598 / 868
r y
R
,m.1 leep' 3n aerount of \Vh. t he <vcry «' y delivered
'o .he
11c~·"d .
lIe .Ifo kcrps a I,n
01
.he Ihip', eom–
p:lny. ;¡nd
relS
00\'''" cxaélly
dlC~ t.1;~y
of
~alh m~I~'s
aJ
mlllion.
In
arJer
tO
regul,w.:
lhe
qU.Ultlty
of
provlllons lO
be! dflivcrcd out, and
d
l.tlthe paymallce
oc
trealurer of
Ihe!
n.¡vy
may ¡Ifue out
lhe
ddb urfcmcnts,
antl pay off Ihe
mcn,
ólccórd,ng
to
hls
bOllk.
PU ltS LAIN, in botaoy. See P OR Tl' LA CA.
PU RVIr:W, a term uled [,y lome "wyers
f~r
the bocly of
iln
A{t
of parli,¡,ment, or that p
In
whlCh brgins wllh,
B~
it
cn.h~b:tI,
6"
as COntradlltingudhcd from
the
prc–
, mhle.
PU l( UL F:NT, in medicine, fomc.h iog mixed with , or
part.;¡klnc
oC,
pusor
mAlter.
PUS,
in
medicine, a
whllt
oc
ydlowiO,
pUlrid
mauer, de–
ligoed by oature for the he.llog aod eemeMiog of wouods
or fores.
PUSTULE, • pimple, or f01.1I eruplioo on .he Ikio full
of pus; fueh are .he punul.. o( the InnH-pox aod frenel:–
pax. See
MEDICIN ~.
P UTORIUS . io zoology. See MU'TELA .
PUTREFt\CTION . SeeCHEM ISTR Y, p.
98 -
PUTIY, is a kiod o( p. fle , eompoooded uf whitiog .od
Iinfced oil, be.,.o together to .he conG1leoee
01
,hick
d0"l:h.
11
i. ufed
by
ghzie.. .for ,he falleoiog in ,he fquar..
of
gl.f. iD
r.fh-wiodows, aod by paioters (or flopplog up
the crevices aDd clcfts in tlmbC'r and
w3ln(cols,
be.
PYCNOSTYL E , io ,he .neieot architcélure, "a buildi02
where [he calumns fland ycry
ciare
to eaeh other; ooly
oo. diao....r .od • hal( of .h. eolomo beiog allowed for
the intcrcolumntations .
PYGARGUS,
10
oroi'hology. See fAL CO.
PYGMY, • perfon
oc..
eKeeediog a .:ubit io height.
T hi. appeHati.o is giveo by ,he aoeieo.. to
a
f.bulou.
natioo fald
10
have íDh.bited Thraee; who brought fon b
young al five years of age,
ar.d
wcre
old
al
eight; theCe
"'.r. famous (or the bloody \llar ,hey waged witb the
crancs .
J>YLORUS, io .oatomy. S.. ANArOMY, p.
258 -
PYRAMIO, io geometry, • folid
n.od,og
00
a trlaogular,
fquarc, or polygonal bafis, and
lcrminKúng
in a
poinl
at
the
lar ;
or, according
tO
Euclid, it is a foJid figure,
confill,og o( feveral trlaogl.., whoCe b.fes
are
.11
io .be
f¡me planc, and have one cammon vcrtcx.
PYI.AMID ,
in architc8urc, a folid maffive building, which
from a (quaTe, tr¡..
ogular
J
or
other bafe,
rifes
dtmlnl(h~
ing to a Vertcx cr poin t.
Pyramids are Comctimcs ufcd
tO
prcfcr"Ye lhe mcmory
oí
fingular
cnots;
and
(ornellmes
te
cranfmit
co
po(leri,y
the glory and magnificence of prince,. But as they are
eflCCOltd , fymbol of immonalilY, ,hey are
01011
eom–
monly . red as funeral monuments. Such i5 chíl.t of Ce–
{litu, at Rome; and (hofe other ceJebrated ones ofEgypt,
a5 famotu for the enormny of lheir fi ze, as their ant'qui–
'y.
Thef. are r,.u..ed 00 Lhe
w.cllid. o( .he No!e, . 1-
mon oppoli•• tOGraod C.oro : .he b, fe of the Jarg. 1I eo–
vers more chan len acres of groundj and
IS,
accordlOg tO
fome, neu reven hund red ftel high¡ though others mi\ke
;c
bUI
(ix
hundred ,
anu
fome
bUI
littlt:
more than fi ve
hllndred. The pyramid
IS
f"J to have beeo, among ,h.
r.gyp.i"o. , a (YlObol of hum, o I,Ce ; the begioning of
'A'h,el>
is reprefcnted by the bafe, ,nd .he eod by ,he
VD".
111. N°
~o.
l
l'
Y T
"pex
j
00
wllich "ceOllnt
il
was thl t lhey Lfed
10
ere.:\.
thcm
O\'er [epu ll.hrt·s.
PYRtI ~I IJ) _~LI¡\
CORPo .. , io ao..omy . See t\.AT>–
MV,
P ,97.
P)
It I\~1I0.\LIS ,
io .oatomy. Sec A" TO I-IV , p.
' 9 :–
PYRENEAN
M OUNT AlN S
divide fr aocc from3p",n,'lnu
:He
noc inferior
to
lhe Alps in heich l : they extellJ frOll1
ehe
~ Iediter, anean
to the ocear. upwards of twohl1nd rcd
miles in length, the createtl bl ealhh
bt!lI1g
aboue one
hundrctl and tYo·enty .
PYIUFORM IS, io '''>lomy. Se< A.ATOMY, p.
205 .
PYRITES. See CII E>lIST lV, p.
' 17.
PYItMONT. the capi,,1 of a coon,y
01'
,h.. o,me io .he
cirele ofV"c!ftphalia in Gcrnlany, fituated on t·he confine ..
of the duchy of Rrunrwlck, iD
E
long. 9('1 ,
N.
lal.
S2°~
from whence
we
recei,'c
lhe
be(l mineral wate¡:s
in
Ger_
many.
PYROL:\ , io botaoy, agenus<lf .hedecaodri. monogynia
clals.
The c,¡lix confins of
6vl!
regmems. and the co–
rolla of five petal. ; aod .he eapfule has
fi..
eeHs. Thtre
are fix rpccits, lhree of them natives of Britain,
viz.
the:
rotur,di folia, or cammon wioter.green;
the
minor,
or
Je~er
winter greco; and lhe fecunda, or dt:ntc.d leaved
wlOter-green.
P YROM ¡\NCY, a kinJ o( divio..ioo by m"os or fire_
T he aneieOl! iruagincd {hey eould foretel (uu.:re evcnt$,.
by iofpeéliog fi,e 30d
O.me; .od to this eod, .hey eoo _
fidercd
¡ts
diretlion, wbich way
it
tumr:d; rometin",
they added other matlers tO !.he fire,
f.ehas
a
.velTd full
ofurinc, having iu neok bound about with wool. watch_
ing narrowly
00
which
lid
e
ie buret,
and
lhenee tdklng
their augury: rometimes they
tlrrew
piteh
on
it ; and.
if
i, took fire immediatc!y, ,heyeOeemed i• •
g.odaugory .
PYROT ECHNY, ,he an of fire, or a feience whleh ••aeh",
ehe management aod applieatioD of 6re in feve ral opcra-
tions. See
CHE
M I
STR Y.
PYROTrCS.
in
medicine, caonies, or remedies, eidler
al1uaHy or poteotially hot ; "-od which .eeodingly \Vil!
burn the
fl~Ol,
and r ...ife an ef, har. Sec
CAUST ICS .
PYRRHICHA, io .oiiquity, • kiod of exereil.
0 0
horfe–
b~ck
or
a
feigned combat , for the cxercife of the c¡¡va lry.
PYRRHICHIUS, io .he Greek aod Latio poctry,
a
(oot
coofifiiog of tWO fyH.blc., bo.h O,on ;
.s,
D",,_
PYRRHONIANS, a fell of .neieot philoCophcrs,
f~
calle.!
from Pyrrho, a nati ve of Elis, io Pdopoonefus . The
opioions of .hefe philolophers, who
WtlC
airo e.llcd fcep_
ties, terminated
in
lhe iocomprehcnfibility of
all
thioA$, in
whieh .hey fouod re.foo bo,h for atlirmiog aod J toyiog ;
accordingly thcy
[cemed,
during thelr whol!!
liv\!s.
(,J
be
in
fearC'h
of truth,
witho\lt
ever
a('knowl~dging
thi\t
t!\I;Y
liAd found it: hcnec rhe art of dilpllling upon alJ thiog!l: ,
withollt
ever
gniog farthc:r
than
fufpeoding ourj'JUg¡nI;Ol7
is OIl1cd vyrrhooiCm .
P YRUS, io botaoy,
a
geou. of the icof. od,-;' peotag'/oi,
eI.,fs. T he ealox eoolitls
0( '5
fegOl'''ts, ,nd ,he eoroll.
of
Ctve
petill') ;
the
apple has fi vc cell5, eOOtailling m.lny
feccls. There are four [pccics, (wa of lhcm IHli\'es of
Britain
J
viz.
lhe eommunis,
or
wild
pear·tree
i
anu lhe
",,,Ius. or
crab :trple
PYTH ACO IlEANS, a fea or . oeieo. phiioCophw,
r~
c, lI. d rrum .hw oclog ,he folloll'ers of
Pytha~,,,,, ~f
SttOlO!l,
who Ilved
10 lhe
reign of
T ..
uquin tllI.'
l.a!1
k ~n!!
oflhe
HlJm:\n!l}
in the )'car
of Rome 2:!O ;
or)
a¡;;:oIlJinc
6 P
t
,.