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G U M

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G U N

lirt. T ile B..ilifh, Duteh, French, .non other nJ'

i'n

m~diCine,

nnllfs as mixcd widl tne

gllm .Rrrt'bic :

tiuns, have fon, anti f.llories on Ibis

~o.{L

I.he

dycrs and other anilicces confume me great quar

CU' NEA is

~Ifu

the 'oame of a I:lrililh gold coio, value

tIt.es

that are annually imported here. The ne-

Is.

St~r1iog.

groes dilfolve it in milk, .nd iD that Rote make it

CUI ~EA· PI C.

in loology. See MlIS.

principal. ingredieot in Dlany of lheir dilb,s;

aDtl~fleQ

GUIPUSCOA, the north·eall divifioo of t'he provineeoC feed on

thus alone.

Bif<ay, in Spain, fitualed on the confines of N.varre CUM TRAGACANTH . See TUGAC.lNTH .

in Franee.

GUM MANNA. See M.lNNA:.

e UIRA, or GUA RA GUAI NV"BJ, in ornithology, the

Other fubllanees kDOWO by tlle Dame of goml, are

Brafi lionname of Ihe greeo .fpida, witb a mlltd head

as follow.

and very long tail.

CuMA

r~.

a preparatron

aloes, as fet down in the

OUISE, a tOWo of Fr.oee, in the provinee of Picardy,

London Difpenfatory.

Gtuated on the tÍver Oyfe: E. loog 3° 36', and N.

is made lhus : Take of 'fuecotrine aloes, four

I~t.

49° 55'.

ouoces; {lf water, aquan: boil the aloes till it

dif-

CUITAR, GUITAR R!, a

mur.c~1

inllrument of the

folved as moch as may be; and fe t all

for a oight:

Ilring.kind, wim fivc double rows of Ilrings, of whieh

the refin will

precipitated to lhe bOllomof Ihe vef-

.mofe that are bafs are io the middle, unlds il he for

fel; the liquor poured off .nd Ilrained, -beiog ·evapo-

me burden, an otlave

lO~'er

thao the fcurth.

rated, will have the

g~m.

The inteoticoof Ihis fepa-

This inItrameol lilas (¡rI! ufed io S,pain, and by tbe

rationof the refin,

to procure. in!he gum, a medicme

Itali.ns

lefs purgative, bUI moreagrceahleto lhe .Ilomaeh, lhan

GULA, or -GOL.!, in archite8ure, a wavy memher, the

the erude aloes.

contour ofwhieh referobles the leuer S. which the GU.MAMMONIA·C. See AlotMONMC·.

Greeks call cymatium, and Qur architeéls aa ogee. CUM ELEM

See E'LEM (,

"See .ARC HtTECTUUL

GUM GUAlACUM. See GtrAUCUM.

CULES, in heraldry figoifies lhe colou r red, which is GtrM LAceA. See L"CCA,

exprelfed io engraving by perpendicular lines falling GUMS, in anatomy, SeeANATO)! V, p. 30í .

fromthe top of the erchutcheon tO the bouom. See · CUN, alire arm, or weapoo of oft'ence, whieh forcibly

PIate

el.

fig. 6.

difcharges a ball, (bot, or other offeofive -malter., tbro'

is thc firll of all colCltrs in armory, and was foro

a eylindricll barrd, by meanl of guo·polllder. Se.

rnerly prohibited

be worn by any perron in his coat-

GUN·POWDEl..

armour, unlefs he IVere a peinee. or had a permillion

Gun is a general Dame, \Jnder ",hich are inc1uded

fromhim. T hia colour is afymbol of charity, valour.

divers or even moll {pecies of 6re-arm$. They

may

~od

geoerofity, and reprefenlS blood colour, aod tIue

be divided ioto greal and {mall.

{earlet.

Great guns, called alfo by \he general Dame CaD-

The Romaos, according to Spelman, painted tbe bo·

0005,

ma~e

what we alfo call ordinaoce, or artillery;

dies of their goda, and generals that triumpbed, with

under which ({lme rhe f..eral fom of canoons.

vermilioo ; and under Ihe eoofuls, their {oldiers were

as canoon·royal, demi-canoon,

be.

Culverioa, de-

ciad

red; hence called culTati. And we are told,

mi·culverins, fakers, miniBos, folcoos,

be.

See

tbat the Lacedemonians wor.. fcarlet. to prevent fee-

CANNON.

iog the bloO<! ill'ue from Iheir wouods. Thofe \IIho

Small guns inelude mufquets. mufquetoons, casa-

hear this culour are obliged tOrelieve fuch as are iD hines, bluoderbulfes, fowling·.pieces,

be.

See Mus-

danger of being opprelfed hy injuJlice.

Q..UET,

be.

CULL. See LARus

Pillols and mortars are .Imoll the

onl~

fort of regu-

GULPH, or CULF, in geography, a pan of theJea,

lar weapons, charged wilh ,gun·powder,

(h~t

are ex-

almol! furrounded by Iands, the gulph of Mexico,

eepted from the denominatioo of gaos. See PISTOL

gulphofVenice, of LyODS,

&e.

and MORTAR.

CUM, in pharmacy, aconereted veget.ble juice, whieh.

The .dvantage oflarge gllns, or caonons, over thofe

tranfudesthrough lhe bark of certaintrees, and hardens

of a fmaller bore, is generally

ockno~,ledged.

Robins

upoo the furfaee.

obfervcs, that this .dvantages arires frum feveral eir-

GUMARADIC. See

CU1Jl

AUDIC.

cumflances,

particul~r1y

in dillant cannonadiog. T)¡e

CUM SENErA, is a gunr extremely refembling gum ara·

dillaDce to \Vhieh larger bullm

\Vith the fame pro-

bic.

is brollght ro

liS

from the country throueh

ponion of powdcr, exceeds the flight of the fm aller

which the river Senega runs, in loofe or fingle drops,

ones. almoll in proportion to their diametm; fo that

bUl rhefe are much l.rger th,n thofe of Ihe gum arabie

a thin y two pouou fhot, for inOance, hting fomewhat

urually are; fontetimcs it is o( the bigoefs of an egg.

more Ihan fix ioehes in diameter, ood a nine pound Ibot

.nd lomelimes mllch larger: Ihe furface is very

rOIl~h.

but four inches; the

thirty. t ~·o

pound \ViII

near

or wrinkled, and appears much Icfs brirht than the in-

hal( as fae again as Ihal of nine pound, if bOlh pieees

nee fubll.nce, whcre the malfes

~re

brokeo.

has no

are fo elevated as to range to the (arthell dillance pof.

{mell, and fearce any tallt.

are not acquainted

fible Another and more inrpomnt auvantage of hcal'y

with the trce \Vhich produces it. The virtues of it

bullets is, that with lhe f.¡Ole velocity they break holes

~re

the f,me with the llum a"bic

but it is mcly ufed

In all folid bodb, in a weater proponion than' their

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