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l..ANGUED, in heralJry, exprelfes Cuch aoimals whore

tongue apppearing OUt of the mouth, is boroe al a differ–

eot colour from that of the body_

LANGUEDQC, a province oC' France, bounded by

Lionois, on the north ¡ by the river Rhone, which di–

vides it from Dauphine and Pro"eoce, on the eafl; by

the Mediterraoeao and the the Pyrenees, on the

Couth; and by Gni:nne nnd'Cabny, on the wefl_

LANGUOR, among phyficians, fignifies great we. knefs

and lofs of nrength, atlcllded with adeje,'lion of mind;

fo that the patieots can Ccarce walk, or evcn fiaod up–

right, but are apt tO faint away,

LANIGEROUS, an appdlation given tO whatever bem

wool.

LANlUS, the DUTCHER-BtRO, in oroíthology, a ge–

nus be!onging tO the order of accipirres; the charac–

ters of which are thefe: The beak is Comewhat Ilrait,

with a tooth 00 cach fide towards the apcx, and na–

ked at the baCe; aod the tongue is lacerated, There

are twenty fix Cpecies, difiinguifhed by the fhape of the

lail, and colour,

1-ANNIERS, or LAMNtARO S, in a fhip, are fmaJl

ropes reeved into the dead-man's.eyes of- all fhrowds,

either tO nacken themor fet them taught : lhe nays of

aJl mans are alfo fet taught by lanoien.

LANTANA, in botany, a genus of the didynimia an–

giofpermia clafs_ The calix confins of four obColtte

twh; and the drupa has two cells. There are Ceven

Cpecies, none of them natives al Britaio.

LANUGO, the Coft down of plants, like thal growing

on the fruit of the peach·tree.

LANZO, a town al [¡aly, in the territory of Piedmonr,

fituated fifteen miles north of Turio,

LAODlCEA, an ancient city of the lerrer AGa, htuated

ean of

Eph~rus,

now in ruina,

LAON, a city of France, in the

pro~ince

of ¡he lOe of

Fraoce, htuated inE_long_ 3° 45, lat, 49 37.

LAOS, a country of the farther lodia in Afia, bounded

by China on lhe north; by Tooquin, on the ean; by

Siamand Cambodia, on the fouth; and Ava and

Pe–

gu, on the wcfL

LAPATHUM, in bonny. See RUME X_

LAPIDARY, an artificer, who CUtS precioul fioncs_

L A Il

T he

al'!

of cutting prerions nunes il of great anti–

quity. Thc Frcnch, rho'Jgh they fell into il but late–

Iy, have notwithilanding emied this ' art to a very

gr~Jt perf~';l'ntl,

but not '" any degret Cuperior to

th~

En_~I:lh_

There are variolls machioes employeJ in lhe cutting

of p' ecious flanes, according to their quality: th: dia–

mond, whieh is extrcmdy hard, is CUt on a wheel of

Coft neer, turned by a mili, with diamond-dufl, rem–

pered with olife-oil, which alCo Cenes to polifh it.

The defcription of the diamond-cutter's wh:el or

mili, astepr&nted in PIate CII

lig_7. is as follows:

is th: pincers ¡

the fcrew of the p,"cers;

th:

fhel l that wrics the manic and the diamond;

the

mailic that foftcns the diamond at the codof the fhell¡

(, the diamond prcfentc.! to the wheel, to be CUt fa–

cetwire;

the iron-wheel turning 00 its pivot;

iron-pegs, tO fix and keepthe pincers fieady;

finall

pigs pf leadof diffcrent weights, wherewith the pincers

are loaded at pleafuretO keep them fieady;

a wood–

en wheel ¡

the axis of the wheel.

is bended and

makes an elbow

und.er

the wheel, to receive the im–

pulGon of a har that does the ollice of a turning han–

die; /, the Cale, or Cquare piecc of neel, wherein the

pi"ot of the tree or axis mOl'es;

the turoing haodle,

that Cets the whed a-going by meaos of the elbow of

its axil; the elbow of the piercer whmwith a hogf–

head is hroached, will give anidea of this kind of

010-

tion;

the cat-gut nring. that gocs rOllod both the

iron and the 1V00deo whce!s_ If !he wooden wheel is

Iweoty times brger than the iroo-ooe, the lalter fhall

make tweoty turns upon the diamond, whiln the

I~rge

wh.el

makes bUI ooe round its axis; and whiln theboy

gives, without any refinance, a hundred impulfions to

the turning handle, the diamond experiences a thou–

faod times the (riaion of the whole grinding whcel.

The diamond-cutter followl the work with his eyes,

without taking any other (hare io it thao that of chan–

giog the placeof the diamond tO bite on a oew Curface;

and of timely throwo UpODit, with a few drops of oil,

the minute particles of the diamonds fir(! ground one

againfl tbe other, to bcgin the cutting of them_

The oriental ruby,

Capphir~,

and topai, are CUl

011

a corper.wheel with diamond dufl, tempered " ith o–

live-oi!, and are polifhed on another copper-wheel with

tripoli and water_ The hyacinth, emeraid, aOlethyfl,

garnctl, agats, and other nones, not of ao equal-de–

gree of hardncrs Willt the other, are CUl on a leaden

wheel with Cmalt and water, and polilhed on a tin–

whee! with tripoli _ The turquois of the old aod new

rack, girafol and opal, are CUt and polifhed on awood–

en whee! with tripoli alfo.

T he lapid,tries of Paris have be:n a corpnrarioA

fince the year

1290-

is govcrne.! by f.,ur jurats.

who fuperiotend thcir rights and p,i.-ileges, I'ifit the

maHer-workmen_

t~ke

carecf the m.,fier-piece al

~'ork

manO,ip, bind apprenticcs, and adn,iniil<r the free–

dom o

LAPIS, in general, is ureJ tO dctlote a

non~

of any

kinu _

LilPL,'1ND, lhc mon oo;therly

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