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;1rail : '$ \\'e a 'IJ.'irfl ~r anarrD'lu [,~11/, chur(~,
&r.. for lhe nmlfary dillinélions here., fce lhe aro
tide STRA tT.
:. 11\ a tinunti,'e f;nfe it denotes parjin"':J, tO~lrlJ,
..O" ;/,(,/[mli" 'I/IJ, Ele.
STR :\ IT. a!j. Arclalll ~ I;rm, denoting the emnt
ni fp," c ,1\ .emin .irculllllanecs, Oppof¡d 10 'lJIidl,
I'cr \VinE .
\. This lerOl is employed, in ilS proper fenfe, 10 de·
nOle only fpace, :tS eo,mined bmvecn fu rrollnding
bodic$ in fueh circunllt~nm as tO denote fome de·
grec of confinemcnt; and is exauly oppofed 10'lJIid/;
as, a'lJIirf. oraJlrail ga/I, &e. See \V lOE.
:, So nceelfary is it lhll tite idca of eonfinement fhould
be conneéled Wilh tltis 1V0rd, thal in alllhofe eafes
wltcrc lhe fpace conlained is large, as in a ehureh
or hOllfe, \\'e e.lJln~1 expreCs a fmaller proponional
wi\hh by lhis lerm. And as we hal'e no olher word
tO exprefs fpace in lhefe circumOanm, we have been
nbli~ed tO furce lhe word narrlYUJ from its natural
fignifieation, and make it exprefs tltil. See Nu·
RO \V.
3. In fome particular eafel narmu or Jlrail may be
elllploy.d to the fame objcél; as, 4 narrD'lu or a
Jlrail /"" : but here Jlrail is ncver employed but
whm an idea of eonfincmeot is fu~eOed, and whert
il is exaélly eontraOed to 'lJIiJ.; nor can n.,rlYUJ
bc eOlployed bUI in flleh rircumOances where t".d
\\ould be a perfeél eonmO 10 it. Thmfore thefe
t\Vo tlTOlS may be always employed in the fame cir·
eumO. ncel as thofe which contrall lhem Dlay be.
l'or 3n account of \\ hich, fce v: lOE.
;. The termJlrailil likewiCeina peculiar maooer ufed
10 denole the fmallnefs of the internal diarneter of
thoCe ConU bodies whieh are fiued to reeeive or con·
lain othm as, any kind of bag, tube, body.cloalhs,
monoiCes, and Olhm of the fame kind; and in all
thefe eafes this te,m may be employed tO denote Ihe
fmallnefs of thcir lelfer diammr, aod never the
term narrlYUJ. But in eemin circumOances the
1V0rd lighl may be fubOitllled for it. See TI GH'r.
4. Slrair, in 3 6gurati~e f¡nfe, denotel any fort of
confinement of feotiment or diCpofitioo.
TIGHT. adj. A term employed in eCrl¡jn circum·
nances to denote the ioternal capacity of particular
bodics. early fyDonymous
This terro is confined enlireJy to denote the fmallnefs
of tbe internal dimenúons of fuch objeéls al are
(ormed tO cover or tO receh'e or conlain other folid
bodies, dDd can be employed iDno olher cafe. ADd
although it 19rces wilh jlrail, in always denoling
confio:mcnt. aDd by bcing applicable 10 the farne
fpeci, sof objeéls, yct il dilfers in the the followiog
rerpees : I lfIhm be any d,lference of Ihe diAnte·
l~r ~f the objeéls tOwhich tite term JlWI can be
lr.¡~IGy~. It always Itas reference to !he fnuller ;
).t 11 il OH) be cmpluyed to ~ny f"n o( confine·
1n'"I. uI.clher it rt~;",,1 the I~ngth or bruuth.
, ~lfail C311 t.: ¡Pi lid tO ~II bOllic! uf callenY
~ '.u. of fr.IJI uilmd':r, II' any (ort of Id<·
r 1({ lO l~r r:J" lft l'~ lh~ (l., ~l~r,:c \.h It ouy
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be clp~ble of cootaioing. For \Vecanf.yaJlrail
ha,?, a jlrail JI((VC, a Jlrail 1II0rl'ife, • jlra;1
gall, &C. whtrm lighl can oDly be applied tO
aoy body when it is confidered as having refmoee
10 anothcr body which is intended to be contained
in it and is pineheo for W¡ot of room. Tltus,
we fay , Ih, jlCCVI if a /0. 1 iJ loo líghl flr 1"1
nr1/l, Ih. marloifi iJ loo lighl flr Ih, Irn,n, &e.
but \Ve cannol fay , Ih/ bag, or Ihe gnte j¡ loo
litAl, beclufe thete are fiued to rmive any fort Df
objeéls. And henee it happen!, that, ill many
cales, the dionenfions of the fame body may be ex·
prefl'ed ~y li~ht or when eonfidered in diITe·
reot eirclllOllances. Thus, we may fay, IhiJ jltlUl j¡
looJlrail, when \Ve look at acoat \Vhen Iying on the
table, and confider ill proportions; but it il nOI
lill we bave tried il upon the arm that it il intend·
ed 10 cover, that we call it lighl. And we may
fay, agall j¡ loo Jlrait, or lo, lighl ; bUI in the
firn cafe \Ve confider it as being too eonfined for ad·
ntiuing objeéls to pafs lhrough il, and in the lan
as b~ing 100 confiDed with refpeél tothe lcaves that
are 10 fhut the apenure, not allowing Ihemfpace
to move \Vith freedom.
Thefe examples may CeTVe to give fome idea of the
plan of an Englifh diélionary compofed upon philo·
fophieaJ principies: Hut, befides the circumilaDces a·
bove enumerated, there are many others which would
require particular attention in the executioo of a work
of Ihis kind. In the Englifh language, a great variety
of ternlS occur, which denote mauer uoder mlain geDe–
ral forms or circumOanm, without regarding the mi·
nute diverfities that may tqke place ; as the word e/llh,
\Vhich denotes malter al OIanufaélured inlo a particular
(orm, including under it aJl the variety of lluITs maDD'
faélured in that panicular way, of whmver Olmrials,
coloun, texture, or finenef, !hey may be. The Came
may be faid of 'lJIo~d, irM, , .,n, and a geut variely of
tern1\ of lhe fame oatore, fome of which canoot alfume
any plural; while othm admil o( Íl in all des; and o·
Ihm admit or refuCe it according to the difTtrent cir·
cumnances in which Ihey are confidered. In a diélion·
ary, lhmfore, a11 thil variety of caCe, ought tO be clcar·
Iyand diOinélly pointed OUI under mh particular aro
tiele: this is the more oecelTary, as Come of thefe words
have othen forroed from them, which mighl be re:ulily
millaken for their plurals, ahhough they bave avcry dif·
fmnl figDifieatioD; al c10alhJ which does not denote any
number of pieces or dilfereot kinds of dOlh, but WI'~'
ing ./'Partl. The following example will illuOrale uns
bead.
\VOOO. juh. A folid fubRaoce of which the trllokl
and branchcI of trees confill.
l. This lerro is a1lowed tO denote !he folid partS of re·
gctabl~s of aU kinJs, in whatever form or órcwo·
O~nces !hey are found. or tloes this term adOlitof
plural witll pn pnety, uol.f, in the orcumluDCCS
alttr meollooed: (or we fay. nlnn; d/ffmnl
if10"d, in prderenet 10 /IIan) linJI if 'IIJ"dl; or,
lVe r.y, 0.1, ..QJ. or rll/I ',JJo~J ; not 'um/¡,
2. But wbere we W' OI 10 cunu.U 'IJ.~j oC ooe 1oa •
111,