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NAur.IACHrA, in an,ic¡ui,y, a (he\V or Cpeéhcle affiong

lhe an··ient

Romaos,

reprere~ting

fca.fi

ght.

NAUMHURG, a ci'y of Germany; ,he

e.pi

ór ·,he

eoun'y of Sax Naumburg. in Uprer Say.ony . fi'".,ed

long .

12°.

N. lat.

5,°

15 .

NAUSEA. in medicine. a reaehing, or propenfityand

endeavour .to vomit, ari{jog from a Joathing of foad,

excited

fanfe vifcous humour that

irritate~

the Ho–

macho

NAUTICAL PLASISPHnR •• a dereription of ,he ter–

rellri al globe upon .- plane for the ufe of mariners.

roore uCually called ehart_

NAUTILUS, in zoology. a genus belonging to the or–

der of verme. tellaeea. The (hell confills of one fpi–

ral

val.ve

, divided ¡ntO feveral apartments

panitioas.

There are

fpeeies, princip.lly diHinguilhed by pe–

Cllliarities in their fhells.

NAVY. ,he aeet or lhippiDg of

prinee or llate.

The management of [he., Britifh navy.roya l, under

lhe

lord

high

admital

of Great Britaio, is eDtruiled

principal officers and

comOliffioners

of the navy, who

hold ,hdr placés by patent. The principal

o~cers

the navy are foul',

viz.

[he treafurer, whofe bufioefs

.is to recei-ve

money out

the exchequer, and

pay all the eharges of tbe nuy, by warrant from tbe

principal

offic~rs

comptrolJer, who attends and comp–

troJs

all payment

wages,

t O

know the rales oí

llores, to examine and Audite

all

ac€ounts.

cre. :

fur–

veyor, who

to know the Oates of all (lorel. and Cee

wants fuppl ied; to etlimare re:pairs, cbarge boatCwaios,

(:¡e.

with what fiares they

receiv~.

and

al the end of

each voyage to llate and audite aecoun's: c1erk of the

aél<, whoCe bufineCs

it.ís

to reeord.1l orden. cODtraéb.

bilis, warrants,

&e_

The eommillioners of Ihe navy are 6ve: the firll

executes that part of the comptroller's duty \II.hich re–

lates to (he comptrolliog the vittuallers accouats; the

fecond. ano,her pan of the faid eomptroller's duty.

relating to ,he aecount of the nore-keeper. of th. yard;

,he third has the.direDio9 of the.uvy at the pOrt of

PonCmou,h ; [he fourth ha. the fame .t Ch.'bam;

.• Dd the fif,h. at Plymou,b.

Therc are

al[o

other comrriiffioners -at larce, the

flumber .more or lers according to the e,clgencies of

l'ablieaffairs; and {jnee the

iD~reaCe

of ,the roy.1 pavy.

,heCe line C"veral cIcrks under t/lem. with f.laries al–

lo\V-e"d by the king-.

The vWualling of ,he royal navy halp {ormerly been

t!ndertaken by

conrral\;

bot

¡s'

now maoaged by com–

millionen; ",ho' hold their ollice on ower-hill. Lon–

don.

The navy.ollice is where'the whole bti!ineC, ecneern·

ing the

""'y

is man.ged by

the 'princi~al

ollieers and

commiffioners.

The royal navy of Great Britain is now in a very

flou rilhing llate ; having been diligently kept up in la,e

reígns

1 ...

as the: natural Ure:ngth of {he: k,ngdom. When

is complete,

is divided into three fquadrons. diC.

tinguiO.ed

by ,he different colou rs of ,he

O.gs

ear–

rieel by lhe refpeDive admirals belonging 'o ,he Carne.

N ¡\X.¡A.· o.N'x . .... one of the ifi.nds of the Archip.-

lago, about an hundred miles in circumference, Gtuated

in E . long. 26°. and N . lato 3603°'.

NAZARENES. in church.hiflory,

name origlnally

gi~en

to al! Cbrifhans

gt:neral, on accouot th ...t Je–

fus Chrill' wa. of ,he ci,y of Nazareth ,; but .fter–

wards rdlrainéd tO a feét of heredes, whofe r.eligion

eonfilled of

IIrange jumble of JudaiCm and ChrifliaD–

ity, obC..viRg at ,he

C.me

time lhe MoCaÍ<allalll .nd

the {everal rites of the'ChrifHan religion.

NAZARI.TES. a.morig the J ews. perCoas who

etth~r

themCelvcs, or by thcir

palell~.

were

dedicated to the

obCervation of

nazari~efhip.

They were

two forts:

nam~ly,

fuch as were bound to this obferv.nce for only

fhort

time,

week or month; Or tho(e who were

bound 'o it all ,heir lives. AII that we find peculiar

in the lauer's

way

of !lfe, ¡s, that they were to abOain

from wioe and

all

iotoxicating liquors. aod nc:ver to

(have or cut off ,he hairs of tbeir heads. The firll

fort

N azarires were rfloreover to avoid

det\Je–

meot

and

they chanced to coctrad: any polJutioll

before the term was .xpired, they were obliged to be–

gin afrelh . Women

¡S

weU

mell./UighLbind mem–

felves to this vow .

.NEALED, among feamen. i. "Ced when Ihe foundin,

deep water dore tO lhe

(hore; as alfo when

the

fhore i. fandy. c1ay.y•.

.sJJJ7..y• .

or E<luLaod rocky

ground.

NEAPED_ Wheu a fi, ip \V.uts water fo that (he caa–

nOl get out of the harbour.

off

the ground, or out

of the dock. the feameu fay (he is oeaped. or be·

ne.ped.

NEATH, • to\Vn <lf Glamorganlhire. in Coutb Wales.

fituated

on the river Neath,

near

the.Br

,iCloI-chaoDeJ.

. twenty.eight miles Donh w.ell of

Laoda.ff

NEBt/LY; or NSaULEl. iR heraldry. is : wheJl

co.!

is charged \Vith feoeralli"le

6~ures,

iu form of words.

runníng within one anather. or when the outline of

bordure, ordinary,

&e.

is indented or waved, as rc··

preCeuted in Plate CXXXI

fig.

NECESSARY. in

l'hiloCophíc~1

fe.o(¡,. tlut which

cannot

hut

be, or ca.nnot be otherwire.

NEGESSIT.Y, wb.,ever is

do~e

by .. neee

/f.ry

cauCe,

or • pow« that is irrefillible. ';n ...bicb fenfe it lla?ds

oppoCed toofreedom. S ee METAfll"$.'.C;9_

NECK, in;auatomy. is ,bat fiender pan fi,ua\ed bet..WJ:en

ehe head and trúnk ofthe body. See ANATOM".

NECKAR, a river

Germ~uy.

!Vhi,h rifes in tbe Couth

Fart of th. cirele of S\V.bia. and fulls into ,be RhiDC

at J\{aoheim.

NECROMANCY. a (peeie. of di.inatiou• .pe¡forroed

by ...ifing tbe de.d. an.d extoqiug anfweu.from them.

See'Dlvl

NAT I ON .

NECTAR. among aneient poe,.s,

t~~

drink of the fabu–

lous..deities'of the

heatheo~,

in contradirtinétion from

.their folid lood•.whien ·wa.·caYed-emb!'Oha.

N ECTARINE . SeePus/ cA.

NECTARIUM. among bOl.mlls. See BOT"'NV. p.

637·

NECYDALIS. in zoology. a geuos of inCeéls belonging

l O

the order of coleoptera. The feeIers are fetaceous;

the elytra are Chorter aod narrower thal'\ the WiDgs ; and

the