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TURNSOLE. il> bOlany. Se. C'OTON.

TURPEN I'INE, • tr.nCparen,

COrt

of «fin,

flowin~

e:,her

naturaJly or

by

¡nc¡(ion from (everal

unauous

and reCio ·

ous tn:es)

u

the:

tertbinthtJs,

I.lrch,

pine,

firt

ec.

The

turpcrtline

of Chia or Scio. which ¡, lhe

ooly

~e·

noi ne kind. and th<tt which givc:S the

denom;ntltion

to all

the relt, is a.

whilinl

rdi".

bordt'ring

a linh:

00

gleco.

very cle:¡r. and a tittlc: otforiferou3; drawll

by

¡neifion

from a

free

cCllled terebiothus, vcry common in that

iOaod, as alCo ia Cypéus, and CO!)le parts of Franee and

!:>pain.

Tite ures of

turpentine

in medicine

are innumerahle.

lt

is a g"e:H

",dner..

ry .

and

very

detcrgent, tlnd

as fuen

is

PI

efcribcd in abfct !fes, ulccratioos,

6~.

I t promotes

expeétor:Hion, and as fu ch ís prefcribed in dife...fes of ,he

lu ngs and

bn.:all;

b UI

it

is..l:loH

f~mous

fo r clea ring tlle

urinary

pajr.lg~

s.

and as

fll Ch

prefcribed

iD

obfirué'tiolls

of

the rl!ins, in gonorrhreas,

6c,

Ojl

~f

Tl1R.PENTJNE,

There ¡¡re two kinds of oil drawn

[rom

turpentinc.

by

diftillation;

lhe

fira

white.

(h e

fe–

cond red, btJlh elleemed as balrams proper (or the cure

of \\'oun"h. chilbhins,

(:fe,

But lhcy are fo linle

ured

among

u~,

th:u ir

is

nOl

eary

to

procure

either of them .

' Vhat is commooly

ruld

uoder

the name of oil of 'tur–

pent ine. or elherial oil, is only a

difhn,uion of

[he

refin–

ous juice of (he tree:. frefu as it is gathere:d .

lt

is

ufcd

with fuccefs in the cure o( green wounds, as al (o

by

the

paiol!'1

s,

farriers.

&c.

Te.

be: good,

lt

mull be: clear

aod

pdlucid as waler, of a

llrong peoetrallng

(mell.

ana

very

inflammable.

TURRITIS, io botany, a geou, of ,he ,erradynamia

fiH–

quofa claCs. The pod is very loog,

~od

.ngular; ,he

calix is connivent and erea; and the corolla is e-reét.

Tbere

are

t wO

fpc:cie" both

n:ujve,

of B'rítain,

víz,

the

glabra, or great tower-nluflard; and

(he

hir{uta-, or

hair~

towcr-mutlard.

TURTLE, in ich,hyology. See TEST UDO.

TUSCAN

ORDE.R,

in archi(célurc:.

Sce

i\.a. C HITECTURE,

p.

35"

TUS CA'N

P.AR.TH,

inrhemateriamedica. ayellowiCh. whire,

pure bole. confider.1 bly heavy, of a 'o(ery rmoorh fl.lrfa ee.

not

ealily

brc...

king

u~twan

the fi ngtrs. but

~dhering

fli ghdy

10

the tongue, ..nd mclting very readi ly in lhe

mouth. It

is dog

in

m,my

paru

(lf

h aly. p.trticularfy

a–

bout Florence, wh ' re there is

él

Oratum of

it

e:ght or

ten

feet thick,

3{

,he

dt"plh

of

ove

or

fix

from

(he

fur–

f"

:e.

lt

is given as a

fouoriftc.

and efieemed a great

medici ne in

fc \'er¡¡.

auended with di ...-rrhceas.

TUSCA:-JY, • duchy of

It.ly.

coeomp..rred by ,he pope'.

tcr ritOries

on :he notth -ca(l

2-Od

fOUt h,_

and bouodcd

by

(he

Tu(can

Sea

on

(he fou(h-weO, and by

(he

(cHito–

ries of

L llcca

í1nd l\l odcn a

00

lhe oonh-we:l, being

100

md!'s long aod al non

3S

many

bro~d .

TUSSILL\GO, in GOl:lny, a

cenu,

of rhe

(yn~enefil

poi),.

C:l mi,t

(J?t : OU3

c;"ís.

Thc

rf!cc pi:Jcle is naked; the pap·

pus is (jmple ; lhe !'cai::s of the

<.::dixa~'e

equ al, anJ CUI1Ie–

wlut

mc:mbr.o,lct'ous .

'f here

are ninc fpecies.

thrcc

of

Ihern naoves

of

B litai n.

viz.

toe

(~rfcHa ,

or comlnon

cult's (o'.)! ; the h yhr:d:l, or long -U.1Iktd l:.utter-uur; .dnJ

the'

p'!t .di t ~s .

or

co

WO""

butttr bur.

'file

co:nmon

Cuh '5

(001

nan.:'s

rc¡'()mmended in coughs

ar.:J

c~hc.r dl ro:J~n

uf lhe

1.;red~

a;'lJ

LJ.I¡;S.

TUTOR. Se< LAW, Ti!. Tii .

1,

&e.

TUTTY, a recrement of mixcd metíds, in which Iapí.

calaminar,¡s, or zink in

its

metalJic

fOI

m, is

:lO

ingrcdi(:nt,

cclle[ted

10

(he

furn aces where br"fs

¡,

made from coppc;r

aod collamioe, and where the mixcJ metals are runo Jn

th<.:(e furn acc;s rhey place, uoder

the

roof and

abollt

the

upper paru of rhe lidcs.

rQ.ds

of iron, and fometíme, foil,

of dry earth, about which the tutty

¡,

afterwarJs found .

T he re(ore

the

tuuy whil:h

we

nre in

the fuops

al IhlS

time,

0\4'e5

its

origio IrllJy and prop:rly to zink, which

[uhlimes

with

a very (maJl rire illto a

kino

of

ftow.ers, and,

when fuCed

with

any other metal, lIies from

jI

in

abua.

dClnccf

under

thi,

form, aod

01110

frequen tly takes

fome

par'

of lhe

metal,

more or Jefs, up wüh il . H l!nce it is

evideot, thal the tuuy or cadmiA of lhe aoc¡cnIS, muA:

h ..ve beco wholly different from ou" .. as they ufed'oo zink

nor any of its ores in

the

furnace

wh~re·they

colleéted h.

Our

rutty

then

is a

hard

ano

heavy femimetJ.J1icre:cre–

ment, (0!lletim(s met with in the fhops in (hin Bat pieces

cr

fb~~s,

bu[ moO: abundandy io tubular

cylindric

pieces.

relembliog fegments

oE

che b.uks of [rces

puOled

off froOl

rhe branches wlthout brealc.ing; tbeCe are of difFc:ren[

Jengths and diame rers, The filIen tutty ¡s· ch al of a fine

d o::o::p

browD on the

out~de,

and of a yeJlowiCh tinge

with–

io; ,he thieRefl. brigh ,eU, aod moíl granulated ; ,he

h..defl 'a break, aod tho, whieh hade.!! fouloeC. a–

moog

ir.

Tuny

is

celebrated'

a,

3D

ophthalmic,

and frequeotly

employed as Cuch in unguents and collyria.

TUXFORD,

a markct-IOWD of Nottingh'ilmJhire" twenty

miles north_eaU:of Nnuingham.

TWEED, a river af Seodaod. whieh- riC.. an .he con60«

of ,he lhire of ClydeCdale, and runolng ea!!",ard ,hrough

Tweedal.:.

and

dividing

the

tllln:

of Mers from Tiviot–

dale and Northumberlaod, fall. iOlO ,he Germ.o Cea

al

Berwick.

TWEEDALE, a eouot)' of Seodaod, bouoded by L o,hiao

00

the

norch,

by

lvIers and

T"ivlOld.tle

oc

che

e:aft. by

Annandalc

00

lhe

(outh,

and Clydclaale

one the wefl ,

T\VEER., a

city of

R:uffia. capital

the

prOVlOce

()f

Tweer,

{i(uate.d on the

rinr

~V

017.°,

ninety

mj~es

",orth

of

~Ivr

..

cO"', 10 E loog·. 3" 37.

N'.

lat. 57. 25.

TW'ELFTH-DA '{ , ,he fel!iv.1 of ,he

<pi~h40y.

or ,he ma–

nifen,uion of

Chrifi to

lhe Gentiles;

fa called.

as

bcing

the lwelfth day, exclufive, from che nativuy or

rhnlt ..

mas .d,.y

TVn LIG HT, ,h2l light, whe,her io ,he moro;ng before

{un-rife, or in

th~

evelliog afler fuo, fe l, fupporcd tO be ..

gio aod end wht:n lhe:

lean

fta rs

(hat

can be: {t:t:n

by

th~

n.lked

eye cea

fe, or

bes in

to a ppeilr.

By

med.ns

of the

atlllo{phere

it

h.'ppens.

thtlt

thuugh

none of

tht

fun's di–

rcé[

rays

can

com~

tOus afler il 15 fee. yet \&fe Udl cojo,.

its

reflctleJ light

ror

fORle

time.

and night

appro~chts

by

dcnrees, F or ;¡ (ter the

Cun

is

hid

fr.om

ou. eyt.!s ,

lite:

up–

pc~

pan

of our atmofphere remain!" for Come

tim~

expo–

red

t O ilS, fa)'5,

anJ from thent e lhe whole is

iJluOli n¡(~d

by

rdl\ t1.ioo.

1"'V JNS.

two young

OfH:S

dcl i\'ered

a.t

a birrh.

by

an ,)ni·

mal

which ordloarily

IJring'

(orth

b~H

ooc:.

TY(;E lt,

or

T,GfR .

in z uology.

Sce L so.

'I·YLE.

or

T ILE . In

IJllIlJin~,

3

fort o:

thin

L¡'n'n~ud

t.ll

k k, uf'eJ

00

(he

100[..

uf

htlu (c;:s;

or more

prop ... r':y

a.

kinJ