1000000030

Il F,

Selk, Ihimcn Olilts foulh·cafl of C¿OIbrAY, E. loog.

,·25', N. lal. ¡0°

6'.

CIIATTEAU DAUPIIINE, a fonr& Glualed 00 Ihe froo–

licrs of P,edOlnnt, io Ihe prol'ioee of D.wphioe. blll

yidded 10 Ihe kiog of Sardioia: E. loog. 6° 40', N.

laI41°30'.

CHA1TF.LS

, in law, al! fons of goocls moveable and

iOllnol'~ablc,

elleepl fueh as are in Ihe oalure of free–

hold.

CH ,\lT[G .\ N, a pon·lolVo of [odia, io Ihe provioee

l3~og.l,

filualtd al Ihe mnulh of Ihe mol! taflerly

brandl of Ihe Gang' s, fubjeél lOIheMogul :

-E:

long.

QIO. N. lal. 23°.

CHA1T[LLON, a 10IVn of RlIrgundy in Franee, aholll

»xleen miles foulh-we!l of Geneva: E. long. ¡ ° 40"

N. I'l

46° 16'.

CH ATTII.LON is likewife Ihe name offevera[ olher IGwns

of F,ance, filomd opon Ihe InJre, Ihe Loiog, Ihe

LOlfe, Ihe

~[arne,

Ihe Saone,

&e.

CHAUMONT, Ihe oame oflll'O 10IVOSin Fraoee; Ihe

oo~

fil uattd io Ihe iO. of Fraoco, Ihiny miles nonh·

wen of Paris,

loog. 2°,

[al. 49° 18' ;

lh~

Iher fitll'led 00 Ihe river Marne, io Ihe provioee of

C'h. mp.igo, E.loog. ¡o 15', N.lal. 48° 12'.

C'H WSETItAPE Sce CAt.TROP.

CHEADLE, a markel'lolI'O of SI,lIfordfhire, leo miles

oonh·c<f1 of S..fFord :

loog. 2°, N. lal. 53°.

CH EA~PEA K ·BA Y ,

a large.frith or "m of Ihe fea,

wbich runs up abolll lh,ee hundred miles inlo lhe

eOllntry uelweeo Virginia aod

~[3rybod,

io Nonh

Amenea: [1 is o"igdb[e a[moll

al!

Ihe way for Iarge

Ihips; heing abouI. twenly miles broad al lhe eOlrance

bel",een Charles·cape aod Cape. Henry, aod betweeo

lwenty aod lhiny miles broad aflerw"ds.

See

CHARLES·CAPE.

CHECAY.~,

in T urkifh alfai", Ihe r.:cond ofli cer of lhe

ianizaries, who

eornman~s

them under lhe aga, .nd

is olherwife eaUeo

p" '"gero.

Thm is alfo a ehecaya of lhe lreafury, fiables,

kilcheo,

be.

Ihe word fignifying as mueh as lieulenanl,

or [he fecond io aoy oRiee.

CH ECK, or CHECK· ROLL. a roll or book, whereio is

cootained lhe names of fueh perfoos as are amodants

and 10 pay 10 lhe kiog, or olher greal perfonages, as

Ihm houlchold lervaolS.

eltrR

01 11"

CHECK, in lhe king's houfehold, has lhe

check and eootrOlllmeol of lhe )'comen 01' the guard,

aod all lite unle" be[ongiog

Ihe royal family, al·

lowiog their abfeoee or

def~éls

io attCnJ.oee. or di

miniOliog lheir wages for the fitme,

&c.

I[e alfo, by

himli:lf or depuly, lakes Ihe vielV 01' Ihofe Ihal are la

watch io lhe cou n.and has Ihe fcttiogof lhe walch,

6c.

C/'rRDI ,he

CH ECK, io Ihe king's navy al Plyn"'"lh , is

alto lhe o@e of an unieer inl clleJ with Ihe [ike

power.

CH ECK, io falconry, a term ufed of a hlWk ",heo Ole

forf.,krs her proper game, tO lIie at pyes, erow!, rooks,

or lhe hke, lhal erofs her io her flighl.

CH ECKY, io hmldlY, is ",hlo lhe Olield, or a pan

lhereof, " a borc[ure,

te.

chequ~red,

or divided

ioto ehe<luers or fquares, in lhe maooer 01' a ehefs·

uoard .

VOL.

Il,

NUOlb.32.

T ilis is one of tbe mnfi noble and mol! aneient

r..

gures ufed in armory; aod

eenain aulitOr fai ,h, lhal it

ollght

b:!

gi w:n tOnOI)!!

but

gr::u u.arriors, in lOkcn

01 lhm br,lvlfy:

ro<

Ihe ehcfs·hoard

rcprefent~

~elJ

of ba,de; aoo lhe pawns of meo, plaeed on b"ln

hdes, reprefeol Ihe fo[diers of the IWOarmies, ",hieh

move, attaek, advanee, or relire, aeeording lO lhe

",iUof lhe gamdlers, who are Ihe gcnerals.

This

h~ure

is alwAyS eompofed of melal and eo[our :

BUl foltte aUlho" wou[d havc il reekoneJ among

lh~

fev"al fons of fu" .

CHEEK, iD aoalomy, lhal pan of Ihe faee filualed be–

low the eyes, 00 eaeh r.ele. See p. 30 ¡.

CHEESE, a fon

01'

food, prepared of e.urdled milk,

purged from Ihe lerultt or whey, aod aflerwarJs drieJ

for ufe.

Phyr.eians eondemn the too free ufe of eheefe, by

reafon it loads Ihe f10maeh when new, aod beats aod

ioflames ",heo old.

Every eounJry has ils places oOled for lhis eommo–

dily: Thus Chener aod Gloueefier-eheefe are famolls

in Englaod ; and lhe Pa¡mefao eheefe is in no ler.,

repute abroad, efpecially io Fraoce. T his fon of

checfe is cotirely made of fweel eow's mi[k:

H",

Rochfon io Langucdoe, dley make cheefe of elVe's

. mdk; and io olhe, plam,

is ufual lOadd goal or

ewe's milk, in ncertain proportion,

that of

cowls.

Thcre is [ikewife a kiod of medicmd eheefc,

made by inlimm[y mixing Ihe expreOcd iuice of

eenaio herbs, as fage, baum, minI,

6c.

"ilh the

eurd, before il is fafhioned iOlo a

ehecf.~.

The

ICO

weighl of cheefe pays on imponatioo,

s. 3r",d. aod

dralVs back, on exponalioo, l

I ~d,

al lhe rale of

6s.

d. 'fhe cheefe of Ircland is prohibileJ lO

h«

imported.

CH EESE' RUNNE T, io !,olany. See GALL lUM .

CHEGFORD, a markel·lowo of DevonOtire, about

tI"'leeo miles wdl of Exetcr :

loog.

4°, N.

[.1.

¡0° 40'.

CHEIRANTHUS, io bOlJny, a geousof the lel"dyna.

mia filiquof. cI,fs. The germeo has letlh·like g[ands

e.eh

fide; thecalix is clofe, .nd

ClInr.Os

of llVO fm, 1I

leal'es, gibbous al lhe baCe ; aoJ lhe fads are plain.

'!'IIere are thineen fpeeics, ooly IWO of which are oa,

lives of Hrilaio,

"~izo

tite eheiri, wall flower, or

lVild ehei r; and lhe trieufpidalus, or fea /lock.gilly'

ROlVer. The [eaves of the waU-flower are I:"d

eordia[, anodyoe, aperieol, .nd entmro.gogue ; but

are wholly ocgldtcd in praéliee.

CHEKAO, a kiud

01'

patle prepared by e:dcinalion and

uilu ralioo froll! a har.! /lony fubllanre, and "fterwarJs

wanling lhe powder in largc qua,"ities of fm ,,"er.

The

C~in,.re

ufe lhe cháao io drall'ing Ihe d

eg.nl

r.gures lVe fee in Ihe wholly while china·warc. wh:rh

they afterll'ards varoiOI in lhe eommoo "'.y. See

C.HINA·WARE .

CII EKA [ ~[,

a vrovinee of China, bounded by lhal Or

Nank, o on

th~

oOrlh. aod by the ocedr 00 the edlt.

CHEL.'ECA CROItU!lI, in Ihe maleri.

med.ea

. S<e

CRAij'S eLAW ' .

CHF.LlDONIUM, io bOlany, a genus of the pol",n-

Jria monog)'nia clafs. Thc eorolla has four pm " ;

I,'e