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S L A

60S

S L A

nl:\ke it of a

duki(h · red :

jI is too

thick

for

drawiog.

you tndy thin il wlth

fome

oil of

lu rpcnline.

The <.:hief

uf~

of th is fi l.c is ror la ylng on m.:tals.

The bd l gold. (¡u f" r burn,Oung i, made as follo,",:

take

fj·\C

bole, what quantity

Yl)U

¡)h:afe;

gnnd

findy

on.l milrblt: . then fcr.lpe

Into

Iiule beef· !uct

gnnJ

a1l welJ

logethcr; aflt:r

which mix a fm .. 11

proportlon

plr~hlllént

¡iz.e

with

double

proportion of waler,

and it

done.

To make (jlver fize : take

tooacco_pipe

clay, in fine

powder ; ioto which fcrape

fome

blackJead and a little

Genoa.foap

and grind them all logether with parchmen t.

file, as airead

direaed.

SK -\- ITE, in ,c1l1hyology. See RAlA.

SKF.LETON, in ana,olllY, See AN ATOM Y, p.

IS1.

SKI E, one of ,he

great.tl

\Veflern tfl.nds of

Scotl.nd

, di.

vlded (rom lhe countí!!, of R ofs and I nvernefs

a nar–

TOW

chaood; being ullwArds of fixty miles in Jength and

t wenty

in breadth .

SKI FF, the leafl of twO fhip·boats, (erving chiefly to zo

arhor~

in, when the rlup is

harbour.

SKI N. in anatomy . See

ANATOMV,

254 ,

IN,

commace, is particul.trly ufed for the membrane

Hrlpped off the animal tO be prepa'red by lhe tanaer, ncin–

ner. currier, parchment-maker,

6&.

<4nd cODven ed into

leather,

See

TAN N I NG,

i"!r.¡.J;·

Skins and the hair of beafls manufalt:ured become

parchment and vellum; leather, of which are made fhoes

and boots, f.ddles, harnetres, and furniturc for horfes,

gloves and garmenl5, coaches And chairs, houfc:hold /tuff,

Cov~rs

of books, drinklng vetrds

ec.

aod furrs for clOAth·

¡ng, h:us .. caps,

&c.

SKINN ER,

One

wllo \Yorks in O<ins. See SKtN .

SK lPTON. atown in ,he IVell riJtng of Yutklhire, titu•.

aleti thirty ¡¡ve miles weH of York.

SK[RMISH, in lVa r, a

diror~ed y

kmd of combat, or en·

cotlnrer, in prefeoce oftwQ:umies. between fmall parties,

or perrons. who advance from lhe body for that purpofe,

aad introduce to a general and regular light.

SKULL, in anatomy , Se< ANAT O"Y, p,

ISI,

SKY, tbe blue expan(e of air and atnlolphere.

The

~¡'Jre

colour of the Iky Sir lfaac Ncwton attributes

to vapours ccginning to condenfe there, and which

have

gOt confjtlence enough to rc:fl<!ét the moO refle;'(lble rliys .

SLAR, an out(¡de (appy plank or board (awed uf!' fro", the

(¡des of a timber [ree ; tbe word is alfo ufed for a

fiu

piece of marble.

SLAT¡;;, • f10ne of a compaél textur. and I'.nlinated f1ruc.

lure, fpllttin g into Ilne piates

Dr Htll difli nguifhes four (pecies of Oate lleg.nia:

l .

T he whllifh Ilcg< ntum , belng a (oft, fria ble, O .. y Ilone, of

lolerably fine and ciare tcxtUre, c\)nfiJerabJy hc:avy, per.

fellly duH aod

deOI ~ul e

of brightnt'fs, vancg<Hed with

pale: brown, or browniCh ycllow: this fp.:cies is very

commOn in

m~ny

ClJun les in

Engl~nd .

lYlnJ.! near the

fo rf'tlce of thc: groun.! it

g(nC:ftllly vel y

a¡J!

of per·

pend:("ul"r a, well

hOflz{,ntetl

ca.v !li~s,

m:tnyol" wlHch

4re !illed

""" h

fpa r

I !tIc pLv er

ar.d

more cryllal·

11n(" thAn lhe rdl, an ..

is conllllunly

lI(~d

tor covC'ring

ho ¡fes.

2 .

r he red

" t.:~~", um

15 I

vay

linl.! and d t·&.\nt

0.1'':,

of a fonooth

fU L

f tel.! firnl .tnd comp.t(( IcxHlre, COIl'

lic1.· r.tblv heavv.•nd /lf " vc:ry ')(04\,H.ful p.,Ic: purple,

glmertng .Il

O,'"

w"h Imlll Ulo1ry fpan¡;lcs: it is como

po(-d of a multitude of very thin pI"" or Ibkes. laid

c10kly and evenly over one anolhl'r, ar.d

cohen n~

prcny

fi rmly : this is very common in the northern pans of En·

gland, and is much valued as a Hronc and bt3u[iful eo–

veriflg for houfes.

The comOlon Llue flq;amum

"ery \Vell known, as an ufeful and valuable flone, of a

fine fmooth textUrc and gloll'y fUI face , moderaldy hea–

vy, and

paje greyifh blue; compofcd of

multitude

.ev~ n

pl ..tes, lald

~Iofe

upon ont: another, and

e.tfiJy

fpillung al lhe eommtlrurcs of them: this is aIro \'ery

comOlon

the north pan s -of England, and ís ufed

moíl places for lhe eoverillg of houfes. There are 01her

fpecies of this Ilate,

viz.

The brownirh bluc (riiible ltega.

niom, orually callcd co.1

a.te

; the greyifh black lnaole

fieganium, commonly calJed (hiver : and Ihe gre:yilh blue

fparklicg,fleganium

4. The friable. aluminous, bJaclc.

fieganium, bt lng the

ln(h

nale of the fhops: [hlS is com.

pofed of a muhíluJ e

thin

fl~kes

laid v::.ry c\"cnly and

regularly over one aootber, and fpli ts very rC:4Jfly al lhe

commilfures of thtm .

is common in many pclns of

Irdand, and is fou nd in fome pJaces in England, aJways

lying near the furraee

very thick ílrata. In medlcioe,

it.. ls ufcd in hzmorrhages of all klnds \v;lh fucecfs, and

is taken oflen as a good

m~dicine

in reverso

There is a (ort of

1l.ue

·llones called, by Dr Hill, amo

mofchiíla. Of this

klDd

there are only t\Vo fpecies:

T~at

compo(,d only of fparry and cryllalline p.rticle,; or

the grey, friable, dull ammo!chinum : bcing

(oarfe

harCh, and rough

non~,

very loofe textU re, eonfi·

derably

he.vy;

and compofed of a large, coarre, obtuft:l–

Iy angular

gritt,

furrounded, and in pan held IOgcther.

a loofe earthy (par. This fione is very commlln in

moll counlries. and is frequeotly ufed tO eover houfes,

¡nOead

ol"

liles: it b: ars lhe wealher bUI badly, aod is

'pt tO crumble after frolls.

That compo«d of taley,

fparry. and cryllallinc p. rticl<s. T his compreh<nds G"e

fpecies,

viz.

the browodh white glittering ammofchi lfum;

the green¡fh grey IllLning amnlofchiflum; [he yellowith

grc

tliue.nng ::tmmofchlflum ; tht: hard purple 2nd 'Aohite–

laminated amnJot'ch¡ftum; and the bluilb. glinering Oite

none . Thefe. fons of na\e·(lone are

ve.ry

eommon

the northern countries, and are ufed in covenng houfes;

paving, building,

cre.

SLAVE,

a perCon in the abfolute pO'.ver of 2 nnfier, either

b: war or conquen. V:e find no meOl ion of 1l4ves he–

fare (he deluge

but immediately afler,

tJjz.

th~

curf,:,

·of

C..

naan: whence il is e,¡fily Inte rred, lh.n fer\"iluJ e

¡ncnafed foon <lfter that lime; flJr

i:l

Ab,aJunl's time

\Ve

find

ger.e,ally eflabItO" d.

Among lhe

Romll.ns

, when a flave

W2S

fel

l,berty,

he changed his

DAme:

into

rurilante. and tOok the no·

men or prenoOlcn of his maller; tO whieh he add.:d Ihr-–

cognamen he

had

beco ("allcd by

\\h~n

tl.

¡ye. Creat

p..

rt'or the Rom"n wea hh confiHed

ín

n.l\'Cs: they

had

the power of JI fe and

dcath

oYer

thcm, whleh no olhcr

n:nion had; bUI lhis feveri ty

was

aflerwards moder2ted.

(he

laws of

the

cmpcrors.

T h.e

OoJ\'Cs \Vere eHe:-e:meJ

the proper goods of their mancr!t, and all tltey got be·

looged to thcm

b01 if

lhe

'mafl~r

was tOO crllel in his

corrcflioD, he was ot>JiCed tOfdl bis

na\'c

noJuate.

priee.

SI>fcry is ab(olttlely abolifh cd in Hritain .nd Francc,

pelfoDa.1 fl,·rvitudc.

S1a\'cs

ma!:e

confiderll!Jlc ar·

,:e1: