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T E A

\Vas wont to be

p.id

annually into

th~

King'.-exchequer,

but now not without conCeot of parliament;

dilfers from a

fDbfidy

in this, that

¡s a)ways

entaia,

as fctdow .. in the ex ...

ehequer.book, and in gcnerallevied of every

tOlVa,

and not

particularly of every man,

oc.

Theaneient wayof levy–

ing taxe. was by tenlh. and Hiten.h., afterward. by fub–

lidies and royal .ids, and at leng.h by a pound rate; .he

former of

.he~

were .11 apon Ihe perfoo and perfooal e–

/late, bUI Ihé la/l upon land••nd reolS .

TAXUS, in botany, a genu. of the di",ei. monodelphia

claf.. The e.lix of bo.h male .nd female confin. of three

le.ves ; ncither of them

haTe

any corolla ; the

fiamina

are numerous; the antherz are rotated, and divided ioto

eight fegmen.. ; the

fem.le

has no !lylu.; and Ihe berry

cootaiD! cne

{ced. There

are two fpecies,

oDly

one oí

them,

viz.

the baccau" or

yew-tree,

a native of Britain.

T AY, a riTer of Seodand, riGng from Ihe loeh or Iake

of Tay, in Braid.lbin, andorUDDiDg ea/l Ihrough Alhol :

afterwards turos Couth-eaCt, and dividiDg the counties

of Perrh and Angu. frolD Stralhero and Fife,

f.lI,

inlo

the frilh of Tay_

TAYVEN, a ei.y of Chin., in Afia, in the pro.inee

.XaoG, two hundred aod fouy mil.s fou.h·well of PekiD :

long.

108°,

N_ lat.

~8°

30'.

TEA, or TH

EA,

in botaDY, • genus of Ihe polyandria mo–

nogynia c1af. of planl$. The coroll. confin, of oine pe–

tals, and the

~alix

of hve

leaves;

and the berry is

tri·

coccous. There are two fpecies, both nuives of China.

This fhrub grow. ro fi.e or fix feel higR, aDd i, oery

ramofe: [he leal'cs are about an inch

lon~,

ncar haH an

¡neh broad, ferrated, and terminating in a poiot. The

traders

tea diílinguifh a

van

onny

kinds of

it.

as they

di1fer iD eofour, anour, aDd the fize of Ihe le.f. To

enumerate the feveral fobdillinétions were endlcCs; the

general diviGon ¡s

iDto

three kinds, the ordinary

grecD.

tea, the

fintT

greco, and the bobea; to one or othcr of

whieh all the other kinds may be referred. The eom–

mon green lea ha, fomewhat fma l! and erumpled le••e.,

much

eonvolu.ed

, aod c10rely folded ,ogether in Ihe dry–

jng.

Ir,

calour is a dofl<y-grcen,

it,

talle

rub~afl riDgcnt

•

• na iu fmell agreeable.

gioe, .he waler a /lrong ye1-

Jowi!h greco calaur. The fine greco has larger

Jeavcs.

I<f, rumpled .nd

eonvolu.ed

in .he drying, and more

fa x in their falds;

is of a paler colour, approachinJ!

tbe blue·green, of.o extremely ple.fanl fmell, and has a

more aClringent, yet more agreeable

une

thao th'C (or–

mero

gi,es

pale.green colour to water. To rllis

lciod afe to be referred aH the higher pnced green teas,

Ih. hyfon, imp.rial,

Oc.

T he bohea eonfi!l. of muoh

fmaller Icaves

(hao

either of the other, and thofe -more

crumpled and c10fely folded Ih.n in eilher.

is of •

cfarkcr colour than the other, orten blackilb; and

the fm cll

and

une

of thcorhers,

bu( with

mixcd

fwc.ct–

oefs apd anringeney. The green .eas hue .11 fomewh.t

of lhe ";olel·Aavour : .h. bohea ha. nalurally fomewhat

"f .h·e rofe· rmell

T he leaves ",hen g..hercd are dried

",i.h greal eau.ioo, partly by lhe help of he••, partly

by ,he air, and ",hen rhorollghl y prepared \ViII keep. a

long

time frelb and

good -

Ev.:ry pared, when dried,

1.hough gatl1c.rc.d promifcuouOy, is fepuatcd, aecording

the

Iilrg~ncfs

and fmalln cfs

of the

Icaves,

into thrcc

four

ddF:rcnt

kinrts,

cileh of whieh is

a d,fTcrent

"}>';«,

.nd I"s its diff"rent O'Ne. The bohea lea is g.-

T E L

thered before tbe le.... are perfeélly opened,

a.a

¡.

made to undergo a greater de,ree of heat in the cunng,

whicb

colour aod

peculiar flavour.

in a

gteat mia–

fure owing.

Te., moderalely ••d properly takeD, aél. as • ¡¡eade

aílriogent and

~orroborat¡

..e.

TEAL, in ornithology.

S~e

ANA'.

TEARS, • Iymph or aqueo". humo"r, whieh i, lublile,

limpid, aDd a little faltifh: it i. fcparated frono the ane–

rial blood by Ihe laehrymal gland., and fmall glan–

dulou. graio, on the infide of Ihe eye-lid., See A ...•

TOMY,

294.

TEBETH, the tenlh mon.h of Ihe Jewifh eeclefiallieal

year, . ad fourlh of the ei,il,

aofwen to our ",oDtb

of Deeember.

TECKLENBURG,

eilr of Gemaoy, ia the Fircle

We!lph.lia, eapilal of. eounly of Ihe fa me Dame, Ih;"–

leeD

miles foulh ·we/l of Ofnabru" fubjefi to iu ·OWD

COt:Dt :

E. long. ,.

20',

N. lat.

52° 21'.

TECHNICAL, expreffe. fOrllewhat relating to am o.r

(ciences

: in tbis feofe, we (ay techDical terms.

DEUM,

Ihe

o.me

"f a eelebraled hymn, efed in the

Chrinia. ehureh, .nd fo ealled beeaufe it begio. wit!'

thef( words,

DtunJ

/4uJamUJ

;

u We

praife thee

God ."

is fUDg io the Romifh ebureh, with ,reat pomp

and folemni.y, UpOD the gaioiDg of • vifiory, or olher

happy eoent.

TEES, a rioer whieh rifes on the coD60e. of CDmberland;

aDd rcnoing eaHward divide. the eouDty of Durham

from Yorkfhire, aad fall' into ·tOe German fe. below

Stock too.

TEFLIS, Ihe eapilal of Perfian Georgi. in Afia. Gluated on

the

river

Kar,

or Cyru!I, tbree

bundred miles

nortb

Tauri" .nd as m. ay f",ulb of Aa..ean:

-E.

loog. 47

20',

N. lat. 43°_

TEG APATAl\I, a port-town ",f Ibe ·hilher India, ia

A.Ga,

Dear Cape COIDoriD, eigh,y miles fou.h of CochiD, aod

a hundred and fix.y noub-we/l of Columbo in Ceylon : E,

long. .76°, N. lato8°.

TEGUMENT, aoy .hiDg lb.. furrounds or coven .no–

Iher.

T EHAMA, one of .he di.ifioo. of Arabia Feli" i. AGa,

Ii.u.red on Ihe .Red-fea, betweeo Ihe proviDees of Meeea

and Hadramut,

T E INTS .Dd

S EM. ·TEl NTS,

in painling, deooles the

f.–

..eral

eolour& ufed

in a pieturc,

confidered

as more

leC.

·high, brighl, deep, Ihin, or w"kened, ..nd dimiaifhed,

. Oe.

give

the

pr.ope,

relievo.

fofmcr.,

diflance,

ác.

of .he feveral objees.

TEISSE, or T I>YS, a river of Hungary, wbieh rir.. in the

Cll1"pnhian

mQuntainsj

aod

running

frolD

can to wcfl,

paffes from T okay; then lurning foum. paffes by Zol–

Rock

and

Segedin;

and ha.ing joiDed

the ri..er MerHh!

falls

imo

the

Danube, oppofitc

to ·

S ..lankamen.

TELAMON, a n.m< gi,eD to .hofe

6~ure.

half6~ur

of meo fo commonlyufed.

innc:~d

c;olumns or

pd.Jlters.

Cupport

any member in arcbitetlure. as a balcony, or

lhe Ioke

TELEPHrUM, in botany, a

~enus

of .he peotandria tri–

gyni~

claf,. The ealix

confi!h

fi ..

e Icaves;

~nd

tbe

corolla

of fi,.e pc:tab, inrcrtc=d ineo che

re('"tptacl~i

and rhe

cilpfulc:

hu onc

cdl

and

th ree valvcs

1~be

fped.es

are

t\Vo,

non~

d..lekJ.

naliTCs of

Britaio.

TELE-