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S M E·

tid~

of the tr,diick in An,eric1. The BritiOl fou:h ·fl!a

comp:iIOy

ha\'~,

trc;uy. lhe

(ole privilcgc

furnilh–

inf! Ihe

Sp;m

\r d~

In·fíes

with

fl.~ves.

SLAUG i(1'E IL

S<e MANSLAUGIITER, HOM'C'OE,

l\lV M.D !; R,

6(:.

SLEOGE.

k;nJ of cflrriage

wilhout

whed s, for

Ihe

cr,nVCYAnc(.·

oC v.:ry

\\"cie1úy

things.

huge

(lones,

6c.

SLESP, is uefined ' o be

'ha<

ti."

wh"ein ,he body ap_

p::aring pt rfe'.9lya\ rell.

external

obje8 s move the or.

&illlS

lenre

as uftJal,

withoul ( xciting; lhe

uru.tl

Jcn(a·

tions.

Sleep is broken off unn:nur,dly, when any of the

Dr.

gans of

f~nfation

is fa brdkly aé'ted on, that

lhe

atlion is

pro pagated

the brain.

Sleep being one of rhe non-nilturals, ir is

"Ol

poffible

{'!T

(bofe

prdet

lheir

health, who do

DOl go la

íl~ep

in a

rett~I:t.r

míl.nner :

for Ot:ep repairs che fpi. ¡ts.

which are ddJipated

watching¡ and confequendy

re~

llores Ihe (lrcngth of thofe wbo ¡ rl! weak. indifpofed, or

la~

hour muelJ.

likewife promotes perCpiratioo. conl ribules

gre,uly

digtllion. and more

nutrition.

The night

che mofl proper for

fleep;

ior

the vigour of the mind

Qod body are heHer reflored

the oight

than

,he

day; thui not1"urnal Jabour and lucubr¡tioos impair

rhe

health .

SLEEPER, or ,he CREAT SL!EPER, in zoology. See

Mus.

SLEE'E RS.

in oarur:\1 hi(lory.

name giren to fome aoi,

m¡;¡ls which are raid to Oeep

0111

{be winter ; fuch as bears,

marmotes,

dormiee~

bats, hedge bogs. fwallows,

6c.

Thefe

do nOl ft:ed in winler. have no f(Dri ble evacu–

ation" bre:uhc liule or not al

311,

and mofi ofthe vifce_

ra Ctare from their funtlioos . Some of [here creatures

feem to

dead . and olhen

retUro to a (late like thal

of the fztus b"!(ore the birrh : io lhis eoodition they

continue,

til!

by length of time maturlting rhe proeefs,

new heat, Ihe: i:luid¡ are attenuated, the folids

ni.

mula,ed, .nd ,he funélions begin where ,hey Idt off.

S1.. E EP E RS

lhe glars-trade, are lhe large

iron~bar9

cror·

fing ,he fm.ller ones, .nd bindering the

paff.ge

of the

coals, lut leaving room for the alhes.

SL EEPERS,

a {hip, timber9 Iying before and aft, in the

hotlom of ,he n,i p, as ,he rung-hcads do : ,he lowermofl

of ,hem is holled 'o ,he rung·head., .nd ,he uppermofl

the fUl tocks aod rungs.

SLESWICK, ,he capital of the duchy of Sle[wick, o,her–

wife called Sou:h judand. fi,ua,ed on the river Sley :

E . long 9° 45', and N. laI . 54° 45'. See jUTLANO.

SLIDI NG , in mechanies, is when ,he fame poin , of •

body,

n¡ovin~

along

furrace, defcribes a line

that

(ur(ace.

SLIGO, a coun'1 of ¡reland, in ,he provinee of Connaugh"

bouoded

tbe ocean on the north,

Letrim'

the

ea(l. by ltofcomonon on ,he fouth, and

M ayo on ,he

\Ve(l.

'SLING, an in(lrument ferving for cafling floneswi,hgr<",

violence.

The

inhabitants of the Balearic ilhnds were

r ..

mous in antiquity for

lh:

dexterous managernen t of

,he fl ing : i, is

f.id

,hey hore ,hree kind. of ning., fome

Jaoger, otbcrs {horter, which

they

urtd according as theír

enemies were either ncarer or more remote.

aJo

ded, tbal the firft ferved ,hcm for a bead-haod, the fe-

cond for a girole, and ,h., a ,hird ,hey conflandy carried

wllh thcm

th-: hand .

Sl..IPPING .

3",long g:uJencrs, the tearing

off a

fjlrig

frúm a branch ,

01'

a braneh (rolO 3n arm of

Ihe

Irce'.

Therc

ron of fl ip; takc root more rcadily than clltt inC"L

SLO ,\NEA , in o,moy•• cenus (,f ,he polyandri. mono ·

groi. e1al;. The coroll. confifis of rove p<lal•.•nu ,he

c¡dix o(

Jive

dccidllaus Jeélves ; thc

ltigma

per(orate:J;

and the berry eOll(ttins many

fced, .

SLOATH. in zonlop-y. See

ll..

nypus.

SLOE.

Se<

P'VNU'.

SLOO P, a

[0(1

of Ho.,ing vtffd, o,herwife c.lled nullop.

Jn Ol\r navy.

n ...

ops

are

(C!nJ

~rs.on

the men

af war, aod

are

ufu :il lly of about

fiy,IY

lons, and e<trry about tbirty

me;:D,

SLOUG H adcepnouddy place. The e.Oikin of a

fn.ke

the ditrr.p of a

co~l' pit.

and Ihe fear of a wound, are

al~

fo call, d by ,he fame ..ppdb,ion. The

1I••

ugh of a wild

bou,

the

bc:d~

fvil,

or mire, wherein

wallows, ar

io which he hes in (he day·time .

SLUCZK. ,he copi,al Qf ,he pal.lÍn'te or ,he f.Ole naRle,

in ,he duehy of Li,hu'.ni. and kingdom o( P ol. nu : fitu.–

vd in E . long.

~7°

.•nd N . I. t.-n°

SJ...U lCE ,

in hydnluJies.

(rame

ümber,

{loot,

carth,

(:ft:.

ftr ving!o

rctain alld raife

the

water of [he fea.

ri_

ver,

and

occ,,(jon to let

par, : [ueh

the

fluiee of a mili ,

.;::':.~

flop. ,nd colleél; ,he water afa

rivulet,

6c .

in order

direharge

at length

, reater

plenoy upon ,he Inill·whcel; fueh alfo ar< ,hofe ufed in

dratns, to difchéuge water off lands; and {uch are:

Ihe

ll11ices of Flanders,

&~.

which (ene

prevent tbe

wa_

tef9

of the fea overRowing Ihe lower Jands,

excepl

whco

thae

ocea/ion tO drown

them . .

Sce

CANAt..

SLUTTELBURG, a ,own of Rufli• . in ,he province of

I n~ri"

fi,ual ed on ,he fou,h_fide of ,he .Iake L .dogo,

E . larg. 3 1°

20'.

N lat. 60°,

SLUYS, a pOrl _,nwn of Du,ch FI.nde"" fi,uate oppofi,e 'o

th, indnd of

C.df

. no: E. loog 3

'5', N. la,. 5' °

8' .

SMAOK, a fm.1I <tffd wi,h hu, one man o

SMALAND. a province in Swedeo, in the terrirory of

G o

,hl.nd

, bounded hy

E.fi

G o

,hl.nd,

,he nOrlh : by

,he B,loie fea, on ,he eafl; by Blecking,

,he fou,b ;

and by Halland, on ,he wefl .

SMALLAGE, in bOlaoy. Sec Ap'UM ,

SMALT, a preparalion o( arfeoic- See CHE""TRV, p:

' 45·

SMARAGDUS, in natural hi(lory. See E"ERALO.

SMARIS, ,n ich,hyology. See SPARUS.

SMELL,

wilh reg<lrd to the organ, is an imprelTioo made

on the

narc~

by Jiule particlcs eontinually exl1aliog from

odorous bodies:

with

regard to the objeél,

is the figure

and difpolition of adorous emuvía, which firiking

(he

organ, exci,e ,he feofe of fmelling: and with

reg.rd

the

foul, il i,

the

percrption of

the

impreffioo of the

ob–

jeél on ,he org'D, or ,he affeélioD in the foul refullÍng

tberefrom.

The principal org.n. of fmelliog are ,he noflrils, .nd

the

olfilaory oervt's; the minute nmi6cations of

which

htter

are dcfcnbed throu&haUI

tbe

whole coneave of the

former.

See

A"ATOMY,

293,

SME LT , in ich'hyology, a [pecie, of falmo, See S. L...

SMELTING, in me,.lIurgy, ,he fu fion or mcl ,ing of ,he

ores of

metals, in

order tO (epatat: the mc:taJJine pan

fraID