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S A T

'j,ing,lom of

p,&tl

ti"

Ec.!! ·Indi<s , ,,,here fO'lle are

fouou

perfe~t1y

eolourlcfs, .nd others of.1I th< fh,des of

bluc¡ (hert.' are all founrl in the pebblc formo

W t:

h~ve

ver)'"ne f.lpphires .Ifo, p.. nly rchble. p.. dy cryll.11

n,.·

ped, (rom

Rifn;¡g~r

Con:mor, Calieut,

al1d

the

IO.lnd

Ceylon : thel" a:(o are of

.11

the

Ih,.!"

oí blue. Aod

in C::ylon thcrc are

(omcl imes

found a

ton

ball-trc.l

gcms. of a

mix':!o

n:\lu re

b:'t\Ve~n

file fdpphi rc

and ruhy.

The oc ¡dental

ar~

ffom

Sildia.

Bohemia, and many

olher parts of

Europe;

bUl though thefe are oftt'n very

beatHiful flones, ,hey are grcady

Ir.f«:rior.

both in

Jultre

and harclners. to Ihe onent ....

SAPPHIRI NE WATER, in the materi. medie., .lfo e,lIed

bluc

cyeo.wAter, IS

thus prcrarcd : P,)ur a pim of lime–

water, made

nrOn!;

and

frdh,

ioto a coppt:r-ve{f'cI , "dd

a dr:tnJ of crude fa l armoniac and throw in fome

filinzs or fm,11 pieces of eopper, aod 1« il n. nd tdl it

has aC'<I\I:red a beautiful eolour.

T his is ufed as

eye-water :

alfo to

deter~e

old

ulcers: and (omellmes it is mixed with olher tlllngs

injeftions in

gonorrh~as.

SAR.'\Bi\TTES,

fort

01'

monks among Ibe ,neieot chriO i·

aos, who dio not refort tOthe wi ldtrncfs as others <lId,

but linJ ptlblicly in eities. Two or three of them

uru

l·

dwclt

tnc~ther,

b UI

{hey

had no rule or governmeRt;

the, however obferved very llriét falls; tVor(" 100ft' fleevcs,

wide fl ockiog., eo..fe c1othes. frequently figlted , and

alw, ys hioerly inveighed agaioft Ihe c1ergy.

SARABAN D, a

mu~c.1

eompo"tion in triple time, the

motion't o( whil.. h are flow and rerious.

S :\RACENS, the inhab,,,n,, of A"bia; fo cal1ed (rom

the word

f ara,

which

fi gnifies a de(art, as

the

gre ....

tdl

pan of Arabia is: ..

this heirg che counuy 01

!\ol ..

ho–

met, his dif..:iples wete calltd Salclcens

·SAR.'\GOSSA, Ihe capital of the p'ovince of Arragon in

Sr,i n :

Vv.

long

,°

15',

and N

Iat.

41°

32'.

S ARCASM, in rhetoric.

keen biuI!T expreffion which

has the true point of (atire, by \\'hich the orat'or {coffs

and in(uhs his

en('n~y:

{uch \Yas that of the Jews to our

Saviou r, .. He

(aved

others. himfdf he cannot f,¡,ve

SARCOCEL E. in fu rgel y. a (puriou. rupture, or heroi.,

wherein the tellicle is confidcrably tumiried or indur Heri,

Jike a fci rrhus. or much enlarged by

flefhy

excrercence

which

frequent!y aHended with acute pains and fome

times ulceration, fo as tOdegenerate

Jan:

into a can-

cerous dirpafition. 8ee SURGERY.

S ARCOCOLLA , in

phArm.ey

,.a gum.refin, whieh 'p'

'praaches greatly to ,he nature of lhe fimple gums .

is brought

us from Perfia and A"bi" in fm.1l

granules moderately heavy. and of a whitilh, browOIfh,

or reuJiOl colour.

ver

fri~ble,

of a faioufll difdgrecable

fmell. and of

acnd and n,lufeou'i talle .

Horrman abrolutely condemns the interna) ufe of

it.

HowC'\rer. 1t is recommended in ophlhalmias. and ddluc·

tions of

fharp malter upon

he eyes

and is

generally

order.d tJ

d ff"lved

milk for this pllrpofe.

SARCOLOGY is Iha< part of ,natomy which Irea" of the

foft pdrtS,

vh.

the

mufcl~s,

¡ntcllines, aneries, velOS,

nervt:S. and (aL 8ee ANATOMY.

RC'OM".

in fllrgery, deool 's ,oy flen,y excrcfctnee.

6 ARCOPH -\GOUS MlDICINES in furr,ery,

Cre.

thOfe '\'hlch t"at away prnud

fldh,

and

olhenvife calJed

ca'llttCS, Sec CA

U ST

I CS.

SARCOTTCS, in

fur~ery,

medicines which

gCC~r.1!C

n.fh

in w()unds,

S i\RD INIA, 'o in,nd of the Mediler"ncJn,

¡¡

,u.te

be.'

twccn

8'1

"od

10°

long. anei belwcen

0 ...

nti 4 1°

J:n

is abou[ or.e.llundrt·d and

fOTl)'

males long, "nd

fixty

hm,ld. and

glves

lhe lidc: of

king

to the

dule of

S:\Voy, ulldc:r

w¡'v[t

domimoo it

IS.

SARDIS, lhe anclcnt capi tal of L ydla, in Afia, now

il1

rU IIl$

SARDONYX, in n:Hural hiOory, a genlls o( fe mi p:llu<id

g ( OlS.

o( Ihe onyx Ilruéture.

~oned

or tabuLued, and

compof"d uf lhe m.ll1er of the onyx vdrieRafeo wlth

IhH

ofthe red or ye.lCJw carnellan. Sc:e: CARNELtAN and

O~YX

S'\HGUS, in ichlhyolo?,y. Se< S'ARU'.

SARK, • liule inanJ belw«n GuerDley dod J erfey, fub.

je"'l to Grc,H Btttaio.

SAROT¡;lt A, in botany, a genus of the pentandri. !ri.

gyllia

c1 ..

rs. The c;dlx eon!ifls of Il ve: rcgments, and tlle

corolla

five petals; the: capfule is coloured, and

has

tluee cells ano ane valve. There: is bUI

one.

fpe:Cles,

nafivt! or Vlreinia.

SARSAPARILLA, in bouny. See SM IL '''.

SAR'TORlUS, in an",omy. Se. AN'TOMY. p

20 7 .

SAltUM, 01 O LD SARUM, a borough.\owo ofWlllfhire,

fitll;tt cd a lude nouh of Salifbury,

feods t\'lO mem–

bers to p3 1lramcnt.

S:\SSAFIt:\S, 10 bo"ny. See LA URUS .

T he wood is imported in l.lrge Itraight blocks: It

faid to

warm, apericnt, and corrpborant; and fre_

quelltly <mployed, wilh good luccefs , for purifyiog and

(wet.telllng Ihe bJood <lnd juices; for which purpo(e 3n in–

{orion,

in tht: wil y of tea,

a very pleaf:lnt drlOk:

it!

oil IS very

fragro:l.nt

, and po(fdfóG moft of lhe virtues of

th~

\I'oud.

SAT ELLlTE in .Oronomy, the (,me with

Ceeondary

planet, or moon. See AST RONOfo1Y,

S.'\TR:\PA .

or SA'fIlA ' ES. '"

Per'l~n

antiquity, denotes

an admlral; but more commonly lhe

gov~(nor

of a pro·

vi:lc~.

SAT rIN.

gloffy kind of filk Iluf!', the warp of whlch

is very fine. and fiands OUt fo

tO cover the coarrer

wnof.

SATTINET. ,

ni~h t

Ihin kind of faoin. commonly !tri·

pl ~,

and chieB)' uled by the ladlCs for fun,mer Dight.

$!uwns,

S .4.T UR~NTS.

in ph"

,u.ey

:>ee

ABSORBENT "

SATUlt.'\TION, in ch: mif!ry, " the Iffip«gndliog ao

a·

Cid

\Vith an

ítlk.di

. or

vICe vNJn.

tdl

~lther

will rcceivc

more, and (he mixl ure will become ncutral.

S,-\'·: UR D.-\.

the (.v, nth nr

1.11

day of the'w«k . fo c.lled

from

the

Idol Sc'iller. wo,{lllPped on (hlS day by the

ao–

c¡ent Sa >;ons. and thought

be the

fame

as (he: Saturn

o( th,,:,

Ldlins,

S:\TUREIA in bouoy. a genus of the didynamia gym–

norpcrmla clCl{s. The laclOla: of che coroll" are nearly

equal; ano lhe ¡lamina are appraXi01a[c. The rpecies

are ni ne, none o( thelll Rdtives of Bt'itain.

The leaves of (ummer {"90ry are

v~ry

pungeot , warm.

:anu aromalie: and

aff~lrd,

in dlflillation with \V.uer, a

{ubtilc

dT~nri.11

oil. Hoth are cHcet"med good in

udities

of lhe Clomach, ,,(thmas, and menftrual obllruétions .

SATL'RN, in .OroDomy. Se:

AIT~ONO"Y,

4·1' ·

SATU "'H