1000000030

D E E

is alfo

~pplied

Ihe crackling of Ihe fallS during

theopcralion.

DECR ETAL, in Ihe

c~non·

J.lw,

Imer of a pope,

determining fome poiol or qucllion in Ihe ecclefiaOi–

cal Iaw. The decrmls compofe Ihe feconel pm of

canon Iaw. The firtl gcnuine one aeknowledgcd byaJl

Ihe learned as fuch, is Ihe Ieller of pope Siricius,

wrinen in Ihe year 38 5, to Himcrus binlOp ofTarra–

gona io Spain, conccrning fome diforders which had

crepl into Ihe churches of Spain.

DECUMAN I DENTE S, in hmld ry. Sec DANCF. TT E.

DECUI'LE PROPO RTION, Ihal oflen

one.

DECURIO, in Roman anliquily, a commander of len

men in Ihe army, or Ihe chief of a decury.

DECURRENT

LF.AF

Sec BOTAN\', p.

64 1.

DECURY, len perfons raoged under one chief, or lead-

er, caJleo Ihe decurio.

The Roman cavalry was dirided iOlo decuries,

which wel'e fubdivifions of a cenlury, each ceolury

containing len decuries.

DECUSSATION, a lerm in geomelry, oplics, and a–

natom)', fignifying Ihe crolling of any IWO lines, rays,

or ncryes, when Ihey mm io a poinl, and Ihen go on

feparately from one anolher.

DECUSSORIUM, a furgeon's innrumenl, which, by

prelling gently on Ihe dura maler, caufes an cvacea–

lion of the pus coJle,'\ed belween the cranium and Ihe

hefore mentioned membrane, through Ihe perforation

made by the Irepan.

DEDDINGTO ,a markel town of Oxfordfhi re, ¡boul

fifteen miles nonh of Oxford:

long. 1

~o',

and

N. lal.

51°

55'.

DEDHAM, a marktl-townin Efrex, abo\lt

thiny.fi

\'e

miles nonh-eall of Chelmsford : E. long. 10 10', and

N. lat. p o

5'.

DEDI CATION, a folemn devoting or felling apart

any perfon or thing

the fervice of God and Ihe

purpofes of religion.

Frajl

DEDI CATIO N, 2n annimfary feOil'al among

the Jew9, in memory of Judas Maccabxus, who re–

paired and dedicmd anew Ihe temple and alIar, which

had been plundmd and profaned by Anliochus Epi –

pltanes .

was obfw'ed on 1he Iwenty.fiflh of Cincu,

and continued eigll l d,.)s.

DEE, the name of feveral rivers, as thal onwhich Che–

lIer Oands, Ihal whereon Aberdeeo rlaods,

&c.

DEED, in SCOIS laws, any fenlement, difpofition, con–

mt'!,

or othor legal writing.

DE.ED

, nn inOrumcnt wrinen on paper or parchment,

comprehending fome conlraD, bargain or agreement

between the parties Ihereto, in relalion to the maner

therein contained.

DEEMSTERS, or

D f.~ts TERs.

AII cont roverfies in

the

In~

of M. n are dccieled wi lhout proc fs, \\'ritings,

or any charges, by certain judge9, chofen yearlyfrom

~mong th~m fLh'es,

called deemflers

time being t\\·o

of thtm for mh divifion of the iOand : they fi t jud&cs

in all COllm, tither for life or propert)'; 2nd with the

~oYie~

of t',Venty-four kcys, declm whlt is

1.111',

uncommfJn t.:OlLrgcncics.

DE.EPIllG,

nwkel-town of Lincolnnlirc, aboualurty-

D E F

fi ve miles (¡mth of Lincoln:

long. 20', and

I~t.

51" 3;'·

DEI',R, in lOology. See CfRVU I.

DEF -IMATI OI , Ihe fpeaking nanderous words ofan–

othcr; for which the nanderer is punifhablc, according

to Ihe nalure of his ofrence, either by atlion upon the

ca/~

at common law, or by Oatutc, or in them lcfiaf·

tical coun.

DEF¡\ULT, in law, is generallytaken for non·appear–

ance in coun, al a day alligned

but importS any o–

million of that which we ought

00,

for which

judgOlent may be given ag/inn the defaulter.

DEFEASANCE. Sce DEI'E ISA NCE .

DEFECATE, orDr. f",o

TE ,

in cheminry, aterm ap–

plied to a body freed and purged from fxccs and im–

purities,

DEFE IS¡\¡ CE, in law, a condition relating to fome

cenain deed, which being

per~Jrmed,

the

d~ed

de–

ftated and rendcred void, as if it had neyer becn

made.

DEFENCE, in fonification, all fom of IVorks that co–

ver and defend the oppo(¡te rofls, as Oanks, cafements,

parapels, and faufrcbrays

8ee FOR Tl f ICAT ION.

Lin, o!

DEfENCE, a fUI¡pofed linedrawn from theangle

of Ihe cllnin,

01'

from any other

pan

in the cunin,

tOthe Aanked angle of the oppofite bJflion . See FOR–

Tl fIC ATION.

DEFE DER

/h~

!ni/h,

a peculiar title, belonging

to the king of Great Britair" as CJtholic does to the

king of Spain, Chriflian tO the king of France,

&:.

This title "'as firO given by pope Leo

tO llng

Henry

VIl!.

for writing againO Luther.

DZFERENT, in anatomy, a lerOl applied to cem'n

vefrels in the body, that ferl'e for the conl'eyance of

humours from one pan to another. See ANATOMY.

DEfER EN T, in the PtOlemaicaflronomy, aci,ele inyent–

ed to account for theeccenlricity, perigee, and apogee

of the planets.

DEFERENTlri VASA . See Vol.

273 ·

DEFILE, in fonification, a Orait narro\V pa/fage,

t~lro'

",hich a

comp~ny

of hOlfe or fool c;n pars only in file,

by maki ng a rmall front.

DEFI~ITE,

in gl'ammar, is applicd to an arucle that

has

prccife dcterminate r.gnification

fuch as

~he

article

rhr

in EngliOI, "and

in French,

6c.

whlC.h

fix and áfcenain the noun they belong ro, tofome

aru

cular, as

¡h,

¡iug,

rG)'j

\Vhereas in the qu.allly

J,iug, dr

r~)',

the articles

and

m., k nothlng pre–

cife, noel

are

thercflll'e indcfinite.

DEFIN ITIO, , an idea of any fcieoce, fubjcél,

6c.

conq'yed in a fewworJs.

DEFlNITIVE, a term i1pplied tO \Vhatever termlnates

a procefs, queOion,

(¡" .

in oppofition to provlfianal

and interlocutor)'.

DEFLAGRATION, in chemiOry, the kinelling or

~ct

ting (¡re tO

lah or miner.l,

&c.

citllcralonc,.orulIx–

ed for that purpofe with

fll lphureous one In order

to pllrify it. Sce CIII

~" STR\'.

DEFLECTION

rh,'

r ./))

li~J.t.

See OPTlcs.

DEFLUXIOI , in IlIcdiéine. tl;e

f.llin~

of humullrS

from a fupcrio r

an infcrior pan of

11r"

body. .

Dl:.rOl\Cl:.~IENT,