353 / 1042
D E N
10
rcet long,
~nd
' 000
pouods wcight.
Ir
carries a
ball of 4 inches diamm r, and of
9
pounas weight,
aoa ils leve! raoge is 174 paces.
DE>I l·cuL
V
HIN
ofl helurgifl fi rl,
is
4-}
ioches borc,
10
r
fm loog, and weighs
3000
pouods weight.
[t
carnes a ball
4;
ioches diameler, weighiog
12
pouods
II ouoces , p0101 blank I
¡8
paces.
DEMI ' GORGr, io fOllificalion, is Ihal pan of the
polygoo which remaios .fler Ihe flaok is raifed, anü
goes from Ihe curtin 10 the angle of the polygoo. It
is half of Ihe vacaot fpace or eotrance into a banion.
D HII ·'~.l' AVER,
a oote in muGe, IWO of which are e·
qual tO a quavcr.
DEMHEM I·Q..U AVER, in mufic, the Ihortd! oote, two
of lhem being equal 10 a femi.quaver.
DEMOCRACY, Ihe fame wilh a popular government,
whereio Ihe fupreme power islodged in thehands of lhe
people: (uch
"'ere
Rome and Alheos of old; bUI as to
our modern republics, -Bafil only excepled, their go·
vernmenl comes nearer 10 arillocracy lhan demo·
eracy.
DEMONSTRABLE, a lerm ufed in the fchools, to
fignify thal
a
thing may be e1early proved. Thus il
is demonllrable Ihal the Ihree aogles of a Iriangle
are equallO twO ri2ht ooes.
DEMONSTRATlON, io logic, a feries offyllogifms,
all wht,(e premifes are either definilioos, fe!f·evideol
truths, or propofilions already enablilhed. See Lo–
GIC .
DEMONSTRAT[VE, in grammar, a term given to
fuch prooouos as [crve 10 indicale or poinl out a thing.
Of this number are
hic, ha'c, hoc,
amoog the LatÍns;
aod
IhÍl , Ihal, Ihe[e, Iho[e,
in Englilh.
DEMULCENTS, amoog phyficiaos, medicines good
ag~inn
acrimonious humours. Such are tho rools of
marlh·mallows, of white lilies, of liquorice, aod of
viper grafs, Ihe five emollieot herbs,
&c.
DEMURRAGE, in commerc" ao allowanco made to
the maner of a nlip byIhe merchaols, for nayiog in a
pon longer tbao the lime firll appoioted
foc
his de..
panure.
DEMURRER, io law, a (lop put to aoy aélioo upon
fome point of diflicullYwhich muf! be delermioed by
the coun, before any funhec proeeedings cao,he had
in the fuit.
DEN, a fyllAble whieh added 10 the name! of places
lheW3 them10 be fituatet! io .alleys or ne" woods, as
Tenterden.
DENARIUS, io Romao,0IiquilY, lhe ehief filver coio
amoog lhe Roman!, worth in our mooey aboul feveo·
pence thrce fanhings. As a weighl, it
w~s
the
fcveOlh pan of a Romao ounee.
DEHUIU! is alfo ufed in our lawbook! for ao Englilh
penoy,
DEN
BY,
the capital of Denbylhire, in Nonh Wales :
W. loog.
3' 30',
aod N. lal.
53° 15'.
lt
fend! only
one memher to parliameol.
DENDERMOND,
a
fonified town of Flaodcl's, fi tu·
aled
at
lhe coofluence of Ihe Tivers Schtld and Deo·
der, Iwelvemiles ea(l uf Ghenl: E.long.
3°
50',
and
N. I,t.
51 '
10' .
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[1.
No.
43.
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DENDRACHATES, in natural hi(lory, theMme ureel
by the ancieots for ao eXlremely elegaot and beauliful
fpecics of
~gate,
lhe ground of which is whiliO"
va·
mg'led wilh veins of a brigh:eT while. Thefe vein!
are beaulifully dirpofed io a oumber of various figure.,
but geoera/ly io many concenlric irregular cirele,!
draIVn rouod one or moce pOiOIS.
lt
is common airo,
io v, rious parlS of this (lone, 10 find very beauri(ul
delioearions of mes, mofl'es, fca.planls, and Ihe like.
fo ¡Iegaotly exprefl'ed, that maoy have errooeouOy la·
keo Ihem for real plaots included in Ihe fub(lance of
the llone; wheoce rhe oame deodrachares.
DENDRANATOMY, a lerm ufed by fome
foc
a de–
fcriprioo of the various parts of trees, as roOI, trunk,
braoch, bark, wood; pith, flower, fruit,
&c.
See
AGRICULTUR E, Pan
l.
DENDROPHORIA, iD anliquity, lhe carrying of
boughs or braoche, of trm, a religiou, cmmony fa
c.!led, beeaufe cemio priens ealled from lheoc. den·
drophori, tree·bearers, marched io procenion, earryiog
lhe branches of tree, in Iheir
h~oJs
io honour of'.ome
god, as Batchus, Cebele, Syl",ous,
&c.
The col.
lese of Ihe d,ndrophori is oflen menlioned io. aocieo!
macbles; aod we frequeotly fce in balfo relievos Ihe
bacchanals reprefenled as men earrying linle Ihrub¡
oc
branches of trees.
DENEB, an Arabic lerm fignifyiog lail, ured by a·
(lronomecs 10 deoote feveral fixod
flm.
Thus deneb
eleet, fignifies rhe bright nar in Ihe lioo's la;1. Dene!>
adigege, that io thefwan's tail,
&c.
DEN[ER, a fmall Freoeh copper.eoin, ofwhich twelve
make a fol.
There \Vere two kinds of deniers, the one tourno;s,
the other parifis, whereof lhe laller was wonh
a
founh pan more IhRn the former.
DENIZEN, in I,w, an alieo made a f"bjeé! by. lhe
king's leners paleot, olherwife called
don~ifoo,
be.
eaufe his lesilimation proceed¡
ex don"ione
"gil.
from lhe king's gifl.
DENMARK, a kiogdom.fitualed between
B'
and 13'
of
E.
loog. and between
54°
aod
¡B'
of.N.
1.1. :
ir
comprehends lhe peoiofula of Jutland, aod the! inAnd3
of Zeland,. Funeo,
&c.
To lhe kiog of Dcnmark
likeIVife belong Norway, IcdAOd, aod Iho durchy of
HolI!eio.
D)::NNIS, or SI
DE~ N IS,
a
town of Fraoce four miltl
oonh of Paris, where the kings of Fraoce are ;UI<I'
red.
DENOMINATOR, io arilhmetic,
a
lerm uf,d in fpe,k.
ingoffraé!ioos. SeeA"THM BT ICK, ".
;8).
DEN! CANIS, or DOG 'S'T001 H, io
buc.ny.See EH–
THRON I UM.
D, "s LEON IS.
See LEoN Tono s.
DE :~SITY
01 b.úitJ,
is chal propary airellly
oppor, c~
tO rdcily, whereby Ihey eonllio fueh
a
~".lIlily
vi
mauer under fueh a bulk.
Accordiogly, a bndy is r.1id to llave dl'uLI, or
triple Ihe denfilY of another body, ",henlheir bulk be.
inS equ:iI, lhe qu, oti,y o(
iO~CtI'r
i! io the OOe dl'uolc
or triplt Ihe quantilYoi' Olau" io lhe olher.
DESS ITY
of
Iht
airo
Sec l"tu,cArl cs.
t
4
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DENTALIL'U ..