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S T Y

STRUM,'E, Ccrophalous ,umour, arifiDg on lhe ncck and

throat , conHitut,ng what is

conlmunly

caBed tbc kiog's

cvil.

S~e MEDl cIN2,

p 137 , 6"

STRUTHIO, Ine OS 'rR,CH 'a o.m,hology, a genus be–

longin&

Ihe orúc[

&..

11",. The bdl is fomewl.. , co–

nical.

Ihe

ooltrils are

ov.tl

;

lhe

wings

aLe {han,

and

Dot

fi,

for 6ying.; and [he flOl are of [he ruooiDg Ir.iod.

There are thrtt

tp~CltS.

Tbe camel\ls, or comman ofirich,

is a Dauve of Syri., Arabia, Lybi., aod Afriea. Thi.

is ,he Iarge!!

.11 b"d,; i, rUDS Cwir'er ,han any aoi–

mal; i, layo abou, 50 egg' in the Cand , a.d fiu upon

, hem ooly during the. oigh' , lhe be., of the fUD beiog

fufli eienr during the day,

STRYCHNOS, in botaoy, a genu. of 'he. penta.dria mo·

nogyoia ciar. . The

eoroll~

eODfills of five fegmeo.. ; .nd

, he berry bas

bo,

one eell. There

a.re

tWO lpeeie., bOlb

natives

Brilatn.

STUCCO,

building, • eomporitioo of whi,e marble,

polTerized and mixed witb phller of lime ; aod the whole

being {ifted and wrought up wi,h wa.ter, is 'o be ufed l,ke

eommoo pla!!er: ,hi. is wha, Plioy meao' by marmora–

tum opu" and albarium opus.

STU FF, in eommeree, a geoeral Dame for all kinds of fa_

bricks of gold, fil'ler, filk, wool,

h~ir,

colton , or thread,..

manufaétured on the 100m ; of whicb

nUDlb~r

are Yelvets,

brocades, mohairs,

faHms,

taffeties, datla, Ctrgts,

6c.

STUM,

in (he VJlOe-trade, denotes the unferme.oted jUlce

of the grape" afur

has becn Ceveral times racked

off

and

Cep.ra,

ed from ilS Cediment . The eaOes are, for this

purpoCe,

well

matched, or fum1gated with bnrnnone e–

very nme, ca

preveDt

the liquor from fermcDting, as it

w(~lld

o\herwife

read'uy do,

and

bccome

wine.

STUl'OR, a nOAlboeC, in any pan of ,he body, wherher

oceafiooed by I'g .' ures

obnru~iog

tbe blood', motioo, by

,he palCy, or the

I.ke

STUPHA. or

STU P E~

medicine, is

piece

of c10th

dippcd m'fome proper liquor, aod applied 'o an affeéted

pa.n,

by Nay of

foment~tton

epltht:rn.

STURGEON. See ACCIPENSER.

STURMINST E R , a markel town, eigb'e<o mil...

lIar,h

D orchdler.

STURNUS, the 'STARL'NG, ID orni'hology, a geou. be–

longing

,,¡

,he order of p.lferes. The beak is [ub.lated,

deprelT'ed, and romewh,6( blUDt; the fuperlor mandlble is

entire, aod fomewhat opeo at ,he edges; the ,Ilorlnls are

martlnú(;d above; and

the

tongue

tbarp

and em1rgi–

naled. There are five fpecies, dírlio&udhed by thelr co

lour.

STYLE, • ",ord of various fig ni6eitions . orig'oolly dedo–

ced

from

STYLOS,

a kiad of bodkin, wherewith

Ih,: ao

cients wrote

0 0

ates

aflead, or

0 0

wax,

be.

dlld ....

hu;h

nlll

~fed

to write

ivory-Ieaves, aod

pitper

prepared

ror ,ha,

p~rpofe,

&c.

STYI.. E,

in dialJiog. denotes the gnomon or cock uf a dial,

,,¡red 00 ,he

pl.oe

,hereor, lO projeél: a (hadó", . See

DIALI..ING .

STYL E, in botany. Se< BOTASY. p 637.

STYL~,

in matters of

langu:\ge.

particul.lr

Irjanner

ex–

preffing

one'~

thoughts

agrce~bl)·

to the ruléS

Ilt

ryntax

or, as F.

Buffi~r

mare

accuratery

defines

it, the

n.ann~r

wherelO

tbc::

words,

cooClrutqt'o

~ccorfiing

co the

law~

fyntax,

are arranged

amo.lg

tht.lilll..!\'CS,

íJllOiJly tO the

¡ellius ofthe laoguage. See COMPOSIT JON .

U B

STYLE,

in juriCprudence, the

part¡cuJ~r

form or maoner

proeeed,o~

io eaeh ,0Ur! of

jurirdi~ioo,

:rgree;¡ble tO

, he rules and orders ell.blifh,d thereio: thu, we fay

,h~

lIyle of ,he eoun of Rome, of Chanoery, 01 Parliameo"

of the P rivy eouneil,

&c.

O/¡f.STYL¡, ,he Julian maoner of computiftg time, as ,he

N'W,STYL E is the Gregorlan. mothod of eomputation.

Seo

ASTRO'OMY, p. 490.

STYLET, a fmall dangero". kind of poinard, whieh may

be cODcealed in

~the

hand, chiefly ufed io treacherous

af ...

f,flioations. The blade is u¡.,lIy triangular, and fo lIen–

_ der ,hat the wound it m.kes i. almorl imperceptible.

STYLITES; an appelJatioo given 'o a kind of Coli 'ari",

who Cpend ,heir ltve. feared on ,be ,ops of eolumns, 'o

be, as they imagine, the

betler d!fpo(ed

ror

meditatlOD,

&c.

th~fe

fiad

Cever.¡J

mentioned

in andent

wri –

ter s, and eTeo as low as the elevccth century

The

founder 01' the order w'" S .. Sin¡on Styli'es, a famous

anchor.. io. the. fif,h een,u,y, who ,ook up his .bode 011·

a columo lix cubits hlgh

thco

on a

fecond,

of twelTe

cuba,;

third,

twent1-two; and, at

lall,

apother–

of Ibiny-fix. The extremity of thefe eolumns were

011-

Iy three foe, in di. meter, with .'kind o[ rail or ledge a–

bout

that reached

alman

the

girdJe, fomewhat re ..

Cembling.a.pulpil. There was DO Iying down in

1..

The

fáqulrl, or devout people

the

eaU~

imiute

this extra ..

ordiDOiry kind

tife cven tO lhis day.

STYLOGLOSSUS, inanatomy. · SeeA. "ToMY, p. 304'

STYLOHYOIOJEUS, inaoatomy. Se< AN AT OMY , p_

_3°4'

STYLO!OES, in aoa,omy. S.. ANATOMY, P

155.

STYLOPHARYNGJEUS,

anatomy. Soe .ANATOMY,

3°4

STYP

n c,

iD pbarmaey, medieines which by ,heir allrin–

gent qllali1ies {lop hzmorrhages.

S1 YRAX. in botaoy, a geou. of the dodetandria mono–

gyni ... clars. Tlle

C;'¡\IX

confills of fi ve teecb, and the ca·

rol\a of one funoel-fhaped petal ; and ¡he drtlp. has one

cell, COIlU.iDiDg twO

(eees. There

1$ bllt one

fpec,es,

QuiTe

Syria. See

STORA~ .

SUBALTERN. a rubordlDate o[li cer, or ooe who diCehar–

ges his pon un¡ler

th~

eOI)1mand, and

fuhj<~

'o ¡he direc–

tioo of another : fuch

are li(utenlnts, fub lieuteoants,

coronets

and

eoligns, who

fene

under the captain.

S UBBUTEO, in ornithology. See FAL co .

SUBCLAVIAN, in aoatomy. i. applied 'o any ' hing un–

dcr ¡he arm·pit or (houlder, whc1hcr artery,

nene, veio,

0 1

mllrcl~

SUBCOSTAL MU'CLES . Se< ANATOMY,

p.215.

SUBE R , in

bot.ny

. See Qt!ERCUS_.

SUBJECT, • perCon under ,he rule aod dominioo of.

Co–

VC"

ctgn pnnce or {late.

SU8JECT ,

:;alto

ufed for the

matler

art or fcience,

o. chat

which

ir confiders,

whc.-reoD ir

employed :

,hu. ¡he hum., body ís the

fubje~

of medicine.

SUHJU C rlVE, iD grammar. S" G ....

"u • .

SUBLIMI\TE, a ehemieal prepara,ion, the bafis whoreor

i!'

mercury

qUlck-filver .

Sec

CUEMISTRY,

p. 138 .

SUBLlMATION, ,he eondcnfing .nd

eolle~:ng

in a ColiJ

form

means

vdl"els aptly cO:1fi-rufled, 1he (umes of

bod.., r.iCed from them by the .pplicatioo of . propcr

he..r.

See

CHEMISTRY ,

J38.

SUBLINGUAL GLOSOS. See A .aTOMY, p. 'lO¡.

Sl'B~!IS.