1000000031

boiling .nd Oying up of the water of lhe fea, as in a

j d ¿"QU.

For fome: yards ah'o.,e \he furface of lhe fea,

the

w,Her

fi;and, as a columo or

pillu,

fronl lhe

c:xtre·

mity whcrcof ir

fprc~ds

and gaes off. as in a klOd of

fllloke.

Frequently, the

cone

defcc:nds

fa Jow, as to

touch

lhe

nHddle

(his column, and continuc: for fome

time contiguous

it ;

though fometimcs

ooly

poinu

\t .

al fome

difLmce, either

in a

perpendicular

or o·

blique lioe. Frequently" is furce dtllingui!h,ble whe'

the< lhe cone or th. column appe.r lhe firfl, bOlh 'P_

pearing all of a fudden 'gainU e,eh other. fllIl fome ·

times

lhe:

water boils up

Iram

Ihe:

fea

a great height,

withOUl

aoy i\ppeara ncc: of a

fpOUl pointing to il.

cnher

perpendieul. rly . r obl:quely . ¡ noeed, geo<..lIy,· lhe

bOlhng Or

flyi ng

up of lhe: water has Ihe pnority, lhis

always prect'ding

being formed

10[0

a column. C e–

nen lly. {he cone: does

not appear hollow,

tdl

towards

the end, when the:

feA

water

15 VIOI.

ndy thro\Vo op along

its m.ddlc, as fmokc: up a cI\lmney. Soon ¿rler this , Ihe

fpout or can,1 break, ,od dll'

ppe.rs;

lhe boillOg up of

the .....ater, and even (be pillar, continulOg to the ¡;dl,

and for fome tillle afterwa:ds; fomelime5 till the fpOUI

form lt felf

a~aiR ,

and appear anew ; which il fomclime.

does fc"eral times in a quarter of ao hou r.

M .

dc lA. Pyme, (rom a near obfervation of

1\110

three fpouts in York!hire, deferibrd io lhe Philofophie.1

.Tr~nr

él:ioDs,

galhers, that the water.fpouI is nOlhlng but

a gyration of clouds by contrar,. \llInd5 , meeting in a

_point or centre ; and lhere, where: the gre:ate(\

condenfa~

tion and grayitation ¡5, falling clown iota a pipe or gre:at

tube, fomewhat like Archime:de:s's (piral fcre:w ; and, in

iu worklng and whirling motion, abforbing- and railing

the Wdtcr

in the fame: manDer as the fpiral [crcw doe:s ;

aod Ihus deflroyiog !hIPS,

Oc.

SPRAT , in ielllhyolo&y . SeeCLuPEA.

SPRING,

in natural hiltory. a foumaio or Cou rce ofwater,

rifi ng. ut of the ground. See HVORO ST ATtC 5,

SPRI NG, in mechanics. denoles a lhin piece al tempered

Oeel , or other elafije Cubllance

which, being wouDd up,

fert'('$ to pUl fevera! m..chines in motion by in elafliclty,

or eodeaYO"T 10 uobend itfelf: fueh is lhe fpriog of a

d ock, watch, ,od the like .

SP~IN G · T I DE .

See ASTRONOMV, p.

473,

6 c.

SI' UNGE . See SPONG IA .

SPUNG ING, in guooery, Ihe ele.oiog. guo's

ioC.de

Wilh

• fpunge, in order to prevent any fparks of nre (ro01 re–

mainin b in her, which would endanger the life of him

who Chould lo,d her

,~aio.

SPUN ' YA RN, amoog f.ilors. is a kiod oflioe m,de from

rop yarn, and u(td fo r'Ceizing or faHtning thlngs tOge–

the:r.

SPUR,

a piece or metal, c'on(ill íng of two bnoches eneom·

p~ffing

horreman's hed , and", rowe! in form of a Ildr,

advaoc ng out beh,nd

prick. che horfe.

SPURGE. io

~o"o y.

Se< EUPIIORBIA.

Sl'URGE

LAUREL .

See

DAPHNE .

SPURKE I S. in. Chip. (p.c. s betweeo lhe upp" ,odlower

fUHock5, or h-:twl 'tt the

run~s

fore :and aft.

SPURRY. io bOl 'OY. Se< SPERG ULA .

S PUTU~1,

among ohyfi('I,¡ns, dc:notes Ihe C:ame with the

faliva orfpitlle. S« SALIVA .

SpY,

pe!lflO

hirco to watch lhe

aaiODS,

motion"

6c.

VO L. 1I! N° 9f.

.:)

T A

of aooth.r; p.rticularly of wh:t pl lfcs io a campo \ Vhen

• fpy " di fco.cred, he is h.oged immedi'lcly.

SQYADRON,

m,litary alf.i rs, deoo,"s a bodyof horre

whofe nUOIber of men is not Gxcd; bUl is ufually [,cm

one lO t\\lOhundred.

SQ..UA

ROS

¡hip, .

•

divifion or P'r! of ,0«1, commaod .

ect by a vice·admiral , or commodore .

5QYALUS. lhe SHAR •• INO. in iel11hyology, a genu.

bclongln~

to lhe orcte:r

amphibia n;\.nte!L

There are

nvc fp,racuJa, oneoneach Gde ofthe neck; the: body is ob.

long, and (ornewliat cylmoricaJ'; and the moulh is fi(Oa le

the anterior

p~rt

the hecad. There are

(pecie~,

all

'nh ...bi, ,, nts of the ocean.

SQYAMA!tIA, io

bOI.oy.

See LATHR !EA.

SQY AMOUS. io aoatomy, 'n "ppellation

~iveo

10 the fpu–

nous or

féllfe

CUtUres of the {kull, becaufe compofed of

fq uAn'", or (cales like thole offiOles Se< AN ATOM Y. P t

p .

SQYARE, iogeometry, • quad.

oI..

eral figure, bUlh equi-

1"'«:1

al ano

equidn~ular.

Ste G

,.1ET RY .

SQ...UARE ROOT. See Aa.tTHMET ICK, p .lJ2C

HolIO'W

SQ...UARE, in lhe mtlit",ry art. is a body of (oot

drawn up w1th 3n empty (pace in th'!' middlc

tor

the co.

Jours, drums, and

b3~gAge :

faced and cOl'ered by the

pikes eV<ly w. y. to k.,ep ofFhorfe.

SQ...UARE, aninUrumenr confitllng of'two

rul~s .

or branc-hes.

fallened perpcndlcul:arly at one ('nd of Ih ir eXlrenles,

as tO form a rig"t angle: it lS of grcal uCe in

th~

defcrlp.

tion and menCuration of righ t angles, and JaYlng down

perpendiculars.

SQYATINA. See SQ..UALus.

SQY ILL . io bo..oy-. See SCILLA.

SQYINTI NG. Se. STRABISMUS.

SQQ IRREL, io

.ology. S, e S.c luaus .

Sl'tlHLE. a pi"e or houfe ror ho,frs,

&c.

furnilhed Wilh

nalJs and proper apartmcnts to contain :heir {ood,

&c.

STACHYS , io bOlaoy, ageous oflhedidyna01;.gymoofper_

mia claCs. Thc upper

Id.bi

, m is v:'tulted and the inferior

one reAeéled io the cdges ; lhe:

intermedia te

labium being

Jargell. and emilTgin:aled; and lhe (hmina are rellté'ted to ...

wards the lides, Thuc are

Cpecies, three of ,h'tm

native~

of BntalO,

viz

the germanica, or bafe hore· hound; lhe lil.

vatica, or

hed~e

ntttle; and the palutlr ¡s, or clown'salJ heal.

STADIUM, ' o aoeient G reek loog me.!u·e.

Sradium

WOl.S

airo the courre or

carc.er

wherein lhe

Greeks nn their r2ces .

STADTHOLDER, lhe prioeipal governor or magiflrate

of the United Provinc€S.

The nadlholder feems to be impowered, eilher diretlly

or by his ioB:Jencc, to changc boch the deputies

m ..

&i~

'-Ir¿res. and t..ffi.:ers, io every province and city . He is

prdident in the fial es or evel y ptovince, thbugh he

ha,s

not

much as a real or vme in che: (htet-general :

~e i nl1u~nces

the {lates or eaeh pro'-ince ro rcnd what

depu,ic!o he plt:2Ccs to Ihe nl tes·ceneral. he has, in effd t

lhe AProinting the pd Cons that conltilUte Ihe:

(Lues.gl'

:r.sI,

and m,1Y he necmed fo\'c rcign of Ihc u"ited

pro~

vinces. T he n.tJthoIJc: rs had once a very

grc~t

rowcr.

" re

tind one or rhelr rLHhholders appointing wh.u lowns

OloulJ

r~nd

d<'putles or mCOlbers to the: aU'l'Olb!y of lhe

fI .lCs or

HulI.od

: bUl lhe fl. dt holderO,; p was oever he–

rcditary 1111 now. whcn in the year 1747

was m:tJc ro

in lhe f' OIily ofOraoge.

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