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S A L
c;¡nv;!¡s, r::\Vcd
logelheT
by
lhe
ldls,
:\.nJ edgcrl
rou nd
Wilh
a Lo rJ,
ftlncncd
tu
the yards
of
il
Olip,
lO lOake
it
d¡-¡ve
~
b ...
(ore
th~
wind , Scc S
H I P.
S3.1
U NG.
properl y d, no«s ,he
art
of naviglting and
\VOl
king a
1111p. Of
of ciluGng hl!r
tO
obfc:rvc fu ch moticos
and dircélioo!' as are affi gned
by
[he n:l\,jgator
i
in whil:h
{cofe. Ctttlin 6 ddf<:rs from navigarion, and muft be learo·
ed
by
pr:tftice onlhipboard.
S ..:e NAV I G ATI O N .
S .~I NT.
in ,he R omifh ehu'h.
a
holy perfon deceafed. and
fi nce his deceaCe c:monizcd
by
the popc, a(ter feveral in_
form:uions and ccrenlonic:s. See
C ANON I ZA TI O N .
SAI N T r O IN, in
botany . Sl!e
H .l:: DYS Ak UM,
and
A C R I-
CULTU R E,
p.
65.
S .'\l , 00::
of
rh e
ifl.lnd5
of cape Verd,
fi ruatcd
in the Al–
hmic oreiin : \V. long. 21°, lat.
17°·
SA LAMANCA, • ci, y of S".in in ,he provinee of L eon,
fi tuatcd
00
lhe river
T ormes :
\V.
long.
6(,.0
10'.
N .
lat. 41 °.
S :\LAM:\ND E R, in zoology. Se< LACERT A.
S A L AMlS, an
,fl.ndin ,he gulph of E ngia, in European
rru rky, (itu"ted in E. long. ·
34°. N.
laL
37° 32'.
bli!ing
aboUl 6fly miles in circumrerence.
S A LEM, a pon-lOwn of N ew E
ngl.nd,a liule nonh of
Bofioo.
S .i.LEP,
in the materia medica, the root of a fpecies of
orchis. S'o!e OR CH IS .
SJlc:p fhou ld be chafen clean, firm and hard : it is yery
Jit dc liaole tither tOdecay or CophiUicalion.
The
falep
d,(fers very liltl e (rom the commOn orchis in vin ue.
TIS
appe"ra!lCe is owing
la
the Ol:lOner of prepari ng it,
and
con(tqucntly this may ue done from Ihe root! of orchis
of our O\Vn gro\'lth . To prepare lhefe in imitation of
f. lep, M r. G eotfroy chofe ,he l.rgdl. f. irell. •nd plump–
en
roolS
h~
cuuld find : theCt he nicely lki nned ; then
thro\Vin"~
d lCln
into colcl water, he fuffaed lhem to ma·
cerate tht!re for fome time : after (his he ligbd y boiled
lhli!nl, and then laking them out of the! water and drai n·
ing ,hem. he had ,hem IIrung upon ,hreads
!O
be dried
in
a warm dry air : when the ronlS were thoroughly dried,
thcy were \'ery tranfearent, and refembled piece9 of tra·
gaca nt h, and eontinued
dry
and hard . The roots lhus
prepared may be reduced
la
powder. which will dilfolve
_way in boil ing water;
and
a fcruple
of
it
will
make
a
bafon full of j elly, in ,he manner of ,he Turkifh f, lep.
This jelly is an admi rable medicine in all cares in which
falep is preCrribtn ; and {h e powder may be given with
gre.. fuecefs in . ffes-milk for difeafes of ,he breafl .
S ,.\LERNO, • ei, y and
pon-,o~'n
of h , ly, in ,he king–
dom of N aptes and the hilher principale, fi tuated
0 0
a
bay oflhe T ufcan fea : E . long.
' Su 20' ,
N . I..
40° 40'.
S AL ET, in war, a lighl covering or
~rmou r
for the hcad,
anciently worn by lhe light horfe, only differing from
tht: eit(k in lhat it had no creH, and \Vas linle more th;m
a b;!re cap.
SI\LI i\NT ,
in fortification, denotes projeél.ing. There
are
l WO
kinc's
oC
ancles, the one Calí"nt , which are: thore
tha\ prd ent thei r poi nt outwards; lhe other re-entering ,
WhH:h h,¡ve theír points inwards. Sce F oR TI FICA TI ON.
S ,U. J AN1·,
SAL IENT , or SA lLL Awr , in hcr::l.ldry, is ap–
pllf..'d
to a Ilon, or other 1>eal1 , wht:o ilS fort'-Iegs :He
r.l,fcd in
a
le'p,nc polltlre. See PI"e CXL V
Il
r.g .
14.
S AL le. ur SAL1C(UE LAW, an éinc;eOl and (unnilmer,:,¡l
h....
of ,I,e kiogdulIl of f rance, " fu,,!ly fupp . f,d ' o ha"e
S A L
been m3de by Phar.mond, or a' leall by C109i., in "'r–
Ule whereof males are only to inherit.
S ALICOR N
1A,
in botany, • genus of ,he monandri. mo–
nogy nia clafs. The ealix is vem rieofe and entiro; it
has no coralla, and but one Ceed. T he fpecies are four..
only one of them,
viz.
tht: eu ropz a, or marth rampire,
a nati\'e o( Britain.
SALIl, in Roman antiquity, prieCls of?\'1ars, whereof there
wcre twelve, inllituted by Nurnl , weclfing painted partí.
coloured gu meUts and high bonnets, with a (leel·cuira([c
on the brean .
Thcy
VIere called
C~lii
from
loltore,
to
dance; be aufe. after affifling at Cacrifices, they \,I,'cnt
dancing about the fl rects, with bu· klers in the Je(t hand,
and
a
rod in the right, flriking
mu(j~tl.lIy
on one another's
bucklers with {heir rods" and
Gllging
h)'mn,
iD
honour of
,h< gods.
S A LTN A, anciently Sal.mis, a port-,own of
,he
ifland 01
C)'prus, fitu:ued
00
lhe fouth fide of lhe iOand, in
E.
long
34° 30',
.nd N .
la,.
34° 30' .
SALI NE, a name given to
a
prt'p. ration of fea.Catt, pro·
cU' ed from lhe froth
of
lhe fea, hard ened by.rhe
(Utl
in
hot countries.
h
is ealJed by fome aUlhors pilau o de
L evante . and is uCed in glafs .m",king
~
and
in lhe
maki ng
the fin e p'lTple colour from coehint;;.l, by boiling it in a
fm",1I <1uitnti ty, with the bn a -and
fO!i1~reekJ
of whil h
lhe nugiflery is mad.t (ur that purpofe.
SALlS BU R
Y,
,he eopi,al ei' yof W ¡\,fhire, fi tua,ed eigh,y
miles
well
of L flodon, and thirty-five miles Couth.ealt of
Brillo!.
Ir
ft::nns
1\\10
members tOparliamem.
SA.LIVA.,
S PITTL~ ,
a thin pellucid humour, feparated
from Ihe an enal blood, by lhe gl. nds about the mr,ulh
and fauces. and conveyed, uy proper fa1lval duéls, iOto
the moulh , fo r reveral ufes. See ANATOMV,
p.
307 .
SALIVAL, .n epi' he, .pplicd
!O
,he
~I.nds
.nd duéls
which fupply and fecrete lbe
[alin. See
ANAT O:o.1 Y,
p.
3°7.
SALlVATION, in medicine, a promo,ing of ,he flux of
fi:tliva..
by
means of medicines. monIy by mercury.
T he
chief ufe of fa\i...,ion is in dife.fes belongi. g
!O
,he gl. nd.
and lhe membrana adi pofa. and principally in the cure of
the venerell
dlrear~1
though
ir is
rome~ime,
al(o ufli!d in epi·
d~mic
difedreS. cutaneous direafes,
6",
whoCe erifes
leed
that \Vay. See
Ivf EDlCI Nt.
SAL1X.
in
botany,
a
geous of the dire:ia diandria c1.,.fs.
The ameotum of bo,h ",. Ie and female confin. of fe. les ;
none of them have any corolla ; the {tylus is bilid ;
[he
capfule has but one cell, and
{\\lO vdh'es;
and the
r~cds
are pappous. T here are
31
fpecies, 18 of lhem nativc:s
of Britain.
SA LEE , a
port "o~n
of ,he em pire of M orroceo, io ,he
kingdom of
Fa ..
f'iluated on the coall of [he Atlaotic
0-
ctan :
W.
long. 7°, and N .
!dL
34° '
SALLY, in the oulitary art , the dTuíng out of lhe befieged
froOl [hei r town or ron, and falli ng upon the
bt'r.~:~crs
in their \Vorks, in order tOcut
I
hcm off, nad theír .."annon,
hinder the progrcfs of thei r arproaehes, dellr\ly tlleir
works.
CJe.
SA LMO, in ich,hyology, , g<nlls b,
lor.ginC ' o
,he
0111<,
of abdominalc:s :
1
he
he,IJ
is fOlOOlh , afld (urn,¡lhd Wi lh
tCcth, ' and :\ tongue:; (he ra)
5
of lhe gdls Me from (our
to ten ; the u3(k lin is fal bt'hllhl; ar.d tbl' belly·hlls hJ\'t!
MtaOy
rays. T ht'rc are
=<)
IPCl'I":S.
S.\LMON-rt SHlS r .
S«F" HrR\'.
S A LOO:-':,