1000000030

rqlladron. The files or a

bJu~lion

of foot are ge–

nn,lIy lhree deep; as are

fOIll~llll1es

thore of a fqua–

dron of hOIre. Tbe bies

mua

be lIr.ight, ar.d paral.

one to another.

l'I LIGRA. E, or fILI GHE-\\'ORK, ¡ny piece of gold

or lilver,wol'k lhat is curi.."Oy done Wilh grains or

drops on the lilamenls or lhreads.

I'ILlI'ENDULA, in botany. See SPIUA .

FlLIX, in botany, 3n order of tlJe cryptogamia c.ars of

pl.DlS.

S~e

IJOT AN Y, p. 636.

flLLET, in analomy. See

FR OE NUM.

¡-'I UET, or FILET, in archite.'1urc, a'liule (quaremem–

ber, ornament, or moulding, ured in "ivers places, aod

upon divers occafions, but generally as a erowning over

grcater moulding.

FIL ~ET,

io heraldry, a kind of orle or bordure, con·

lainiog only a third or founh pan of the ureadtb of

the commoo bordure.

is (upp.,(ed tO be wilhdrawn

inwards, aod is of a diffcl'ent colour f100l the field.

ruos quite rouod, near the edge, as a lace over a

c1oak.

FILL tT, in the menage, the loins of an horre, whieh be–

gin at the place \Vhe" lhe hiodc1 par! of lhe

f.ddl~

rells.

FILLER HORSE, ooe yoked immedialely tO a

cart.

FILL

a lermamoog h01re-dealm , tO denote lhe fe–

maleor mare·colt.

FILM, athinlkin or pellicle. In plants, i[ is ufed for

that

thi~,

woody tkin, whieh feparates lhe feeds

the

pods, and keeps [heOl aparto

FILTER, or FI L

TRE,

in chemifiry, a llrainer eom–

monly made of bibulous or 6ltering paper in [he fOrln

of a funnel, through whieh any fl uid is palfed, io or–

der to feparate the grofs p4nicles (romit, aJld render

itlimpid.

FIMBR!~,

denotes appeod.lges dirpofed by way of

fringe round [he border 01 any lhmg.

PIMBRIATED, io heraldry ao ol dinary with a oar–

row bordure or hcmor anolher lÍotlure.

FIN, innatural hillory, a well-known pan of fifhes, eon–

Gning of ameOlbraoe fupponed by rayl, or linlebony

or cartilaginous olJicles.

fiNAL, io geoeral, whatever terminates or coneludes a

lhing.

fINAL LETTtRl', among Hebrewgrammarians, fi ve le!·

ters fo called, ueeall(e'th, y have a dllferent figure

the :od of words from what they have in any other fi–

tuauon.

FI NAL, in

g:o~raphy,

a pOrt town of Italy, fubjetl tO

Genoa, aud fitllalcd on lhe t.lcdilerrancar., about lhir–

ty·ícven miks loutl:-wen of dm eilY.

F.INANCES. io Ihe Freoch pulily, lignify the revenoes

• uf Iheking and /late.

FINCH' KI ND, in ornilhology, an appcllationgivln

gtO"Sof birds, known among aUlhors by the n.une

,,1'

, frinzilla. See FRI NG ILLA.

FI~E.

in law. has divers fignifi ealions, il bcing :0111e–

tl1n~s

lakenfor a fumuf llluney ad\'anced

"/lO

pdid fuI'

thc

IO(Omc of Lnds.

l:k~wife

CflO In allotl,.1

fenfe, where a fum is paio as an amends, 01' by way

of puniOlment for an ofr 'oee eOAllnilled.

fi NERS

.¡

golJ amiJi/v:r,

are' lhofe who feparate thefe

mm ls fromeoarfer ores. See RErI

NERS.

fl NER

in lhe iroo wOl'ks, one of lheforges alwhich

lhe iroo is hamDlered and faOlÍoocd into whallheycall

a bloom, Or fqu are bar.

FINGERS, in analOmy, the extreme pan of the hand

di\'ided ioto fi vc members. See

.'l~ATOMY ,

part

and

11.

F1NISTERRA, the moll wellerly cape or prnmootory

of Spain, in 10° 15' W.long. and 43° N. lat. This

cape i. likewifc lhe mon wdlcrlypan of the eoolioeot

of Europe.

f lNITE, fomfthiog bounded or limited, iD eonrradif–

tinélioo

iolinile. See

I NF1~ l h_

FI NLAND, a provinee of Sweden, Iying northward of

the gulph of Finland, :lnd eaO ward of lhe BOlhniek

¡;ulph.

is a frontier provioee, bouodld by Ruffia

on lhe ealL

FIR·'l'REE, in botaoy. See PI Nt'S.

F1 RE, a general name, by which meo feem tO uorler–

lland a eenain fen(atioo or complex notion of light,

heat, burniog, mehing,

&e.

The pOll'er of fi,e is fa great, ils elTetls fo exten–

fi ve, 20d the maoner of ilS aéling fOIVooder(ul, that

fome of the wifdl nalÍoos of old l'everenctd and

worfhipped i[, as the fupreme delly. Sorne of the

chemills alfo, afler lhey had difcOI'ered ils (ur–

prifing opcralioos, fofpeéled il [Obe

311

uocll;aled be–

ing: and iodeed the moll famous of lhem have 2e–

koowlcdged ilas Ihe rource of all Ihcir

know"d~e

and

henee hal'e p.ofeO'ed themfelves philofophcrs Ly fi le,

nor IhOllght lhey eould be hoooured wilh a nobler li–

tic. Nuw, amoogn all Ihe wonGerfu l properties of

~re,

Ihcre is none more cxtraordina ry d"n this, that

[hongh il is the principal cJufe

almol! .lIlhe [enfi–

ble clfetls thal continually fall under our ob/malion,

yel il is il(eif of fo infinitely a f¡,blile nal ure, that il

illudes the mon [agaeious enquiries, nor ever comes

wilhin lhe eogoizanee of our fenfes. Fil. i·

g~nerally

divided inlu Ihree !linds or fpleies,

,·iz.

celelhal, fub–

ten "oeous, andculinary.

cdlnial fire is prineipally uodcrOood Ihat of lhe

fuo, wilhout

fl s" d

thal of lhe hed

Hm,

though

tlllS perhaps mr,y be of lhe f, me nHnre.

By fu btrnaneo\l! fi ,e \Ve underlland lhal whieh ma–

oifdl! il(elf in ficly eruplions of lhe.emh,

I'~bno~s,

or burning mountains; ur by any olher.

11T1l~~

il pro–

Jucel in mio!s, or lhe more ccnt,,1

pdrll

111 Ihe

e.nh.

By eulillary fire \Ve mean Ihal

"1l11'1~)'ed

in all che–

r:1ÍC'~1 {'per;lllon~J

ant! the

comlllonocc,¡filll'ls

of 1ft

The luns he.1l

arpe.rs

be Ihe ac1nallng prindplc,

~~n\ rAI

inl!runrcOl of all lhe 0pcloIlions in Ihe ,\Oi–

mal. \'\gl l:lblc, allllofphelieal, nwine, and 11Iina .

kin¡.dunls.

ire, c"r,fi, l'fcJ in ilrd r, feems

exi/l in Ihc

~re~ l .

(fI

l'ulÍly "od I',,¡{dlion in ¡he ,cldl',11

r~¡::\lnl

J...s~i

Wt: ;111.:

illf"nJiLle

(Ir ¡H,y

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