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N E T

gre.t ure wilh lhe Indians in all diCeaCes of Ihe kid·

oey. and bl.dder, .nd in C.pprdlions of urine, fro.n

wh;ltever caufe.

is alfo rccomCHended in fevers and

ob(lrutlion. of Ihe viCe"ra. Tbe way oftakiog i,; amoog

the InCiians, is only an infuCion in cold water.

N .. H.R lT' C" in

ph.rm.cy

, medicine. proper for diCeaCe.

of the kidoey., eCpeeially lhe (Iooe,

Sucb panieu!arly a,', Ihe roolS of a1th",a, dog'. graCs,

.Cpuagu., Cago, pellitOry of the wall, m.llows, pim–

pinella. red chick pcafe, peach kernels, turpcntine.

,he oephritie (Ione, lhe oeph(itie wood,

&c,

and diu–

reties,

NEPHRITIS, io medicine, ao ioflammatioo of the kid–

neys, ' See MEDICiNE ,

NEREIDS , io the pagao theology, rea-nymphs, daughlers

ofNereus aod Dori•.

The "ereid. ,"ere e(leemed nryhandfome, ioComueh

thll Caffiope, ,he wife' of Cepheu. kiog

Ethiopia,

having triumphed over all the beauti.. of the age, and

daring

vie with .thenercids. theywere fo enragcd tlút

ihey

Ceot

a prodigious rea-monner inlO the eounlry;

and

'.o

appeare ,bem,

O,.

was,eommaoded by ,he oracle

to expofe ber daughter Aodromeda, bouod 'o a roek,

to be devoured by Ihe monner.

In aocieor monoments the nereíds are

reprerented

ridi ng opoo fea ·borfes, (ometimel with an eo'tire hu·

mao form, aod a' o,her times with the lOil of a 61h.

NEREIS, io 20010gy, a genu. belogiog lo the order of

verme. mollufea, The body 'is oblong, linear, and 6t–

ted for ereeping ;' it i. furojlhed wilh lateral pioeilled

tentacuta. Thel"e are eleveo fpecies.

NERICIA, a provioee of Swedeo, bouoded by Weflma·

oia 00 th,e north, ,lJy Suoderhod 00 tbe

e.fl,

aod by

Gothl.od

on Ihe Coulh aod wen .

N E1UUM, io bOlaoy: a geou. of Ihe pentandri. mono–

gyoia ciar. , The feed. are furoilhed \Vilh plumes; aod

the tube of the corolla terminates

a lacerated coro·

na. There are foue rpeeies, nooe of them' oative. of

Britain.

N ERVES, io analomy. Ree ANATOMY, p. 247.

N EST Sec N'DU',

NESTORIANS. a Chriniao fea, the followers of Ne–

floriu; . bilhop aod pitriareh of Conilantioople; who,

abpuI Ihe year

5.9,

,"ughl Ihat lhere \Ve.. IWO perroo.

iD )eCu. Chrin; the divine aod the humao, whieh are

unued , not hyponalieaUy or fubnantíally, bUI io a ",yni–

cal manoer; whence he conc1uded",

t~at

Mary was the

motber of Chrin and oot Ihe mOlher of God , For Ihi.

opioioo, Nenodu. was eondemoed .od depofed by the

eouoeil ,

EpheCu.; .od Ihe

dee.ee

of this couoeil was

.confirmed by Ibe eroperorTheodofius, who banilheil the

bilh~p

'o a monaflery.

NETHERLANDS, ancíently ealled Btlgia, but finee

denoininated. Low-Countrics 'or N t'therlands from

their Jow .GtuÓltion, are fituated between

and

,..0

eafl longitude, aod betV/ecn -50° and

30', of north

latitude; .nd are bounded by Ihe German fea 00 Ihe

north, G ermany on the

can, by

Lorrain

ana

France

on Ihe rOll,b , and by aoolher part

F.anee Qnd Ihe

J3ruiíb fea, on lhe we!l

eXleoding near lhree huodred

N E W

mil« in \cng,h

Crom

oonh to Coulh, .nd

tVlO

huodred

mIl" in br..dlh from eal! tO wefl, T hey

~oofill

feventeen provinces

ten of which are .cdlled (he AIJ·

fl.ian aod Freoeh N Ihedaod., aod ,be olber feveo

the U niu·a Provinces .

NETTINGS, in a Ihip, a (ort of grates

m.de

of CmaU

rapes feized together with

rope-S'arD

or twine. aad

fiKed on lhe qU:Hters and in the rops; (heyare fome·

,imes nrelehed upon Ihe ledges from lhe walle trees to

the roof Irce., from Ihe 10p 'of the foreeaflle 10 tbe

poop; and rometim:. are laid io the wa!le of a !hip, to

rerve inflead of graling., .

NEtTLE, in

bOI.ny

, See U 'R'rtCA.

D"ldN~T TLE,

SeeLUtlUM.

NSTTLE - TREB.

See

C ELT IS.

NETTUNO', a pon

IOWO

of 11aly, in the

Camp.go

di Roma ; filu.ted 00 ,be Mediterr3tleao, tbirty mtl..

foulh·eafl of Rome.

NEVERS, a eity of Fraoee, capital of the N i..roois:

E. long, 3°

15',

N, lal

46° 50',

NEUfCHA'TEL, Ihe capital of Ibe eouoties. of Neuf–

ooalel aod VaJleogin, in

Vlitzerlaod , whieh together

form one free and iodependanl flate, fubjea to the king

of Prullia: E , long, 6°

3)',

N , lat. 47°

IÓ,

NEUFCHATEL

is aJfo a town of -Normaody iO,France,

,wenly. lhree mile. oortb·ean of Rouen.

N EVIN, or NBWIN, a market·towo of North ·Wales

eighlceo mile. rO,ulh,wdl of Caeroarvoo.

NEVrS, pne of ,he Caribbee,inaod.,

di.id

,ed fro", the

ean eod of SI. Ohrillopher. by a narrow eh.nnel,

NEURADA, in, bOlaoy, a genu. of Ihe deeaodria dee.-–

gyoia claCs• . The ealix eoofin. of

6'~e

fegmeou, and

\he eorolla of fi ve

le~ves;

the e.pfule ha. ten eell.,

. and teo Iharp. pointed feed. . Tbeee i. but:ooe fpeei."

oative of E gypt,

NEURI'{ICS, io pharmaey, medicioes good indiCorderl

of tbe nerve.s.

NEUROGRA PHY, figoi6es a deCeriptioo of the oerv...

NEUROPTERA. SeeNATuuL HtSl'ORY,

364,

col.

NEUSTAT, a eily of Germaoy, thirty miles fOUlb of

Vienna.

NEUSTAT'is alfo.a towoof Lower S.xony, 6xteeo miles

north ·wefl of Ihe ciry

H aoover.

NEUTER, or

NBUT~R

GENDER, in gramm.r, ooe

of Ihe three geoders of nouns, fo' ealled e. beiog

neither maCculine

Dor

feminine. St>e

VRAMMAk,

NEUTRAL SALT', amoog ehemin., a rort of

f.lt

neilber aeid nor alkalioe, but partakiog of tbe oature

OCbOlh, SeeCHud'TRY.

NEUTRALITY, lhe !late of a perfon or lhiog tbu is

nellter, or

that takes pan with neither fideo

'f!i

ARK ; a borQugh fown of Noltioghamlhire, 6fleeo

mile. north-e.n of Nottiogham, lo fena. two mem–

bers to parHamént.

NEWBOROUGH, a market 10WO of AngleCey, 6flcell

miles north·wefl of Beaumaris,

NEWBURG, a eily qf Bavaria, io Germaoy, tweoty

eigh t mile. nJrth·e.!l of Auglburg ,

NEVlDURG is .Ifo Ihe na!lle

two olher to...os "f Ger–

many;