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~u,ntity, ~nd fiop l1p your canos uru. l, till you hav< oc·
ca(jr,n to broa~h Ir.
For th< ebbing antI flowin g of the reJ, r« AS TRO·
NOMY , P.4 73'
SEAM t::S , fu eh as are refuved to rerve [he king. or (l,he~
perloos, at (ea, who rncly not dt"p04n widl\JUl Jicenlt",
oc. Seamen flghting . qllarrelllOg, or Ill.•klng any JL!".
tu rb,iOce , m ~y bl! puollhed by Il,e com' lIllinners \lf lhe
navy with fi ne anct Impnfonmeol . Regiltered fetlml O
are exem pted (roro fer.ving in fll1 y parifh oflice. &c. and
are allowed bouOIy.money uefides Iht ir payo By ,he law
of mcrchants, 1he fea-men oi a ...erreI are accDuntable tO
(he m..llu or commander, and Ihe ma:ll!r tO lhe owner5,
and rhe owners to Ihe merclunts, for ¡,ge {urlained
eirher by negligence or olherwlfe. Where a reaman is
hi r~d ror a voyage, aud he ddens ir before it 15 cnded,
he n..1I lofe hlS \V.~es; and in . Otip b, 1011 by a
tempdl, or in a fiorOl, the feamen lofe thelr wages, as
well as the owners thcir freight.
S EAFORD, a pon. town of Sufre", fitll ated on the En ·
ghlh channe!. (~\'en miles fouth of L e\ves. 1t fends lWO
members tO parliament.
S EAL, a puncheon, or piece of metal. or other mat ter,
ufually either round or ova l, whereon are engraven the
arm~, device, Oc. of fome prince,. fl:ate, community,
magif1:rate or perfoD. olten with a legend or fub,
{criplion, the impreffion whereof in wax ferves tO mcake
aéts . inflruments, &c. aúthendc.
S EA L is , Ifo ur,·d fo r the w." or lead, and the impre!lion
Ihereoo, ~ffixed lO Ihe tlllng Ce•.Jed.
SI A L , in SCOIS law. S~e LJ\w, Tic xii 25.
SEALER, an officer in ehaneery . ppointed by the lord
chancellor or keeper of the great (e,,1 10 feal the writs
and inftruments lhere made in his preCence.
S EALlNG, in architeé'ture, the fixing a piece of \Youd or
iroo in a wall with pl.tHer, monar, cement, , and
other roltd bindiDg. For /laple., hinges and join.., pla.
(ler is very proper,
SEAL1 NG \YA X. See WAX.
S EAM or SEME of corno IS. meafure of eight bu!hels.
Su Mofg/afi , the quantity of 110 pound ur 24 flones taeh
n.e pounds weight. The feanl of wood is an horre.load .
SEAR CL o rH , Of CERE._CLOTH, in furgery, a form of
external remedy fornewhal hucler than an ungul'ot. yet
f"rter than an empl.!Ier. thotlgh ir is Irequently urca both
for lhe one and lhe Olber. T he- fe2 r-clolh is alwAys CUpa
pofed to have wax in its compoíition, wlllch ddlingu files
. and even dcnominatcs it. In effcét, whcn a linlmt'nt or
ungl1cnt has WdX enough in it, it does nOI diffcr from a
fe.r.cloth .
SEAS IN, in a (hi p, tne name of a rope by whieh the boat
rides by the !hip's fide when in harbou r, &c.
SEASUNS, in cofmngraphy, certain poruoos Of quarters
of (he year, d ftl nguinll!d by lhe (j~ns whit':h Ihe earth
thcn enters, or by lhe meridian altlludes of the lun, con–
fequent on which are ddT<,; ren t temperalUres of the air,
diffc:rcnt works in tiJl ..ge. &c. T he year is Jlvlded ioto
( OUT C("dCons fpClng lummc:r, autumn, and wjn~er. Sce
A STRO"OM Y. p. 546.
·SI . SEBASTI AN,. pun town , in the prnvince of
. and ('~r Itory Il( GUlpUCCU.I: íitudted lit \V. long .
, ° 50', N . 1" 43 0 31'.
S ECALE, R y E, io butdOy, a s<nus of tbe triaodria digy.
ni:t c1ars. The involu..:r-tlill confins of two Icaves, and
conlil. ns (wo fl nwel!l . J here are rour fplClC::5. ooly one
of th,, 01 . vh . tht. vilJofum , or wooJ rye·cr",Cs, a nauve
of Hrititlo. For th ::. "reÓllla, or cúmm(ln r)'t clduvated
in our fidds, lee ("\~k. I CUl.TURE. ('.6 1,
SECANr. 10 f;(omtt ry, 15" IlIIe thal cuts another, or di·
\'hlcs Ir ioto two Pttl lS
SEC.l:. u E RS, a (, él uf P rdbyterians, who dilfented fro m
the t lt.:lhl.lhed cI,ur..:l, Uf &colla nd in Ihe yeélr 1733, The
fullowing cl rcu mll., on. g"vt. nl~ 10 tllls (eét. M ..rr. ~I O<.lne.
Wdfon Mor,cridr dnJ F.(her. m'lutlers cA tl.e: l.n urch
of S COlh¡¡,d, obHin1"tely retuleJ, lor C.. ver.tI ye¡,¡rs, 10 0-
bey the dec,"on, o' the G en«,1 Afrembly with regard tO
th . (ettlf mt. nt o' 1010iHl IS agreeably 10 Iht" lilW ot patro–
nage: Fur lh 's opt.n <:oo((.ml't Of author,." lhe Alft:nl–
bJy, a{(cr mJI.y a··d rept'al~d admoniuo" 5, wer~ al Jan
obJ,ged tOejt{l th,m trem thei , <éhve eh.rges. T
four ck,gyml.'n, when '\hc:y faw m..Il~1S canied lhis
length IOtmedlately complcl1ned of perCecu tion , prufell'ed
UOCOlllOlan faoéhty and a.. llerity oC OIanners; aod cned
out that Ihe: church was vver-run Wilh various errors,
fu ch as, a com pllance wllh the lt1.w of patronage , the
t.ndernd, of the alrembly tOP,ofelf.m S mfon d"" Comp.
belJ, who \l/ere accutt'd of ATlan anO A .minl:1 n herelit.'!J;
and a multituáe of prattt al devlatioflS from Ihe cuye–
" anled rcform"lIon of ~cothind: T hey even invel&ht'd
againlt the conJuét of .he J!ovel nment for {helr ready ad ...
m¡{lion of m.d lgnant ami wlcked meo loto pl<lct's of Irutl
in tht' army :wd : fOI the 10oCe. and un)¡nn,ed reno–
ratiuo of eh.uies 11 . to the throne . lor \he rettoration
of in Er.gldnd, whtCh h3d been lulemoly abjured ;
for l eUorln~ thl.', IUPlfO:itious Ch rdl Olas VdCitnce t for lhe
rt' peolol th : pt'ncllla\\'s againH wiuho, 6c. ec. T heCe
ttllngs, jOlned to the poplllar tctl~nts of turne. of rhe a ...
bovt nuclflers, ~Iarmed lh!.: nllnd:a of OIany well.meaOl ng
people:, . nd in a fe;: w years procured a numerous train of
fodowers. E latfd \Vllh thls unexpeékd (UCCe;:f5, they
fuon Cpht intu ( \VO pcaltles. The chief poiDt ot Cunten
arnong ¡he leaders ot I"IS feét was lance,ning lhe I"wfu~
" efs of \Yhal IS called the b...rgeCs~oath j .lnd hence ' he
one pilrty havt;: ever lince been callt.'d Burgl" rJ, and lhe
o' her AlJliburgh('r¡. Thls oi\'ifion 0 ..tura1ly we kened
their c,:tU(e, and diminifhed thelr number, whlch Hill
{etms tO be upon the dechne.
SECOM I.!E, in ndtural hiJlory, the of • genu, of
folIil s, ot (he 01 the: kpt.u I:t:, Ihe chJr~ctfr!J of
which a:e; that they are boJles of a dufky hu,t', d,vlded
by fepta , or partitions of a I parry nloltler, 1010 I\. v\. I ,,1
more or lefs reglll. r portiom, of a mo..!atttel y Ii rOl te~·
ture, nOI gi\'ing I1re wlth lIeel, but fermenllng Wllh acid
rntnllru<4 dnd eafily calclnlng.
'r he fl.'p["r.z of IhlS genu:. are, of a1l others. the mofi
comOlon .. ou are what ha\'c beeo known o)' lhe! huir ~x­
prdli ...e, or nufl aken ncaOlt.S of the ""axen vein, or ludus
hdmontii . W e have m~ny Ipecles of the!fc blldles cum–
mun among us o 01 Ihe WlllU(h or brownifh k¡nds we
have thlrtc..cn j of the ydlowlfh live; olod uf \he fcrrugl–
oeuus ones, tuur .
SECOND, in ~eometry, ehronol0!'J', 6c . the fix".eth par!
oJ a pnOlc or ",iI'tUI.:, wht'th~1 01 rI JC';.!rt'e, or of ao huur.
SL(' O NO . in mufi rk. one of the muli~.d intlr\'.ds: be!ln¡;:
only dle ddft. Ic.. lll°1.' b~·I \\e.('n any Cound aDd lhe Dt..Xt ncar ...
dl fouDd, whetber abu.. ur bdow ¡l.
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