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fuch

the

balket·m~kers

ufe; lhefe u e to be fel in

a handle, and lwifled or bound Wilh fmall oziers in lWO

or thl'ee

pl~ces.

Wilh lhis innrument, lhe fponúnan drives whole

eyes of young pOWlS imo his neIS. See lhe neXl aro

ticle.

DRIVING, among fportfmen, a melhod of taking phea.

fanl,powlS. lt is lhus: the fponfman finds OUI the

hauols of Ihefe birds; and having fixed his nel! Ihm,

he calls Ihem logelher by a pheafanl.call, imitating

lhe voice of Ihe dam : afler Ihis he makes a noife Wilh

his driver, whil,h will make Ihem run a linle way foro

ward in a c1uner; and Ihis he is 10

repe~1

lill he has

made fure of them, which

1.0

expert fponfman never

fails to do, by dril'ing Iheminlo his neIs.

DRIVI HC, in melallurgy, is faid of filver, when io the

operadon of refining, the lead being

~urnl

away, Ihe

.remaining eopper rifes upon ils furface in red fiery bub·

bies.

DRIVIHG, in the fea.language, is faid of

O:ip \Vhen

anchor being lel fall will

~ot

hold her fan, nor plevent

her fail ing away Wilh lhe lide or wind. The bcn help

io lhis cafe is 10 let fall more anchors, or

veer OUI

more cable ; for Ihe more cable !he has OUI, lhe fafer

!he rides. ,¡,rhen a !hip is a.hull, or a' lry, lhey fay

!he drives 10

leew~rd.

DROGHED:\"

pon·lown of Ireland, twcnty·three

miles nonh of Dublin.

DROGMAN. See DRACOMAH.

DROll'\VICR, a borough fi x miles 'norlh of Worce-

ner, which fends two membcrs 10 parliamenl.

DROMEDARY. See CAM ELUS.

DRONE, in Ihe hinory of illfe..'!s: SeeAPIS.

DRON E·FL

IIVO'winged infca. eXlremely like Ihe

common drone·bee, IVhence alfo Ihc name.

DROPS, in meleorology, fmall fph erical bodies which

Ihe panicJes of fl uids fponlaneoufly form lhemfeJm

inlo when lel fa!! from any height.

D~ops,

in medicine. a liquid I'emeay, lhe dore of whieh

is enimated by a cenain number of drops.

DROPSY, in medicine,

unnalural eolleaion of wa-

try humours in anypart of the body. See

M EO

tel

DROP.WORT, in bOlany. See FILI PEH OULA .

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OROP 'WO R'r, in bOlany See OEH AHTIIE.

DROSERA, SUN-OEIV, in bOlany, a genus of Ihe pen-

tandria pentagynia clafs of plan,s. wilh a funnel·fa–

!hioned flower, confining of:,ve ohlufdy.ovaled pelals:

the fruil is an uniloeular fuboval eapfule, conlaining

a grm many very fmall feeds.

DROWNING, the aa of fuffocaling, or being fuf!'oea–

led,

by W'ter.

Nacuralins and ph)'ficiansfurni!h·uswilhdivers weJl

'tttned inllances of furprifing reeol'eries or perfons

drowne~ .

is cenain from repe:lIcd dilreainns made

on perfons ellowncd, thal Ihey cene,·.lly have lefs wa–

ler in lheir lIomarhs Ihan ir Ihey had vllluntarilydrunk

a confidmbl, quantilY: \\'henee il dues nnt feemex–

pedient 10 hang Ihe d,owned perfun by Ihe heels, a

pOfilion lhM mun pro

unl'afy as foon as the humollls

of Ihe body fllould refume ,heir or.!in",y mnlion. In

order 10 know whllbcr Ihe perfon hJS

fwallow~d

tou

mueh water or not, ano to makehim vomil il up if he

has, it is proper to pUl him in a tun, open al hOlh

ends, which is 10 be rolled in dif!'crenl diretlions: or

Ihe bearded end of a feacher !hould beintroduced inlo

the refophagus. Afler taking off Ihe cloaths of Ihe

drowned perfon, we oughl, wilh Ihe utmon ex–

pedilion, 10 !heller him from the impreffions of lhe

cold air, and begin to warm him, by wrapping him

up wilh c10alhs and coverings : to do this more ef·

feauall)', he is , flerwards 10 be put intoa prclIy warm

bed, applying alfo 10 his body hOI n'pkins and clolhs.

hOI feorching fun, to which drowncd perfons ha

been expofed, and hOI bath!, have .produeed Ihe fame

happy effeas.

The greal imention 10 be purfuedis, to put the fo·

lid pam of lhe machine in aaion, Ihat thus they may

renore Ihe motion of ,he fluids: in order to this, the

drowned perfon !hould be agitated in mious diree–

lions, in a bed, in Ihe arms of perfons of fufficient

ílrenglh.

Spirituous liquors !hould be poured into his mouth,

or warm urine; and fome perfons preferibe a decoaion

of pepper and vinegar, as a gargarifm : wemun alfo al–

templ to irrilate Ihe internal fibres of Ihe nofe, eilber

byvolatile fpirits, and by Ihe liquors ufed in apoplea ie

cafes; or by lickling the nervcs of lhe nonrils wilh a

bearded fealher

or by blowing, Ihrough a quiJl, fnuff,

or fome olher more powelful (Jernutatory. One of

the means frequently ufed IVith fuceefs, is 10 blow

warm ai r, by mean) of a pipe, inloIheir moulhs; or

10 introduce il by a pair of btllows ; or, by injeaing

IV" mdyners, to irrilate Ihe intenines: the fmoke of

lobacco conveyed into Ihe inlenines, by means of a

tobaeco pipe, is much recommended. Ven:r:feaion is

by no mean, to he ncgleaed; and perhaps mon fuc·

eefsfuJly in Ihe jugular vein.

DRUG, a generallerm for goods of lbe druggifl and

groeery kinds, efpecially fur Ihofe ufed in medicine

and dying .

DRUGGET, in eommerce,

¡¡uf!' fometimes aJl wool,.

and lomelimcs half IVool half Ihread, rometimes cord–

ed, but ufuaJly plain.

Thofe thal have Ihe woof of wool, aDd the warp'

of thread, are called Ihreaded.druggeu; and thofe

wroughl wilh the !hullle on a 100m of four marches,

as the ferges of Moui, Beauvois, and olher like nufi's

corded, are called cordeo druggets. .'\s 10 tbe

pl.in

Ihey are wloughl on a 100m of IWO marches, \Vilhthe

!hullle, in Ihe

f.me

manner as dOlh, cdmlm, aDd o·

Iher like Jlufi's nOI corded.

ORUIOS, lhe priel!s or miniflers of religion of ,he an–

cicllt Hrilons ,nd Gduls. The druids werechofen OUI

of Ihe bdl families

and \Vere held, bOlh by lhe ho·

nOllrs of Iheir binh, and Iheir 061ce, in Ihe grw&

veneration. They

are

[,id 10 hare IIndernood

3ltro·

logy, geometry, nalur.1 hil!ory, polilics. ,nd geogrl–

phy: Ihey had Ihe admininralioo of all [lcred Ihings,

IVer< Iho inlerpretm of religion, and lhe judges uí

~I!

aff.ir

in,lifi'erently.

Whoever I<fufcd obedience to Ihem.

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d.dmJ

ill1l'io\l$ .ullI Jw,rfcJ: lhey hd,l Ihe inllnomlily of

Ihe