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dire..'lioos for compouodiog this medicine, be cx,tlly

follolVed, lVe here tive Ihe mClhod of

prCJl~ring

it fmm

the London DifpenlalOry. Take of Ihe

hc~ds

of dried

while poppies lVithouI Iheir féeds, Ihree pounds and

2 half; of wmr, lix gallons. Slice Ihe heads, and buil

them in Ihe lVater, oheu fl irring IJ.. m Ihal Ihey may

nOI burn, till abu\lt a Ihird only of Ihe liquor is lefl,

which lVill be almoa all imbibcd by Ihe poppy heads:

thentake

~II

fromIhe fi re, and prefs Ihe liq uor flrong.

Iy out from Ihe hcads; io Ihe nexI place, boil Ihe li·

quor by itIClf, lO abollt tlVOquam, and arain il \Vhile

hOI, lira Ihrough a Cleve, and Ihen through a Ihin flan·

nel : fel il by for a nighl, Ihal whal l':tces have pall'ed

the arainers, may fubfide; neXI moroiog pou r oIF Ihe

clear liquor, and boli it wilh lix pounds of double re·

fined fugar, till thc whole comes tO the IVeight of nioe

pouods, or a linle more, thal it may become a fyrup

of a juJl coofineoce. This fyrup panakes of all Ihe

I'inues of Ihe poppy.

DIACOUSTICS, called alfo DIAPHONlrs, the confi·

deralion of Ihe propmies of refratled fouod, as il paf.

fes IhroughdiIFcreol mediums.

DI ADELPHIA, io Ihe Linoxaofynemof botaoy. See

Vol. 1. p. 635'

DIADEM, io aOliq uity, a head·b20d, or fill et, \Voro

by kiogs as a badge of Iheir royally. h IVas 'made

of filk, Ihread, or 11'001, and lied rouod Ihe Ifmples

aod forehead, Ihe eods beiog tied behiod, aod lel

f~1I

00 Ihe oeck. [1 was ufually \VhilC, aod quile plain,

Ihough fomelimes embroid.red wilh gold, aod fel

IVilh pearls and precious 1I00es. In lam r limes, il

came 10 be Iwilled rouod crowos, laurels,

&c.

and

eveo appears 10 have beeo woro 00 divers pans of Ihe

body. See CROWN.

DIAOEM, in heraldry, is applied to certain circles, or

rims, ftrving 10 inclofe Ihe crowns of fovereign princes,

and to bear the globe and crofs, or Ihe Aower de luces

for Iheir crell. The crOlVns of fovereigns are bound,

fome lVilh a grealer, and fome wilh a lefs number of

diadems. The bandage abom Ihe heads of moors 00

Olields is alfo cal!ed diadem, in blazooiog.

D[iERES[S, io furgery, ao operalioo ferving to divide

and feparalemepan IVheothecooliouilyis a hindraoce

to Ihe cure.

DI -" Rl SIS, io medicine, i, Ihe coofuming of the vef·

fels of ao aoimal body, wheo from fome corroding

caufe cm aio pall'ages are made, which oalurallyoughl

nOI to have beco; or cenaio natural

pan~gcs

are di·

laled beyood Iheir ordinary dimenfions, fo Ihat Ihe

humours which oughl 10 have beeo

cOOI~ined

io Ihe

vell'els extravafale or run 0111.

DIA:RES IS, in

gramm~r,

Ihe di ,·ifion of ooe fyllable io·

10 111'0, IVhich is uCu.tlly nOled by I\VO poinls over a

lener, as aula'¡ ionead of aulit, dill'oliieodJ for djf.

folvenda.

Dl iETETiE, in Grecian anliquilY. 3 kiod of jlldgl's,

of which

Iher~

lVere IIVOCom, Ihc cleroli and dl.lllde.

lerii. The forma lI'ere pllblic arbirr31cJls, rh"fenby

IUI 10 oLltrmine

. 11

c.lUles txcetdinn

I~n

.Ir.ldllus,

wilhin Iheir OlVn Inbe, 3nd fromtI,c¡r ItntlllCt no al"

peallJy lo

Ih~

fllpUlor couns.

The diaIJatlerii, on Ihe cootrarl', IVere pri"ale aro

bilralors from whofe fcnteoceIhere lay00 appeal, and

accordingly Ihey always look an oalh 10admininer ju.

nice Wilhoul partiality.

DI AGLYPHICE, Ihe art of cuning or eograviog

fi·

gllres on melals, fll ch as feals, intaglias, matrices of

leuers,

&c.

or COlO! for medals.

DI AGNOSTIC, in medicioe, a term giveo to thofe

figns which iodicale the prefent nale of a difeafe, ils

nalure and caufe.

D[AGONAL, in geomelry, a right line drawll acrofs

a quadrilaleral figure, from one angle to another, by

fome called Ihe diameler,

~nd

i>y olhers Ihe diametral

oflhe figure. See GroME1·RV.

DI AGRAM, io geomelry, a fcheme for explaioiog and

demonnraling Ihe propenies of any fifure, II'hether

Iriaogle, fquare, cirde,

&c.

See GroMETR v.

DI ACRAM, among ancienl muficians. See SCALE.

DIAHEXAPLA, or DIAH EXAPTE, amoog farriers, a

compollnd medicioe, fo called from ils containing fi"

ingrcdients,

viz.

birth\Vort and gcntiao rOOIS, juniper.

berri.s, bay.berries, myrrh, aod ivory 013vings.

is commeoded for colds, conCumplioos, purfioefs, and

many olher diforders io horfes.

DlA

A dial is a plane, upon which lioes are defcri·

bed io fueh a maooer, Ihal Ihe n13dOIV of awire, or

of Ihe upper edge of anolher plaoe, eretled perpendi.

cularly 00 Ihe former, may O.eIV Ihe true lime 01Ihe

day.

The edge of Ihe plaoe by which Ihe lime of Ihe day

is fouod, is called Ihe lIile of Ihe dial, ",hich mua be

parallel 10 Ihe earth's axis ; and Ihe lioe 00 whieh

Ihe faid plane is eretled, is called Ihe fllbnil e.

The angle indllded belween Ihe fubnile aod nile, is

calJed Ihe elel'alion, or heigh l of Ihe nile.

Thofe dials whofe planes are pafallel lO Ihe plaoe

of Ihe horizoo, are called horizontal dials; aod Ihofe

dials whofe plaoes are perpendicular 10 Ihe plaoe of Ihe

horizon, are ealled venical, or eretl dials.

Thofe eretl dials, whofe planes diretlly froot the

oonh or foulh, arecalled diretl norlh or fOlllh dials ;

and

.11

olher eretl dials are called dediners, be·

caufe Iheir plaoes are lurned away from Ihe north or

foulh.

Thofe diah whofe plaoes are oeilher pm llel oor

perpendicular 10 rhe plane of Ihe horizoo, are called

inclinlllg, or reclioiog dials, according as Ihdr plane.

makc acule or oblufe aogles IVilh Ihe horizon; aod if

their planes are alfo luroed

afi~e

from fociog the

fomh or oonh, Ihey are called dedilliog.incJioing, or

dcclining recJioiog dials.

TI,e illlafe,qiun of Ihe plaoe of Ihe dial, wilh Ihar

of tI,e mtridian, paning Ihrough Ihe lIi1e, is calkd

Ihe meridióln of Ihe dial, or Ihe hour·lioe of XI I.

Thof. OIHiclians, whofe plaoes pals Ihrough Ihe

lIile, .Ind OIakt angles of 15 ,

30,

45;

60,

75, aod

dl'gms " ilh Ihe IIIcridi"n of Ihe I'I.I'C llVhi". ourks

Ihe huur hile of XI!.) "re call,'¡ h0111 ci,des; anJ

their imerkilions lVilh 1111: pl.llle of Ihe ,liJI al C1',,1.

kd IlIlllr·linl's.

1n a:1dccJic,ing ,liJls, Ihe

f.l~nil~

m ..

k~s

ln 3n;:I.

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