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M A T

(

fClqU:d!y

n.!lr.lin us (rom

Ta{h

prcrump:i~n,

mo(l

ea~~~

in -roe us

a due

a{I~II[.

pcdl!ttly

rllbJ~c'1

.us

tfi

go""crnment of rig!1t reaJon.

\VhiJe

the ":I"n,d

.ra~.

ttd and

c1evated.

from

rcn(ibJe

matler,

dl,(H'Ild~

Vkc!WS

pUTe fonns, conceives Ihe beauly

of ideas, and

tD\'cHI–

gates the harmony of

proponio~s

lhe mannl.!rs. th,cm–

le1ves are fenfibJy corre<..'led :lnd

llllproved,

[he afFeéhons

cOO1pored

:lod retl:ti:d,

t~e

faocy

c~lmed

and

fc![~I:d,

and

lhe

undc:rllanJing

raileu

and excned

more! d,vlne

contemplations.

M.\TRASS,

CUCURBIT,

BOLT-HEAO,

amoos

che–

:llIHs. SeeCIIEMISTkY, P. 109.

MATRICARIA, in botany, a genus of the

fyngenefi~

polygamia

JuperflUl

c1afs. The

r~cepla~le

nak:d,

'H ho1S, no pappus; [he calix is helnlfphenc:l, and

1m·

uricatcd, with fharp folid

marg~íls: T~crc:

a,re fi\'e !pe.

cies, alJ

them natives

Bnnun,

v/x.

T~\e par,h~.

Dium,

or feverfew, which is rcckoned good

hyHenc

cafes; (he chamomiJla, or corn.feverfew, the flowers

of which 3Te fiomachic; the ftl3veol..!ns, or fweet·

fc(:nted fC\'erfewj lhe inodora, or field feverfew; and

the marítima, or fea-feverfew.

MATRICULA, a regitler kept of th, adnllllion of ollieers

aed perfons eotered

iOlO

any body or foc1(:ty, whereof

is made.

M ATR IX, in >natom)'. See ANATOMY, p.

274.

MATRON!l.LIA, a fetlival of the aneieot Roman ma–

trons frcm whom ir had its o;tme. It \Vas ctlebrated

th~

kalends of March in honour of Ihe goJ l\1ars:

and was to the Roman larlies

Wh3t

the feHiva l of the

Salu'rnalia was to their hulbaods; for at this time they

fcrvcd their WOmen naves at tables, and recei\'cd pre.

fen ts from their hufbands. See

SA 'rURN'AL IA .

MATROSSES, are f"ldiers in the train of aniller)'. who

are ne:xt

lhe guooers, and a{li{l them io loading. firing,

and fpunging lhe great guos. ,They carry firelocks,

and march along \':ilh the (lore.waggons, both as a

guard, and

give lhcir alIi(lance in cafe a waggon

fllOuld br..

down.

M ATT, in

Ihip, rope· yard, junk,

&c.

beat

fla<

.and

interwoven; ufed io order tu pre:erve the yards trom

&~lIing

or rubbiog in hoifHng

01"

Jowering them.

MA1~rER,

"hate,ver is extended and eapable ofmaking

refiltance: hence, becaufe ..

bociics, whether folid Or

flu id, are ext:nded, <t:1d efo rcrill:, we concfnde thato

Ihcy are malerial, or madc upof mana. See

MECHA.

NICS.

M ATTHEW, Or

Cof¡>_¡ oí

SI.

MATTH'w, a eano–

nieal b(,ok of t:,e New TellameO[.

Sr. Manhew wrotehis gofpeJ in Judea, al the

r~quefi

of Iho(e he had converted; and it is thou'p'ht he began it

in lhe year 4 1. cight

yf2TS

~after

ChriH's refurreélion.

was wrinen, acco:ding

the teHim'Jny of all the

an~ients.

in {he Hebrc\V or Syri:l(; hmgUi:ge, wl:ich \Vas

theo common in .lude:1

bm Ih.: Creek verGon of it,

which now p¡ffes for lhe origincJ, jt

tlS

oJd as lhe apo.

fiolical times,

SI.

TT H

Ihe Evm(gclijl'" day,

a fellival of rhe

Chrifiian chu rch, obft"rved on SC'ptembcr

:.'!

St,

MATT"EW, in gcogr'p'hy,

[maJl illand on rhe

)

M A Y

eo.tl

of Guinea, pl.nted by

tI~e P~rtuguefe,

but de-

fertl"d: W. long. 9°, S. lar.

30.

MATTHI AS',

doy,

a fefli ,'a! of the Chntl..n ehureh,

~bfcrved

00 dIe

,~th

of F,bruary.

MATTINS, th: !idl eanonieal. hour, or the

filn

part of

Ihe daily fl!rvicc. in {he Romdh

chllr~h:

MATTURANT S, in pbarmaey, medlemes whteh pro-

mote

[he

(uppu(:t:ion of tumours.

MA UNCH,

h«=raldry, the figure of ao anClent co;¡r·

flc:eve, home in

many

gentlemcns

tfCUlche~os.

M AUNDY·THu r. sDAY, i, the Thurfday

Pallion–

week, which

\\"2.S

callcdMiiunday o.r Maodate..thurfday.

from the eornmaorl which our SavlOu r gave

hls

a~oCUes

to commemoTilte

him

in (he L ord's fupVtr, whlch

this day in{lituted; or from lhe

new

commandment

which he

fJave

them to love one another, after

he had

waflled

th; ir feel as

token of his

J~ve

to"

them.

SI.

MAURA, an ifland cf the

Medller~anean,

{jtu.red

between lhe p:-cv:nce of Epirus, and the ¡Jland

Ceph~

lonia· fubjeél tO Venice: E. long.

21°,

N • lar. 38°So _

MAUR'ICE orMoRl"rl u" aoiOandin thelndiaooeean,

fubj eél

to'the Dutch: E.long.

55°,

S . lat.

20°.

MAURIENNE, ST J OHN,

ti..

capital of the territory

of Maurienne, in Savoy : E. long.

6° 10';

N.lar.

~So

18'.

MAURITANIA, the aocieot .name ofthe eo; . o Bar-

bary, from the

ci.ty

!angler

t.o lhat of Alglers: the:

weJl pan of

¡t.

whleh Tangler fiands, was caBed

!\1auritania Tingitaqrj and that farther ean , Maurita..

ota Cx.faricn(is.

MAUSOLEUM, a magnifieen! tomb, .or funeral

~onu-

mera. The word is derived (rom lVIaufolus, kmg of

Caria, to whom Anenlifi;¡. his widow, ercaed a moll:

Clately monumcnt, .eCleemed

~ne

of the \Vonders of

lhe:

world. and called

It,

from h u nal11e. 1vIaufoleum.

SI.

MAWES, a POrt and borough to\Vn of Curnwa)!:

fi,u ated twenty miles north of Ihe Lizard.

Cenas

twO mcmbers tO p::.r1iament.

MAXILLA, the ja",s, or thof. parts of ao animal iD

which [he tet:th

tire

feto

MAXIM, an e!lablilhed propofition or principIe; in whieh

(cnfe

denotes much the fa me with axiom.

MAXIMUM, in mathematies. denotes the gr.atefl quan–

tity

a~aioable

in any given cafe.

a quantity conceived

be generated by motion,

¡ncreafes, or decrca(es,

tiJJ

it 2.rTlves at a cen aio mag.

nilude or po(jtion, aod then on che contrary grows

lene r or greater, and jt be required ro determine

tpe

fa:d mttgnitude or poridoo, thc qucflion is calJed a pro.

blern de

nl:\:<:Olis

el minimis,

the ¡,fth OIonrh of the

year,

eonfining of rhirry_

oncd3Ys.

MAY,

isalro tbe nameofa Jitde ¡Orlod, in the mouth of

Ihe' (rith o( Forrh, in Scodand .

MAYENNF.:,

eity of Fr."e., in the province of O r–

leanoi,:

\V.

long.

45',

.nd N. lat

48"

20'.

lI-l.

:l.YO

. onooí dle C.peV<rdc iOanos: W . l on ;:. 230,

N. lal.

Su.

MAYO, is

íl lfo a COUnty of Ird.1nd, in , the pr(l\'ince of

Connaughr, h.1vinci SJ ego vo the nonh, and Rofcom ..

IDon

O!l [he [outh.

M_HOR, .