1000000031

r o s

carried on a

m Io':,

(itouid.!rs Sc.:c Plate

C ~:!..·}'.

fig.

::¡.

PORTRENl RU .

a cily

$WilZC'

Lwtl.

IlIlhcb:lhoprit.k

Ihlil: E .

long' 7° , N . Lit .

47°

30'

PORTER.

kind o( mah

IIql1(lr,

Whl~~1

d.fF

.:rs

(rom

~Ic

and palt'.hccr in its b..:i ng

m.tJ

e wjth high.dried

mall.

S~e

BREWING .

P OR

1'lCO,

in . rchit.élure, a kind of g, lIe,y on .he

ground, (u.pp0rlcd

clllumns,

wh~re

pe01"le walk under

coven.

PORTLAN O , • penin(ula in D or(<<n,ire, (¡.uOled in the

Englllh channd, ten

miles Cautll

t)ol che(lcr,

(amous

fur produeing .he bell free.aooe.

PO RTO BEL LO,

pon ·[own of America,

(it!lated on

the

narroweHpart of the iHhOlUS of

Darien

'V.

long. 82° .

N.laL

10°.

POR.

TO· RICO.

illand in the American oeean, one hundred

and

t Wl:nty

miles long, and !i)uy broad, whích

produces

fl1r.ar

, rum, anj ginger : filu:ucd

be.twe.en

64° and

68°

o~·

W .

long, and in

oí N .

1 ..

i, (ubj<él

Spain.

T hec>pi..

.1(0

c.l leJ POrtO R ico, aod St J ohn', ci:y.

PO RTO

S.H~T O ,

the

l:a(1

or lhe Md.deira dl.lnds, eighteco

miles ineircum(erenee: W long. 16°,

N . lat.

33°.

PORTRAIT,

p,.inting, lhe reprc(entation of a perfoo,

and cfpeeiaUy of a race, done from the lire.

th.is

fenfe we ufe the term portrait-pai nting, in con –

tradiHinétion to hil10ry p,lInting, where a refemul.lnce of

pedon is urually di(reg ¡rded. Portraiu, whc:n :.s Jarge

(he Ji re, are ufually painted in oi1-colours ; fometimes

th~y

are paicled in miaiature with water-eolours, crayoos,

p.nil"

'PORT SMOUTH, a borougiJ .nd pon town of H,mplhi re,

fitllated on a fine bay of the Englilh ehannel;

has one

of the

moa

recure, capacious, and bel1 rOrl16..d halbours

Engl.nd

\V ,

long

1°6',

N . lat

50·

48'.

(eods

two members

par)¡ament

P ORT UGAL, the mofl weflerly kingdom iD Europe: it

is ,.bout linee huodred miles long. and one hundred

broad; and is fitu¡:ucd'bet wecn 7(' anJ

100

o(\V long.

and between

370

"nd

4,°

of N, la" b<iog bounded by

Sp:lin on the nOTlh 'and e.tít, and by the Adantic ocean

(he fouth and wen. T his counl ry is neilher fo bot

nOr ro fruitful as Spain ; U hO'yt'\'Cf producl!s plenty of

grape .. , oli\'t s. oran¡:es :and Jt'nlons

PORTUGALLlCA

TE" ... ,

ear/hof P or/ulul,

the name

o( a fioc: aft ringe..t bole dug in great plenry in (he nor

lh: rn paru of Portug:d, and eHc:emed :a remedy ag:ainfl

pOlrons and "enomlJus bifes, and mall gnant (evers.

P ORTULACA, in bOl>ny, , genus of .he dodecandri a

mon"J.

:yr.ía

c1 ..

(s. "Fhe coroll.l,

eor.liíls o( fiye pe(als,

and the eali,: of two fegmcnts. There are fix (pecics,

none of tll'.!m

n~t i ve'j

o( Brilil in.

POSE',

in h:rílld r¡',

c!enoH- ~

:¡,

I on,

horfe, or othe r beal1:

{bndin~

(bll. wit!) all bis (our

[..:el

on the gro\l nd.

P,?SITIVE,

a le(m of rehuion . o;,po/c::cl

ocg;uive.

alfo uftd in oppofili on

relall\'e or arbll rruy: thus

we f"y, beauly is nopo!iti vc thing, bUI deptnds on [he dif–

feren,

"11,,

of people

P O S ITIVE

OEGR.EE,

in gr;\mm:u, is die adjc8.ive in its

límple: fi

gnir.Cí

\tion, withoul any eornp.uiron, Sec

GRAM–

MA M. .

POSSE

CCl roTl

rATUS . in la':!, (j6n::'rs Ih: powcr o( rhe

COUnty, or

.he ..

anJ ,nifl,.nce

aJl

.he koigl..s,

P O T

J:!cnt!('mcn, )'C'GtnC'n, ),tlJ)urcrs,

ft;rC":nt~,

2jptc:ntiCN;

~nd

...11

ot1lcIs within Ihe C<lunly

I~)al

are ..ILove

Ihe

¡:¡gc 01 ¡¡(cccn, C'XC'Cpl wom('n, cccldj,dlit'aJ pcrfO(¡'...nJ

{udl ,¡s are clccrepit and infirm.

This puffe

COOlil~IUS

is lO he rílired wr.cre

ríot is

commi ltcd. a po(1'cffion kept upon

forcihlc- enl l )'. or

~oy

force

rd~u('

uled. cuntr;:lI )'

Ihe kinJ:'s wril, or

in oppofit:on

,he exeeu tion of jllllice; and jt is Ihe

dUly of all Olcnffs

affiO

j ufbc~s

of lile peace in the fup–

pn.:ffion of r¡ols,

6&.

ano

tO raife tbC'

et)r,'¡'Cltus, or

tn eharj!e any numher or meo (or thac purpore:.

P OSSESS ION, in Seots

I..w.

See LAW , Ti" viii .

11-

POSSESS lVE,

in gramm;; r, a telm applied

pronouns

which denote the enjoyment or pvlfeflion of any tiling

e¡lher in pttnicul.H or

commoo: as

'lJeUI,

min.:; .lOd

UIIII.

thinc.

POsSESSOkYa{/jon, in Seo" law.

See LAW, T i"

xxx . 18.

POSSIBILlTY, in law, is delfned to be aoy .hing thar is

ahogelher uncert.lin, or what may or may not be.

SI B I L I

y alfo denotes a non-repugnanee ro exiHing,

in any Ihi ng that does not any way exdl.

P OSSI HL E , is (ometimcs oppo(ed

' 0

real exiaence: and

is undedlood of a thing whieh, though

cloe::. not aétually

exiCl, yet may exiH; as a new (lar.

POST,

a cou rier or lettt!r_carrier. or one who frequently

changes horfes, poned or placed on tbe ro:td, (or quick –

er di(pateh. The word is al(o apFlied

.he hou(e'

where fuch a perflJo takes up and Jays down his charge.

Engl.nd,

poas were fi,a eflablilhed by aél of p.r–

Jiament in (he twelft h year o( the reign of Charles

Ir.

which en.bJed .he king tO (elIle a poa .otliee, aod appoio,

a governor.

P m'óY,P osT , • pof\ ea.blilhcd fo r .he beoe6t of London

and the adjacenl pa rts : by which any leuer or pared not

exceecling tixtt:en ounees weight. is fpeedily conve)'ed lO

and (rom all pa ns within len miles of London.

POSTO

'1M

o, POTSDA

M ,

a town of Germ,oy io ,he

marquilate

Brandenburg. tr:n miles routh-wen of

Berlin.

POSTHUMOUS,

child bo,n afle' .he dea.h of his fa·

ther, or t:akt:n out of lhe body of a dead motbt'r; (rom

wherfct!

is (requcndy :.pplied

Ihe works of an

~uthor

nOl publiOH.:d t¡JI a(ter hls deceare.

POSTI NG.

í>mong merChOlntS, the putting an account for–

w<trd (rom one book

another, pan icuJarly (rom the

journal or walte ·Look

[he

J('dg~r.

See

BOOK - KEE P·

JNC.

POSTLIMINIUM,

2mon~

.he Romans, .he ret urn of O""

who haJ

~one

fojourn e1 few here, or h"d been b;miflled

or l:-:ken by ) n <:ncmy la his own countl )' and

(fa~.

POSTULA

TE, in m;uhematics.

6(.

is cicfrribeJ

fuch

;lO

eary :

:I.nd

fdf-evident fll ppo(ition, as nceds no

explie,ltion or illuClration

l O

render it inttl1;gible;

a~,

that a right line

mayo

be drawn f/om one point to

ano~

,her.

POTAMOGET ON, io hotany,

genlls or .he w"nd,ia

retraJ!yrtia dafs.

has 00 ealix, nor

ylus ; bm ):;(s

rour peuls, and rour (c('d, Thcre are

fpecit.s, lo of

Ihe", muives or Brinin.

P OT ANCE . in heralJry, , cro(s likc .ha, repre(enled in

Plate CXLV.

• .

POTo