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Ih~ roul, aod Ihe mnCntigralion oC Couls. They a~e
,i ..ided bv ¡i'm,· iOlO Ceferal e1an~s, as lhe \'acent,
baroi , bubJ~i!, fentOlhii. They had a chief, or arch ·
Jluid, io rwy oalion: he was a Con of high.pricll,
bl'lOg ao abColule aUlhorily over lhe ren, and was
C.wce,il" by Ihe mor! coofidmble amoog his furvivors .
T:,~ yv,nh JU lO b: inr!rul1cd by lhem, reliring Wilh
11. ~1l1 \O cafes and deColale forells, where Ihey were
fotltclintrs kepl lll'enty years. They preferved lhe me·
nlOr)' aod al1ions of greal meo by lheir verCes¡ bUl are
10 havt rael ificed meo lO Mercury. C:rCar imagioed
lhal Ihe druids C?.lue Crom Brilain ioto Gaul, bUl fe·
veral among lhe modern wrilers are oC a dilferent opi–
nion.
DRUM, is a marlial mufieal ionrumenl io form of a
cylinder, hollow Wilhio, aod covered al lhe lWO ends
Wilh velluOl, which is nrelchcd or nackencd al pIca.
Cure by lhe means of finall cords or nidiog knoli :
Ir is beal upon lI'ilh Ilicks. Som<dl l1ms are mad< of
braCs, bUl lhey are commooly of wood.
lÚIf/. DROMS, are lWO fons of large baCons of copper
or , rounded io lhe bOllom, amI covered wilh
vellum, or goal'Olio, which is kepl fafl by a cirele of
iroo, and fevml holes faneoed lO lhe body of lite
drum, aoo a like oumber fcrell's 10 f~relV up aod
down. They are much ured among lh~ horl~, as aHa
in opaJs, omorios, concem, &c.
DRU'I , or DRUMMER, he Ihat bem tbe drUOl¡ of
\Vhom each company of fOOl has one, and [omelimes
two. Every regiment h.s adrum-major, who hallhe
COlllmaod oyer the other drums. They are dinioguiOI–
ed from toe Coldiers, by c10alhs of a differenl fafhioo :
1I,eir pon, when a bamlioo is drawn up, is 00 the
!Iaoks, and 00 a ruarch il is betwixl lhe diviuoni.
D RU~1 .¡ /h••ar, io analomy. SeeVol. I. p. 299.
DRUMLANERK, a 1011'0 of Scotland, 6fleeo miles
oonh of Dumfries.
DRU KE 1 ESS, a well knownMorder in lhe braio,
occafiooed by drinkiog lOO freely of fpirilUOU! liquors.
Druokeooefs appcars io dilfer(ot fhapes, io di[ferenl
cOonitUlioos: Come it makes gay, fome Culleo, aod
fome furious.
DRUPE, among botaoins. See VoL!. p. 637.
DRUSE HEIM, a tOIVO of Alface, io Germaoy, four
milei fou h·ean of Hageoau.
DRYAOiEA , in botany. See OHAS.
DRYADS, io the hcathen lheology, a fon of deilies,
or oymphs, , hieh lhe aocients lhoughl inhabited
graves aod IVoods. They di[fered from Ihe Hamadry–
.des, IheCe lancr beiog auached lO Come panicular
me, Wilh which lhey were boro, aod wilh which
lhey oied; wherm lhe Dryades were goddctrts of
Irees aotl lVoods io gen<r.\'
DR yAS, in bOlany, a genus of d,e icofJndria polygyoia
c1ars. The calix conGUs of eight CegOleols, and lhe
eorolla of eight petals; and lhe feeds are lail~d and
h1iry. Thtre are lVlO Ipeci~s,. bolh nattVes of Ilri–
nm, viz. the penl'pClUl., or un1luerOl1 aveos; aotl
lhe ".'Iup~t3Ia, or l1luunltio .vcOS.
DUlILl K, lh~ capit..1of lhe prolloee of Leion r, and
uf all lId nt!, (,luatcd al tlle 1110 lit oC lhe mcr Lif-
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fce, fiXly miles wen of Holyhead io Wales : W.Jon.
6° 25', . lal. 53° 16'.
Il is a luge aod beauliful city, pleafantly filualed¡
haviog a vieIV of lhe fea 00 one fide, and of a fine
counlry on lhe olher. Ir is lhe feal of lhe eourts of
junice, aod an archbinlop's Cee¡ aod has a ooble col–
lege, which is an univerGlY of itfclr.
DUCAL, io general, [omelhing beloogiog to a duke.
See DUKE .
DUCAT, a coio curreot in Germany and olher cona–
lries abroad, of diffaeOl yalues.
DUCATOON, a film coio, likewife frequeol in fm·
ral parts of Europe.
DUCENARIUS, io Romao aotiquilY, a miliury office.
who had the commaod of til'O hundred meo.
DUCK, io ornilhology. See ANAS.
DUCKER. See COLYMBUS.
DUCKING, plungiog io waler, a diverfion anciendy
pral1ifed amoog lhe Goths, by way of exerciCe ¡ bUI
among lhe Cdla!, Franks, aod aocient Germans, it
was a fon of punifhmeot for perfons of fcandalous
lives.
They were fhut up, naked to lhe fhift, in ao iroo
cage, faneoed tO lhe yard of a fllalOOP, and ducked
fCleral times.
DUCK 1NC al/he 11Iain'Jard, among feameo, is l way
of punifhing ofl'~odm 00 board a fhip ¡ aod is per–
formed by biodiog the malefal1or, by a rope, tO lhe
eod of lhe yard, fromwheoee he is violemly lel oown
ioto lhe fea, ooce, lwice, or three times, aceordiog tO
his olfence: aod if lhe o[fence be very great, he is
drawo uoderneath!he keel of the fhip, which lhey
call kecl-haliog.
DUCKUP, at fea, is a term ufed by lhe neer's-ma~,
wheo lhe main·faiJ, fordail, or fpril-fail, hioders hls
feeing lOneer by a land·mark : upoh \l/hich he calls
OUl, Duc~up /h. c1e'W-/inu .[ thefi fai/¡, thal is, hale
the fails out of the way. AICo wheo a fhot is made
by a chace.piece, if lhe c1ew of lhe fprit-fail hioders
the fight , lhey eall out, Duclup, &e.
DUCT, io geoeral, deootes aoy lube or caoal. Ir is a
term much ufed by anatomins.
Air· DUCT, amoog ichthyologirls, acanal reachiog from
the air-bladder io fifhes lO lheir nomach.
DUCTILlTY, io phyfics, a propeny of cerrain bodies,
whereby they are capable of beiog expaoded, or
nrelehed fonh, by means of a hammer, preCs, {¡e.
See CHEM1STRV, aod MECHAN1CS.
DUDERSTAT, a lOWO of Upper Saxooy, lhirty-6fe
miles nonh-ean of Catre\.
DUEL, a fiogle combal, al a lime and place appoinled,
io eODCequence of a challenge. This cunom carne ~.
riginillly frum the nonhern oalioos, among whom 1
was ufual lO decide all lheir controv(rGes by arms.
Iloth lhe accuC(r and Ihe accufed gave pJeogu lOlhe
judgcs on their rcrpcl1ive bchalf¡ and lhe cuflo!" pre–
l'ail~d fu f.¡r amoo&1I lhe C;erm~ns, Daocs, aod Fraok!,
lhat oone lI'ere cxeuCcJ from il bUl 1V001en, fick pco–
pIe, cripples, and fneh as were nnder llV<nty-ooe
ycars uf age, or abol'c fiXlY' E,ven c,c\cGa~lcs,
I,ridls, anú ruoolll, \Vere oblieed lO find eh.mPIOO!
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