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M E L

(

Iv!

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prof,lr<d Greeks: but they are gOTcrned by . partic" lar

p;:o triarch, who refides at D amas, and

aa'lJmes

[he title

of palriarch of A ntioch.

MELCHISEDECflI ANS. iD

church.hi

(lory, a fea

which ¡¡rofe :

.tbol.lt

Ihe:

lit'ginning of Ihe third

CeDtury,

and aflirrued. that M elchifedck was not aman, but

a heavenly power. fuperior tO J efu s Chria : for Me!–

chifedck, they Caid,

\Vas the interceltor and mc:di;uor

of the angds; but J efus Chrill \Vas fo only fo r men.

and hi, prid!hood o"ly a copy of th.. of M echifedek.

MELCOMB

REG'

s, a borough- town 01" Dorfel!hire.

fix miles fouth of D orche(ler.

fend. 'twO members

to parliament.

M E L EAGRIS. the TURKEY. in ornithology. The

heíld is coyered with

fpongy

caTundes

;

and there is

Ilke~~re

a membranaceous. longitudlO,,1

carunde

on the

throat. Therc are three fpe5=ies"

(liz .

The

gitlJo.

pavo, or Norch ·American turkey of R ay, has a carun

ele botb on the head and throat; and the breaU of th.

male is bearded. H e lives upon grain ana infeas _

When the cock (lruts. he blows up his brea(l. fpreads

and ereéis his feathers. relaxes

lhe

caruncle on the

{orehead. and the naked par " of the face and oeck

beeome iotenfely red.

2 .

The eriflata. or Brafil lcao

pheafaot of Ray, has an e,eá ere(l of fe"hers on the

head, and violet-coloured temples:

has a caruncle on

the throa!. but none 00 the head. 5. The f..yra. or

horned pheafant·of E owards. has two blue horns behi'nd

,he eye•. a red body fputled with blaek and white_

is a nati,e of Benga[.

M F L ES. in zoology_ See URSUS.

MELl A, the

HAO

Ton, io bOlaoy. a genus of the

dee.ndria monogynia ehfs. The ealix confifls of 5

(eeth and the coroJJ. of 5 peraJ!; the

neéhrium'

cyltndrieal. about ,he leogth

'01'

the eorolla. and has

ten leelh on the margin

and the

drupa,

which is

Ilu ped I,ke an <g¡¡, has 6ve

e~'lIs

There are twOfpe–

d es. none of

them

natives of Brita:".

M F.L1ANTHUS. in bO'any, a genus of the didyoamia

angiofpermia clafs_

l 11e. ealix eonfills of 6,-e le,,'., ;

and the

torolJa

of (our

peral!, v.·irh

neét.uiu Ol

within

the 10"'e(l one; and the eap(ule has four eells. There

are two fpccies,

bOlh

natives of

iE'hiopia.

M ELICA. io botaoy, a genus of the tmndri:i digynia

cJ.trs. 1 'he calix confins of two

\'ah'es ,

conlxining

(\Vo

BOI,I.'en. There are ihree (pecies,

only one

of which.

viz.

the nutans, or meli...:.gr:t(s, is a native of Rnui n.

M ELI CERES. in fu rgery, a k:"d of eneylled lumou".

fo callcd wht:n rht ir

contents

:He o( lhe:

cvnfilknce

honey_

•

ME LlLOT . SeeTR'FoL'U ".

¡.

M EL IN D A, the c'p,.,,1 of the provinee ,of ,he f, me

n2me

and

all rhe

Purtugude

reulcmenu

t~e

co..

of MalalMr,

'A frica :, E.

I.,ng .

39°

l.u . 3°·

MELINU~1 ,

n"iUr~1

hi:'or)',

lhe

nalue uf esn

c:ú

th ,

fCl:mt.Jus

¡he

t:;u lídl

agcs of Pil·nting,.. bcing

the

cnly

whlle o(

"he

great pilinter! of allliquity

ando

accordmg

to Pliny's aceount .

on~

the thrte

co!t¡urs

wi th

which

alon~

,hey

per(ollned

a1l

thelr wo·ks. 11 is a fine ,

whit~,

m:srly

ea llh , of

él

VC! y

COmpitLC)

tt'x·urc:.

ye(

remtlrkahJy

J.~hr :

a (on of

t(,ture whlch muí!

rent!e~

any eanh

r.t

fe,

Le polinter's

ult!,

1h ...

is of ;.

proph

eolour. It js

f¡ ~qu<otly

fuund formiJlg a ([ratum ,in

the earth. Iying immcJiately under the vegetable mould'

is.of

a very fm oot h, but not glol!'y furfaee. is very

fofl to ,he toueh••dheres fir mly tÓ the tonge. js eal¡ly

bl'okcn

betwl'en (he fingers,

and

llains lhe

fkin in

handling.

meh. readily in the mouth. and i, pero

fellly"ne, leaving not the lean grittinefs bet",een the

leelh.

l 'hrown

inro water, it makes

great butibliog

and loud hilling noife. and moulders away ioto a 6ne

powder.

does no[ ferment with acids, and ruffecs

no ehange in the fire. Thefe are the ebarallers by

whieh the melinum of the aoeients is diUingui!hed from

all the other white earlhs. 1t is (Jill fouod io the fame

place from whence the 'painters

old had it ; whieh is

that

from whence i1 ha s its name, the ifland of Milo,

call<d M ilos by the Greek" and is co¡nmoo in mo(l of

the adj.eent

ill.nd

. .

has been of late tried here as

painl ,

and

is found

nOI

to make

bright a

white

the

other rubfl:ances now in ure among

(he

painters;

but (j,ems not li.ble. like them. to turn yellow :

a~d

if fo. would be wonh the eonfideratioo of perfons in

the colóur. trade . Jped¡')!y as it may" be had iD any

quantitÍes fo r carriage.

MEL1SSA. in botany, a genus of the didynamia gym–

nofpermi. claf,. The calix is dry, a'nd plain above;

,he "pper lip

0(.

the eorolla js vaulted aod bi6d : and

the middle lobe of the under li p is eo, datrd . T here

ace

elght

fpecies,

tWD

which

are

natives

Britain,

viz..

(he

calamintha, or

cOOlmon

calaminlh;

and

the

n:peta, or field calaminth .

MEL1TENSIS TERRA.

ear/b of M ol/a.

an eanh of

whlch {here

are

( \Vo

very diffel ent

kinds

the

one of

the genus of the boles. the other of the ffi atJes . The

laner is

[hat:

known

meqicinal

authors under this

name

;

(he

former is (h e Malta e3rth now in ufe : but

bmh

b~ing

brought from the fame pIare, are

confu..

fedh calkd by tbe fa me oame. T he M altefe marle.

which is

the

(erra

Mel

iten(js

of.

medicinal authors, is

a loofe, crumbly, itnd very light earth, uf an unequal

and

irr~g~¡l,¡r"

texlUre,

and,

when

ex pofed

the

wea·

th... (o. o f. lIs lOtO "ne foft powoer

but when pre–

ferved ano dried. il becomes a loofe. Ii-ght mafs, of a

dirty white colou r,

with

greyifh cf\ll:

is rough

the ,oueh, .dheres 6rmry

lhe tongue. is very ea" ly

crumbl¿d to powder between lile hngers, and

nains

rhe

hands

Thrown

io to

water,

rwells,

aod

after·

wards moulders

3way ioto a

fi ne powder.

fe rments

very vwlenlly wi th acid mer.(l ruums .

Both

klnds

are J'ound

grea~

abund;tnce in

lhe

ifl dOd of Mah•• and the lau er has be<o ",ueh elleem–

remedy

agitinll (he

blt(s

veoomous

a.nim¡.¡ls,

bUI with

how nh!ch

juHice

ca nnOl

r¡¡y.

The

other

has fuppli cd its

pl.ee

iD tho Gaman !hops, and is uled

tht're as

cordi.d. a (udorifi.:.

and ¡.¡tfringent .

Sce

BO L E.

MEL1T1S , in

bot~oy,

a r.enus' o

the o,d)'oamia g)

01-

no(p~rmia

cI.trs.

The

ca(lx is

largtr

than lhe

tub~

(he corolla ;

the

uppcr

lip

Ihe

(ololla is

pl:

4.JO

; the

under lip is crenated; and the

¡¡ntherre

~re

in tht:: form

crors ·Thcle

15 bUl une

'pecies,

,viz.

lhe

melif~

(eph )'llum. or h.n"d baum.

MEL LER, a large

I.ke

Swedcn. on the oOrlh fide of

wh eh lI . nds the eari,,1

o: Stockholm : it is eiglay

miles long

and

thiny broad.

MELOCHIA,' a geous of lhe mcnadclphia pcotandria

ciar" .