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Qnd tarned aboat. When this is done, one man mun

go down iotu the bag, and, while another calls io the

ho~s,

he mull trcad them down equally every way

\Vilh his {eet; wheo the bag is io this maooer filled,

it is to be ripped from the hoop, aod fewed ,up, lea·

viog t\Vo ufrds at the coroers, as at the bonom. A

bag of hops thus prepared, may be kcpt for fcveral years

iD a dry place.

The tops of this plaot, being of a cooliog quality,

are emn, when boiled, as an emollieot. Adecoétion

af hop.flolVers is alfo accounted an aotidote againn poi.

foo, aod cures the itch, as well as the fyrup thereof,

and is eneemed exceUent in choleric aod penilenlial

fever!. T he heads aod lendrils are good io the fcurvy

aod mon cutaneous difeafes. Juleps aod apozems are

alfo prepared \Vith.hops for hypochondriacal aod hyne.

rical a[eétions, and tO promote tbe meofes: but tbe

chief ufe of tbis plant coofins in prefmiog beer and

other malt.liquors (io which the fiower of Ihis plant

is a principal iogredient) from turniog fOIVr, aod reno

deriog it wholelome and grmful tO the taHe,

&c.

HORD, in geography, is ufed for a compaoy of \Van,

dering people, which have 00 fettled babitation, but

IIroll about, dIVeUiog in waggoos, or under teots, tO

be ready to filift as foon as tbe herbage, fruit, and the

prefent province is eaten bare: fuch are feveral tribes

of the Tartars, particularly thofe who inhabit beyood

the Wolga, io the kingdom of Anracan and Bulgaria.

HORDEUM, BARLEY, io botaoy, a geous of the

triaodria digyoia clafs. The iovolucrum confins of

fix leaves, and contains three fiolVers. There are

eight fpecies, only one of which,

viz.

the murinum,

or waU.barley.grafs, is a native of Br:taio. The

Da'

tive place of the vulgare, or common blrley.cultivated

in nur fields, is oot knolVn. For theculture,

&.c.

co:nmon barley, fee AGRlCVLTUR E, p. 61.

I:lORDlCALIA, or HORDICIDIA, in ant;qu:ty, a reli·

,g'

ous feall held among the Romaus, wherein they fa.

crificed ca!tle big wilh young. This feall feU 00 April

15.

on which day they facrificedrhirtX cows with calf

to the goddefs. T eUus. or the Eanh ; pUl of them

wm facrificed inthe templeof Jupiter. Thecalves

tao

keD OUt of their beUies were hurDt toafiles at firll by the

H O R

pontifices, afterw.rds by the clden of the vellal virgins.

HOREHOUND, BALLOTA, STACHYS, in botany.

See MARUBIUM .

HO.RIZO~,

in .

~lIronqmy

and geography, that greal

clrde wlllch diVides theheavens and the earth into twO

equal pam, or hemifpheres, diOinguilhing the upper

from the 10\Yer. See

~STRONO~tY

and GEOGRU"

HORIZONTAL, fomethmg relattng to the horizon . or

that is taken io, or 00 a level with the horizo n : thui

\Ve fay, ao horizontal pláne,

&c.

HORMI~UM,

CLAR:, iD botany, a genus of the di.

dynanllagymnofpermla dafs. The calix is bell.lhaped

with four . oearly equal fegments, and a fifth large;

and emarglnated; and the upper labium of the corolla

is concave. There are t\Yo fpeciel, DODe of them na–

tives of Britain.

HORN, a hard fubOance

growi~g

on the heads of di.

I'ers animal.,

p~rticularly

the cloven·footed quadru.

peds; aod fervlOg them both as weapODs of offeoce

and defente.

HOON ' BEAM, in botany. See CARPINU.S.

HORN' I\ORK , in fonification, an olÍt'v;ork compofed

of t\Yo demi·ballioos, jpioed by a cuniD, Sce fORo

TIFICATION.

HORNET, in zoology. Set

AplS.

HORNI~G,.

S~Ots

!aw, a writing ilTuiog,from the

fignet,

hlsMaJeOy s oame, at theioOaoceof a credi.

tor

agai~n.

his

debto~,

co.mmaodiog hilt to pay or per–

form \Yuhlo a cmalO ttme. See DENUNCJATION.

- and LAw, tit. tl.

§.

13. 14,

HORNSEY, a market·

towD.of

the ean ridingof York•.

Ihire, thirty·fivemiles ea¡¡-of York.

HOROGRAPHY. See DIALLINO.

HOROl!OGIUM, a general name for iollrumeots to

meafure the hours, as a watcb, clock, dial,

6c,

SeCo

WATCH .

HOROSCOPE, in aOrolo&y, is the degree of the af

cendent, or the llar that rifes aboye·the horizon at a

cenain moment, which is obferved iD order to predia

fome futore event, as the fucecfs of a defign, the foro

tune of a. perCon who \Yas at tira! ¡nllaDt boro,

Óc.

HORSE, ID zoologr. See-EQ..uus.

Or, The

Art

of Riding, and of Training and' Managing

HORS'ES,

The melhod

prrp-aring horln loh, mounld.

HOUGH al! horfcs are generally bought at ao ase

whcn they have already been batkeu, Ihey Ih&uld

beobegun aod prepared for the rider \Yilh Ihe fame care,

~otlenef.

and caution, as if Ihey had never baen handled

or backed, iD order tO prevent accidents, whith might

tlre arife from Ikinilhnefs or other caufes: and as it is

,,"oper tbat lhcy tbould be taullht the 6&ure of!he ground

t1lty

are to go upon, when they are at 6rll mouOIed

they Ihould be previouny trotted iD a

IOllge

00 cireles'

without 30y one upon them.

T-he mOUlner of doing this is al follows: Put -<lD eafy

cav,lIon

upon thehorfe', nofe, aod make bim go forward,

round you,

O~ndin~

quietoand holding Ihe

lonl';

and let

another mano Ir you find It occell'ary, follow

~im

with a.

whip. AU this mull be done very gently, and bUI a liule

at a time: for more horfes are fpoilt by overomuch

work, than by any olher treatmeQt whatevcr

and that