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rOULT RY.

3111,i11Js of donl! Oic bi,ds b'Ollgl.t up in yud••

•5 cOLks, hl'ns,

cal

0115,

ducks.

lurke ys,

rOUND. a HonJ.n;:

w<i~ht.

Se<

~¡O hE Y .

l)ou

airo denotes

llJoney o(

accOUnt~

rOCttlJed, ¡'CC;J Ure

lhe

ancit'llt

pound

filvcr ",cighccl

pound

troy.

Sce IvloN

EY.

r OL' ND :\GE. a fubfidy

(lf

d. in Ihe pound gr. rottd lO

lhe crown on

.dl goods

~nd

merchandizls

exponed

or im–

poned:

~nd

alicns. one penny

morco

POURI ·RESTURE. in lalV. is

wrong(ul incloru' e. or

C'ncro.lchmcnt upon ,,"other

pl!rron's propeny.

POUR SU IVANT. O, PllRS UIVANT. in haald,y. I·he

Jowd!

orda

of offi cers

a l

arms.

T he pourruivants are properly attendants on lhe

he·

nlds,

\1.hen

lhey

marfh~ 1

public

ceremonies.

th<fc:in

Engl~nd,

thtre \\'ere fo rmcrl y many :

bUl al

preCent

lilac

are ooly fou r;

tJjz.

bluc' mande,

rou~c_crors,

rauge dril.–

gon, and ponculhce. In S¡;otl ,lnd, rhere is only OO\! k1ng

at arms, who is

(tykd

L lon; and has

0 0

Iels [h ao

rix

he:–

ralds, and as many purfuivalllS, and a great many

mcf –

fengt'rs at arms . unde.. him.

POURVEYANCE. o, PURV EYANe!. io I.w. rhe pro·

vidm~

carn, fuel, vi(tual,

&c.

for the king's hOU010Id;

and hence lhe aRicer who t.ild fo

WitS

termed pourveyor.

PO\l'DER. in

pharm.ey

. a d,y medicine wel! b,oken.

either in a m'jrl;H bygnr.ding. or

chemic.d operations .

1'OW ER . Ihe fiCulty

doing o, fuffenog any Ihing.

Power thert'fore js two-fold.

viz.

confiJcred as able

to m<tke, or

abl~

to retelve any chaogr; the (ormer \\'h"re–

of may be c;¡lI:d aélive power, aod the Jatter paffive POVl–

ero See

f\.1ETAPHYSI CS.

PO W ER,

io mel hOlnlcs

See

r..1FeHANlcs.

POWER,

I~w, fign¡fi~s,

in generaJ, a particular allthority

graoleo by itny perron

aoother

reprefent l1im, or

hi~

Head.

l' owER& , io ¡:¡,rilhmetic and algebra, are oothing hut the

prodl!éh anfing lrom lhe coolinuitl multiplica llons o( a

r.umber, or qUilnti, y, jnlO ilfelf. Sre ALG EDM.'A, p. 81 .

aJld

i\R ITHt>1f.TIC,

20 •

POX.

SMALL POX .

in medicine. See,MEDleINE,

P. 75.

Funch

Pox

See MEDI CINE . p. 133 ,

FRACT ICE. in a,ilhmetic. See AR ITH MET IC. p. 393 .

PRAGMAT IC SAN CTI ON. in Ihe ci , d law. is defineo 'by

H OHoman

be a refCTlpt, or anfwer of the fov! reign.

c1dlvered by advice o( his counciJ, to fome college, er–

de r, or body of people, upon coorul ting him

fome

caft: . o( their community. The Iike anf\\er

glven

cl.ny

paruculdr perfon. is call\!d rlmply lefcript. The lerm

prilll m.1tic lanélion, is chicHy

~ppiied

10 a

fetll~mtnl

Charles

Vr.

empcror a(Ge rmaoy, who, in the ye:ar

1722.

havlng

fens, ft uJed his hercdíl"ry do;r.irlloos on IHs

dddl

d~ur.hrer,

(he

archd ucht'fs

M.l.Tla Thenf.

wh lch

'\Vas

cllnfirrr.~d

the diet of the

empíreo

ar,d gU'¡ J;¡n1t-ed

by Grt'íl.t Brit,lI n, France, Ihe States general, tind moH

Ihe

PO','

ers

Europe.

l'R ,f:CE I'TIO HEREDITATtS. in Seo.. law. S<e L A\\'.

1'11.

xx.vii. 33.

PR I'.GUE. Ihe capira l of Bohemia. filu.led on Ihe ,iver

Muld". in E . long. 14

20'. N hu, 5....

T t,is is a nrnng

Jir.t

cl\y;

and r,eX I 10 L und on,

P.uis.

anJ' Conlh.nlinoplc:,

Ihe larReO

Europe.

l'R AMN I ON. in nril u,al hiOo, y the name of a rcmi·pe!.

J"" cl(1 gt m.

Thi,

is a vc'y fi nguh.r Oone, :ar,d cf a vcry grcill COD-

VO L.

1/1.

N°.

'lo.

ce,dcJ

Lea\~ty :

C.l1T lapidaries, wheo thry

mc~t

widJ

it•

e:.t ll lt

lile nante of

the black :tn:tte.

úf

.In

~y.tr(

nl !Iy

cI"fe, comp:tl l, aod hrm tc:xl ure. of ..

fmoo"~ ~ n·1

c<j1J \

IUI race. and in Olape very irrenn!.I!'. bting forne lime. 1

Clur.~ .

foml.!tlmes oblong, :\nu oft\!lTil"¡ l; in

liz~

(.; IJf'l1l

ex~~':'{;

t\Vo inches. l t appears,

0 0 :\

common inf'p('llioo.

or a

fin~

deep black : bur hl'ld up ag:¡inU ,he fuo, or the

Jight of a caodle, it is itO

ciega ni

reJ, d O\lJl"d

Ol~a(\lit

of fubli Je black earth .

\-VI!

h,I\'c it

froln

tlle

¡':.~Jt-

nc1if~",

PRASIUM,

botany, a

genus of the didyn.lmitl

g>'rnno –

fptrmia

cl.ds

. The berrlCS

ar~

(ou r, caeh conl¿ín:ng one:

(eed.

j 'here are t\Vo fpecies, nODe

thi.'nl

nalifes

cf IJri–

t:tin.

PRATCQYE. or PI\ATTIC. io commerC'e, a nego:ial ioo.

or cOOlmunicatic'IO, uf commerce, wl1H;h :a Oler.hao! ver–

oLlfuns "in rhe pon it art ives ín, aoJ Ihe c-01l nln('s

dij'co\'ers

hence to oblaio a panIque. is

ob:aln a li–

beny

frequent a pon, to go afhore, to buJ' and ft'll,

&c.

PREAMB L E. rnlalV. Ihe bcg:noing o( an

.él

of parliJ'

mcol.

(:;c.

which (erves lO opeo Ihe Inteot of the ¡:u.'1, <tnd.

the r.)lfchiet's io tended to be

rem ~died

by ir .

PR EBEN D.

the Illaintenance a

prebe

~díl.ry

recelves

oUl .~f

the e(late of

cathedral or colJegiate churcb.

PREBENDARY. any eccleli.flic who enjoyo • prebenn.

PRECARIUM. in Seo" la w. Se< Low. T" xx. 9.

PRECED ENCE. a place of honoor lOwhich a perron is

eotitlcd. This is eicher

courtefy Or of right. The for–

mer is th:at whíeh is due tO age. eHate,

ec.

which is re–

golared by cuflcm and civd"y; Ihe I",e, is fétt led hyau–

thority, and, when broken in u::oo, gives ao Olétioo at law.

PRECEDENT. io l. .... a c.f< which has been determined.

and which ferves as

rule for all of {he fa me nature.

PR ECE PT. in

I.IV.

comm.nd

in wriling fenl by a chicf

julltce, jullice of {he peace,

Oc.

for bnnging a perfon;

recoro. or other mottter, before him.

PR': CE PT .OF CLARE CON ST A.T,

in Scots

laVJ.

Sce

LAW,

Tir.

xxvii

28.

PREC E P'r O F SE ISI N,

SCOIS

law. See L.a w, T i1..x, 15.

I'R ECE:'>S ION. in aflronomy. See AsT RONOMY. p

,6 1.

PRECIPITANT. in chemifl.y. is appl"d

any J'q"or.

which, when poured on a fohnion, rcpara{es Wh:H is dif.

folved: ano m.kes it precipitate, or fall 10 the botlom

rhc vefrl.

S eeC liEM I STay.

The term precipitant is al(o ufed. io medicine, to dI!·

nOle any rer.ledy

thde

moderare, the heat of {he b!ood ,

fc:paratiog, as is fu ppofed, any hcterogeneous n13ueC'

contalned thercill.

P RECIPITATE. io chemifl ,y. a fu bO.oce which. having

bCl n

(f\llved in

proper menl1rUln, is ag"ín feparatt'd

(rom ItS loh cnt. Olnd thrown down

lhe botlolU

Ihe

vt·{{~, 1

pou ring fome ather Itquor upo." il.

PI(EC IPITATION. See CHH" STRY . p.

69. 1° 7

PRECOG NITION. in SCOts

lalV

Sr< L AIV. Til . xxxiii.

P RECORU IA •.in . natOmy. a gen. ,,1 name for Ihe pJrt.

fil~ateA

ttbOUl the hean, in the fore-pan of tht! thor IX; 'aS

lhe

d,aphr~ l!m

pericard,um. and

('\'l'n

lhe heart

Illdt~

wírh lhe fph·cn. hl1gS.6c. Sle

A"U..TOMY .

PREDECESSO R. propcrly

fi~olfies.

p<don ",ho h.. r,e·

ceded or gone: befa re anol ber io rhe fí! nlt'

(¡fii , ,'

('11\–

plormclH ; in which !eDfe, il is

ddtlO~lIi(he.!

11 0m

:lA–

ccHor.

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