1000000031

s e

.~70

e o

the fupcrior

tulle

being

Ican,

:1nJ

lhe

ll)\\'cfl

larcd l.

SCIRPUS, in bo:any.

gcnus of (he

trilnd r:2.

m~:1"'~yn¡¡

1~hcrl! 1~

bu!

(");1('

fpecies. a n¡niv'! o( Americtl ,

c1,;.15.

T h glumz ílre

p~le.lceous.

aMi Imbric.ltcd

SCH

\'!

:\RT SIlU :loC. a 10" n of G !rm."y. in Ihe eirelo

has no cor" lIa. and bUl one b<ardltf, feed. T he fpeclcs

uf l' pl'.!r SAxony.

:l.Od

lanclgrdve of Th urinsia, eight

are '-7, ten of v

hl(h

are

nativ~s

of Britain.

miles

fOllfh .c..

GOlha.

SCIRRI-f US, in furg\!ry and medicine, a

han!

tumour of

SC HWARTZENI:l URG. a 10Wn

ofGerm.ny.

in lhe eir·

any p.n of Ihe body•.vold of pain. arifing from lh, in.

c1e

Fr;¡nconia, twenly miles C3{l uf \Vurt(burg.

fpdf,Hlon and ¡ndur.Hinn of Ihe Ruids contaioed in a

SC HW:\TS. a lown of G"many. in Ihe cou"'y of T rrol.

gland; lllOugh i, m.y ' pprar in any olh.. pan. efper.iall y

(j(u3ted 00 the nver Ion,

lWenty

mil,:,

non h.eafl:

In-

in lhe fal, being one of lhe ways wherei(l ao ioft.tmmation

fpruc.

terminales. S('e

M ED I C INE

and SURGERY,

SC HW EID ITZ . a ' own of Bnhemia. in Ihe,duchy of SCIURUS. ,he S<tU " REL • • genus of quadrupeds be·

Sdelia, capiu l of

duchy of lhe f"me name, lilUdled

longing to Ihe ord1.!r of &Iires.

has two fo re-teelh

twent y

(ix

milt::s fomh

01"

H\t fb.w ,

C?eh

jil.W,

Ihe lt3 perior ones fh aped like wedges, and the

SC HW É INFU RT. an impni.1 cil y of Germany. in ,he

inferior ones eomprelft d,

Th..e are eleven fpeei...

ei,ele o(

Frdnconi~,

ano blfllOprie of Wurt(burg.

(itlla·

T he

vulgaris, . or comOlOD fquirrel , whieh is a.nalive of

led on the river I"hine: in

long.

10°

S', N ,

l..tl.

moU foulhern paru of EU'Tope, has a pencil of hairs on

50° 15'.

the 10p

the

can,

four toes 00 lhe fore

feet, and (ive

SC IiF.., ;.\ , in iehlhyology,

gemlS belonging

t O

lhe arder

on the hind ones:

lhe fummer,

is of a reddifh eo·

of thoraeici. 1 'he nu mbrane of the gi lls h;¡s

(ix

rays

lour, will!

a ",hite

belly; in Ihe winter, it is of

bluelf:l

lhe opercula and whole hcad are (caly. T here are fi\'e

an1

eolour. T he fqUlrrel is a very aélive animal ; itJeeds

{pee¡es ,

upon nun ,

berrie~.

ce.

which

carries to

momh

SCI.'\RR I. in natural hiflory. ,he matler which

"lOS

down

,he fore' fee<:

I.ys

up i.. fupe rfluous (ood i. holes;

burnlng lorrents from the craten o[ volcanos, and

aod m;¡kes a round

n~n-

of mufs.

which prob..tbly contains mIneral and mc:tcllJic

p~rticlc'J

SCL \ REI\ ,

!JQ[floy. See

S~LV IA .

il belng ponderous and hard.

SCLAVO lA. a province fubjdl 10 dlJ' houfe of Au(lria.

Some of the fci arrí are eoarfe, and olhen fine and po,

and bOllnded on Ihe nonh ·ealt by the riHrs O ra\'e and

Jifhed on lhe (llrfaee; fome of them are black. others

D"ollbe. wh:ch fepa rate it from

Hung.ar

y; bcing abollt

grey. others reddiOl, and others of the coJour o( iron,

two hundred miles long. and fi xt)" broad.

and mi\ny of them have covcrings of pure fu lphur over

takes

1(5

nOJme 'rom Ihe Sclavi. an ancient peor':

thei r whole furfa ce. They feem to be lhe refult of

of European Sc)'thia ; from whom is I:kewife derived the

ny fo,ts o( m:nerals melted togelher.

Sclavonic language, which is r.. id

be the

moll

ex.ten·

SCI '\TIC A. See MED ICINE. p. ;28 .

fi"c

langll.ge

in Ihe world . excep' the Arabic ; as being

SCI ENCE. in philofophy. deno,.. . ny doélrine. deduced

,he common mo,her o( ,he RuOi.n. Hung..i. n. PoliO••

{ro:n fclf.cvident and certain principies, by

regu lar de

Bulg.Hian, Cannthi;¡ n, Bohemlan.

ée.

langu.ageL

monflralion,

SC LERA l THUS. in borany. a genus o( Ihe decandri.

S CILL . .. Ihe S<tu,

LL,

in botany. a genll' of ,he hexan-

digynia

eI.fs.

T he

c.hx

confins of on< I..f; \1 has no

dria monogynia clafs. The coroll .. conlifls of

(ix

c;pen,

caralla; and the feeds are

I\VO,

incl..,fed

(he calix .

deciduous petals; and the filameots rtfemble thrccds.

There are th ree fpccies, two of Ihem na(ives o( Brital n,

T here are eight fpecies, twO of thcm natives of Brinin,

viz .

the annuus, german knol·grafs, or annual knawel ;

"iz .

t ~lC

bifolia, or vernlllllar_hy;¡,cinth ; and

lhe

autum-

and (he perennis, or pcrenni.d knaweJ.

nali,. or klfer au'umn. 1 nar-hyaeinth .

SCLE ROTICA in an",omy. See !\NAT O'''·. p. ,S9 .

The middle pa" of Ihe rOOI of the fci ll. maritirna. a SCLERO

rrcs.

m<diemts pr op" lO harnen and cunrobdate

a nativ\! of Spain, is only ufed in medicine: Ihe apothe.

Ihe fhfh of lhe

r~ lts

to whl Ch they are arplicd : as pur-

caries elll the root pcrpendicularly

two ; and feparating

fl.:iin, houfc

1eek, fla ·won , garden night.{h:tde, (:;,.

lhe hean and the outer parts. lhey ex pofc fhe others to SCOLOPAX , in ol'lHlhoJogy.

gc nus bl..'looging

lhe or-

dry . This root is extTt:mdy acrid. attenuant, and d¡trol-

der of gralh.

r he bc ..

is cylindm:al, obtufe, ano

,'Clit:

is apt to prove cmetic in whate, er form il is given :

Jongcr Ihan the! h! ..d

lhe r:o(tnls are IlneJ r ; the

fJ ce

but this may be preventcd, by adciing a few grai os of

is co\'ereJ

"nJ the feet h ... \·e four toes. T here are IS

cinnlOl"n to il: it lhen becomes

powcrful mcJicine in

fpcelcs.

alJ obtlru(hons of lhe vlfccra : il prolllotes urine' and the SCO LOPENDR.I\ .

zoology.

genus of infc:é1s bclC'llg.

menfc:s, aoel CUts

the

tough ph lcgm which almoH ChOdks

ing

lhe arder of ar terd. 'r he t'cet are

\'Cry

nume;ous ,

in a/thmas anJ m:¡ny other diforders of the hre:tfl .

bl:ing as Iluny on ea..:h liJe as

here are joints in Ihe bo-

SC I LLY , a c1uOer of .fi,¡nds anei rocks , fitUdtl!d in lhe

dy ; lhe!

~nlt..nnx

are

fet ~cl'N¡5;

lIH:r \.' ale

1\\'0

jOlllln {

Ad ..

n¡ie oce;\n:

' V,

IClng.

¡o,

131, 50 0 .

p.lppi; and l!le body

dl'pldrc!d . T hert! are ek ren

SC IO. an ifl,lnd

T urk y in

Iht:

A(chipe:b go, fitua tC'd in

I;'e!clcs .

E I"ng '7 ' . N .

la!.

38°

15'.

SCbLY ~ :U S.

in borany.• grnus of Ihe

frn~r"<fil

poly.

SCIO P

rI C,

fphcre, or Clobc of WOO(I,

\~ilh

a circu lar

~.imi.4.

x qu.lhs

~ l.lrs.

T'hl!

Tt ceptacle

r_l':dC\. ol1's : the

hole: ur perforaljun. whe rcrn a lens is placed.

e.di

x is Iilluric,\ted

,lIld

pri

kilI ;

.Hln

h.1S

no r.\pr\1s.

IÍtteJ .

Ih..

Ilkc:

lhe

I:yc

:In

anlm.tI

. il

m;!y

tltllh.'d

"'I'h::rc-

afe

t\\'o

rl'l ci",~ .

bOlh

OJII\'es

11<tl y.

round t'very

Iy.

10 ut:

u(cu

in making expenmcnt s of

S("O~l HER,

ill

,chthy..,ftl!!y . a

f \.'IIlIS

h lun.:,'o¡!

tht'

or-

th,: dalkcnc:d

100m.

elel of

Ihuracici.

T IH.· !h.'.-1d'$

llnlh,rh

.lIld

comrr~·n~·d ;

SClft O.

itn

.n ...

Tu, ky.

in lhe

Archipcla~o,

filUd.ltJ

and

lb': l :.'

tire fC\f" 'h r:lys In

thl'

till·mt:mbrJnc:,

T he

t¡'\!.

E IIJr.t.

25 ° ,

IOllo

3e"~

15'.

cil'! ale

tOlo

SC0l\E.