1000000031

5°3 )

thot 111: ('lIriai""

I.\V,

wltieh prohibilS

polyg.my,

is moro PON DICHER RY, • lown o( Indi" on Ihe Corom,ndd.

~R.rct;\ble

lhe 1.1W

nature

than

(he Mahomcl:\n,

2no,

('(uft,

lixty

HlIles

foulh

Fun

Sto

G t'orgc.

we m.y ,dJ , Ih. n Ihe j ewlfh I.w, by whieh polyg,my PO l

'E.DI

:.RIA, In bo..ny, • gr nu,

Ih< hex,ndri,

010.

was folerJled.

n0J!ynlíl clars.

Thc corolla

confin,

one bd"b..u cd

r~ '

POLYG LOTT .

amane,

di\"ines and cfiti es. chitfly denotes

t~ 1

Cut 1010

fix

fe.gnu:nts ;

and

lhe

c.tr

'~,Ic:

has

lhr~c

cclls.

~,hlc

pnntcd in rever,,1 !;mguíI&cs. Scc B

I RI. E.

l 'hcre are

Ihrce

Ipeclcs ,

none of

IheO!

n¡¡tlves

ot BUlaln.

P OL"GO .

In gC'omctry. a liJ.!urc Wlth

nuny

(ides. or PO

rEFRACT,

borough-Iown.

eightecn mdcs

luullt.

,,'hol.: pertmeter c9nfilts

more dun

{our

(,des

lean:

wdt

01 York.

ftr,ds

wo members

j(O piU hdmcn1.

flleh are

th~

pt01"g(ln,

hex~gon,

hcpugon,

he.

PONTl f ICATE,

is ufed for Ihe fI"te or diglHly of " pon.

POLYGO ATUl\1.

bOlan"

Ser

CONVALL ARIA .

tlf,

orhlghp"cll¡ butmore

polrllcul ...

rJ),

InmoJc:rnwli.

POL' GONUl\l ,

io boumy. a genus

0'-

,he otl..ooria

Hi·

lers. ror

Ihe

rergn of

pope.

~yni¡

clars.

has no caltx ; lhe eoroll ... has

five

rt.:f·

PONTON,

or PON TOO N

In war,

denotes

Jittlc

lJo,¡tin~

men,,: and there is bUI one

angul.tr

(led. The rpecles

br dRe IO.4dt uf bo-us and pl¡¡nks.

"re

'7,

elrvcn o( lhcm nal,Yes of Brit:un.

PONTU S.

Ihe

.mcicOl

name of the countlies fitua ted

t>n

th:

POLY(;YN IA, ,mong bo..ni"s, Se< IlOT

v ,

p, 63).

(oulh fide of Ihe Euxlne fea, now a pan o( Ali...e T llrky.

P O L rll EDRON, in geomelry , denoles a boJy or luhd POOL ,

geo~<aphy,

• borough .nu pon lown o( Dorkl '

cOO1preheoded undc:r

n14.ny

liJes or planes.

Ihlrc, titu,ned on a b"y of Ihe Enghfh ch"nnel, tw('nty

POL YHEDRO:ol . in Opll4'S,

mulriplYlng glars or lens.

miles can of Dorcbelter.

Jtnds IwO mC:OI"ers to par.

contitbng of

(~verdl

pl ...ne (urf"ces dalpofed imo a con , cx

II,o"cnt .

(orm. S.. O'TI cs.

POOLO W AY, one o( Ihe

It.nd.or

nutnteg.;O. nd, in the

PO LY ~I ATHY ,

denoles Ihe knowledge

ofm.ny

arts .nd

Ind,.n oee.n :

long, 128° , S.

1.1.

3°

3d.

fClenr.. ,

poor,

Ihe flern 0( . Olip, or Ihe hlghell, uppermoa, and

POLYM lA, in botany, a genu, o( the fyngenefi. poly.

hlncler p.,t of Ihe IhIP', hui!.

gamia nccc{fu ia chrs. T he receplaclc

palcaceous

POOR,

IO.law, an appellauon givcn lO all perrO"S who ¡ fe

has no pappus

;¡nd lhe calix confill, of cen lcaves. There

in ro low and mean a conditlon, as (hat chey eicher are,

are lWO fpccies. bOlh na,ives of Amerlca.

may become a burdeo

a piln{h·.

P OLYPUS, io zoology, a fpeci.. of Ihe hydra, w"ieh, POPAYAN, a province of Soulh America, bOlln,jed by

although cut in a Ihoufand pleces, 2nd in cvery dirc(tioo,

T erra·

Ftrlna.

onlhe nonh ; by NewG. anada, on lhe caO;

11111 exifh, and each rtétlon becomes a compleal animal.

by Peru,

the fOUlh ¡ and by the pdclÍit.: ocean, O" the

P OLYPETALOUS, among boranlfls, .n epilhel .pplied

wd! ;

fi lualed berwecn

í5

,"d

80 degrees wefllongilude,

ro fuch f].,wers as conlÍn o( feveral pu ..ls, Or Aower·lcaves.

aod bet\veen the eqU¡lOr 2nd

degrees of nonh lautude,

P OLYPODIUM, io bOlany, a genu, belonging 10 Ihe «yp'

being (our hundred mlle, long, a.d aboul th"e hund red

tog,mi. 6lice,

el.fs

. The fruéll6cation, are difpofed in

br"ad,

round fpol> on Ihe

ma~gin

of .he le.(. T here are

OPE, the fo.erdgn ponliff, or fllprome head o( Ihe Ro-

fpccles ,

' 4

of (hem nadves of Bruaín.

mini

church. The appdlalion of pope was.anciently gi-

POLYPREMUlIr, in bon ny, a gen., o( the I<tr.ndri.

ven tO all ChriOiao biO,OP'; bUI ,boul Ihe latter end of

monogyoia

ciar,

The calix conliOs of (our luves, and

the t'Je mh ceotury, in Ihe ponti(,catc o( G regory

VII.

lhe corolla, which

rOlaled, of (our (egments; lhe cap'

w~s

u(urped by lhe bifhop of Rome, whofe peculiar

rule is comprdfed, and bilocuhar.

tide it h:u ever tince contlnued.

P OLYPUS

,h, h,o,l.

See MEDI CINe , p,

158,

Po •• 's T e..1rORl.', 10 haly, are bounded by Ihe

Ve.

P OLYSYLLABLE, in gramma r, . -vord cODfilling ofmore

Oellan lerri lories, 00 the nonh ; by Ihe gulph u( Veniee,

{yll..ble, than Ihrcc ; fe r when a word confin. o( one,

on Ihe nonh·..

by N.ple" on the fOUlh ·" rt ; by Ihe

' wo, or Ih..e fyllables, it

c,¡lled a monofyllable. dlf·

Tufcan fea, on Ihe foulh· wea; and by Ihe dllchyo( Tuf.

{yllable, and Irifyllable,

cany, on Ihe north,wea, almoa eoeompaffing

ti,..

ouehy

PO LYTHEISM, in matlen of re"gion, the doélrine or

on Ihe I. no fiJe; beiog aboul I\VO hunured and l\Venty

belie( of a pluralily o( god"

mil•• long, . nd (rom twenly 10 one hundrcd aod (Orty iD

P OLYTRICHUM , in botan,., a genus o( Ihe eryp,ogamia

b"adlh .

mu(ci cI.(s, Tho anlhera is opereulaled, anO Ihe e.lyp. P OPE, in ornilhology, Sec ALeA,

tra hairy. There are lhree fpecies, one of lhem,

tJiz.

POPLAR,

botílny. See

POPV LU' .

,he eommuoe, or greal golden m.idenhair, a nall'e of PO PLITft:US, in . natomy. Se< ANATO"", p. 208,

Brinin

POPPY,

bo..ny. Se< PAPAV ' k,

P OMEGR ANATE . S.. PUN 'CA,. PO PULAR , fomelhing Ihat relates 10 Ihe common people.

P OMERAN IA, a provinee of Upper Saxony. in Ihe nOrlh POI'ULU S, Ihe popl. r, in bo..ny, a genu. o( Ihe d""ci..

of G erm..ny : bounded

,he }3.ltic.rta , on ,he: non h :

oéb ndria ciar,

The corolla of Ihe male is lurulnaccu.

by Poland, on Ihe ea(l; by anolher pa.. o( Poland, .nd

oblique, . nd enlire; the rtigma of Ihe (emale is quadri .

Brandenburg, on Ihe foulh

and by Ihe duehy of Meck·

fod;

, nd l!te cap(ule ha. IWOeells, con..ining m, ny p' p.

lenburg,

0 0

lhe wtfl.

pous feeds There are five fpecies, three of thr01

01·

POMME',

or POMM ETTI'. in heraldry, ie a ero(e witb

1¡ves o( Briuin,

tJiz.

lhe alba,

white poplar; ,he ni·

on,. or more b"II, or knCJbs al each of rhe ends.

gra, or bl ..ck poplar; and lhe tremula. or u embling pop·

P OMM E L , or P UMMEL, io Ihe men'ge, a pi«e of braf"

1 ..,

or afp.

or ol her maller, at Ihe 10p aod in Ihe middle o( Ihe

{.d·

fORCEL AIN, a fine fon o( earlhen.ware, chieAy manu·

dle·¡'ow.

{aélured In Ch,na, . nd Iheoc< called ehina.ware, The

POND· W EED, in bOl any , Se. POTAMO(lETON,

rnort jua idea we caD forOl of the poreelain, or china·

V OL,

111. N°

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