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RORTACILERS, in
th~
grano f,ignior's COllrt, up'
holllerers, or
I~pcllry. hangm.
The grand feignior
has conflantly four hundrcd in his rctinue \IIhen he is
in the camp : thefe go ?llIIays a
J.ly's journey before
him, 10 fix upon a propcr place for his teot, which
th~y
prepare firll ; aod af¡myards thofe of the oflicers,
according .to theil' raok.
}lORTULANUS. in ornithology. Sfe E.1BERIZA.
HORTUS SlCCUS, a DRV ' GUnEN, an appellation
given tOa colletliOll
0('
fpecimens of plaots, carefully
dried and preferved.
I
Take a fpecimen of a plant in Aower, Qnd wilh it
ooe of its bOltom.leam, if it have any; bruife the
i1alk, ir tOO rigid; Oit it, if too thick ; fpreRd out the
leaves and Bowers on paper
i
cover the whole with
more paper, aod laya weight
over
all. At the eod of
eighteen hours take out the plaot!, nolV perfetlly Bat·
too
i
lay Ihem on abed ofdry common faod
i
fift OTer
Ihem more dry f. nd, to Ihe deplh of tWO inches, and
Ihus Jet Ihero lie about<threeweeks: Ihe Icfs fucculent
dry much fooner, bUI ¡hey talle 00 harm afterwards.
If the
Boor
of a
garret.becomed in rpring with fand
two ioches
dee~,
leaving fpace for walking 10 Ihe fe–
veral pans, il will receive the colleélioo of a whole
fummer, the coveriog
of
(¡od beiog fifled over every
paree! as laid io. They oecd 00 fanher me, from
the lime of Jayiog them, till they are takeo up to be
iluck on papero The cemenl o(ed is afolulioo of gum–
.rabie in water.
PJaots may be dried very well withont (and, by on·
Iy putting Ihem frequently inlo frelh quire¡ of paper,
or a few by only prdling Ihembetween Ihe lems of a
book
i
bUI Ihe (and·melhod preferves Ihe eolour ben,
aod is donewilh leall trouble.
ROSANNA. aHebrew word. fignifying
Sav~
n..u.
or
Sav~,
we btfm6
Ihu
i
from thefrequenl ufe
oi
whi~h.
during Ihe (can of tabernacles. the whole folemnny
got the appellalion of
Ho/anna lIabhi.
ROS.EA,acanonical book of Ihe Old Tellament, focall–
ed from Ihe prophet of Ihal name. its aothor. who was
tbe foo of Beti. and Ihe fidl of tbe Iclfer prophets.
He lived in the kingdom of Samaria, and delivered
his prophecies under tIle reign of Jeroboam
11.
and
his fucceffors. kings of ¡Crael; and under Ihe reigns of
Uzziah, Jo:ham, AJ,az, and Rezekiah, kings of Ju·
.dab. His principal de(¡gn is
10
publilh Ih e groCs ido–
Jalries of lhe people of Ifrael and Judah. 10 denounce
the divine vengeance again'l them, and tO Corml the
uplivity in Affyria.
HOST, denoles either a perCon who enlenains another,
or Ihe perCon fo enlertained; but il is now generally u–
fed in lhe firll of Ihefe CeoCes.
HosT, in Ihe church of Rome, a name given 10 lhe e–
Jemenls ufed in the eueharill, or' ralher 10 Ihe conCe.
ctmd wafer ; which lhey preteod
10
ofler up eve·
ry day, a new holl 01' Cacrifice. for tbe fios of mano
kind.
They pay adoration
10
the horl, upon
a
f~lf,
prP–
fumption thal Ihe e1emenu are no longer bread ,nd
wine, but IranCubOanlialed into the real body and blood
of
ebrill. See TRANSUUSTANTlATlON.
HOSTAGE.
a
perfon given up 10
ah
enemy
~s
a temi–
ty for the performaoceof Ihe
mic1~
of a Ireaty.
ROT' BED', in gardening. beds made
wit~
fr,lh horCe.
dung, or lanner's bark, and covered wilb glaff,s
10
defend lhem from cold wiods.
HOTTONIA, WATER·VIOLET. in bOlaoy, ., geou!
of lhe penlandria monogynia clafs. The oorolla is
Ihaped like ajug ; the Ilamina are fixed lO the lube of
lhe coroll.; and the capfule has but ooe eell. There
are twOCpecies, nooe of Ihem natives ofBritain.
ROVINGHAM,
a
markel-IolVn of Ihe
e.tIriding of
Yorklhire. feventeeomiles nonb·ean of York.
HOULSWORTHY,
a
market·lowo of Devonrhire,
Ihirly·eight miles oorth·wetl of Exeler.
HOUND. See CAN IS.
HOUR. in chrooology, an a1iquot part ofa oalural dav,
ufuallya 24th, fomélimes a 12th. See
ASTRONOM~,
DIALINC . CSOGRAPHY .
ROUSE. a habimion, or place buill wilh conveoienciu
for dwelling in. See ARCHITECTUU.
ROUSE, in atlrology, denom tbe Iwelfth part of tbe
heaveos.
HOUSTONIA. in bOlany, a genus of Ihe letraodriJ–
monogynia claCs. The corolla confitls of one bell·
Ihaped petal
i
and the Ceeds are
two,
.nd Currowed.
There are IWO. fpecies, none of Ihem n.tives of Bn–
tain.
HOY. in naval archileélure. a Cma'll veffel. 61led only
with one mano
ROYE. a 10wo of Wenpbalia, capilal ofatounly ofthe
fame name, and Cubjétl to the e!etlor of Hanom:
E.
long.
9°.
N. lat.
53° 5'.
HUDSON's
BA
y .
a large mediterraoean Ceaof nonh
'A–
merica.
fituate~
between
5
tO .nd
63°
uf N. Jal. and
of unequal breath from 130 10
35
leaguel.
RUDSON 'S
jlrdgh/J.
giving entrance ioto Hudfon's bay,
Jie between
65"
and
75°
of
W.
Jon.
HUDsoN 's
rivrr,
riCes nC1!r the lake Champlain. iR
Canada, and f. lIs into the Allantic, a little below the
city of New· York .
RUE ANO CR Y, jn
I~w.
the rutCuit of a perfon who has
committed felGny 00 the highway.
HUECLY.
a
large town in the EaOIndics. frtuated on
an ifland in Ihe moll wetlerly braneh of lhe river C.o·
gel, in lhe pro,inee of Bengal: E. long. 87' N.
1<1.23'·
RUETTE. a city of Spain,
in
Ihe provinee of New
Caflile, '¡¡xty.fevenmiles eall of Madrid :
W.
Ion.
2'
4
¡'.
N.
la!.
4
0•
35'·
RUG UENOTS, a.name given bywayofcootempl 10 the
Calvinills of France.
The name had il! riCe in Ihe ym
I
¡6~:
bOl au–
lhol! are nOt Rgreed as lO its origino
The mol! pIAU–
fiblt. opioion, however, is
Mm
of Par'luier, who ob·
Cerve~,
Ihat at TOllrs, the place ",here Ihey wae
firlt ·
lhus uenominatcd, the people had
~
nOlion. thal a. ·
apparition or hobgoblin, c.lled king HugM, tlrollcJ
ahollt
Ihe Oreets in the nighl.time: from whence
¡ S
thoCe of the reformed religion met chieOy in
Ih~
nighl
to pray,
,be.
Ihey calleo them Hugllcnotl, Ihat iS. lhe
direiplesof kingHugon.
HULKS,