804 / 868
T Il
F.
9
0 )
/1atT lo hin,: he has ,he check of all ,he ol'ficers emplo)-
cd in collc8ing lhe cuUoms
~nd
olhcr
rO}'3J TCfe nu,es ;
and in his Cif, .nd difpoG"on are a(l ,he o/licers of the
cunoros
in
{he ((veral ports of ,he!
kingdom ;
((chcators
in (ver)'
COUllty
ar:
l'Iomin:ued
lJy
him . he alfo ll1akes
lcafes uf the
Ilnds
btlonginc
to
lhe
crown.
T
(q
ono! pri"atc
perron
lo
<lnoth~r,
or
fO
the king in h¡,
foren ,
6c.
TREASUR
Y,
,he place wherein ,he reveouc, of a prince
are received. pre(cn"t'o.
;:¡nd
<lifbur(cd .
Lord,
if
Ih:
TR
EASU R
v. In lieu of one r..gle dirctlor .nd
admioiHn10r of his
nujelly'.
reveouCI undcr the title of
lord high treaCurer, il is al prcJeot thought proper to put
lhat offi ce in
comOliffinn.
j ,
e.
10
flppoint (everal perrons
ro difchargc
il
with cq ual authority. under
lile
title of
lords
commiffiooC¡5
of Ihe
Irearury.
TREATISE, a fe, diCeourfe in wri ,ing on lOy fu bjetl_
A
trcatife is fuppofed more exprefs,
forml l,
and mcthudi.
cal ,han an dr. y, bu, I.f, fo ,han a fyflem .
TREATY,
o.
eovenant betweeo
two
or more oatioos ¡ or
Ihe {everal anicles or conditions nipuJated and agreed
upon betweeo fovereicn powers .
TREBLE, iD muGck, ,he highefl or acu,di of ,he four
pans in fymphony, or Ih.. which i, heard ,he cleoreU
and lhrilldl in
a
concert.
TREE, ,h. firn and I"gen of Ihe .egetlble kind, conGn–
in~
of a Gngle Irunk , ou, of wbich fpring {orth brancho.
and
leaves.
TREFOIL. SeeTR'FoL'UM .
Marjh.TREF O'L. in bo..ny . S.. MENVANTH'ES.
S),ruh
TRHO'L. In bonny. See CVTISUS.
TREMELL·A, LAva, in bo'any, a genus of fea_plants,
of a middle nature. between the alga
an~
conferva
J
be–
ing of a pellucid and membranaeeous, and frequeotly of
a
gelacinous firu8.ure. Thcre are nine fpeeie"
.Gx
of them
natives of Briuio .
TREMOR , an involuo,ary Ihaking, chiefiy of ,he hand.
and head, {ometimcs of the {eet, and fometimes of the
tongue' and hean .
TRENCHES, in fortifieation, are dirches cul by ,he be–
fiegeu
1
that they may approaeh more feeurely to the
place attack.d ; whenee ,hey are alfo eaJled I.nes
oi
ap·
proach.
TR ENT
BISHOPa.I CK,
a province or Germ2lny. in the cir-
ele of Aortria, G,uated on ,he Alp., which divide. ltaly
from Germany, and fometimes reckoned part of fuly ;
il i. bounded by Tyrol on Ihe north, by ,he ,erri,ory of
Veniee on rhe un and {ouch, i\nd
by
the country of the
Grifon. on ,he we/1, being {even,y miles long aod 6f,y
broad, Cubjea ' o ,he houf. of AuClria.
TRtNT
ji
al fo the nante
oE
one of Ihe
laq~eCl
rivers
iD
Greu BritAin, rifing in lhe moor·hlnds of Slaffordlhire,
and runniog fou
,h-.anby N cwc.CII. U oder Line, di·
'Yides that eountry almon iOto t\Vo ('quaJ parts ; Ihen
entcring D erbyfhtre, turns abouc to the nonh-ean; and
h..ing run Ihe whole leng,h of Nottinghamlhire. con
tiDu"es its courfe'duc north;
al
Jan joíning the nver
Oure,
and fe.eul othen, ie changes iu rlame to thitt of Hum..
ber, .nd falls in,o ,he German fea below HuJl.
TREPAN. See SURtan, p. 664 _
TREPANNING, in furgery
See SU'CERV,
¡bid.
TRESPASS, in law, fogni"es any tranfgreOion
01
.he law,
uoder trtaloo. (elony, or mifprifion of cither
j
but
it
is
moll commonly ufed for any wrong or damage ,ha'
i.
done
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TR ES SURE, in ""aldry, a dim:nu t'vc of an orle, "fu,l–
Jy
hclJ tObe hAlf the bleadth thercuf.
!)I.e
it
re~r~renlc:d
in PI..e CXLVIL fig.
20.
TRE
r,
in
COnln\uee, an .. lIo\V,¡nce madc for the w.l1e,
or Ihe dirt, thac may be
mixeJ
with any commodt:y.
which is alw;¡y.s four pouods in every one huoured and
(our pounds weight .
TRIAL,
in
hw,
[he
cxaminaeion of a
caure,
civil or cri·
minal, aeeordmg tO che laws of
the
land, bdore a rroper
judge: or, it is lhe manner and order obferved iD the
hearing and decerminiog of cauCes.
TRI I\.NDRIA, in botany. See BO Ti,wv, p.63í.
TR
IANG L E , in geometry, a figure of ,hree Gd.. and ,hree
ancles. See GEONE TRV, p. 686.
TRI ANGUL ARIS, in ana,omy. See ANAToMv,
p.
306 .
TRlHE,
in
antiquity.
a
cerlaio quantity or number of
per·
{onl, wh.:n a d:vlhon
¡,
made of a
city
or people: ¡neo
qUi1.ners or ddirías.
TRIBRAC HYS, in ln:ienl
po~'ry,
a
foo, eooGCliog of
thrc:e fy llables, and ,hofe alllhorc; as
mtlhu.
TRI BULUS, in bo,any, a genus of ,he dec.ndria mono–
gyni. clafs. The <:.liK eonGCls of 6ve fegm enlS, and ,he
carolla of five open pctals¡
jt
ha; no Oylus; and there are
li ve gibbous. briflly caprules, containing many {eeds.
There are (our rpecies , none
of
them natÍvc:s of Britain.
TRIBUNAL ,
íñ
general, deno,es ,he fea, of a jodge, ·c¿lI:
ed
in
our eODrts
lu nch.
TRIBUNE, among ,he ancien' Romao., a maginra'echo.
ftA
OU t of the commons,
lO
proteét t¡lem againfi
the
op–
prenions of ,he grea<, and
10
def.nd,he liberty of ,be
people . glinll Ihe attemp" of ,he fena.. and cooful•.
The tribunes of ,he peorle wcre 6r/1 . rtablilhed in ,he
y..r of Rome
2S9 .
The fi,Cl deGgn of ,he erea,ioo wa'
to lheltcr che people from lhe eruehy or ufurc:n, and tO
engage them to quit che Averuine mount, whitber tbey
had r"ired in difple.fure.
',\
T helr numlJer, al 6rfi, was but two; but the nexl,
year, under che conCulate of A. Poflhumus Arune,u!
~nd
Caffius VlfeeJlinus, .there werc chree more added
i
and
thís number of (¡ve was afterwards inereafed
by
L Tre–
bO.lius to ceD . T he appellation
Iribune
W3S
~iven
them;
by reafon , Ley "/ere a, tirn chofen ou'
01 ,h.
",bunes of
,he army.
1I1i/ittlry
TR.tBVNt, an officer in lhe Roman army, who
commanded in chitf
over
a body of forces. partlcul.,rl1
the diviGon of a Jegion, much lhe rame with our colanel,
or the French me/tre de camp.
TRIBUTARY, one \Vho pays ,ribu,e
10
ano,her, in or–
der to live in peace with him, or lhare in his proeellion.
TRIBUTE, a 'ax or impon which one prince or na" is o–
blil;cd to pay
(O
another as a token of dependeDee, or in
vinuc o(
2.
treary. and as a purchafe of peaee.
TRICEPS , in .notom y. See ANATOMY, p.
205.
TRICHOSTEMA , in bo,any. a genus of ,he d.drn. mia
gymno(pcrnl1. c1afs . T he upper lip of ,be corolla is fal–
cated ; and the (lamina are 'Yery long. There are two
fpecies, bO'h natives of Ameriea.
TRICUSPIDES VALV', io ana,omy. See ANA·ro"v,
p.
279·
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TRLDENl',