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P E T

1'>,~e ~o"nd ~"d

long like a ling<r, in orcler lo be intro–

, Iuccd ioto

lhe

exterior neck

01'

lhe

matrix,

(or lhe Cure

of fc:vc:ral

dl(ordcrs

incidenl

tbe uterus.

PEST, • ci'y o( uppcr Hangar)', fi,uated on the O.nube:

E. long

'\1"

t5'. N . la..

47° 42'.

PES

I"IL ¡': N ~E,

m:diein•. Sce

M < DICINE,

71.

PETAL.•mong botanra• . Su BOTANY, p.

637.

P ET.'\LISM . ,n anriquiry, a kind o( b.nifhmenr

p,"~i(ed

Syracu(e.

writin,g the:; perlon's oameon a

Jcarj

whence

the ""me.

PETARD, in the a,, 'o( war.

Se<

GUNNE"Y, p.

76 "

PETACITES, in botany . Se< TITS51LACO.

PETECHL-E, in medicine, denote' (pOlS in rhe Ikin like

fiel_bite!, which come

OUt

in maJignant

(even,

henc~

cal–

led petechi, 1 or (potted reverso See MEDICINE, p.

67.

PETER. or

Epj/I/o

.íSr.

P[ TER , twO"canonical book.

o (

rhe 'New Tcllament, writlen by ,he .poale S .. Peler,

snd

.ddrelf"d to rho(e J ewilh conyert. who w"e (eattered

fhroughout Pontu•. Gal.tia,

Oc.

not on1tupon

per–

feeu¡ioo " ,(ed a'

Jeru(~lem,

bu. upon (ormer ,di (perGo-n.

tire

J e,,", into ,hoCe places. The /irn of .ltefe epnlJe.

;!;

princlp:llly ódigned io comfort and confirm them, un–

¿er Iho(e

fi~ry· trial.

Ihey were , hen fubjel!

'0;

and to

direl! Ihem ho\V to behave in the (eyeral Uate. aad

rela_

tion., both o( ,he civil lbd ,he Chrirtian life. lo ,he fe–

cond epiflle, the apoAle

profecu.es

,he (ame fubjeél, '

pre!e"! ,heir .porbcy (rom the f. ilh, .nd guard tli"em a–

g.in

{\ ,he <orr"p' principies of Ihe gno{\io., aad Ihofe who

fcotf, d

¡he promife of ehria '. coming.

SI.

P.enR''- DAY, a (clliyal o( Ihe Ch"llian chureh, ob_

(rrved on

th~

twenty_nintb o{June.

PETERHOROUGH, • city of North' '''ptonfhire, (j,uated

the river

Neo

rbirty-four miles north.eall of

Nonh–

amp,on: W . long.

'S':

N . la•.

S20

n'.

feads .w"

O1cmbt'fS to

parllamc:ot.

}'STER· Pl:iC'!.

an aneient tax of a

peDny 00

~ach

hou(e.

paid lo Ihe pope.

was called peter-pene<

bee.af

~ eolle~ed

on ,he day

S, .

P eter

lid

oincH(a,

aod

fCOl lO

Reme ; whencc

w.s .lfo called Rome-feo. and Rome-penn)'.

PE TERSnURG , the capiral ciry o( R uffi., and one of

the

largtft

and moO popillo\!, cities in the

world,

fituated

both fidc:s the rivu Nicya,

,in'

the! l'rovinces of

e .lre–

Jia and lngri., between Ihe gulph o( F inland and .he Jake

o( L.doga: E . long.

3',",

N . lat. 60°. There Wcre DO I.f.

Ihan fixly ·/ive Ihou(and hoo(e. built wi,hin Ihree or four

years ¡fur the foundatioD was bid, wbicb was in lhe:

y..

' 70i

PETERSFJELD, • borough-town of Hamplhire, 6flten

miles fo\lth-eaft e( W ineherler.

P ETERSH-AGEN , a .own o( Germany. in .he eirel.. of

W dlphalia .nd duehy o( Minden, .hiny_feven miles "'en

o( H.noyer: fubjeél to Pru!lia.

P ETHERTON, a market_Iowo

Somerfelfhi re, ,6 miles

fou, · wea o( W ell•.

PE I JOLE, in borany, .be /lender aalks .ha, fuppor" ,he

Ic. 'Yt's of a plant.

PETITG[J

VES. a port_.own o( Ffifp.niola, filuated

bayal Ihe wefl end o( ,he i

/l.od

: W . long. 160, N . 1Al.

5': ru

jtll:

Fnnce.

l'ETITIO ,.,

~CI

r, in logie, .he taking a Ihing for

uDe, aO<! dnwing cODduGon. (rom

as fueb; wheo i

•

i, re.1ly (alfe. or

leaa w:tnU to be proved, befUTe

"17J

rnferenc(s

c.tn

be deduccd

(10m

it.

PETITORY ACT'O N, iD Seol. l.""

See LA1/{, Tic.

xxx.

1'8 .

PETITVERJA, in bocany,

genu. o(Ihe hexandria tetra–

gyOla

elals . Tht cahx con(jHs uf ((¡Ur

fC!gmentl;

ir has

no carolla; and but one

leed

with rl,fteéled prickles at

1he point. Tht're are two fpccics, none of lhcm "..

UVel

of Bri[ain .

PETRE, or ' AL" PETOE. SeeC"'''''''T.Y , p.

73,

"1}–

PETREA, in bo.any. a genu. of 'h" d,dynamia .ng,ulp<r–

mi.. daIs. The calix

Jarge, opeo,

cuJourt'd, and

d"i~

ded ioto live (egmems

the: corolla is open and

ro(atc:d.

There is but

01)(.

fpecies

nallve

of Amertca.

PETRIDIA. in narur.1 hittory, a geno.

(erupi,

0(.

pl,me. umform

ftrull ure,

of no grcOit vade!J of

colouu.

and emuJittinR rhe exrernal form

pcbbles.

PETRI FACTION, in phyfiology. denoces lhe cqoverfiol

of waod. hanes, and other

fubUances

¡nto Hane.

The foflile bodies (ound

petrir.ed

are prineip.IJy ei'hu

of veget.tbJe or animal

origln,

and

are "more

or lef, alter–

from their

original Ibtc.

accordin'g

rhe

dlfi'ercnt

fubllaoces they hó\ve laio buried

among.in

the earth ; (ame

of ,hem hav,ng (ull"ered very liule cbange, and ochen be–

ing (o highly impregnated with crylldlJine, fparry, pyri_

tical, or

oiher

exnaneous mauer,

as to

appear

mere

ma-m:!

fione or

lumpS" of

the matter of the

commOI

pyrite!

but

they

are generally of the external dimen–

fians,

a-nd

reraio more

or lees

of. lhe

internal figure

of the

bod ¡es imo lhe pares o{

wbich

lhis

maner

ha,

made

itl

way.

Tbe animal fuba. nce••hos (.cnd petri6ed are fea_

- fhells; Iheteerh , booy

p.l.te

. , and bODcs of6fh: ,he bonea

o( fand . nimah,

Oc.

Th.fe

are (ound varioul1y ahtred,

by Ihe infrnua.tion af fioay and mineral

maUer IOta lheir

pun:!

aud

,he

fuhG.4nce

{ame of them

now

wholJr

gane,

rlle're belng

only

liony.

{parry,

or other mmeral

man er

rem~jnlng

,he o,ape

and formo

PETROBRUSSfANS, i" chu reh-hiaory, a religioa. fea

which

.Hole in F r:tnce

and

rhe NetberlaDds.

about

the

yeor "26. foc.lled (rom,hdr leader Ptolfr B ruy•. Tbe1

dcnied

(hat

chllJreo ,

befare

Ihe ure

fea (oo,

can be

ju{\iGed by b.pttfm. They .Ifo eondemned alt placeo of

pubJic wofhip, (rolfes,

crucltixts

aud are

raid

have

ft-j('éted

(he

fdCramtnt

the

eucharifi,

and

prayers

{or

the dead .

PETROLEUM, .Ifoealled rock-oil, is an extremely {ub–

tIc

and

penetrallOg

fluid, and is mach

Ihe tt}inDeO

of all

the

n ..

tlv~

bltumens.

is very light and

vcry

pdJudd ;

bu. ,hough <qu, lIy bright and ele., under all Ctrcum–

llanees.

is hable

a vcry grcar variely in iu colour.

It i. narurally almotl colourler •. and in i.. appearanee

gre;¡ly refcm!>les

the

moa

pure oil

of turpeDline:

this

ca1Jt.d

whilc

pcrroleum. though ir

has

more colour

than

water ,

ir is

romerimes

tln~ed

of a browndh

reddJfh,

)'eJlowilh,

or f.tnt

greenifh

colour,

bUI

moft

{(cquen1

colour is a m:-xtU'1e of rhe reddllb and black,flr,

((¡eh

a d<gree ,ha! il look. blaek when viewed behind ,h, ligllt,

but purple whcn plaeed berween ,he eye . nd a eandle or

u'indo·..... . lt

¡,

of a pungeDt and acrtd tafie. and nf a

very flroog and pene".,ing fmtl!. whlch ftry mueh •.

P·

pro.eh.

that of Ihe diailled otl

amber. The

wh,~e