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G[ORGE. or

j.·','il hl'

SI

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Eo ner, h.11 bern Ihe

denolllln,tion

01

I"'elol mihlary orders ,

uhc.eu

( IIMt

01'

Ihe gana is une

01

Ihe

01,·11

illullllOus.

Ste

G. R,

TER.

SI

GEO.CS

..¿rI

Mi"a.

tll! e.lpit.d o( the Outeh fcnle·

",lMS, on die go!d·eo,lIs

01

Guioe.I, (, tn' trd feven

or c;Aht md"

~ cll

uf Cape.coall e.I!lIe, the e'pit,1

u(

Ihe

HntlJh

felt"n1tnts ther. :

W.

loog.

S',

ar,u N.

I.,t

So.

f ,,1 SI GroRr, a to,,"" antl (on

00

the eo.n o( Coro

manleI. in th. Jlllher Inul. :

E.

luog.

80°,

aod N.

IJI.

I

¡o.

Th~

to\Yn is divided into theWhite aod BI" k to\Yo.

Th. fort, and Whitc· towO,

w~ieh

a¿joios to it, are

i, h. b,t¿d or,ly by BriliOI; Ihe whole cireum(creoee.

"'hieh

is

OOt , b')ve

h.tI(

a mde, he:ng fu rrouorltd "y a

Pooo. "·all. The o"tward, or lJIa.k tOlVn, eallcd Ma·

dra(s. hos breo I,tely eoeomp.ned by a lIone·" , 1I

aod b,lI.ons aod ii a"out a mil< and a hal( io eireum·

fereoee; the whole beiog almol! eovilooed by a tlVl r

aod th!

fea.

SI GEORCE ',. Ihe largell o( the Dermuda, or Summer·

iOaods.

e,oj,

,¡SI

GEORCE, a red ooe io a field argent, whieh

m,kes pan o( Ihe BritiO, flandard.

GEORG lA. io Afia, a provinee bouoded by Circaflia

aod

rh~ellao

00 Ihe oonh , by the Ca(pi. o fe. 00 the

tafl, by Arnleoia or Tureomaoia 00 tbe (oulh, aod by

Miogrelia on Ihe IVell.

GroRcI A, io Amriea, ooe of Ihe Britifh pl,nm ioos,

taken out of South·Carolioa, from whirh it is Cepa.

raled by Ihe river Savaooah on th, oonh. aod houod·

ed by Ihe Atlantie oceao

00

Ihe eafl , by Ihe river of

St

~n.

whieh divides il from SpaDifh Flurido, on

the louth aDd wen.

CEORGIC, a poetieal eompofilioo UpODthe Cubjea of

huíbaodry. cootaining rules Ihtrei n, rut into a pleafing

drefs, and (, t off wilh all the beautie. aod embeJlifh·

meolS of poetry .

Hefiod aod Virgil are

the

IIVOgreatell maflm in thi.

kiod o( paetry.

The moderos luve produced oothiog io this kiod,

er.cept R.pio', book of Gaflleniog and Ihe etlebra·

ted poem eot úl<d Cyder by

!vi

r Phil,ps, who, if he

had eojoyed the advaolage o(

Vtr~il ',

l.nguaRe, would

ha'e been ,""cond to Vtrgil io a mueh ne"er degree.

GEIl ANJTES, io oatural hiOory, an aprell' lioo glVeo

to fueh of Ihe (emipelJucid gems as are marked with

a

(pOI ,efe mhling a crane , eye.

GEIlANJUM , COANE'S ! ' LL, io bOJany, a r,eous of

the mooodtlphia decaodria d afs .

It

has bu t ooe fl y.

lu. ; d,e

nl~mara

are five ; aod the capfll le is fhaped

I,ke the bdl o( a eraoe. The,e are fi lly,Cl vt n Ipe·

tiC!, fi )(1f:t.:n of wllich are n:ltl ves of Rr ilílin,

VIZ ,

che

eieu'arium, or hemlo:k·leavcd

el ~oe',

bill : Ihe m,f·

chatu:n, or mllnled

crane's

!Jill; che

m:nilirnum,

or

(e.

cr, oe . blll; the oodofum,

u,

knouy

e' ~ lIes ~i ll ;

the

ph~'Jm ,

'" {!'omd e,ane s hill; tht (yl

, ,,11('11111.

01

mount.in

cranc:'s

hitl

í

the

pr,lltn(c ,

{Ir

CroW("ClI

eranes

~, II;

Ihe rohe' liaou Ol, "r herir J(obc,t; ILe

lu,iJum, o,

Otinln~

O)''', fool cldnc's

11111 ;

d,·; ro·

luodi fohllOl, or ro11n,J·leal·nl erane', bilJ ; thc

perc~nc.

o, pereoOlal d,.'·¿,.(ool e<dlle's bdl ; Iht OI"lIe, or

COR,mon do, e',·(oot

el.nc

's

~ill;

,he r"lillum , or

fio,1I

P...

\\ ere<1

dm·c',·lool eraol 's

¡,di :

Ihe eoluOlhi,

oum, o, long fl alked

c!",'. '

(001 erane', bill; Ihe dlf·

C,-{lIIOl, or j'ggc,1ledvc<1dOl'c·,.{onl eranc's bill; aocl

the C.nglli neum, or blllully c..ne·s

Ir,,!.

T ite le"., of

thc rc,ul·ni.louOI a"d prateoCe were (o,med )' uCed as a·

IIringcolS , I

Uf

are oow Id l

OUI

~oth

of Ihe Loodol\

aod' bltohur:;h oilpeofawl'i('s.

G'ERAIl DI:\ . io hOlao)'. a geous of Ihe ,Iio)'oamia ano

fiofpe"ni. d,fs . T lte e:¡hx coofins o( fi le fegOleol. ;

Ihe Cl\1oll, is bil. Gial'·o,

d1<

inf"ior lir belng divideu

io'o th ,re r:rrts ; the lol es

,r~

emargioaleo, Ihe mido

die ooe beiog di'·ld.d ioto two C,·grneot.; and ,he cap–

{ule is hillleular, anel opens at Ihe b,(e. There are

r.ve

(!,reics, none u( IheOl nalivls of Brita;n.

GFR Fil l.CON, or Gu rALco', See FALco.

GERGENTUM, a \011'0 o( Siei l\', the Agrigeotumof

lile ao"ienlS, aboul Órty fi" e :lIiles fUllIh ean

of

Paler.

mo: E. loog. 13°

lO',

N. lat. ~t10'.

G~.RM A INS,

or

SI

GEkM AlNS. a 10IVn and roy,1

pa,

lare of Fraoce, fuuneen mtlcs nonh·wcll o( P.ris.

SI

GHMAJ "' is alfo a bOl ough u( Coro ..al, eight miles

lI'ell of PI)'ltloutll.

h

Lnds 111'0 rnembcrs 10 parlia·

m<:nt.

GF. RM , among gar eoers . Sre Bun .

Gl:.RM i\N , io gene. logy, d<nOJ., , nlire or \\'hole

~

tltus , a

~rolhtr

gerillall is 011e belh by ¡he falher', aod

OlOlhe,'s fide; alld eouóns gelm.n are Ihe ehildren of

brothers or fi flers .

GERM AN ,

or

GERMANr e, alfo denotes any Ihing belong"

ing to Germdoy ;

as

the Germao empire, Gennan

flu te,

élc.

GERMANOER, io botany. See T EU eRJUM.

G ERM ,~ N Y ,

ao eXleofive empi re o( Eorope, fi'tuated

bctweeo

SO

and 19° E. lung "otl LctlVeen 4

¡o

and

"od ¡

,0

N. lal. ; bOllndcrl by Denmu k aod the Bal.

rie fea 011 the oonh, by Pul,orJ ami Il uog>ry

0 0

the

e"n, b), Swilzerlaod and Ihe Alps 00 Ibe routh, and

by F" ore,

HC)II~nd,

6(.

on Ihe wcfl.

J,

is dlvided into len eirdes. d"ce of whieh lie en

Ihe nonh,

. iz.

Upper .,d Lower S.xon)', and

W~!.

ph..ll3 ; th ree oo Ihe (omlt,

t izo

Aull, i, .

13"'113,

aorl

S"" bia; dtree abou, Ihe middle,

.i.

Ffdoeoni., and

the UpP"' and Lowcr Rhloe ;

tllI'

leo,n, whieh con.

filled

o(

the ol1ehy o(

fl\l'

~lIll.Jy

and the fevenleen pro.

vioees o( the Netherl. ods, h"c lung beco detaehed

froOl Ihe empil e.

There are in Gn m. n)' IIpwallls of d" ce huod,ed

fc1Verti~n

p' inees

"011

n...

s,

O't,n (lf !lltm arbilrary ia.

thei r rc:"pl:tlive

Icniwlie'\

(¡F.RMF.N .

or

C"M .

Sel' );I 'n.

GE RMF.RSHEI M. a 'nIVo

01

Cermaoy. (uhjca ro

FIJnee. ahnu , len md,·s

e.dl

uf Llod.,, : E. loog

80

r¡', ,ud N. 1 .. .

1 ~0

12' .

Cl:.R ~ II N.\TI () N .

lit. lirO

fl"fllltio~

o(

Ihe Ceeds of

1'1. ,1\"

See/\

c.

RIClil.' U" . 1'.11 ' 1.

C I-: I¡ONTF S, 'o (:reciao ;,nll'l'"'Y. a fOil o( magi,

Hllllt.'

uf

illlCI. lIt

Sj*.lI l.l,

,W l\\ dlh(;

lO

¡he

arc:opRgills

al 1\ \lILllS.

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