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S E NI

577

S E N

y, .r of Ihis

rera

f.lIs in lhe year 31 1 borore Chrin, be·

inl! \welvc ye;us after AI..:xander's death .

S ELlNCEI\SKOY, a 10WO of Afidlie

~Iureovy.

io Ihe

province of Slberia, (¡tuatcd on the

rO:\lt

(rom

"f oboifki

' o Chin•• on lhe river Sdloga: in E . lon2 . 65°. N .

la,

50°.

S ELINUM . in botany. a genus of Ihe pcn..ndri. digynia

clars.

·f he.frnit

ís Comcwhat oval, and

ItrifHcd

lhe

middle ; the involucrum is refleéled ; and the

pctdls

are

<qual and cordated. There are four rpeeies, nooe of

them n:uives of Britain .

SELKIRK, a borough 'owo of Seodand. in ,he eoun'y of

weed.le

, fi,uated 3' m,les roulh of Edinburgh.

S ELLA TURCleA. See ANATO",Y, p. 149·

S ELTZER WATER. ,he n. me ofa minerallVater ofCer'

many, whích arifes oear Neider Seltz, and 1s now ufed

England

~nd

many other coumries " We cal!

feltz,

or (allzer water; and the phyficians

prercribe

in many

cafes. as fcurvies, fpafmod ic affeétions, and in confump.

tioos; in ,he lal1

cafe,

mixing it with

altes

milk.

S EM10TICA. ,h" part of medicine whieh eonfiders Ihe

ligns or

indlcarians

ofhcalth and

dirt:ares,

and enables [he

phyfician

judge what is, was, or \ViII be, the (late,

degr<e, nrder. and effea . of he.llh or fi ekners.

SEMEN DRIA, a IOwn 01 Eur.s>pean Turky, in the pro·

vince of Servía, (ituated

the Danube,

thiny

miles

rou,h·ean of Belgrade.

S EMENTINEJE FERI-", in antiqui,y, feans held annu.

ally among lhe Romans, to ob,ain 01 the

~ods

a plen,ifu l

harvell . They \Vere eelebrat<d in ,he temple 01 T dlus,

\Vhere rolemn raeri6ees ",ere offered to T ellus aod Ce–

res. There feans were held aboul reed·lime. urually in

the month of J , nuary ; for M.crobiu$ obrerves, ,hey

\Vere moveO\ble feans.

SEMI, a word borrowed from ,he Latin, Ggnifyiog

ha/[,

but ooly ured in cOí.lpofhion

with olher words

as in

rhe

following artiel<s.

SEMI ·CIRC LE,

in geometry. half a cirele, er

thar

figure

eon'prehended b<lween Ihe dlameter of. ei,e1e and half

the circumference.

S U.t1 - COLON,

in grammar, ene of the points or flops ufed

dtltinguif'h

Ihe rever.)

members

of [entences from edEh

other.

Se~

PU NCTUATJOM .

The mark or eharaa" of ,he remi.eolon is ( ; ) and

has its name as being romewha, of 1<[, effea ,han a colon,

or as demanding a fharter paufc.

S E

M 1 CU P1U M,

medicine,

h. lf bath, wherein the pa–

liem

is only pldced up tO the na\'el.

S EM I.DIAlI'1ET ER, halfthe di ..meter; or a right

!ine dr~\Vn

fr om the Centre of a clrere , Or fphere, to its clr ...umfe–

rence

being the fame with what is otbcrwifc calltd the

radius.

S EMIFLOSCULUS. rn hotaoy. a term ured 10 expr..f.

the flowers of t-he fy ngentri,¡ clals. T h. fe

Ccmlf~

fcu lus

are pelals, hollow

th.

lower p:\rt , bUI

thtlr uppcr

flat, and conlinued in

Ih,·

{h ,

pe of a tongue.

SEMIC,\ L1A. Ihe t artero d tvtfiú" ur lhe ou chy of Ceur.

land,o Poi, d

SE~lI INTEROS~EUS

INOI (15 , in anatomy. Sto A·

NATOfo1Y, P 20 t.

SLMI LU ' ARVAL. VES, ir. aratcmy Sce ¡\ NAT OM y, p. 178.

SlMI

t.1 ~ /l1 8 k l.""SV$. ln 'lna l \JlI! y.

S<;(,: AU \T:l My,r. 208 .

St bll

PLJ..ACIJ\N S,

dlUI Ch ulllory, a brdoch 01 dl'! .l)c-

l"gi.1ns, fu c;lll,,:d biCaufe lhe, p, cte"dt:J to k:.!ep

m:.

dHlIll bCl',l.'CCn Ihe

Pdagl~ns

;.tnd lhe

0 1

tI,uJo.'<.

T OS

t ,

in muri.:k, one of the

dcgrt~s

or cIJncinr.o\;s

intervttls uf con';Clrds.

SEM

roruelhing belonging to ,he remen or reed.

SEM1NAR Y, a kind of eolkge. or rehool. where youlh

are inlhuétcd in the ceremunlCS,

Oc.

of lhe l'dcrcd miO!_

Hry, of whlch there are many abroad; it being ordain·

ed by the counci! of Trent, that (here be a feminary be–

longing tO cach cathcdral, under the direétion or the

blnlOp.

S EM INATION, deno'.s ,he manner. or aa. Ofn,cddiog

aod dirperfing ,he r"ds of plan". Sce AGRICULTURE ,

P· 59

SEMI· NERVOSUS, in aoa,omy. Seo ANATOM Y. p. 208 .

SEMIS. in Roman anliqui,y. ,he half of ao

al .

See As.

SEMI·SPINA LlS. in ana,omy. Seo ANATO",Y. p. 218.

SEMPERVIVUM. io botaoy. ageous of ,hedodeeand,ia

dodeeagynia

cI.rs

. The "Iixeon!ills of lwelve regOle",s,

and che coroll" of twclvc

petals

; and thtrc are twelve

capfules containing many feeds.

SENA, io bo,aoy. See CASSl •.

Sena !eaves are much ufed for lheir purgativc virtue ;

but are ;lpt to gripe, unlefs g.ven with proper corrcéti\'es,

as coriander, anifeed , ginger, raiGos, and falt of lanar,

\Vhieh are added ' o Ihe lofufion of ,he Ic.ves oeeaGooally.

SENATE. in general, i. ao a(fembly. or eounell. of reo.;

torsj

th~t

is, of the principéll inl14bitants of a fiare, who

have

;¡

{har~

io the government.

The renate of aoeienl Rome is. of all olhers. Ihe mon:

celtbratcd l it exercifed no conlentious juriCdiélioD, but

appolnted judges, either from among Ihe fenators or

kn.ghls, tOdeterllline procelTes : it alfo appointed gover ..

nors of provinces, and difpofed of the revenues of the

commonwe~lth,

él,.

Yet did not lhe whole fovereign

power relide in the fenal.e, fince it could nOl eleét magi ...

flrates, Ol. ke laws, or decide of war or

pe.ce

; in al1 whlch

eares ,he reoale \Vas obliged

eooruh ,he people.

Aeeordlog lo Dr Middleton, ,he conn. nI and regular

fupply of Iho renal. was from ,he ano••1 magillra«,;

whlJ,

vlrtue of lheir revera! oRices, acquired a ríght

10 fi l .nd VOle in th.. affembly: lhe urual grada'¡on of

,here offiees heiog ,h., of qu:enor, tribune of ,he peo·

pie, a::d.!e, pr:etor, and conlu!.

The !ena,e always me' of eourre on ,he firn of J . nu–

ary, (or the

in~uguralloo

of the new confu!s; and in aU

monlhs univerfally,

lh~re

were three

d~ys',

viz.

the ka.

lends, nones, aod ides, qn which it regularly met : but

always met on extraordinary occafions, wheo called

tO~

Rlther hy C'ooCul, tribllne, or díflalOr.

SENATOR.

~eneral ,

denotes a member of fOOle renate.

SENAT US AU CTORITA S, a vote of the Roman renate,

drawl1 up in,lhe fame form Wilh a decree, bU.l withou t its

furce as having beco hindered from paffing lotO a

dccrc~

bv ro;"e of ,he " ibllnes of the people.

SEN A'ru s CONSULTU r.1, a decree of lhe Roman f(nate,

p, onounced on fome qudlion or POiOl of law

which,

whcn p:dTed, O1ade a part of Ihe Roman

J.nv.

S SNEC IO. in botany. a genus of Ihe ryog<ocfia polyganll'

fuperOua clars. T he reeeptae!e

n.ked; Ihe p'pp'"

is fi mr1e

and the: c.t1tx

cyltndncal;, and

CJhc~~I:n('d.

T hclt' arc 4 0 fpecies. eight of lhem nal.ves of Bnta!!).

SI:.NEG.'\, or SEN<GAL, a rivcrar

Negrol.nd,

in Af,ica.

wb:c.h