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There are five fpeeies, none

lhem!L1' EUPATORIOPH!\LACRON, io

bOl~ny.

See

VEl–

II\'es of

l:Iril~in.

[1'1.\1"

Ul"'"

of Savoy, (,lIl alCll Iwenty.five mib

nonh e"ll of Gene,., on Ihe fCUlh fide ol' Ihe l.tke of

{;eolV,1.

EV ICTION, in I. w, fign:fies a movery of lanos, or

leoemems by

I.IV.

EVIDENCE, Ihal pereeplion of Irmh whieh .rifes

~i ·

Iher fromIhe Icflimony

01'

Ihe fellfes,

from .., in·

dullion of reafon. See ME TAPHV S'C S, aod Me·

k.\1I5.

EVIDENCE, in law, any proof, whelher it he by tef.

timony of men On o>th, or hy \Vrilings ,nd records fo

calleJ, beC'.ufe hercby lite POiOl in ilfue is maue

evi·

cent by a jury.

EVI L, Sce MOR AL

{(illg'I'-[V' L,

iD medicine. See MEDI C' NE.

EULOGY, ill chu

rch.hi

(lory, a n"me by which lhe

Grceks c.1I1he

Inil

hwd/'?/I/,

or bread over which

a blrlling is I'ronouoced, aod w!!icb is diflribllled 10

lhofe who are uoqu,tI,fied

commuoicale.

EUMENIDES, io anliquily, See l"uRl ES.

EUNOMIANS, in chu reh. hi(lory, Chrillian herelics,

io lhefounh

cenlu/y.

They \Yere a braoel, of

Ari.ns,

and took lheir Dame from Eunomius, biOlOp 0f Cyzi .

eus, who IV'S inH/u8erl by lElIus. in the poiols whieh

were Ihen conlroverteo inIhe ehurch, afIa having at

fi rll followeo Ihe profeflion of arms. Eunomius fo

wdl anfu'ercd Ihe dtfigns of his maller, ano deelaimed

fo vehemently againn the divinilY of Ihe

D, that

lhe people

h~d

reeou,fe to Ihe aU lhor'ty of Ihe prinee,

and had him b.nifl,ed

bU l the Arians oblained his re·

eall, and e/céled him bifhop of Cyzieus. The mano

nm and doélrines of the Eunomi. ns were the fame

WilhIhofe of lhe AriaDs.

~UNUCH,

a eanraled perfon. See CASTRAT10N.

EUNueHs, in chureh.hillory,

(eél of heretÍes in Ihe

third eentory, who were mad enough to calleate, noc

only lhofe of their own perfuafion, but even

.11

others

lhat lhey eould lay hold of : they 100k lheir rife froOl

the example of Origen, who, mifunderllanding lhe

followiog words of our Saviour,-" And eunllehs who

.. made themfelves eunuehs for the k,ogdom of hea·

.. ven,

"-e.ll

raled himfelf.

EVOLUTION, in algebra. See ALcEBRA, p.

86.

EVOl UT 'ON, io the art of war, the motion made hy a

body of troops, when theyare obliged 10 eh.nge Ihcir

form and di(pofilion. in order to preferve a poli, or

oceupy dnother, tOattack an enemy wilh mOre advao–

tage, Or to be in a eondiuon of ddending themfe/ves

Ihe bmer.

EUONYMO lDES, in bOlany. Sec CElAST RUS ,

EUO, YMUS , lhe SP'NDLE 'THE, in brmoy, a gtnllS

of the pefll.ndria monogynia clafs, T he eorolla con

fifis of nve pmls; the capfule is nve·fidco, and has

five coloured eclIs; and Ihefeeos hal'cealyptra. T here

ar~

1"'0 fpeei,s, one of whieh,

v/x.

the (u

ropa.us

fp,n,II" lree, or priekwood, is a nalive of Urilain.

EVOR>\, or Eao ••.

eity of POrll'gal, f<\'enty miles

[outh eal! of L>fbon.

V"' L. II. No, 47.

llESl NA.

EUP/\TORrU

rr EMP 'AGR 'NONY, in bOlany,

ge–

nlls of Ihe fyngcndia polygdnll' :t(loalis clafs. The

reeepl.cle is naked ; Ihe p' ppcs is p":mMe; the ealix

oblong aoel imbriealed ; aod the 1l)'lus is long ami

femi b,6d, There are l\Venty·one fpeeies, only one

of wllleh is a nalive of Rritl,n,

viz.

the cannabinum,

htmp.agrimony, or DUleh agrirnony. The leaves are

("iJ to IIrrogthen lhe Ilomaell.

EUPliYl\IlSM, in rhelOrlc, a figure whieh exprelfes

lbings in lhemfelves difagreeable and fllOcking,

tcrms implying the eontrary qualilY.

EUPHORR IA, in botany, a'genus of lhe dodecand ria

trigyoia claf;. T he corolla confills of foor or nve pe –

tals; and Iheealix has bUI olle leaL There are fixlY '

two fpeeies, l\Velve of whieh are native'l

'oí

Ilritain,

viz,

Ih~

peplus. or fmll purple fta·fpurge ; lhe pe·

plus, or pCtly fpurge ; Ihe exigua, or dIVarf.fpurge ;

lh! fegetalis, or corn.fpurge

the heliofeopia, fon·

fpu rge, or wart'IVon; the ponlandiea, or

Ponl~nd

fpurge; lhe paralias, or fea· fpurge ; the vmufea, or

rough fruiled fpurge ; Ihe platyphyllus, or broad·

leaved fpurge ; lhe amygdJloides, or \Vood·fpurge ;

the charaei." or red fpurge; and the hyberoa, or

knotly· rooled fpurge. The fpurges are exeeedingly

aerid, anel are nolV reje8ed bOlh by Ihe Edioburgh

and London difpenfalories.

EUPHORRJUM, in pharmaey, a gom refinbrought us

al \Vays in loo(e, fmooth, and glolfy gold·eoloured

drops or granules.

is the produce of the e"phor.

bium antiquoru01 verum, whieh grows to ten or tIVelre

feet high. !ts prineip.1ufe is eXlernally in finapifms,

and plallers applied tOIhe fcet, whieh are imoded 10

(limulale, but not abfolutely 10 raife bliflers: for it is

obferved by AviCenna,

th~t

when laken inttrnally in

Iarge dofes, it

h~s

been fouod 10 exulcerale the inte·

lIines, and bring on death ilCclf, after Ihe mo(l terri·

ble fympwms.

EUPHRASIA, in bOlany,

genus of lhe didynamia

angiofpe,mia clafs. The ealix is eylindrical, and eoo–

fifls of four fegments; and the eapfole is ob'long and

biloculdr. Theré are fi x fpteies, 1"'0 of whieh are na–

tives of Britain,

viz.

Ihe oilicinalis, or eye·brighl ;

anJ Ihe oJenti lcs, or red eye bright. The eye·bright

was furOlerly eelebrated as an ophthalmic, but is oow

totollv d>fregardcd.

EUPHRATES, the fine(l river in Turky in Afia,

h~s

I\YO fourees. north\Yard of Ihe eity of ErIerum, in 40.

N.lal. Afler pafling Ihrough Armenia , it di\'iJes

Sr'

ria froOl Di"bec Or Alfyria. runs lhrollgh Eyrac. or

Chaldea; and uniling wllh theT)'gris, it panes by Ihe

cily of

Balfor~,

fifly miles bdow which it l'alls into

the tulf of Perfia.

EU REUX,

eily of NorOlandy in

Fr~nee,

tI\·col)'.fil"e

miles

(,Hlth

of Rouen.

EURIPUS, a

flr~it

bwveen the ifland of Nq;ropOIII,

antl lhe eonlinent 01" Creeec, wlla ,kabk for its

,ne·

colar tiJes.

'l'he tcon emi!,us is

fom~lil1lcs

uC:d, in