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ii,

\Vant

proofs; fceon'!I)', 1'"nt of abil;l)' to

\lf~

tI"m: Ihirdl)', Ir"nl

(,¡

",ill

ufe I!\cm

. lId fO\l(lh ,

I~f, wron!~

menful es uf

rrub:1bi:il)'.

ERUC~,

io generAl, ,kIlOICS C>telp:IIArs of ,di kinds,

Se~ :~.\Tl"AL

H(STOH,

Oj il.j; t¡, .

ER vo, Ihe

WH(H

<OCKn,

bOlany, See DRAS -

SICA.

ERVe.. MARI NA. See ApHRonITA,

ERUC.~GO,

in bOlany, See Ilvsl .\S

ERUD ITION clenoles on eXlenG\'e

aequ~intanc~

\v;lh

books, efpeei,'¡ly (lIeh as Irm of Ihe belles lenres,

ERVl SPECIES, in uOtar,y, See SOPHORA,

U PTl O~,

in meclieloe, a fuddcn an,1 eopious excre–

lion of humours, as p,'S or blood: il GgoiGcs

.1(0

Ihe fame wilh cxaO!hema, . ny breakin¡; OUI, 's Ihe

pufiulcs of

Ih~

plague, fmall-pox, meallcs,

e.:-

S,e

MEDICINE ,

YU!>!, in b01any, a genus of Ihe diadelphia decan–

dria clafs, l1\e c.lix coofills of (¡re

glllenls of ao

tqualleogth wilh Ihe eorolla, Thtrc .re Gx fpreies,

time of \Vhich are nalives of Urilaio,

viz ,

Ihe fúloni–

eore, or f,riog tare

Ihe tetrafpermum, or fmoolh

tare; and Ihe hirfutum, or hairy lare,

ERlNGlUM,

ERI ~GO ,

io bOlaoy, a genus of Ihe peo·

tandria digynia clafs, The flo\Vm ale capit.tted, and

Ihe receplacle is poleaceous, Thele are Itn fpeeies,

til'O of whieh are oalives of Briloin,

~iz,

Ihe maríli–

l11um, or fea.holl y criog'); and Ihe campefire, or

common eriogo, The root of Ihe fea·lcolly is

f.id

be aperieO!, diurelic, aod aphroJiG.c,

ERYSlMUM, in botaoy, a genus of the tetradyoami.

Gliquofa élafs, The pod is fou r·GdeJ, divided ioto

111'0

cells, There are

fix

fpecies, four of which are

nalives of

Brit.in,

viz,

the ollicinale, or hedge-mu–

Ilard; tbe cheirianlhoidcs, Or treacle worm·feed; the

barbar..,

rock~t,

or \Vinler-erelfes; and the alli...ia,

Jack-bY·lhe. hedge, or fawee·alooe, Thc leaves of

the hedge-mufi3rJ are faiel to 'Promote cxpc80ration,

aod to excite urine aod olher exeretioos,

ERYSlPEL'\S, in medicioe, an eruption of a hery or

acrid humour, fromwhich no part of Ihe body is ex–

empted, though it

chie~y

anacks the fm, See

1\1

E–

DI CINE ,

ERYTHRlNA, in butaoy, ageous of the diaJelphi3 de–

caodria clafs, The ealix is bil.\biated; aod the co–

rolla cooGfls of a loog I.nceolated vexillum , There

are Ihree fpecies. oone of them nalives of Brin;n,

YTHRINUS, iD ichthyology, • fpeeies of fpHUS,

-See SPARU',

ERYTHROIDES, in aoalomy, the hrr! o( the proper

luoie! or com

whi~h

cover Ihe tdliclcs, SeeANHO–

>lY,

' 70.

ERYTHRONIUM, DOG'S-TOOTH

VIOLET,

in bOla·

ny, a geoos "f Ihe Icexandri. mooogyoi. clafs Thc

caro

is bell-fhopcd, aod eonfills 01' lix pwls; there

are t\Vo nell.,iferous tubercles

\he bafe of el'ery f.–

eond petal.

l'her~

is but ooe fpecies, a o,ltive of Cer–

OIany,

HYTHROPIITlL·\UIUS, in icllth)'ology, a fpcc;c,

eypt¡nus.

SIC

CnRIS;¡S,

VO L,

Ji.

:':J,

,17,

ERZEI::';~,~,

1:le

c~ri,"1

of Ihe pror;nce of

Turecm~

f.1,I,

\rmer.ia:

I~,

long.

4 1°,

1..t. ·4()· ' 1,

iso

grC>1 Ihoroughf...c frcOl I'elf:a

,lid

lnria

Ccnfl.oli–

lIople, by Ihe

\V' y

of Treblfund ."d Ihe

BI.ck

·Ie.,

ESCI

LIR,

i" fu rgay, t:le eruil or

fca~

oec.fioncJ by

burns or caufiic mcdieines ,

ESCH,'\ROTlCS, in pharmaey, medicines which pro·

duces dChars, See

ESCHE1\T, in SCOIS lalV, is Ihat fo rfeilure which i,

illcurreJ upoo a perfon's beiog dellouneed r.bel.

eilha Gogle or lifereot: Gogle clcheu is the fOlfei–

ture of

t~e

rebel's Olo.eable

"\m

lifercnt efcheat is

the forfeiture of lhe rcnls of his heritable efiate,

d~riog his Icfe. See SeoTS Lr.\V, litle

11,

ESCII RAKITES, in mmers of rdigion,

fetl of Ma–

homet,lns, wlco believelh.t man's forereign gooJ coo–

Glls io th: coolemplJtioo of God, They avoid.1I

manoer of rice, and appear ¡Iways io good humour,

defpiGog the feofual parodife of Mahomet, The mor!

able preachers, in the ro)'al mofques, are of this fe8 ,

ESCLATTE', in heraldry, Ggnilies • thiog forcibly

brokcn, or ralher a fhicld tlldt has beeo brokeo and

fl\wered \Vith Ihe firoke of a banle·.x,

ESCUAGE, in our old cufloms, a kiod of knight.fer–

vice, called fw'ice of tbe fl\iclJ, by whieh the teoaot

was bound to follolV his lord lO Ihe wars al his own

charge,

ESCU LENT, an appellatioo given

fueh plants as

mal'

be ealen, See BOTAN Y, p, 628.

ESCULUS, in botaoy. See

~EReus,

lSCURlAL, a palace of Ihe kiog 01' Spain, t\Venly·ooe

miles north ·wcfl of Madrid

being one of the larter!

and moa be.utiful in the IVorld.

has eleven Ihou–

f.od

windo\Vs, founeen thoufand doors, one thoufaod

eight huodred pillars, ferenteeo clo)'fiers or pinzas,

and twenty·tIVO cOUrtS ; \Vilh every convroienee aod

ornameot that can render a place ¡greeable in fo hOI a

climate, as

' 0

extenfive park, groves, fouotains, ca[–

cades, gronos,

&c,

ESCUTCHEON, or ScuTeHEoN, in heraldry, is de–

,ived from Ihe French

rfcufon,

.od that from the La–

lin

feutum,

and hgnihes the fl\icld whereoo coats of

arms are reprefeoteJ.

1\10(1 nalions, of the reOloter! anliqu:ly, were

\V01\t

lO have their fl\itlJs dillioguifhcd by certain m.rks

painled on Ihcm; and to have fueh on Iheir fh ields was

lokeo of honour, non

bciog permincd lO have them

till they had pcrformeJ fome honourable .,qion,

The efcuteheon, as ufed at prdeO!, is fquare, only

rouodeJ off at the bonom,

ES DRAS. Ihe

n.me

of IWO apoCl)'phal books, ufually

bouoJ up Wilh Ihe fcriptures.

hey were .Iways ex–

cluded Ihe Jewifh " oon, and .re not admittcd as'ca–

nooieal by Ihe p.pills d\cmre!res,

ESeI\S, a lO\Vn of Wefipllali., tWcotY' hve miles nonh

of E",bden,

ESI~,

a mer which forms put of Ihe boundary belwecn

Englaod and

Scod.nd;

aod, ruoning fromoorth eall

to loulh·\l'dl, fJlls inlo Ihe Solwiy frÍth : it gires

oame to II,e counlr)' or ell,d. le,

s:.¡

ESK l~I:lUX,