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N U T

gini,y. When (he i. crowned: an anathema i. de_

nou"ccd asaioll all who (hall auempl

makc her break

h~r

vow,.

NUNCIO, or NUNT'O, an ambalfador from Ihe pope

lome

catholic

prince:

or na'te; or

perCon

who

at·

tendo

Ihe pope'o

beh.lf

al a coosrefs, or an alfem–

bly of feveral ambalf.doro .

NUNCUPATIVE, in Ihe fchools, fomelhiog Ihat is

ooJy nominal, or has no exictence

bUl

na me.

NUNCuPATlva

TESTAMENT,

Seon

Jaw.

See

LAW,

Tic xxviii .

NUNDINAL, NUND'NALIS, a

n.me

wbieh the Ro–

m.n. s ..e to Ibe eigbt firll lellen of Ihe alphabet,

ufed in lheir kaleodar.

This feries of lelle.., A,

C, D, E,

G .

pl.eed and repeated fuee.mvely from lhe firll

lbe

JaCl d. y of Ihe year: ooe of .hefe alwaya exprelfed

the market day., I>r Ihe .lfemblie. called nuodinz,

fuoji

nDv~ndinlZ.

becaufe they returned every ninc

day.. Tbe coonlry people, after working eiShl day'

(uccellively, come

IDwn lhe ninlh,

fell lheir fe–

ver.l commoditieo, and to inform Ihemfelve. of what

relared

religion and sovernment. Thu. Ihe nun–

dinal day beins uoder A on Ihe filll, niolh, fcven–

I«nlh , ••d lwen,y 6ftb day. of january,

cre.

Ihe

Jelle<

day will be Ihe oundio.1 leller of Ihe year fol–

Jowing. Thefe nUDdioal. bear a very grea! refemblanee

to lbe dominicalleller.; whieh return every eiSht day.,

a. lhe Dundioal. did every nioe.

NUPTI.'.L RITES, Ihe eeremonies atteDding Ihe folem·

r.ization of marriage, which are differeot in ditrercnt

ages and couotries .

NURENBURG, Ihe c.pital of a territory of Ihe

C.me

-name. in che circJe of

Fraoconia,

in Gcrm¡ny: E .

lons:.

11°,

N . Jat .

49° 30'.

NURSER

in gardeoing, i. a pi«e of Jand Cet apart

for raifing andl'rop.galing all fort. of tree. and plaolS,

Cupply tbe s.rden aod otber plaotation..

Seo

GAR–

DENING .

NUSANCE, iD Iaw, a tbiog done to Ihe anDoyaoce

another.

, Nuf'DC<' are eilher public or private.

public nu–

fanee i. ao offeoee agaioll tbe publie iD general, either

by doins: what lend. to ,he annoyanee of all Ibe

kinS's Cubjeéls, or by negleéling to do what ,he eom–

mon good rcquire.: in whieh eare all annoyanees aod

injuries

areet!, hich-ways, bridges, and large ri–

ve.., a, aIro diforderly ale·houfes, bawdy.hou fcs,

g. ming. houfe., ¡hge. for rope.dancer.,

&e.

are held

to be common nufance! . A prívate

nurance

is wllt:o

nnly ooe pel(on or family i. annoyed, by the doing of

a"y thing; as where a perfoo Ilop. up Ihe ligh t of a–

nother',

hourc.

or builds in fuch a manner

lhal

the

rain f..

lI.

from bis houfe upon bis oeighbour••

NUT, amons bOlaniCl. , denole. a pericarpi\l m. of ao

extraordinary hardoeC., ioc)ofing a kernel or f« d.

NUTATION, in aClronomy,

kind of tremulou. mo–

tion

lhe axis of .he

eanh,

whereby, in

eaeh

aonu–

. al

revolmioD,

is twice inclined to [he ecllptic, aod'

as orrcn

retUTDS

to ¡ts

former

pofition .

!-IUTt.!ECi, lhe kernel

a large fru it, oot uolike tbe

!,eacb.

N U T

The nutmeg is Cepar.ted from its invefHent roat,

lhe mlee, befoic ir is {enl ove r to us ; except

thu

,he whoJe

fru il

is fomet imes imponed

in pre{erve,

way of "{weet01eat, or as a

curioGty. See

MACE.

Thé

nutmeg. as wa

reccive

¡t.

is of a

rouodiCh

oval figure, of a tolerabIy

eomp.él

and firm ,exture,

but eafily eUl wi,h a koife, and falliog 'to piece.

fmart blow.

lIS

Curface is oot Cmoolh, bUI furro\Yed

with

nu mber of wrinkles, running in various direc–

tion., though priDeipally loogi,udinaJly.

iS'of

greyi(h browo eolour on tbe oUlfide, and of a beauli-.

fuI várieg>ted hue wi,hin, being marbled wilh browo

and yelJo\V varieg2tions. ·running iD perfeél irregulari–

Iy Ihrough il. whole Cubll.nee.

i. very uoéluou.

aod

(¡tty

tO tbe touch, ,..hen powdered; and is of ao

extremely agreeable Cmell, and of an aromalic lalle.

There are tWO kinos of nUlmeg in Ibe (hop., the ooe

ealled by aUlKo.. the male, and the olher the female.

Tite female is ,h. kind in eommoo ufe, and i. of ,be

O"peof an olive: the m'ale is long and eylindric, and bao

lef. of tbe fine aromatic Bavour lhan the o,her;

,hat

it is mueh lefs enecmed, andopeople \Yho lrade largely

in ou.megs wiU (eldom boy it. The longer male oul–

meg, a. we 'erm it, i. e!,lIed by the DUlCh Ihe wild

outmeg.

i. always diClinsui(hable from Ihe o,h.",

a. weU by iu wan[ of fra/lr. oey,

by its Ibape : il

is very Cubjeél tOobe \Yorm-eaten, aod i. Clriélly forbid,

by the Dutch, 'o be paeked up among the olher, be–

caufe it will give occafion to their .being worm-eatea

lOO, by Ihe infeéls getting from il io[o tbem, and brced.

iog in all parts of the paree!.

Tbe /areeCl, heavieCl,

and~

moll

unél~ou.

of [he nut–

megs are

be chofen, fuch as are of lhe (hape of ao

olive, and of ,he moll fragrant fmell. Tbe Duteh

imp0r! them from Ihe

E.Cl-

lndies.

Nu,meg is greatly ufed in our food., and i. of ex–

cellent virtues as a medicine; it is a good fiom;achic,.

it promoles digenioo, aDd

Ilre.ng

,heo. the lIomaeh.

airo flops vomiting; is an excellent remedy

Batufesj

aod i. happily joined with rhuba.b, and other medio'

cines, in

diarrb<E2s.

obferved

have a foporific

virrue, and

exert it too firongly,

taken in immo–

derate quantitie..

ba. a eonfiderable de¡¡ree .of

allringeney; aod giveo, after toaCliog before Ihe nro

lill Ihroughly dry aod erumbly, it has beeo Cometimes

known

alone

cure

diarrb~as.

NUTRITION, in the aoimal a:eonomy, i.

~he

repairing

lhe eoolinualloCs, \Vhieh the difrerenl part. of,he body

undergo. The motioo of lhe

parts~

of Ihe body, the

frillion of theCe parts \Vith eaeh o,her, and efpeeially

the aéliori of the air, \Vould dellroy Ihe body entirely,

if ,he 10C' was not repaired by a proper diet, eootain_

ing nutrid.. juiee.; whieh beiog digelled iD the llomach,

and

arterwards

converttd

into

chyle,

mix with the

blood, and are diClributed Ihroucb the whole body for

its nutrition.

In young perCon., the nutri,ive juiee. not only Cerve

to repair Ihe part. that are damaged, but alCo to inereaCe

Ihem, which i< ealled growth .

growD perron"

the cuticle is every wbere con..

Oantly

derquam.uing,

and agai n renewing;

and

the

fame manoer tbe rarts rubbed

off,

or olberwife Cepa–

rated