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SC'ONE. or S'OvN . a lo",n of Scotland. ncar Penh. re·
m3lbble ,or bel1lg lhe place wheee lhe kings of
w ...:re cro\\,.ncd.
SCOPARI ':\ . in botany. a genus of the letr.ndria mono·
gYOI,l el.tCs. Th~ cdllx onfi(!s of (our fegmcnts; the
comJl ... IS lauterl. wi:1\ (our fegnlcnu; and Ihe capfulc
h:.ts cne eell, ~nd IWO "alv ..s. cllntaining m..¡ny' .
T lu"re are t\Vo fpt:ctes nune of 1I1cm n..tUVeS uf Britain.
SCOP¡:- R . or SCUPE'.HO " SS ,n a Ihip. aro holes mado
through the fi es, cloft: 10 .Ile dcck to carry off the wa·
ter th.H from Iht: pump
SCORBUTUS. lhe Scu,vY. See r-.I ED ' C'~E, p. 10 6 .
SCORDlUM See T .urR"·M
SC.ORI-\ , or OROSG, 3111011g mf't.lIurgdls, is Ihe recre·
meots of mrot"ls in furian ; oro more lietermln:uely (peak'
¡ng. is mars whlch " produccd by m..:tals and
ores, and when cold is brlltle anJ nat Jllfulublc in Wd,.
tee : heing propedy a k,nd of ~I.f, .
SCORlflC.-\TION. i" l11et 'lIurgy, is the >el of eeducing
a bndy. tlther enllrely. or in pan, inlo reoria.
SCORP .-EN -\, in ,ehthyology, a genus b,longing to the
order of 'horacici. The head is I.rrge "nd Iharp; the
. yes are atar e4ch other. there are leelh in the jaws.
and fauces . and there are feven rays in lhe mem·
brane of the glll. T he fpec,es are ,hree.
SCORPIO, in z·'ology•• genus of infeas belonging to the
order of aplee>. lt has eight fcel befidcs lWo feontal
claws ~ the eyes are eight In number. ,hree on t-ach fide
of lhe: thorax, and two on the b.~ck; it has t\Vo claw·
Ib'ped palpi. a long jointed tall. with a po,nted " .apoR
al the exuemity: il has Ilkewlfe two combs lilUate be–
twixl lhe bee.n and abdomen . There are fi x f~ecie" al!
native! of (oulhero ellm.ues.
S<ORP1 0, in aflronomy. See ASTRON I1MY, P 487.
SCORPIURUS. iD bOl, ny , • genu, of the di.delphia de·
caadria clafs. The p ·d os eyhndClcal. revolul• . a d in·
tercepted wllh ínhmi . T hc:re ar~ four fpecles, none of
them natives of Hritain.
SCORZONERA. in bOlany, a gen", of the fyngener,a po–
lyg.mia requ. h. claf.. The recepta. le 15 aakrd; the
pdppUS is plumofe; and (f'e calix is Imbricaterl \V1l!1
feales membr~n ..eeou, ae (he edges. There are JI fpecies,
none of them na(ives of BnI3'n.
SCOT, a eullomary contribu,iun bid upon all fubjeéls ac·
tO thelr ahiliuC's. Who~ver Ivere ..fJ'df.;J ro 3ny
comriburioo, lhough not by tqaal pun ioos. were raid tO
P"y fcol and I,,){
seo rl '\, in :Hehitct'lure. a femir:ireular C'avity or channel
bttwer:n ¡he tares, in lhe bafes of Cv IUI.fU1S. See ARCH I –
T EC·rUR E.
SCOTIS rs. a fellol f-hool·divines anO phi lo(ophers, thu.
callcd from thelr f,'undcr J. Dul'1s ~C()(uS, a S'OClnl c.:ur·
d~l,er. who maint ...¡ncd the immOlcul"te conceplion of the
vlTgln . or that (he WAS boro WllholH ollgin;t.1 tin, in op'
polition 10 T homAs Aquln..s A.nrl lhe Thomdls.
SCOTL~N D . exclur,v< O' Ihe in,nrl.... r"u<led b. lween
10 oInl1 6°. W. long. and bClwec:n S' 4$ ~o' ..nd S6° ~o'
N . I..t, belng ahoul three hundred mll<!s long fmm nor h
l O (oll,h .nd from fifty 10 one hundred anO fil ' y m,le,
broad. from eaO 10 wdl.
.Sinee lhe union with Engl tnd. Scotlanri is rlivided into
thlrl y-three lhires, or eounl1es, W leh :411 tortther fend
onl y Ihiuy knights 10 parltament, by eeafoDlbe fuiee, of
VO". ti!. N° 92. 2
TIlltC "nd C' lhn,fs eI,"fc only .Itern.'ely, or every othe\'
p::t,liarncnl . in their luros: ;f.S do thoC\! ofCroOlallyaOlI
Nalrn, Cl.lckmannan and Ki nroCs.
T hc ray ti boroughs of S.:otlanl.l arC fixty .fi"c , but 'ro
cIOtf1~d as to ¡cnd only fiíte'!'n burgdfcs tO prtrliaOlent.
/\'e'W SCOT Lt\:'Io D, IVOtN Se Jia. one of ,he Bntlfh eolonics
in Nonh t\nlcriea, IS fitu.ucd oet \l·~en .6 20 ,¡nd ¡lO 'V.
loon. and betwct n 43 0 and S ~ N. lat. b~ing boundco by
river of SI L urrnee on the nonh and nunh. weO ;
by Ihe bay of St L aurenee" :tocl the AtlAO:ic . 011
the ean . by Ihe (.tOle aee.m , and New.England, on the
fou th; and by C;¡ ntld.t, on (he \VeH.
SCOT OM IA, 10 Oledl ine, a diz¿IOt>(s or fwimming in rhe
head, wherein lhe: animal fpirits are fo whidt..d tbu
external objdls fecm lO turn round.
SCR.-\TCH PA • s, in the Enghn\ ral,-works. a name
to certain leaden pans, whieh are ulually made about a
foot "nd half long, 41 fool and dHee inches deep,
and a bow. or Clr~ular h.mdlc:: of iron, by \IIhieh
tbey may be dr~wn out Wllh a hook, ",ben the IlqUOf_iD
tht' pln ¡s boiJing.
The ufe of thefe pans is to reeeive a ealc"rious eauh,
of Ihe nalUre of that whieh ineruils our tea kcttles, whlch.
fepar.ales from lhe water in boili'lg; thlS fubU<lnee they
calJ (críl.lch ; and there pans, b::ing plaet:d al the cOlners
of lhe L~It. pan. where lhe heal is leal! vlolent, C3lCh it
as i, fubr,Jes theee.
SCREW, one oflhe fix meeh. nic. 1pOlVers. See MECHA–
N' cs. p. 49.
SCRI HE. aa oflieee amnng lhe Jews whofe bufinefs VI,S to
write j of whlch ¡here \Vere three kinds: the ~rn and
principal of which were Ihe fcribes of the la\V, \Vhofe of·
fiee \Vas to write and interpret rcripture j thefe were in
grcat credit and efl eem among th\! Jl!ws. and had even
the peeeeoeacy of the p,ieH, and f,ceificers, and lheir
deeifions \Vere reeeived Wilh a)11lofi tbe (ame rcfpe{l as
lhe I.w of GoJ "Ielf: tf. e recond kiad. propeoly c.lIed
fCrlbes of the peoplcJ were a fort of m~gltl r,Hcs: and lhe
third \Vere public Dotaries. or fecrclant:s of lhe coune!! ;
which \Vere lhe lean con~derable.
T he ferlbes, dmong lhe Rom lOS, wrote out dccrees,
or aéb, and made out aU lheOlic copies of them.
SCRfI3lNG, ,n 6r. is a teem ufed whea one
{ide of a plece ot flufF 1$ lO lJe 6ued lO another lhat is ir–
(('gul", r.
SCRIPTURE, an appellation given, by lVay of eminencc,
10 ,h. I.cred anCl inlpiccd wrilings of lhe Hlble. See
BtOL E
SCROPf;lU L.\, in medicine . See MED' CINE , p. 137,
&,.
SC Rl) Pl-lUL ~RI <\., in bo,,"y. a genus of lhe didyaamia
<lnglofr<rm,a c1Afs. The: c~llx has fi ve regrnents; the
(" In It.t i~ fomt:what globular; and lhe caplule has tWO
cells. There are 14 fpecit's, four of tht:m natives of
Hric;:tin. viz. che nodola, or knobby.ro01ed figwort; Ihe!
aquatiea, ur water fi gwMt ; the fcorooi.>nia , or balm–
le Ivrd figwon ; and [he ycrnaJis, or yellow figwort.
SCRO rUMo in an. toOlY. See ANATOMY, p 2) ' .
SCRVPl. in natu,,1 h,llory. foflil" formcd iota Idr~e de–
t<tchcd marres ..lIhoUl crulls, aod eOOlpafC!d of a variouny
deb.fed . , yllall,a matlee.
SCRUP LE.• weight equal to lh. lhied p. rt of a deam, oc
10 twC!nty gralos.
7 E t SCRV.