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bJbility was born Jt Babylon, from whenee he return–

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H:\GENAU, a fortilied tOIVn ofGermaoy, in the Land–

¡;raviate of AIf.1cc: E. long. 7° 40', N. ln. 48° 4¡"

HAGUE, a tolVn of the UllIted Provioees, io the pro·

vinee of I1ollanJ, útuated tlVO miles ea(l of Ihe Cea,

aod [ourteen nonh-lVe(l of Rotterdam. Thi, is ooe of

the fine/l towos io Europe

but though it eojoys aU

the privileges of

eity of Holland, execpt that of

fcnding repreCeutatives to the (late, yel, as it has 00

\VaUs. it is only e(leemed a viUage. Here every cily

of Ihe United pruvioees has a houCe for their reCpeétive

depulies, aod here the Ilates of the provinee of Hol·

land .lremble, 3nd all publie a!Tairs are tranCaé!cd.

HAlL, io phyfiology, an aqueous eoneretion, in form

of IVhite or pellucid Cphcrules, deCeeodiDg out of the

almofphere.

llail is evidendy no other thao drops of rain eoo–

gealed iOloiee. This happens \Vben in their palrage thro'

Ihe inferior air, they mcet with nitrous parricles,

\Vhieh are koown to cootribute greatly to freeziog.

Their magnitude is owing to a frefh aeeefúon of mat–

ter as they pafs along . Henee we fee the

rt~fon

why

hail is fo frequeot in fummer, beeaufe at that

ti.me

greater quantities of nitre are exhaled fram the eanh,

and lIo.t up and down the airo See RAIN and FRosT.

HAIMSUCKEN, in SeolS law, the alraulting or beat–

. ing a ruan in his own houCe. See Scon LAW, tide

33·

HAIR, flender, oblong. and flexible filaments, growiog

out of the pores of animals, and ferving moll of them

as a eovering. See

ATOM

Y, p. 256.

HAKE, io iehthyology. See GADus.

HALIlERSTAT, a eity of Germany, in the eirele of

Upper Saxony, tbe capital of the duehy of the fame

Dame; fubjeé! to the king of Prufúa,

loog.

° 6',

N. lat. 51°15'.

HALCRYPTlUM, a Dame given by Dr HiU to lbe falt

fuCpended in a fluid form , and in very fmall quantities

in mineral waters, fearee diCeemable by the talle, and

wilb much difliculty Ceparab!e from them.

HALCYON, io ornithology, a name given by the ano

eients 10 the alcedo, or kings.fifher. See ALCEDO.

HueyoNDAYS, in aotiquity, a name given to feven

days befare and as many after lbe winter·Colnice

mfon the halyeon, invited by the ealmnefs of the

weather, laid its eggs in neíls'build in the rocks, elofe

by the brink of the fea, at thi, feafon.

BALE, in the fea.language, fignifies pull

as,

to hale up,

i, to pull up

tO hale in or out, is tO pull in or OUt.

over·hale a rope. is to hale it too ni!T, or tO

h.le

it the contrary way.

K"I-HALE. See DUCKING.

HALEM, a lown of !he Aunrian Netherlands, in lhe

pro.inee of BrabJn!, tweoly·five miles wd! of !lIae(l.

rieht: E long. 5"

5',

N. lat. 51° 5'–

HALESWORTIl, a market tOl'ln of Sulfulk, thiny-

five miles e.í! of Bury: E.long.

l °

40', N.lat.

0'.

IHLF·BLOOD, in law, i, whm aman mmies a

Ce·

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eond wife, the fir(l being dead, anJ by the firfl rrnter

has a Con,

~Oll

by hi! feeond

v~nler

has likewife a

(~n,

the t\Vo bruthcrs, in this eafe, are but of half blood.

HALF'MERK,

noble, or

s. 8d.

HALF

MOO N, in fonifieation, an out\Vork eompofed of

t\Vo

faces, forming a faliant angle, whofe gorge

form of a ereCeent, or half moon; whenee the name.

Sce FORTlFleATloN.

HALl JETUS, in ornithology. See FAL co.

HALIOTIS, the EAR-S HS LL, a genus of in(clls be–

longing to Ihe order of Vermes tenacea. This is an

animal of the Cnail·kind, \Vith an open fhell refembling

an ear. T/me are [even fpeeies, dillingudhed by the

hEure of their fhells.

HALL, in geography, a town of Germany, in the eirele

of Aunria, and eounty of Tyrol , fituated fix miles

no~th-can

of Infpruek: E.long. 11° 28',

lat. 47°

IS ·

HALL is alCo a tOIVn of the Aullrian Netherlands io the

provinee of Ilrahant, Ceven miles fouth of BruíTe\s:

E. 10nE' 4° 10', N. ht. 50° 50'.

HALL is alfo a city of GerOlany. in the eirele of Upper

Saxony, in Ihe capilY of a duehy fituated ·on the river

Sala, fubjeét to the kiog of Pruffi a: E. long. 12° S',

N. lat. 51° 35'.

HALL is alfo a town of Germany, io the eirele of Swa–

bia, tIVenty miles ean of Hailbron

being an imperial

eity, or fovereign Ilate : E. loog. 9° 45', N. lat. 49'

20.

HALLAGE, afee or toll paid for eloth brought to be

fold in Blaekwell·hall. London.

HALLAMASS. See ALL,SAINn.

HALLELU

A, a word fignifying, praífc the Lord.

The finging halleluja was a fort of invitatory, or

eall to eaeh other, to praife the Lord.

St Aunin fays, lbat io fome ehurches, it IVas fung

ooly on Eaner.day, and the fifty day' of Pentecoll

but that even in thofe ehurehes where it was mo(l in

ufe, it IVas never uCed in the time of lent.

HALLEN, a towo of the Aullrian Netherlands, in the

provinee of Brabant: E. long.

5°,

N. lat. 50u

55'.

HALLEIN, a tOIVn of Germany, io the arehbifhoprie

of Saltzburg : E. loog. 13°

6',

N. lat. 47" 36'.

HALLER, a town in the Netherlands, in the provioee

of Brabaot : E. long. 5°, N. la!. 50° 40'.

HALLEfUA, in botany a genus of thedidynamia

~neio

fpermia clafs. The ealix has three Cegmenls, and the

eoralla four, the filaments are looger than the coralla;

and the berr)' has two eells. There is but ene fpeeie"

n~tive

of JEthiopia.

HALLIF.~X.

a large market 10IVn in the IVe(l riding of

of York/hire. thiny.four miles foulh'lVe(l of York:

W .

lonr,. 1° 40'; N. la!. 53 ° 45'-

HALMSTAT, a pon-town of GOlhland in Sweden,

eigh ty miles fouth of Gonenberg : E. long. 13 ° 5',

Id!. S6° 45'·

HALO, ameteor in thc form of a luminou! rine or eircle,

of various eolotlrs,

~ppearing

round the budic! of the

flln, muon, or Ilars.

COlletrninr, the prodltétion

halos, Sir IraacNe\r–

ton intimates, tha!

th~y

,Ir,

forru,d

by.

the lir,ht

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whieh