dative, becaofe ufoally governed by a ve,b,
imrlying fOlllething tO be given 10 fome perfon. In
Englilh, the dalive is exprdfed by the figns loorfor.
D ATURA, the TH cns'APPLE, in , a genus of
thepentandria monogynia clafs. The coroll. is plaited
and ped j lhecalix is tubulous, angular, and
deciduotlS j and the capfule confin, of four valves,
There are fix fpecies, all natives of IVarm dimms.
The thnrn.applc is a nmotic poifon : It has Imly
beeo recolllnunded in cafes of madnefs by Dr Stork,
but vo'ithout anfIVering any ufeful purpafe.
J)AUCUS, the CUROT, in bOlany, a genus of plan!!
belonging to lhe pentandria digynia claf,. The co·
rollre are fubradiated, and aU hermaphradite j and the
feed! are rough and hairy. TI,ere are fi.e fpecies,
only one of which, uiz. :he carota, wild·cmol, or
bird's.nen, is a Mtive of Brilain. The rceds are faid
to be diurelic and carminative.
DAVENTRY, a markel tOIVn of Northamptonnlire, fi·
tuated about len miles north el Nonhamplon: W.
long. 10 15', and N. lat. 12° 12'.
D.WIDISTS, in church.hillory, a feél of Chrifiian he·
mics in Ihe XVlth centuryj fo called from David
George, lheir leader, who began by giving out lhat he
lVas the Mefliah, and was reot imo the world in order
to people the kingdom of heaven, \Vhich was quile
emply of inhabitanls. for wanl oCvirtuo", and good
men: be rtjeéled marriage, aod denied lhe re[ur·
reélion.
'DAVIDS, or ST DAVID'S, a Cily aod bilhop's fee of
Pembrokelhire, fitusted near the 1,,1h channel, abOUl
twenly miles nonh weft of Pembroke: W. long. 5°
20', and N. lal. 51°.
ST DAV'O'Si, alfo lhe nameof a 10\Vn and fort filllated
onlhe coa~ of Coromandel, in the hilhcr Indi., about
cighty mil~, fouth of Fort St George: E. long. 7~0
~o', anel N. lat. 1,° 45'.
DAVIS's STR /d rs ruo north.wcll (rom Cape Fm·
wdl, in 60° N. lal. 10 BarFo's Imy, in 80° N. IJl,
fcruati"i: GrLt'lIland flom North Anll"ica. .
DAVIT, iD a Ihip, Ihal Ihort pieet uf tlmber IV1lh a
notch at utle end, wherein, by a IIrap, haogs Ihe filh·
block.
The ufe of lllis b1llck is tO help up the nukeof lhe
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andl~r, and 10 filficn il at the nlip's bnwor loof. The
d".it is Ihiftahle fromone fide of lhe nlip tolhc olber,
as lhere is occafiun.
D -\UPIiIN, a titic given 10 the clden fon of Franco,
ami heir preCumptlve of the erowo. on accoum of lhe
prOlince of Dauphiny, which, in lJ43, was giren to
Ph:Jipor Valois, on litis conditioo, by Humbert d.u.
phin of the Viennois.
DA UPl1 ts·roKT, a fon buih by the french, on the
eaficro coaft of lhe ifland of Madallafcar, E, loog. 48°,
anel S. IdI. 24°.
DAUPHINE, or DAUPH !HY, a province of Franee,
bounded by Burgundy on the nonh, by Piedmont on
lhe ean, by Provence on lhe {oulh, and by the river
Rhone, IVhich {eparms it from Languedoc .and the
Lyonois, on rha wen.
DAY. See Vul. 1. p. 491.
DAY S .¡graC(, are thofe granled by Ihe court at the
prayer of the defendaot, or plaintlff, in who{e delar
it is.
DAvs o¡ grace, in commerce, are a cunomary number
of da)'s allowed OOr !he pJyment df a bill uf exchango,
&c. afler the Carne become, due.
Three days of grue are allolVed in Arilain j ten i"
Fra~ce and Danlzic; cighl al N~ples j fix al Veoice,
Amnerdam, ROllerdam, and AntIVerp j fourat Franc.
fort j five at Leipfic j llVelre al Ha01burg j fix in Por.
tllgal; foumen in Spaini thirtyin Genoa, &c.
DAY 'S MAN , iD the north of England, an arbilralor or
perfun chofen to determine an alrair in dirrule.
¡n y DAn . See Vol. -I. p. 489.
DEACON, one of tll: three facred olders of the Chri.
lIian church.
As 10 the ollice of deacons, the mon commoo and
ordinary lVas to be attendant 00 the bilhops "nd pref.
bYl"S in the f, rvice of the altor, 10 take care of tRe
holpable and all the ornaments and ulenfils belonging
to it j and, in the neXl place, 10 receive lhe offerings
of lhe people, and 10 prefenl lhem to the prien j at
the rame time reciling the names of Ihofe lhat ofFered.
In fome churches, though not io aJl, lht deRCOn! read
lhe gorpel bOlh before and at the communion·fw·icej
bUl lheir mon peculiar oflice was to afliJllhe bilhop an~
prefLylers in lhe admlntnration 01' the tuchari(!, .t
\Vhich thtir b"finefs was 'o diOribu'e lhe elentenls to
the people who were rrcfent, and c' ''y Ihem to lhofe
who were abfenl . That they \Vere never alloll'Cd to
confecrate lhemat lhe alIar, apre",s from Ihe lenill1o,
nies of Hil. ry, Jerom, ano lhe "ulhor of lhe conlli,u.
lions. They \Vere pcrmilU'd , hOlllel'er, to .dmininrr
folel y ,he facramenl of haptirm in fome c&s. An.
olher pan of ,he olfi l'e of df'acuns, IV"S tO he a rort
of monitllrs and direélnrs ta the people in lhe rxercile
of lheir public d"VOliol1s in ,he ehulCh; for \Vhichpuro
pofe lhey macle ule of ccmm kno\Vn forms of w"rds,
10 give natice when e:uh pUl of Ihe I~nlire t't'ttan.
\Vhence lht'y are li,mrli,l\\,s ,,1I,d [(",km,ko ,] lhe
the holy cry"" of tI,e chulch.
Deacons h.d, by licenee , nJ al1t1lMity rrom I~e J,i.
fllOp, a power 'o prc.lCh, 10 "conetle pe"ile",s .nd
granl Ihem Jbrohlliol1, .rd 10 t'cl'rcICnl Ih~1/ ~,Ibor'
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