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S 11 E

(lit:; ·,

rcr.il

.~.

in

lit::

t )".\'cr

r.l;l ~1

to

l' ;\~ll

:l(t

thc

c!ews

o: the C.i! ; bur, in top-fai ls,

tth.y

(!..(vt! ro haul home

the ele w

01"

th: C'li¡

c!.,lc

10

Ih~

y:trJ ·arm.

· g l ~ E I~ P~

inl.onlo;.;y.

S~eOvl s .

,

~1·1I'::!~R l '\JG .

In lhe: fl' d b llJ U

'r.~.

\""hen;¡

fhir

ís not (l eer–

cd I!c,.ó l>'.

t h~y

(..¡y

fhe

Ihc~rs.

or r 0l.s

"ll'(,lln~ ;

or

\V1l"n ¡U :\nch or Iht! go'!s in 3'id out, by

medns

uf lIlt:

CUll cnt of Ihe

t;dc:,

lh : )'

alfo

(ay

Ch\! Iheers

SiIEERS.

in

~

nI

p.

iHt:

t \'lO

m-tlts

rel

;Jcro(s

:n

the uppcr

cnd of e.lch olh.:r;

;t

conlriv.toce gl'ner3J1 y

u(cd

for fel

ting or laking

()'Jt

¡he m..Jls of a 1hlj" whert tht:re is no

hu~k

to

Jo

that c.ffi ce.

fIlEFFI E LD, • m.•rket-town of YOlkO,ire, 38 mile.

fomh .we!l: of

y...,rk .

SHEFfORD , a m,,,k<t' Iown of BeJfordO,ire, feven miles

fou.h_weCl of

B·:d(.,rJ .

SHEFFNEL, • mArkct-tuwn of ShropO, ire, foun"n miles

eall of Sh row(bury.

SH EIK, .n o(Ji" r in the mofques of E Cypl, \Vhole bufinefs

is ,he CanJe with th ;¡t of rhe

Im~ns

oC

CooH.totin¡'ple.

SHEIK.BELL ET,

in

Ihe

Turkdh

:\fT.tirs, a mdgltlrate, an–

(\Vc:r¡ n~

10 Ihe mayor of a cily

with

uso

SHIELDS , a port·lOwn of Ihe I>dhoprie of Durh.m , filU–

:ilted

,lt

Ihe

mouth of lhe flver Tyne, .clgh\ miles ealt of

N <we.Hle,

SH EKEL.

in J ewifh antiquity, an anc¡'en! coin,

\Vorth

2

s.

3

id,

Herl ing,

SH ELF,

antong mincr s,

rhe fame with wlut they

olher–

wife e.U

ralt

grounJ, or fa!l eoun"y; beine tha! p.n of

Ihe intcrn;¡! {lru{lure of che earth. which they find

Iying

even, and in an orderly manne-r, and

eVldently

having

retained its primilive form and lituation.

SHELL, in natural hdtory, a hard, and_as it were !lony

covering,

with wh,ch

certain anim:¡Is are defendtd, and

thenee e. Ued

Ihell.fi

lh,

As to Ihe (ormation of a fhell, il is now gener::tll )' al–

)owed

la

be formed

by "

vifcous A\lid compofed 01

glu¡;:,

and (everal

fandy pa'ticles

of

an exqui(jre finene(s, whl¡;h

are

tranrmiued

through an ¡nfione nU01ber

of hule

ch~D­

neis to the pores where it eran(pires, condenres, iind

hílrdens . 'Vhen lhe

animdl

incre",res in bulk. and

the

cxtremity of her body is Oot Cufficiently covered, ie coo·

lillues tO evacuare and build in the Came

manoer.

finl(h·

ing or rcpairing her

habi

ation

This vif 'ous matter

l'

prl

ved,

by

uodeoiable experimeou,

ca

anCe

from

the

body of aOI01als, and

not

lrom the Chedl, as

Come

have

imaginen.

F-,Jlile

S U ELLS.

thoCe

found

buricd

iU

great depths in ea nh,

.nd ohen immerfed in the ha'de!l !lones , Thef. follile

{hel ls. as well as lhofe fonnd Iyiog on rhe fea fl1Ore,

m..ke ao exrellent manure. efpecii\lIy for cold c1 "yey

lands: upoo wl11ch it

does

not produce nearly fo great

ao tdfe(t

for

the l\Va

fi rlt

years . as

jt

does in rhe (ucn::ed _

in~

ones:

rhe rea(on

of

which

¡s .

rh.n

il

is not

rhen

futn -:ienlly

mixed, bur in fu

cceding

time it bre;tks ¡rCelf

iota

a numher

of

very Cm..1I {)(I n icies, and theCe

,,,,11

be.

come intlm.udy blended with the

mol ecules

of eanh,

<Inri prlldnce thelr

eff~él

more properly.

Sll E LTIE , • fm. 1I hut i1 rong klnd of haTfe, focalled from

Sht't1

tnd

l

or

Zerl;tnd, where

thcy

3re

prñdu ~t"rl.

Sll l:. PPY,

31\

,O 'nd

ae the 11I0llth o( lhe ri "er l\1edway,

m... k,nJ! p:l rt

ur

Ihe

COlJnty

of

K~ol.

S lIl:.1U\ RlJIA,

In

botany, a genus of pl.nlS bc10ncine

S H 1

(O lhe tc:fr3r,llril monogynia c!a(s. Th.::: co,;"olJ:¡

codiíh

of one fu nllc l fh"pcd p\..t

1;

and thcre are

t \'lO

(t:eJs ha•

in ~

,h rCf> tc,',b .

Th~ (p~C¡(. s

:lrc

threc, ooly

one of

t ht.O),

rllZ ,

the

:HVt!'Jlis,

or hule t:dJ .mactdt'r,

íl

n.Hive

o

Hr:taln.

SII UU\(jRN, a market_Iown, I\Velve miles foulh-we!l of

Y Ol k

S ll liRI.;RO.

a

(on

at (he ml'uth

of

che

r¡ver She ibro, in

(;u"1e....

furmcrly

In

,he puf[dJion

of

{lIt'

E lIg!tlh.

SH ER ENESS, a 'on on Ih< nonh. ·• •1I part

01"

,he iOe of

S.ht

' pp,-=y, fitu3t ed

al

lhe

ntouth of

the

nVd

!\-ledway, to

defcnd liS

el.tr"

ncc:

SHl:.ti.lFF, an o(Ji ;cr in

e.eh

eounly of England nomi–

od.lc; d.by

lht' ktng, invd leJ wuh

a

juJ lc...1Clnd mlnl 'ferial

poy"er,

aod

who

tak\ s

pldce

of e:very

noblerndn

ID

the

county during (he tltne

of

his offi..;e

SHfo RIF ..• in Si'ots

J.J.w. See

LAW, T it ¡v.

t .

SHE W - ll READ, .mane the Heurc\Vs, ,he n'me givcn

to

thofe Joavt.s ot breeld which the priell:; plelced el/e:ry

f.bb"

h day upon ,he golden tabk in Ihe

f.nllu.HY.

The

{ht'w·

~jread

contilted of lwelvc

IOtlves

according to the

numher of the: tClbes; tbefe were (erved up hot

on

the

fabbarh

d,y,

.nd at Ihe fame time the !lale ooes whocn

lud

be~ a

expoCed

3ft

the

wetk

we:re takcn away . lt

\l.!d:;;

n·H

I.\\'

fl.ll

for any one tO cal of thoCe (oave, bUl the

prtenS

only:

thlS

ofl~ring

\Vas accompanied

with

fellr

and

frankioccole, which was burnt upon

the table

at

the

time

Ihey

Cel

00

fr~lh

Joaves.

SHIELD an aoc.enl w"'pon of defente, in Ihe form of .

¡'gh! bu kler, borne: on the arm, tO turo off lances.

d.ns

,

&c,

~ HI ELDJ

In

heraldry. the-eCcutcheon or field on

which

lhe

o. anng<:

01

C04lts

of

arms are pl ..ced .

8ee

ESCUTCHtOS.

S I: ILLI NG an Eogl O, filver eoin. Seo

MONH

SHIP, a gene,,1

n.me

for

alll.Hg

~

ve{fels wilh fdils,

61

for

OclVlnatlOI\

on fhe

fe-a;

except galleys.

which go wjth

oars,

.wd \·mAck

f<tds

See

NAVIGAT I O M

A

(hlP is undol1htedly the

nobldl

machi De {hat ever

\VItS

Inventcd: and conlJlh of fo many p<'l lts,

th.it

i l

would

ft

qu

re a whoh: volume:

tO

defcnbe ir

m1nutely. Huw"

ever.

Wc:

{hall endeavour la fal1sfy the reader ,he more

tully 00 this hedd, as it IS 040 arl icl1! of the utm:>(t Impar·

tanct.. Anrl firfl .

lO

give elO Idea

ofthe

(everal piirtsand

member~

of

Ol

fhip. both

ex.em.

.l aod

Internal,

wlth lheir

rt fpd l'.f

";ames io Ihe

ka~ I.lng.,itge,

in PI"'te

CXLVIII.

is

reprdt nttd

a

fh ,p

'11

WéH

o! Ihe

lidt

rafe,

wlth

ri}!g–

irg,

b e.

at

,mch ¡¡r:

Where A ís the

cat.he

"..td ; B. the

rore

ch líos

C.

Ih. m;tin chAlns;

D.

theOl: zz~n·chain$;

E the eOle:rí:lg pArI ; F, the hd fe

holcs

G .

the

poop

Janlerns ;

H. the

chef, ·l ree

1.

Ihe h

dd;

K

Ihe

It,.r n.

L .

The: bO\Vlprit

1, 2, Y

ud

and (",il

3.

Gd m·

moning, 4 horfe. 5, Bob !l. y. 6, Sl'rit,f.illheelS,

7 PendanlS

8, Braceo and p<nd,,",,. 9, H dliards,

JO,

L itis .

1

J

Clew·Jint.s.

I~ ,

Spril. r.n l

horte, .

13.

Hum

I.oes.

'4 .

Sd

.Jin!.!

li'ts

1).

Sprit

f l¡llop,

16,

Flying

i.b

buom

'7.

flyin~

i.n

(hy

and fai!.

18.

H ..

lh,¡r¡ls. I v. Sheels. 20.

H ~!

fes

l\I ,

T ite: Ipri t

I;.d

top-man .

2 1.

Shrouds.

~~, ~ 3 ,

Y ud and

r.d,

'4 ' Sh«t. ' 5, L .fos

:6,

S r.'ce.

and ppnd.tllts. '2 7 Cap. :28. j.l.:k.. II ..

tf.

2 '),

1·ruel.. .

30,

J"

k

M,.p"

N.

T he: fore·n'lll

3

J ,

Rnnncr an..! t3ckle.

~ 1 , ~~ ,

Slll uuds,

3;,

L Jo,.,Js, 35, S.. y and l.o...rJ

.~6 ,

P reH Dt( r