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T !.e thirJ order confin, of

P.or.cs

of a n ry fine fub·

(bote and c1egant

nnl~lure.

nat urall y

of a gre.l,t

bright~

ner" ..d capable of an

deg.nt

pol olh; compofcJ of

granules of

";UIOllS

fh aFcs and

fizcs ,

but ufually

fLntifh,

fomrtimes more ,

romc.times

lefs

dlnin~ ;

and, in fome

fpccies, running tOgethcr

iOlO

uniform

mArres, bUI

nCUf

Jodgcd in any ccmcnutious fubClancc. Of this arder are

the marbl cs, ah.baUcls)

porphY'les .

and granitcs.

ST ONE

in the bl.t<Ider. Sc.:e

1'.1 \:0ICII"'E ,

and

SUiG[RY.

STONE

airo

deDotes a cenatn ql1antity or wc'ght of fome

cOl1lmodilies.

lIune of beef, at London, i, the qll. n.i,y of eight

pour.ds

; in Hcrt rordihire, twelve pounds;

Scodand,

(ixtc::en pounds.

STON E'C HATTEK,

ornilhology.

Ser

l\loTAcILLA .

STONEHENGE, in an.iqui.y. a ramed ptle or monu·

, ment or hllge Uone,

0 0

S.lolbury

pl.in

, fi'f nnle.

doll.ot

from rhar

city.

conlífl.s of the remains of four ranks of roue" fl.oncs ,

ranged one within another, fomc

thcm, efpecially

the oU lermolt and third rank.

twenly

Ceel

high.

and

(eyen bro"d; fuflaining others ¡aid acrofs their heaJs,

2nd fancned by mortif,,; fa tha< the whole murt

h.ve

20ciently

hU D~

together.

Antiquaries are no\Y prctty ,,",eJl agreed that

was a

Britirh .emple; and Dr L.ngwith .

h.nk,

might e.fily

be made probable, at lean, lhat

W3S

dedicaled

10 Ihe

fun and moon. Inigo Jones has gi\ren a fine fcheme of

tbe \York, and llriyes h"rd

perfuarle the world, that

was Roman : bUI Dr Langwi th, \\ho took his mea–

fures on the (pot .• U'ures us he cO\

l.ld

by no means recoo–

cile

Ihera

with (hat fcheme.

STONEY

'T~"TrO RO,

a market.town of Buckingham.

(hire. fourte!n miles north o( Aildbury.

STOOL,

in medicine, an encuadoft or difcharge of the

f.,ces ,

&c.

by the .nus,

STOPPER , in a rhip, • piece of cable·

l.id

rape, having a

wale-knot

one end,

with

a laniard fa(lened tO it

and

the o,her end is fpl iced rouud a thimble in the ring. bolts

upoo dcck, .ud at the bits: i.s ufe is tO Itop .he cable,

lhar it may not ton out too fan

iD order tO whieh, they

make Iurns with Ihe hniard about the cable, and the wale–

koo. Gops it, fo th.t it caDoot Oip ....ay f.lter .h.n is

necelTary.

STORAX, or ST' "", i. natoral hinory, • dry .nd folid

rdin, of

reddi(h colour, and a peculiarly fragran t

rmcll ;

of which there ars: two kinds, the

tlynx

calamita, or

llyrax

uars, and the tlyrax vulgui,; ""hereof 1he for–

mer is by far the pllrer and finer kind, imported in fma ll

loofe granules, or tire in large malfe, compored of fuch

grotnules : it anciently ufcd tObe packed

in reeds

for

the more recu re carriage; whcnce the name. The eom–

me'.n (lonx is lik ewifc a 6,e and pure refin, thol1gh h:rs

fa than the former ; and

brClUeht

us in large

I"mps,

nor formed of gtanule" bUl of one uniform confitlence.

T hefe are lhe tWO gcnaine kinds of (lor.x

but nei–

ther of them is tbat met

wil h

iD·our (hops, which is a

kind of faw.dufl connetled into lumps, by jun' ro much

of (he fiorax l'"eCio

,..,il! make the orher malters hane:

togelner. This is !J,rh3t our

~pothecHic.s

tlfe. under the

name of fionx ;

but

i:t

advife3ble to arain cucfully

the pure rdin {rorn lhe 61th. and ufe no p"rt of

,he

'alter_

The

1\l10

~enlline

kinds of

Clara

which

ouebt ¡I ...

ays

OL , UI. N° <)5.

ufcJ \l/Itere thcy e:ln oc

hiUl,

dirrcr only in ti,is ;

tha.t the granulatcd (}orax

tlOW!

n~lUr~ny

(rom 1 lIyrA 'C

Irec, ancllh:: common kiad is olltaincJ {rom the

f..

me Iree

by inc.fion.

Storax is hrought to

liS

from Syr:;t. and Ih"! E..tCl -l n–

clles

and ol.lght

chofen

pille,

iJrty

(r:l ~1

01 ,

and

acilJ talte.

is much recomnl-:ndl'ci as

det

:r~ent

aod b.lf.mic, in d.furdcrs of the bre,tI! . "is

.11,)

ert..m·

cordi.d, and is recommendcd

verti"oes

and

ther difordcrs

the

h:ad

and ncrves.

Liquid

STO II. AX,

in pharmacy-, ir a

tlrus: Ycry difrerrn t

from lhe rdin aboye dcfcribcd;

b(iog.

a rcfin us juiú',

of Ihe conCiUence of veniceoturpentine, or thieler:

i ~ .

when clcan, pcllucid, of a bro\l'ni(h colour,

\1 1th

a e

fome(imc,

reddlOl, and romctlmcs or grcyilll In il.

Its

fmtll is (omewha[ like ,hu of common (lor.l'<, only much

rlronger, and evcn difagreeable:

ilS

I..

fie

acrld,

<He–

matie, and fomewhat biuerifh ; and it

o,ly.

0 1'"

unélu·

ous.

fr,ould be chofen lhlO, pellucid,

uf .

clcan brown

colour, and of. Hry IIrong fmdl.

STORG E, a grcek .«m, frequcntly ufed for .he parco!>1

innir.él

or natural ::..ffeélion, whlcb almort

all

"nunal,

be"r lhei r young; wh:reby they He mofi pOlA1er

futly

mO'fcd la dc(ead Ihem (rom danceu, and procure;:

foc

thfm ruilable nounfhillcnt .

STORK, in oloithology. Seo

ARotA ,

STO RM

.'RD.

Se< PR OCFLL" " .

STO It lAR, the routh diYlfioo of Holrtein, whercof H , m–

burgh is the chief town .

STO RTFORD, a markeHOWO of H<rtfordrh"e, tlllrt y

miles nonh of Londotl.

STOVES, in gordening, are buildings eretled (" the pre·

[ervallon of lender exotic pló\nts.

w~l1ch

•

....

Hhout

rhJt

affi(lance ,

will

not bear the cold of our winter, be:caufe

they require

Olo

a((iClcial war"lIh .

S.ove, are o( tlO'O kind. , d.ntnguirhed by tire names of

the dry .nd tire bark.C1oves.

T he dry nove has the flues, io .which the fmoKe i,

c,a.rried. clther

laid

under lhe pivemcnt of the Aoor, ór

ereaed

the back pan of the houCe over each uther,

rclurncd fix or eigot times all along Ihe fio\·e.

IheCe

(to\'es the plants are placed on CC.fflllds, and benches

boards, raifed above ooe anolher; aod the phots pnn–

cipally prefe rved

Ihefe afe the aloes, cc:rufes,

tU–

phorbiums, tithymals, and olher fucculent plants, whtch

are impatient of·modl.ure in ""lOter, and the:refore are noc

to be

kept

-among

trCCS,

or hcrbace:ous plaDlS,

whlch

per~

rpire freely.

T he

bark-fioves are made with a large pit, "tulv of

the leogth

the houf. , which i, .hree feel dur, , n

fix or ft.ven feel wide.

T hu

pit is

be fillcd

Wl1h

frel

unner's

bark

to make a bot_bed, and in this the pOli

concainiD,l! the: Icndu planu are

be:

plunge:d .

STOURHRIDGE, a

markel.to

.,n, oioelten

m.ks

north

\Vorcdlcr.

STOUTH -RT ¡r, in Scou

hw.

See

LA"',

Tit.

xx"iii.

;0 .

STO\V.

mHket_town, twe:nty miles e:i11t

Glocdlcr

S r OW:\ GE , in the f,,·I,ngu. e, .he pl,clOg go.,J, or·

d<r1y lO .he hold of a rhtp,

<r~.

the heaviell o."t the

~.I1,It,

cre.

STO\ EY,

a m:ukCt_tO\\'D

ofSomerfetfilice, c¡¡btceo

miles

nI "'dI<.

STOW !.\RKET, .

tO'l'O

ofSufrol ., teo " .I. .., lt o(!l"r y,

7 X

SlR \.