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F U

n

rUI.

T hey had

~

temple at

Athen~,

near the Areopa.

gllS, anu lh,'ir priells were churen rrom amongfl lhe

juJgC$of dld! cuurt. At Tcl phllrta, a city in Arcadia,

a blad e\Ve \Vd! fJcrirtccd

to

lhem.

f URLl NG, in lhe fea langllagc, rtgnirtes lhe wrapping

up and binding any f. ,¡ dure to lhe yarJ ; whlch is

done by haullng "pon the de'.\' lines, hUM.lines,

&c.

which IVrap' thc rail dure tOgcther, and h<ing bound

f,ll

tO lhe yard, lhe rail is fuded.

f URLONG , a long mc¿ru re, equal to one eighth of

a

ruile. or furty pules.

!t

is airo uCed. in fome law.books, for the eighth

pan

oC

an acre.

FUR LOUGH. in lhemilitary langnage,

~

licence grant·

ed

~y

an ollicer toa fuldie r, to be

a~fent

fur fome time

from his duty.

FURN.~CE .

an utenrtl, or veffd, 'proper to eontain

lire; or tOraife and maintaio a vehemenl (¡re in, whe·

ther oCe"al or wllod. SeeCHf. Ml sT U . p. II O.

FURNES. a town of Flaodm, ten miles eaft of Dun·

kirk: E. long.

2° 25',

and N. lat

51°10'.

f UROR u

TER

lNU! , adiforder pecuhar 10 women. See

MS DI CINE.

FURR, in commerce, r.gnifies the fki n of feveral wild

beans, drcffed in alumwilh the h,ir on. and ufed as

a

pan of drefs by prinm, maginrms, and others. The

kinds moa inufe are, thofe of the ermlne, [able, callor,

hm.

coney,

&c.

FURSTENIlURGH. a tOIVn anei canle of Germany,

the capital

oC

a eounty of Ihc faole name, thtrlY miles

north wefl of CODflance :

E

long.

30',

and N. lal.

47" 50'.

FURSTENFlELD, a town of

~uflria

and dutchy of

Sliria, Ihirty.r.x miles eafl ofGratz : E. long.

16· 46',

N lal. 47.·

26".

FURTHCOMING . in law, the name of anaaion como

pelent to any perfon who has ufed arreflment in the

hand¡ of his debtOr', mdi tor. fur having the rubjetl

arrened dcclared his P¡OPOrty . Sce SCOTl LAw,

tidc

25 .

}i'

U

'1'

FUIWNCLE, or RO IL , in furgery, a

(01, 11

rer.ning

tunlUur, \lIth infl'lllmdtion, rednefs, and great paio,

ariling in Ihe ad'pore Illcmbrane,

und~r

the nun.

FURZE., in bOlany. Sre ULEX.

fUSANUS, in butany. See EUONYMUS.

FUSAROLE, in architeaure. a mOllldiog or ornament

pl.red immediately under lite echinus, in tite Doric,

Ionic, and

Compor.le

capitals.

FUSEE, in dock·work, is tltat conical part drawn by

the (pring. and about which Ihechainor lIring is \Vound ;

for the ufe of which, ree W•

Te

H.

FUSEE. or FI REL OCK. See MUSQYE T.

FUSIHILIT Y, in natural pbilofophy, that quality

oC

bodies which renders Ihem fulíble.

FUSIL, in heraldry. a bwing of a rhomboidal figure,

longer than thelozence. ana I.aving its upper and low"

er angles more aCUle aod fharp Ihan Ihe olher IWO in

Ihe middle.

lt

is cJled in Latin

fulul,

a fpiodle,

from ils nlape. See Plm LXXX. lig.

10.

FUS ILIERS. or F.USIL EERS, in Ihe milim y art, are

fool.foldiers, armed wilh fufees. or nreloeks.

FUS I0N, the mellingof metals, minerals,

&c.

by means

of6re. See CUEM ISTRY.

FUSTl.'\N, io commtrce. a kind of COllon ¡¡uff, which

feems as it \Vere wl,aled on one

r.de

.

R'ght fufliaOS' fhould be altogelher made of cotton·

yarn, bOlh IV,Oof aod warp; but • gre'l many are

made, of which Ihe warp is

Bu.

or

even

hemp,

There are fuflians made of feveral kinds, wide,

narrow, fioe, coarfe ; \Vidl fhag or oap. and wilh·

0111

il,

FUSTICK, Or FusTon, a. yellow 'l/ood. :hat grow,

in all Ihe C.uibbee inand" ufed in Jyir. yellolV. lt

pays no dmy on importation.

FU'ITOCKS, in a fhi p, the timbers rai(ed over the

keel, or the encompalling timbers that make he&

breadth.

FUTU RE, in geoeral, denotes whalever rega¡ds

futu~'

ritr, or the

tim~

10 come.

G

G A B

G

ABAR:A, or

CA ORA RA,

in

antiquity, the dead'

.

~odies

whicll tite Egyplians emb.lmed. and.kept

In Ihetr houfes, efpecially Ihofe of fuch of Ihm fmnds

asdled wtth the repuwion of great piely anu

holinefs~

Or as martyrs. See EM8ALMING, and MUMMY .

CAREL, accordillg

10

Ihe freneh Juties or cuHums. a

ta~

Upon falt. which mdkcs the fecond anicle in lhe

king's revenue, aod amounts to abolH one fourth pan

oC

Ihe whole revenue of Ihe kingdom.

CABIN, a 10IVn

oC

grw Puldnd, Cort y.r.x miles

n~rrh.

Wtn of War(a " : E.

lon~

20· ,

N. laL

\1°

35 .

GAlllO

S, in fottification,

~;JI;m

n!lde of OI.ier' lwigs,

GAG

of a eylindric.1formo fix feet high, and four \ViJe:

whieh being tillcu wtlh eanh, ferve as a fueller frool

Ibe eoemies fire.

G .~BLOCKS.

Ihe artifIcial fpurs of game·coeks.

GAD, a010"g mioers)

a

fOl.1I pune¡' of iron, with a

long woo,len hanJlc,

uf~d

tO brt'.•k up Ihe ore.

One of the mioers hulds this in his hInd, diretliDg

tite point 10 a propcr

pl.re,

while the olher drives

it

inlO the v('in, hy nriking

ti

\Vilh

a

IIcdge· haOlmer.

CAD -nI' See

UEST~US

Gt\ !)US, in ,chlhyoio¡:y. a genus of finleS bclonRing to

lhe ordcr of

jus,Jms.

T~c

head is fmoolh

j

there

aJe