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502 )

P O L

..n.

110 mlifi I-ove • Co\'crcigo c1oqueoce, .nd • profound P OLICY, or P OLI Tr,

m.m" of covemmeot . See

capacity. l 'hefe are

lhe

qnalitics

that muft concor

t()·

l' OL IT Y.

gethcr

lO fOf",

lhe genills of a poct,

and ru!lain

bis cha.·

For poJicies of :llTllrance, or

¡ofunDee

lhipJ,

hlJu[cs,

ntlcr.

Ijvc~,

oc.

Cce

IW SUR A WC&.

POICTI E R S, .he eopi..1 of Poiélou, in FrancO', filu ••ed POLISI-;\E R, or BURHuM", among mech.nic., ao ino

oq .n emioenee, near .he river elaiD: E . long.

I S',

Itrumcnr IDr polilhing and buroin,ing lhing. proper .o tak.

la,. 46°

40'.

a polilh . Thogildon

uCe

ao iroo'poltlher

prepare

lh~ir

POI C

rou, .

a lt-ri,ory of Fraoee, in ,he province of Oro

me,al. before gilding, ,od .he blo.d·lIooe 10

g.ve

lhclIl

leanois, fi,u'l<d Coulh of lhe river Loire, being uounded

,he brigh. polilh af,er gilding.

hy lhe provinees of Anj'u and Britany on ,he oOrlh, by P OLISHI G,. in gcneral, ,h" operarion of gi.ing a gloC.

Tourainc and Berry

0 0

tbe eaH,

SanlOign, Angoumois,

or lutlre to

cenai a

fubftances, as metal!, glafs, m.arblc.

and Aunis on the romh, and

lhe.

oeean on the

we!t:.

élc.

Sec

M STAL, GLASS,

6c.

l . is one bundre;! and fifly miles loog, and fevenly bro,d. POLITICS, ,he firCl part of reconomy, eonfiniog in .he

P O INC lA N A, in botan y, a genus 01 , he decaodria mono·

wc\1 gov<fning .nd ..gularing .he afF.i" of

Clate, for

gynia cI . Cs.

The e,lix eonfiCl, of 6ve

le;" .. ,

and ,he

the m,inreoance of .hc publie fafe.y, order, tranqu.lJi,y,

cor"lI. of

r.ve

pe..ls; lhe Cl.mina are loog. There are

aod morals.

, hree fpee:es, all n..ive. ofIndia.

POLITY, ur Poucv, denole, ,he peculiar form and eon-

POINT,

a term

ufed

vanous

aru.

llilulion

of the

govermnent

of ?-"Y Hate

0,r

nation;

or,

POINT,

punflum,

in geometry, as

de~ned

Ellc1id,

ie a

the Jaws,

orden,

and regulations, relating

therera,

q uan'Íly whieh bas no parlS, or whicb is indiviúble.

Poli. Y difFers only from polilico, as lbe lheory fron1

P o

INT .

graQlnnr,

a charatler ufed

mólrk the d¡vifions

the

praétice of any

an.

of d.feourCe.

POLL, a word uCed in ancien. wriling' for ,he head: henee

POIl'fT!.

in heraldry, are tbe

fever~1

difFerent

pan!

of an

to poli, is eitber to vote or

enter down the names

erculehcoo,

denoting

lhe

local poGtions

of any

figure.

thofe

perrons

who give in

their

yotu

eleélioo.

There arenioe princi pal points in an eCeulCheon, as repre· P OLLACK, in ichlhyology. See G ..n u • .

fenred in P iOle CXLV. fig.

where A O,ews .he dex,er POLLEX, in an••omy,

deoo.es

ej.ber 'lhe ,hum!> or ,reat

chief; B, the precife middlechier;

the finifler chief;

toe, according as either maous or pedü u.added

¡t.

D , .he honour' poin'; E, ,he feC'.poin" e.lled ,ICo lhe

See ANATOM".

centre; F, ,he nombril·poin., ,ha! is, . ,he n..d . poinl; POLLUX, in aClronomy, a Sxed Clar

.be Cecond ma,.

G . ,he de,,'er baCe;

lhe fioiCler baCe; H, ,he preciCe

ni.ude in .he con/leJlarión gernini, or lhe , win. . See A-

rniddle bafé.

STROHO>1V, p. 487'

'P OI SON, in m.dicine. See MiD IC... , p.

Ip.

POLOCZK, lhe capital of ,he p.larinateof,heCame name,

·.POLAND, a large kingdom of Europe, filuared between

in lhe

duehy.of

L ilhuaoia, in P

ol.nd

: E.loog

29°,

, 60 .nd 34° e. n loogi,ude, and between 46° and 57°

la!. S6° ,o'.

nonh I.ri.uue ; bounded by Ruflía on lhe north aod ea!!; POLYACANTHA, ín bOlany. Se< CA' nvu,.

Bdr~rauia,

Molda.ia

, Tranr.lvania, aod Hungary, on POLYAD ELPHIA, in botany. See Bo ruv , p. 6H.

, be Coud,; and by Pomerania;Brandenburg,.aI,d

Sile~a,

POLYANDRIA, in bOlany. See 1l0TAKv, p 635 '

on ,he weCl; beiog ,lmoCl Cquare, and feveo hundred mile, POI:YANTHUS, in bOlany. Se< PRI MULA .

o... eilher way.

POLYCHREST, in pharmaey, fig0\6e. a medicine ,h.t

POL.'\R.. in general, fomething relating .o the pole. of lhe

ferves for

m.ny

uf.., or lhar cure. many difeaCe•.

world, or poi.. of lhe aniGcial globe, : lha, we mee'

Srtl

PO LT CHRE'T, a eompound f,l, made of equal parta

....ilh poi.. eirdes, polar di,l. polar projellion,

&c.

of C,I'.petre .nd fulphur, laid 00 a red·ho, eruelble.

POLARITY, lhe qualily of a .hing eonúdered as havin2 POLYCNEMUM, in bOlany, a genu. of lhe triaodría mo-

poles; bUI ehieRy ufed in Cpeaking of ,he magne, .

nogynia c' aC.. Tbc ealíx confillo of .hree leave., and

POLE, in aClronomy, one of lhe e",remitÍes of !he a¡¡i.

!he eorolla of Sve pe'al, ; and il has bu, ooe round feed.

which

.be

fphere revolves.

There is but one fpecies,

native of Germany.

POLE, PERCH, or Ron, in .Curveyiog, i. a meaCure coo· POLYGALA, in borany, a genu, of .he dladdpbia ollao·

taining fixleen fee. and a half.

dria dars. T he calí" eookCl. of five leaveo; aod ,he

P OLE,

P OLAR. STAR,

a llar

of the Cceond magnitude,

pod

cordated, and has two

cdls.

There

are

fpe·

the

Jall

tbe

n il

of urea minoro

See

AaTRoH OM

cies,

oDly

one of

them

VIZ .

ulgati~,

or milk·wort,

p 486.

a native of Bri,..o.

'POLO

CAT . See MU'TELA.

POLYGAMllI., in bOlaoy. See BOTANY, p.635'

POLEMICA'L, in mallen of li'era,ure, ao .ppellarion POLYGAtVlY, a plurali.y of wive. or huCl»nd" iD .be

gi ..

books of

contr09erry,

efpecially

thorcin divinity.

poífeffion of ene

man

or woman,

the

(ame

time.

POLEMONlUM, in botany, a geou, of lhe penlaodria

M aoy argumento have

~eo

offered 'o prove lhe uolaw·

monogynia claC.. T he corolla confiCl. of 6ve Cegmen.. ;

fulnefs of polyg,my;

o~e

of lbe priocip,1 of which i.,

.be Iligm. i, tri6d; aod lbe eapfule ha, lhree <dls. 'Ple

,ha, lhe m.les and females broughl iOlO ,he world are

{redes

,;¡re

6ve,

801y'

one

which.

viz.

lhe

czrulcum,

n~arly

baJance; oolyabating for

a Cmal! exceC.

o.n

or grel.t valcrian, is a native of Britain.

the fide of ,he m:llel

to make up for the extraordioary

J'OLIANTHES, in bOlany, a genu, of ,be hexaodrí. roo-

expcnce .hereof iD war aod

fea: wheoce

evidendy

nogyoia dafs. T he eorolla i. belHhaped ; aod lhe 61.·

follow" ,h.. n...re only in.end. one wife, or one huC-

men<:s are iDCertcd in,o lbe faux. T bere i. bUl Ooe fpe .

b.nd-

, for lite fa me perCon; finec if lhey bave more, fome

&I~.

mufl go WilboUl any at all. H eoce il is j u!lly concladed,

r.bll