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SI. J OHS 'S , lhe name of 11\'0 e hriíli," fefliv¡ls,
one obCerl'ed on June .24, kepl in commemoralion of
lhe \\'onderful circllmnanc~s auenjing lhe birth of SI.
John lhe B_Pldl ; and lhe olher on De:. 27, in bo·
mlUr of SI. John lhe Evangelill.
SI. J OIlS'S \r ORT. See HVHR lCU M.
SI . JO HN' S, ingeography, one of lhe Philippine iDands,
fi lumd in 126° E. Ion. and 7" N lal.
SI. JOHN'S, is alCo all iDand in lhe bal' of Sl. Lawrence,
filumd nonh of New : W. Ion. 6So, N.
Ial 47°,
JOiNERY, lhe art of I\'orking in wood, or of filllng
\'arious pieces of limber logelher.
11 is called by Ihe French 1I:<fiuiflr¡<, q. d. fmall
work, 10 diDingui/h il from Clrpentry, \Vhich is cm·
ployed ahoul large and I,fs curious .
JOI T, iD ~eneral, denoles lhe junéture of 111'0 or more
things.
T he joinls of lhe hum]n body are called by analO·
mins arriculalioGs. See AS ATOMV, p. 149.
JOINTUR E, in 1.1W, generally figni'fies a fenlcment of
lands and lenemeOlS, made on a woman in confidera·
tion of marriage,
JOINVILLE, a 10IVn of Champaign, in France, fi lU'
aled on lbe river Mlrne: E. loo. SO 1S/, and N,
lar. 48° 27'.
JOISTS, or J oVSTS, in archireélure, rhoCe pieces of
ril1lbcr frJmed iOlOmegirders and Cummers, cn which
rhe boards of the Boor are Iaid.
JONAH, or Pr.phu, .1 JONAH, a canonical book of
rhe Old Tenament; in which il is relared, rhal Jonah
IVas ordered 10 So and prophecy rhe dearuaionof lhe
Nin«'ites; but lhal diCobedieotlyauempling a voyage
aoolher way, he was difcovered by rhe rifiog of a Cud·
den tempell, .nd caa ioro the Cea; \Vherehe I\'as CIVal·
lowed up by a whale, which, having lodged him tlH ee
days and lhrce nighrs in his belly, diCgo,ged him upon
the /hore; Ivhcreupon being fenfible of his paa danger
aod Curprifing deliverance, he berook himfelf 10 rhe
journey anJ embaffy 10 which he was appointed; and
arriring ar Nioel'eh, rhe metropolis of Affyria, he,
accorJing to his commiflion, boldly laid open tO lhe
inhabilants lheir fi ns and r)1iCcarriages, and prClclaim.
cd rheir Cudden ovenhrow ; tlpon which lhe ..hole ei·
ty, by prayer and faning. 20d a Cpeedy repenrance,
happily averted rhe divine vengeanee, and &Jped rhe
rhrearcned ruin.
ION!.\ , anciendy w~s a province (.f lhe Leffer Afia, or
NdlOlia, bour,ded by Etolia on lhe nonh, Lydid 00
the ea a, Caria 00 Ihe fOUlh, 2nd lhe Archipddgn 00
rhe IVea.
IONIC ORDER. Sec ARCHITECTU RE , p. 352,
IONle DI ALEC T, ingml1mar, a m.nncr of Cp<alting pe–
luliar 10 lhe peoplc of Icnia.
p S
removed his fchnol from Afia 10 Athens, where Sn–
crare~ w¡s his fcholar, It was lhe d,ninguifhing lenet
of. rhls feél, thar wmr was lhe principIe of ,11 nalural
1hlng5.
JONK, or JONQ..UE, in na~al alfdi rs, is a kind of fm all
fllip, very cammon in rhe Ean lodies: lheCe \" ffdJ
are aboul the bignefs of our fly· boalS; and difftr in
lhe form of rheir building, according 10 lhe d,ffcrenl
merhods of naval archireélure uCeu by lhe Dalions 10
which rhey belong. T heir Cails are frequently made
of InalS, and lhcir anchors are made of IVood.
j OSHUA, a canollical book oflhe Old Tcltdmenr, con–
laining a hiaory of lhe IVars 2nd tranf:l.'lions of rhe
p:rCon. whoCe name it bws. T his book may be di·
vldcd lOrO lhree pms; the Gra of whieh is a hiaory
of ¡he conquea of rhe land of C.naan· the Cecond
which begins at rhe lwelflh chapter, is'a d&riplio~
of Ihat country, and lhe dil'ifion of ir amoog lhe rribes.
and the third, compriCcd in rhe llVO lan chaplers, con:
talOS lhe renewal of lhe cO'lenanl he cauCed lhe ¡Crae·
lires ro make, and lhe death of lheir viétorious leader~
and governor. The whole comprehends a teml of
feventeeo, or, according 10 orhers, of twenry·Ctvcn
years.
JOURNAL, or DAv' Bo oK, Se< Boog KEE PINC , p,
S83
j OURSAL, al Cea, See NAVI GA TIO~ .
] OURSAL is alfo a name common for weekly etfays.
neIVS'p'pers, 6e. as rhe Gray's loo Journal, rhe
Weaminfler Journ.l, Ihe Edinburgh Weckly Journal,cre.
jOURNEYMAN, properly ooe \Vho works by lhe day
only; but it is now uCed for , ny one \Vho \Vorks un·
der a maaer, eilher by lhe day, lhe year, or Ihe pieee.
IPECACUANHA, in lhe maleria medica, aWefl·indi·
an rOOI, ofwhich rhere are 1\1/0 kinds, difiioguiflled by
their eolour, .nd broughr from dilferent pla=es, bUl
borh poffelfing rhe Came ,inues, rhough in a dilFereot
degree. T he one is grey, and broughr Crom Peru ; rlJe
olher is browo, and is broughl from lhe Brazils : and
lhefe are indifferently fenl illlo Europe undtr lhegene ·
ral oame of ipccacuanha.
Thefe r\Vo Com have beco by Come CuppoCed to be
the rOOIS of llVO difi': renl planls: tUl lhis js a miOake;
lhe only difference is, lhat one groll s in a dilferent
place, and in a richer aod moiaer foil, aod is bener
fupplied wirh ju'ces lhan lhe orher.
Ipecacu,nha is ,n excellent, mild, and Cafe emelic ;
it is alCo a noble reOringenl; and, giren in clofes ro~
CmalJ ro "oOlir, is lhe grealdl of aJl remedies for a
dyCentery. SmaJl doC(s of ipecacua nha , are :10 excel·
lenr remedy in diarrhreas ofamorelimpIe1.ind; ,nd in
the Ruor albus \Ve hardly kno\V a bCller medicine.
IPOMA::t\, in hOlany, a genus of lhe penland,ia mono·
g\'nia cla(s. The coroJla is fUllncllh;,ped ; lhe fl ylul
is globular; and ,he capCule has lhae cdls. Tl,ere
are eighlcen Cpeci,s, none of lhcOl "es of nlllaio,
IPS\V ICH, a bOlOughantl pon IOwn O( SIIff'U!l:, (¡1lI31CU
on lhe liver Olwd, l\l el1ly.four "HI,s Cuulh ¡.n of
n uy.
lt C<oels t\VO :;¡em~m 10 padiJn1ent.
l os lc srCT ~as rhe fira of lhe aneient feas of philoCo.
phers; lhe Olhers werc lhe Ilalie and Elealic, The
founder of rhis C=él was Thales, who, being analil'e of
Milerus in lonia, oecaficned his CollO\l'crs 10 .ffume
the appcl!'lion of Iunie: Thales was CucecedLd hy
An~ximandu, and he by Anar.imenes, hOlh of Mile·
IUl; Anaxagom Clazomenius fuccc¡o,:d lhun, 2nd
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