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T Y P

I<ind of fat cJ'y'y carth , kneaded and moulded, of a juCl

thieknds, dried .nd burnt in a k"n like briek, and ult d

in Iho.covering and paving of houlcs .

TYlIIPAN

rrn ",ch,

is a triangular fpace or table io Ihe

COl ners Uf

Cides of

aA

¡rch, ofually hnlJowed, ílnd enrich–

cd fomctimes with braoche, of I..

urd,

oliTe-free,

or

oak,

or

with

trophies,

b e.

fomctimes \Vidl fl ying figures, as

rame.

Oc.

or

fitting

figures,

as ahe

cardinal

virtues.

T VMPAN,

among

prinlcrs. a

double

frame

belooging

10

the

preti, covered

with

parchment,

00

which

(he blank (hects

are laid io order tO be priotcd off. See P.,NT , NC·

'

R.IS

s.

TYMPANUM, in mechanie., a kind of whed placed round

an axis or cyllOdrical bcam, on Ihe tOP of which are two

levers ,!r nxcd lta'f'cs, for Ihe more eafy

turning lhe

axis,

in order to raife: a weight re:quired.

T hc:

tympanum is

much lbe rame with lhe peritrochium. bUI Iha! Ihe eylin–

der of the axis of the peritrochium is much Chorter.

and

lef. Ihan the eylinder of the tympanum.

TYPANU:'oI ,

in analomy,

See

AWATOMY,

p.

'96.

TYMI'ANY, in medicine. See ME DICINE, 'p.

"O.

TY PE, a eopy, image, or refemblanee of fome modd .

The

word

is much ured

;¡mong

divine"

t O

figF1iCy

a fym.

bol,

Ggn, or

6gure of fomcthing 'to come ; in

which fenCe

h is

commonly

uCed with rtlation

to

antitype,

which

is

the

thing

itCclr"

wbereof lhe other

is a

1ypt or figure.

TY PE. among letler-foundcrs

and

priDters.

the {ame::

Wilh

Jtuer.

See

LETT!k .

T Y II

T v n is . Ifo u(ed to denote the order obfcrved iD ,he in.

11:nfion and remiffion

of

fe,er"

pulfel ,

&c.

TYPHA ,

iD

bonny,

a genus of

the monoecia triandria

clafs . T he amenlum of both male .nd {emale i, eylin·

drical:

the

calix of

lhe

nale

confifl, of

three leaves ;

and

neither

of

them 'hafe O\"Y corolla. There are two

fptcics,

both of

thcm

nalives of

Brinin,

viz.

the

Jatifo·

lia,

or great

cat's-nil;

and

an~ufiifolia,

or oarrow.lea_

,'ed c;u ·s-nil.

TYPHODES , in medicine,

a

kind of ardent or buroin:

fever ufu.J1yatlending on eryGpelafes of any of the , if·

cera ,

TYPOGRAPHY, the art ofprinting. Se.

P~INTINC .

TYRANT, among the .neienrs, denoted Gmply a king Qr

monareh. Hut ,he iJl ufe feferal perfoos inveCled wilh

, hat

(acred

ch2raéler

made of

it,

hdS

ahered the impon

of lhe

word ;

and

tyrant

now

c.nrics

Wilh it the idea of

I n unjun

20d crucl prince, who invades the pcoples

liber~

ty,

and rule, in a

more deCpotic maDDer Ihao the laws of

nature or tbe

country

do alJow of.

TYRE, • port.,own of Ph",nici., in AGatie Turky,

r.tu.

..ed on the eo.n of the Lennt, in E . long.

36°,

N .

1.,.

32°

3'"

being ancicntly the

capinl

of

Ph~nici".

TYRONE, an IriCh eouotr, io Ihe provinee of UIller;

bounded by Londonderry, on the oorih ; by Arm' gh and

L . ugh.ne.h, on ,he eaCl ; by Monaghln aod

fermao.gh

,

00

the foutb ; and by D onoagal on the

welL

u, v·

V A

V

ACCINTUM, in bo..ny, • genu, o( th.. o{landria

nHlnop.\'nia

c1.lfs , Thc cali)("'ls "bove lht:

[ruil •

the

coroll"

confifh

of

one

peta! .

the

61~mcms

are

in(ertcd

iOlo

lhe::

rccerlacle ;

O\od lhe berry has

fou r

cel's.

coouin.

ing

Olany reeds

'T'herc tire! tweh-c fpcc,es.

6, t

of thcm

natives

of

Rril::lin,

t:Í'Z .

,he

mvndlis, or black

whortlc·

huríes or bilh.:rr it's ; lhe uligino!um ,

or gretll

btlbcrry–

bafh; Ihe ccinubricum,

or

lnlh

whoru .

the

vilis

idea, or

red whon s; .tnd ,hc oxycoccus, or cr,¡w. bC'rries.

VACUUM, in.

philorop~y.

deno«.

a

(pdCe enrpty or de.

void

oC

al! mauer

or body,

V AG

IN

A .

pro

pe:

I.y

r.gnlfi<•• Che..h, or fc.bbard: 2nd

the ,,.rm v.. gina

15

ufC'd . in

archnc~urc!,

for 1he

pan

uf a

a "rmlnUS,

becaure

reftmbling

a thealh,

out of wfw;h

,he

(latue fe, ",s lO

dlue.

VACI~A ,

in

3n:tlomy, a

largc

canal,

formed

of

ti robllO or

Orong

O1t"olhr"nt

l

and

,eOichiog floll1 1he

txtt'rnal

onlice,

or

os

pl:

del.di,

in

womcn.

lO

the

ut~HIS

St't

ANA TuMY.

VAGU~l '-

0 1 PA R.

VA GUM .

Sce

ASATOfool Y,

249.

VAIR,

in

h('ralory,

a

k,no

of

furo

ct)n~ifbng

of

dll/crs IIule

pit"ct's.

arg(lIf.

",no

alu re.

rcf':llIbl1llg a durch U

I

or

a

"dI

~I.f, .

Se<

l'I,'e (XL 11 .

fi~.

2 ..

VAIRY ,

In hC'Taldry.

cxprdrt:'S.l

C

:O.Jt

l

or

{he

bcarings

of

a coal, ""her.

char&,:d

or chcqt:crtd

V-ilb

,'".rs:

and

hcoce.

V A L

..

~iry~cupp.1,

or

vairy.ulTy,

i~

a bcu lng compored

o.f

piccC's

reprC'"rcntiog the

tops of crulchcs_

Sce

PI.H~

CXLV II. lig .

02.

V A LA IS .• terrilory of

Switzerl.nd

. being a long v.Jley

of

ao

hundred miles e::<tcQ( , Iyio$: bct ween

the

head

of

Ibc ri"er R'..one and

the

lake o(Gencva ,

V A L .'l.NTIA, in bOlany, • genu, of Ihe polygamia mo·

r ceei"

clars. Ncither

lhe hermaphrodile or maje have

aoy cctllx; the

corolla

of

each

con{ifh of

(our

{egments ;

Ih· re

are

four (lamina : rhe rlylns of the hermaphrodile is

bjfid.

and

il

has

bUI

one

(eed , ' ''here ar e ,hree

fpecit~,

only

onc

of thtm, tUZ. lhe erudua or

crofs -won,

a O'l–

li'(~

or

Britajn,

V ..\LEKC IA . tiro capital of a provinee of ,he (ame n. me,

in

SpalO,

fitu "ued

ir¡

a fine plelin

00

Ihe r¡ver Guadalaviar:

\ V.

Ion"

1

¡'.

l... 39°

20' .

VALENTINIANS. in ehureh·hillory. a fea ofCh,iOi,n

htrc:tics

l

who fprung up

in

, he lId ccnlury, and wcre fo

clllrd from

lheir Icader

ValenlÍnus.

The

Vlltntioians wert

only

0\

braoo:h

oC the GnoOies .

who

rellized or perfoni6cd

Ihe

pl:l1onie

¡de:

lS

concnning

the dllty.

whom

they

caBcd

PleroOla. or plenitude.

T I"i r fyllcm w" this: the GrCl pr;oc'ple is Bythos, ;. , .

dtl'th,

wtich

rcwaiD~J

O1any

ages unkoown,

hav¡ng

wa,h

!LI