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S A D

1,y

I:noclúng it down. or cutting itS ,hroat.

,he facri·

6 ce was in

hcnouT

lhe

ceh:Hiitl gods,

lhe ,hroar

was

tllrneJ up

towards hea.vcn : but

th~y

f.crificcd

lO lhe

h erocs or infernal gods,

lhe

vi8im \Vas

kilh~d

with

its

throat towards the glound .

byaccident lhe beafi

C'.

{c4tped

lhe

Choke.

Ic~rt'd

up afte.- it,

cxpired

with

paio

and difficuhy. lt was

lhoUJ!ht lO

be unacceptable to

lhe

¡ ods . T he beall

~ein¡;

killed,

,1,.

priell iDfpea ed itS cn'

traíls, and m"de preditlions from {hcm.

Th.ey

Ihen

poureJ. winC'J tOgcth'!T widl

frankincenfe,

into lhe lire,

'to ¡nCredre lhe

Adorne, and

,hen

lJid

lhe facn(jce on

the

altar

whi-.:h

in lhe primitive times \Vas

burne

whole

the gods, and thence cAlled

;l."

holoc.tuft

bUI in ahef–

tlmes. only part

uf lh e

vit'bm

WdS

confumed

(he fi ,e,

and

lhe

remainder referved for the facrifice rs; the thlgll!l,

a~d rom~times

the eotr:u ls, b: ing burnt lo thear honour,

t he

com;Jd,ny fe""fl ed upon the rell.

Whde lhe (..criliee

was burning. the priefl. anJ tbe perron who gave [be

facfl lic.e. jouHly prayed, laying lbeir hands upon the al–

t a"'.

S.>m: times lhey played upon mufical inctrumenls in

.che time of the facri6ce, and on fome oce3fions

{hey

dan–

ced roand (be altar,

GDging

facred hymDs iD honour of

the goda .

S ACRI riCE,

~lro

a Dame of an iAand in the

gulp~

M exico

{orly. live

mile~

e2il

of L a Vaa Cruz.; il is fub·

i ea

,he Sp.niards.

SACltl L EGE, ,he crime of profaning facred ,bings, or

thofe devoted tO lhe fervice of God.

S ACRISTAN, a ch orcb·o!Ecer, o,herwire c. lIed fex,oo.

See

SEX TO N •

S 'ACRI STY, in church hiflory.•

' p.rtmen' in a church,

whert the facred u1enfils were kept ; being lhe fame wltn

Our veflry . St'e

VESTRY.

S ACH.O

L UMBARIS,

in ana1omy. See

ANATOto1Y,

203.

SACRU~1

o. S .< '\NATO"Y. p

'70.

S AO ER IS \P -\

AN • • pon.lown of ,h.. coafl of Coro

mandeJ fony miles foulh of Fon SI G eorge. H ere ,he

D utch have a f ....ll.ory.

SA O OLE. is .. fea, upon a horfe's

b.ck

, contrived for ,he

clJnvenlcncy

the rlder.

h\llving f..ddle is compofed of twObows,

( \Vo

bands,

fore_boln:.:-r!', p<4nneh,. and fad,Ue-flr",ps; ilnd ,he

g r( Olt

f.ddle has, befidcs Ihefe parts , corks, hind·bolflers, .od

a troutTcquin.

T he pommel

i..

caOlmon to both.

S AD OUCEES. in J ewirh .n,iquilY, .f.mou. fea . mong

the anClen'

Jo!

,liS,

fa called from their roundt r S.Hitlc.

Antígonu '

S••

cho. prefidenl of [he faohednm ,,' Jcru·

falcm , and

(CACheT oí

lhe Jaw in Ihe div"Tnity

(ci~ool

th:n cilY.

H aving often, in his leél:l.lres. alT'( rled

his

{cbolars, ,hat they OU}!hl

n OI

to fervt! G oti In a fervde

manner. wlth refpel't

rewa:-d. bUI onl y out of fil iAl

love ann

(ear;

two cf his fchol"" rs S,ldoc and Raidlus.

ioferred (rom thence, th.t [here

were

no rewuds

0 1'

pu–

nifhmo;:nts alter Ihis Jife; and, (hererore, rep""rarlng

fro:n lhe rchool of thcl r mafia, they laught that thcie

W"S

no refurr tllon. nor ruture Halc. M ,nye-mbrdc1ng

thls apinion,

g~ve

rife

the feél of Ihe

S.ldd~cee~ ,

\I.'h o

Wcre .. kiad of Epicurt!ans. bll t dlff: rlOg flom thcm in

this. thClt thollgh they denied a rUture (tatl.', yet they al

Jowcd the WI,)r1t1 ", as crratcd by the power of G ud, 2nd

t~ov.crn~tI

IIIS

providl!nce

wh~rea$

lhe followers of

Eplcuru, deDied bo,h.

S A

TIle Sadducccs

uenied all manner

preddlination

whateverj 3nd not only rcjeélcJ al! unwrltlcn traditions,

bu, airo . 11 ,he books of , he O !d Tea. m,n" exc<p,ing

the Pcntatt:uch.

SAfE

GUARO,

a proteétion formcrly gr"olcd to a nr-tn–

~er.

who

fea

red violence from fome

{he

kint!'s

(u~jr{ts. for fccking his right by cOllde of law.

SAFFRON. in bo,any,

'be,

S.. C,ROCUS.

/l1~odo'tu

SAFFRON.

in bOlany.

Sel:

CO L CHICU I'>1.

•

SAG t\PENUM,

in pharmacy.

cre.

glllll refln. brol1ght

In tWI,) (orms : the fint'r and purcr is il¡ lonfe gra·

nules.

or fin gle drops : the: coarfer kind is in

m.dr

~ s

COOl–

pored of thc:(e drops of

V~ flOUS

fizes, cemenll':O togclher

by a mauer of lhe CAOle

kind , In

ei tht:r cafe,

is of

lirm and tompaa. fubllance, confiderahly heavy . and ofa

redddh colour on the outCiJe. brownlfh

wllhh.

and (pot.

ted

in many plelces witb

(m~1I

ycllow;(h

whltifh rpecks.

lts fOlell is Urong and d¡f¿grcc.t.ble : ItS t.dle acrid and

unple,¡Jant .

is broughl to

ñ-om Perria

"nO

the E aíl· fndies .

S..

gapenum is a very gre-ll &nenuar.t, apenenl, and.

di(curtent ;

is &ood in all diforders of ,he breaH lholt

owe their ongín lO a tough phlegm .

SAGE in borany

See SALV14.

S .1GENE, a R ulli ..n long me,rure. ¡¡ve hunclred of ,,'hicfr

m:¡ke a werll : the fAgene is c:qua.J

fcvc:n Enghfh feee.

SAGINA,

in bonoy, a eenus of lhe tetrand ria teliag,nia

eI ..

fs . The calix confiUs of (our

Icaves,

and lhe corolla

of (our petaJs; the capruJe has four ct lls, tlnd four

val"cs. conuining many Ceeds. Thereare three fpecics.

[\Vo o( them natives o( Brttain.

lIiz.

the procumbens.

or petlrl \Von

and Ibe ercéh. or the leall ibtch wort,

S AG ITTA In artronomy. So< AST'''NOMY, p. .!8 7.

SAG ITTAL SUTU", iD ao¡,oOlY. S« ASAT' MY, p.

' 51·

S AGITTAR IA, in botany.

genu. of ,he ,"on",cia poly·

andria

eI.fs.

The calix of (he male conljfls

three

fe~ments,

and the corolLa. of {hree petals : and the Ha·

mina are abollt ':' 4' T he c:tlix and corolla

the

[e–

mAJe are the (elme with thofe of the male ; it bas no

pir–

.illum ; and the fc:eds 3re mAny. and nAked

The (pe–

cies are (our, only one of them,

viz .

the f.tgiuiEolia,

OI'

arro\V

hc~d.

a native of Brlt..tin.

Si\G ITTARIUS, io allroDomy. S ee ASTRo,owl , p.

4 8 7

S AGO, a fim ple brough, from ,he,

E.fI

fodies, of cooG·

dcrdble ure in dlet as a rdlorAtive.

S....

go is a fon or bread product'd in the

(ollow¡n~

mao–

n(r, (r,101 a tree éalled l<indan, growin¡; in the MolllcC09.

\Vbcn a

lfCC

is f<; Jlcd, they

c1eave

in. twO io the

miJdle, and dig

Out

lhe pllh, \Vlllch is eatahle whc:n

comes freO, OUt of lbe Iree. They pf,\Jnd

in a mor–

t.lr.

lill il is

n:dl1c~d

inlo a kind of powder fomewhat Iike

mea!. Then they pUllO a learcl" Il!:tde

the: bul.:. of the

(ame tree,

pl.~cing

it over a ci:tan m,trle of

It'

le.!v!:s,

anJ pour \Valer on il, which fep;;¡ r.ttes Ih..: pure potrt of

the po

.ud~r

(rom Ihe woody libres whC're\Vll h the pi' h a–

buunds. 1 'he fiIJur Ihus 6hraled they edil f. 6 u, wlllch

tlwy

m-lb~

into p,dte, "nd bi\ke It in c,trthen (u:oaccs.

SAG R EE;, in ich' hyolugy. S.. S<tU ALUS.

S.l\ ICK.

SAIQ..U E.

a T ud"llh

velrd.

very

comrnon

the L CVAAt for c..rrylng o( merclundite.

SAIL, in navigation, an alfemblage of feveral bread,h, cf

C3(,1'iC'i.,