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S E G

T his was allí.) a name givcn to

fueh

glaJi:\tors as rook

. h< plACe o( ,hofe kiUcu in ,he comba" or who (ough,

Ihe conqtJeror.

S ElJ :\. N.

a to\\'o

ofChampagne, in France, !imated on rhe

river M,Ies: in E , long , 4° 45'. N, I. t. 49° 46'.

A f/o[SE D E R UNT, in Seotsl.w. See LAw, Tit.i '4'

SE DI~ I ENT,

,he (e\t lemen, or d reg. o( any ,hing, or tha,

grol. heavy part o( a fl uid body which, upon rdling,

finks to "the

bon om of

the veffel.

SEDI

n ON,

in Seots law. See LAW, T it. xxxiii .

13.

S E DR,

SE OOE, ,he high priefl o( ,he fea o( Ali a–

mung rhe Pedi"os. The

ledr

is appointed

lhe

empc·

Te r of

Pa lia, \Vho ufually

confers

the

dlgnity on

his nen ·

rc\.,tion. The jurifdiél ion of the fed r extends over

o¡lJ

dr~\"9:s

defl ined for pious

purpores,

ayer all

morques ,

horpit ... ls, colleges, fepulchres, and monafleries.

lIe

d¡(peCes of all ee

.ldiaO:ictll

employments, and

nomin:ncs

311 lhe:

fu periors of Icligious

houres.

His

Jeci lioos in

nlJ([t:rs of

religioDare reeeiTed as

many infilllible ora_

cI .:s; he judgcs 'of all criminal matters in his own houfe

wnhout appeal. His luthority is bah.need by that

the

mudr. <ehid, or r. rfl 'peologue of ,he empire,

~E I)UM ,

in botany, a genus o( the deeandria pen,agynia

eLtls.

The

e,dlx confilts of fi ve [egments, aod lhe co–

rolla

ot five

pelals ; jt has five nella riferou9

CC<tI~s

Ihe

bare o( Ihe germen, and 6ve capfuJes. There are

fpecies. nine of them natives of Britain,

all

orpines

and

houfe.letks

SE E D , in phyr.ology, a fubOanee prepared by na'ure fo r

Ihe reproduetion and conCervalion of Ihe fpecies both

anim;ds aod planu . See GuaRA 1'loN, and

AC R.I–

C U LT URE.

40.

SEEDLlNGS, among gard eners, deno,e fu eh roo" of

gi!liftowers,

&c.

as come from feed fown . Alfo ,he

youog tender rhoots of aoy plants that are newly fowo.

S EED Y, in ,he br>ndy trade, a ,erm ufed by ,he dealer!,

denote

fa u!t that is fouod io rever,,1parcels of Freoch

brandy, whi ch renders them unfaleable, T he French

fuppofe that there brandies o.btain Ihe fl,lvour which t!ley

exprefs

this oame (rom weeds thal grow among the

vines from whence the \Vine of which this brandy

made

wa! prdi":.:d.

S EEING , the atl o( perceiving objea. by ,he organ o(

fight ; or it is

lhe

CeoCe we have of eXlernal objeets by

m.:ans of theeye. See

Q pT l

c s.

S EELI NG , in ,he m. nege. A horfe is

f.id

'o feel when he

b:gins to h;¡ve wl.i te eye brows, that ¡s, when there

"&ro'N5

on'that paTl

a~out

Ihe breadth of a farthing of

white h:tirs. nllxed wirh thore of his natural cotour,

which is a mark of old age , It is

raiJo

that a horCe oe–

ver ft"ds

[iJl

he is fourteen years

010,

aoel always does

bt.!(ore he is (ixteen years.

EL I N

rc~.

is ufedinlhe (amerence nearly with heeling:

when a fuip lics down coonantly. or Hc,ldily on one fide,

. he f<,olen f.y nle hee\s: an.J they eaU it feeling when

(he ,umble. viol<ntly .nd fuddcnly, by reafon of ,he fea

forfaking hu, as they call it, that

ÍS

the weaves leav.ing

h"r for a time in

bowling Cea.

SEGED I N, a c:ty o( U pper H u"guy, fit uated on ,he ri–

vuTcy(fe, in

long.

'2 1°.

lilc

46°

2 1'.

SEGESWAEE, a ei,y of T raofy lvania, Gtualed E, loo,

~4°,

N, laL 17° 25'.

SEGMENT

oj'a eire/"

in gecm, ,,y, tha' par, of ,he eírele

coot. ined betweeo a chord ancJ ao arch of Ihe fame c¡rele–

'S EGOVI A, a city o( M.nil., the l"geU o( ,he

Philirl"n~

iflands, fil ua ted

E. long.

19°,

Iilt, 18030'.

T his

alCo a name of

C¡IY of Spain. io rhe províoce

o( Old Cani le, r.tualed

W .

long 4°

35',

N , la, 4 ' °.

SEG R A, a river o( Spaio, wh,ch

rir.ng

in ,he nOrlh ó(Ca–

falooia, and running 10Ulh weil, dlfcharges ¡tfelf

iota

lhe

Ebro. at Miquioenca.

SEG R EANT, i. ,he herald's word for a griffon, when

drawo in a leaping poflure, and di(playing his wiogs .. if

rea\t

to fl

SEG UE, in the I,alian mufiek. is often (ound before

aria,

p"~'uj(),

amen.

&c.

to rh:w that thoCe portioos or part!

are to be (uog immediately aJter the !art oote of th at pan

over which

is writ

bULif there words

ji'piace.

libilum,

are

joir.ed

therewith,

fignifies. that thefe por·

tioos

m~y

be fu ng or oOt, at

pfea.fu

re.

SEG U R A, a town o( Portugal, in ,he 'provioce of Bei ra,

ten nllles oorth·wefl of Alcantara. T his is alCo the

name o( a towo

Spam, in Ihe province of New Caflile,

and territory of

L a

Mancha, fituateo amonc the moun–

t~ios

of Segu ra;

W .

long.

'20

so'.

N. hu.

38° '1 S'.

SEJdNT.

a term ufed in heraldry, when a lion, or OIher

bt:afl, is r1ra wn. in an efclltcheon, fitting like

cat, wilf\

his fore feel flr ..it.

SE IZURE, in COOlmerce,

arrefl of fome merchandize,

moveable, or otller matter, either in conCequeoce of fome

I,¡w,

or of fome exprefs order of the fovereigo.

S E lSIN, in ScOts

I.IV

. S<e LA IV, T it. x ,

.6.

S E L AG O, in bo«ny, a genlls o( ,he didy naOlia angio.

fpermia e1a!s of plants . The c.lix ha. fi ve fegments: ,he

,ube of the coroUa is e.piU.,y: and.,here is but ooe feed.

The fpecies' are eight, nORe ofthem nat¡ves of BritaiD.

SELBY, • ' oIVn of Yorkfhire, úluated ' en miles fouth of

York.

SELENDERS, in ,he manege, are chops, or rnangy fores,

in ,he bending o( a horf<'s hough, as ,he mal.nders are

in lhe knees.

8ee

FA RR lI:~ RY.

SELEN IT-JE, MOO N STON E, io natu ral hiOory, ael. fs of

foffiJs, naturally and e(fentially fimpl e;

0 01

inflamn1Jole

nor folubl!! in wate r; compored of flc:oder fi laments, rao·

ged ioto fine and even thin fl,kes, and ,hoCe d¡fpofed in ' o

regular bgure3,

the diffaent genera, appro.lching tO

a rhomuoide. a hexaogular coJumn, or a reéh ngled ine–

quilateral parallelogram; fifljl e hke the tales, but tha, not

only horizont>Uy, bu' pe'pendieularl y alfo; ftexile in •

fmall degrce, but oot at all elaft ic ; not fermenting witn

acid menfirua, aod readil y calciniog io {he fire.

SELENOGR _'\ PH Y, a bnneh or cofmography, whieh de–

{cribes the moon and alllhc parts and

a~pear.lnccs

lberc:of,

as geography does ,hofe o( the earth

S EL EUCIDJE . inchronology, JEra of,he Seleucid:-c, or–

the 8yro·macedonian rer<l, is

compUldlllJn of time com·

mencing from the

ena?"fhm~nt

of the Sdenctdz ,

race

G r~ek

kings. who reigned as fllc:eflors?f Alex .. nJc:r

,he G reat in Syri•. as the Ptolom!es d,d in

Egyp"

Thi.

a:rd.

\Ve

~nd

expre(f..d in the book of the Macc. hees. and

a great number o(

Gr~k

medals

ílnh:k

I"y lhe ciric:!

of Syria,

&c.

T hc

RabIJins colll ir

che

x ra

of contrfh ..

('ts ;

and the Arabs, Therik ddkarnaiR. lh.a

15; lhe

zra o(lhe

' wo horns. AceorJI08 tO ,h< beO ",e;;OUDts, ,h< fi rll

}"C:l.t.