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tides

lr~

nothing el!" bm COnlmoo

~i r,

wl,ich

cOI~og!'ng

iddf IVilh

Ih~

r.lftl

of waler, pltleO'S rhm

mu"un. Olhers ",i l!

h~l'e

kio,! of nitrOIl'

I, h

the c,ule of coogchrioo, by Inlinuariog idel," betw<llt

the

p~nicics

of WJter, aod lixiog them IOgethcr, like

oalls.

,\oJ,

iode" J, it feems probdblc

th.tI

cold anu

frcel iog do

aril~

from fome fuhllance of a fa lioe nature

¡¡oariog io the air; fioce

~II

f,lts, and PHlicu!."ly ni·

trous cnt'S, when mixcd wirh ice aod foow, greatly

iocreJfe their cold, and eveo bulk.

Boerh,'e obfcrl'CS, thOl it is extremel)' dillicult to

cxhibit ro Ihe eye the precife dc&rec of eold whereio

ice begins

form; fine< heat anu colu, ooce given tO

body, adhere long to ir hefore they quit il. Whco

the air, therefore, is In fuch

nare as keeps F. hreo·

beit's rhermometer at

degrees, w"er will not frene ;

hecaufe water being

800

times drofer than air, rCldios

the warmth confiderably longer than ai r, If aoy pero

{uo, therefore, is curious

know in IVhat degree of

cold IVJter begios to fmze, let him firil fufpeod a

thermomcter in a free opeo air

all fides;

' :.0

theo

wettiog a thin lioen d oth wirh ciear warer, aud hane–

ing it likewife in Ihe open air, ir will grolV lIiA' opon

!he firn aeeefs of the freezing cold, and thmby Olew

wheo water is begiooing to

lOro

tJ ice. See THER–

J>l O:..t T ER.

By means of freeziog, wioe, vioegar, aod mah·li·

quors may be reduced

a fou nh pan of their quao·

tity, without aoy coofiderable lofs of thei r elfential

partS ; fineeooly the aqueoos pans freeze , leaviog rhe

vinous pms eooeeotraled or brought iOlO leCs eompaCs,

aod eapable of beiog traoCportcd Wilh Jefs expeoee,

aod keepiog

Cor

feveral years.

FiE EZ ING MrXTURE. Mr Boyle Olews in his hiOory

of eo!d , that oot only all kiolls of Calrs, but likewife

{pirils, Cugar, aod faecharumCaturoi, mixed wirhfoow,

"re

eapabl, of freeziog moO fluids; and lhe C, me ef·

fea "as alfo produeed by lhe mixture of oil of vitriol,

or fpirit of oitre with foow.

FREIGHT, or FRAI GII1', io oavigarion aod eommeree,

the hire of a Ihip, or a pa" tltmof, for the eonveyanee

~od

carriage of gaods from ooe port Or place 10 aoo–

ther; or lhc fuOl agreed 00 bctlVcco the OlVoer aod the

merchaot, for lhe hire aod ufe of

vefl'el.

FREl CH, io geoer,l, (oOléthiog belooging to Franee :

thus \Ve fay, Ihe Freneh I.oguage, Freneh euflog,s,

polil)',

6c.

Thc Freneh languag. is made up of L"io, Greek,

Teotonie, aod the IJnguage fpoho by rhe old Gauls.

is Datural, aod eafily pronouoced, aod rherefore u(ed

by mofl oatioos of Europe in eooverfiog ",i lh foreigo.

ers. There are vc'y few eompouod words in Freoeh,

whieh is ackoowledged tObe irs

Madvanr~r.e.

has

alfo few dimioullves; bor as to purity, ealine(s,

.0U

flexibtlilY, it yields ID Dooe.

FRESCO, a melhoJ of paioliog io relievo 00 walls, (o

as tOcndu,e the weather.

It is perforOled "irh water·eolours 00 freO. planer;

or 00 a lValllaid \Vidl monar oor yer dry,

his fort

paiol:oghas a Crtal auvamace by

ltS

loeorporallog

F R

IVilh dIe owrtar, and, drying along wirlt it, beeo",cl

\'ery

do,

~hlc.

The eompolllhlluld be m,de of rubbiOt f100es mix

" ilh wd l burOl 1I,0t, or lime, aod lVater: bUl the fah.

OC(S 01' the hme mull

waO,ed Oll!, hy poo,ing IVlICr

fr<qllcotly 00 it. HOI this atOoId oOt be dooe iomotll

lVe"her.

To preveot lhe plafler from pecliog, flrike ioro the

jOiolS of the 1V.llllumps of horfe·natls fix loches

dtf.

taor from

e.eh

other. t'"fl plaOer rhe lValil ?,elly

rltiek; lheo Jet it dry for Come time, lhe defign .nd

eolours being firO ready prepared. This pamring is

ehielly performed 00

w~lIs

aDd vaulls oewly pl,lIered

with hme aod faod; aod the plaOer is ooly

he put

on io propartioo as the paintiog procceds.

Plaller the 11'311 a feeoud lime, about the thiekne(,

h~lf

a erowo, ooly fo mueh as you ioteod 10 wo, k

u?on; aod while it is wet, work lhe eolour! lhmin,

"hich will ioeorpowe \Vilh the plafler

ocre,

IValh out.

The paioriog muO be

WOl

ko.d with a (ree haod, aod

your eúlours made high eoough " firll, as lhere edO

no .alreratioomade after rhe firfl paioling.

lo this work fearee .nything elle is tiCed burmlhs.

whieh nill retaio their eoluur, defeoding il from Ihe

huroiog aod C31t of rhe lime. The eolonrs are whlle,

made of lime naeked fome rime, 2nd u'hite marbl( dufl,

red aod yellow oker, violet red, verdiler, I' pis lazuli ,

(malt, blaek SpaoiO, brC/wn, Spaoilll ",hite,

&c.

all

",hieh are grouoded aod worked up wilh water.

The brullles and peoeils for this work muO be long

aod (oft, or eI(e they will rake aod raze the paioriog :

the eolOl"s mull be full and lIowing from lhe brnlh ,

aod the defign or cartoon mufl be perfea iRthe paper–

eopy.

FRESff, in geoeral, (omethiog lhal is new, pure, aod

good; or, that has little or no falt in ir.

FRET, or FRET TE, io arehiteél",e, a kiod of knot or

oroameot, coofiOiog of two liOs or (mall

fiIIm

varioully

interlaced or interwoveo, aod ruoning at pmllel dif·

taoees equal to their breadlh,

FR ET, io heraldry, a hearing compoCed of

fix

bars,

erolfed, and variouOy iOlerlaeed, as reprefenled io plm

LXXX.

fig.

Sorne call il the troe lover'! knnt,

FRET, iDmufie, fignilies a kiod of nop on

Come

iDnrD'

meors, partieularly

b.fs·

viols and ID les

Frcrs eoofill

C/f IIriogs lied rOllod the oeek of lhe inllrnmeol,

eenain diflaoces, within whieh (ueh and fu h nOles are

be fouod.

FRF.T·\vORI(, that adorned wirh freu

is (omerimes

uCétl

fil! up ana enrieh

n.n

empty Cpaces; hUI is mol.t·

Jy praai(cd io roofs, IVhieh are fletltd o,'(r wllb

pil·

lIer work,

FltEYSTAT , 'a tOIVO

Silefia, in Germany, E.loog,

1]0

51',

1 .

I.t.

¡Oo.

FRIABLE, among o.turaliOs, ao appcllarioo gireo to

bod'és tha! are eafily erumbled

10 P'CC(S:

,"Uell are Ihe

Ir.. 1I00e,

pumiec·I;~ne,

&r.

flU ,lIl,

a lerm common tO

mon~s

of all

Olam,

f~uod·