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their leavcs, tbe fap .vdíc:ls -:..ll ..he time remaining
oC
a heal,hCul green; whieh, bcin¡ {lreng,hencd by rieh
manure, or being inarchcd in hl!ahhful planu, throwoff
the dificmpcr. 3. ID
othcrpl-tDll"
the
d.[t ,¡fcis
fo roo!..
ed aDd int'cteratc:, rhu
it
is
prOp3Ciltcd
",ilh Ihe feed:
{",eh are: (he arch.angcJ. water-belaoy. bank
crers,
bor.
uge, {lriped «¡Iary, aod fyeomore; ,he lides
oC
'wblCh
produce {lriped pl.n".
VARIOl.A>, ,he
SMALlo-'OX .
See
MED'C'NE,
p.
?r.
VARIX.,
in
medicine.
Ih~
dtla.tatioo of a
VCIO,
arifin~
{rom
the
100
great abundance or thickn'cfs of (he: blood .
VARNISH, a ,hiek, vifeld, o,inlng liquur, ufed by pain–
tcn, gilJers,
and
variou! other
aran.:c:ra.
to givc a
glor,
and luUre: to the works;
¡S
alCo
[O
dLÍc:nd
Ihem
from the
wc:uher, dun,
b e.
There are:
reveral
kinds of varnilhcs in u[t; as
tbe
Cic–
<:ati"e or drying varnifh. made: t¡f oal of alpln, turpentine,
and Candctrac;h mehed logelher. Wh,te
varnith,
e.,¡lJed
airo Veoerían varnilb, m.lde of oil of 1urpentine, fine tUr·
rentine, and maflie. , Sptrit of wioe varDlIb, madeof r.m·
daraeh, white ambtr, guro elmi,. and ma(he; Cening tO
¡11d Jeuher, pillure-franlrs,
Oc.
wllhal.
J.
To make the while varoifh: taJC.e
gu'm
Cundarach,
of lhe clearell and whitcfi
Core,
('i,ht ouoces; gum
maníe, of lhe cleardl Con, half ao ounee; ofCareocolla,
lhe whitelt, three quarlers of an ouoce.; Veniee turpeo·
ti oc, an ,ounce and
a
half;. benzoio, lhe clearen,
One
quarler of an OUnce: white roGn,
one
quancr of ao
ounce ;
gUAl
aniroz, three quartere of an ounee: Jet aH
.here be di!folted, and m·xed in ,he manoer followiog:
Pur lhe Cdrcocolla and rofin ioto
a
Hule more fpirtU
.hao will eover ,hem 'o dilfo(ve; Iheo .dd ,be beozoin,
gum
animz, aod veniee·l urpentiDe, iOlo ejther
a
glaCs or
alazed earlben nl1'eJ, and pour
00
as much fpirits as
wiJl
coycr-theDl ao ¡neh; then put the gum ",allie
irno
a glaCs
or
glazed veJTeI, aod pour Itroog fpiriu upon it, coveriog
ÍI
.Ifo abou,
.0
iDeh ,hiel¡, 'o dilfolve i, righ,ly; Iheo pUl
3'0ur 2um el<mi in,o a dimnél ve!fel as before, aod eoyer
il wi,b fpiri.. 'o di!folve.
For ,kis pu'pofe, you need ooly break ,he rofio a
liule, aod powder lhe gum animz, farcacolla, and beo–
zoin.
Let all {laod ,bree or Cour day. 10 di!folve, o,.king ,be
,Jarres,
Oc.
two or three times a.day, and afcerwards
pu, ,h,m all .ogether intO a elazed
v<
!feI, {lirriog ,hem
well, and {lraio ,he fiquor and gums gendy, begiooing
...i.h
I~e
guou, Ihrough a lioen tlo,h.
Theo pUl i, iotO a bo"le , and
1 ..
i, {laod a w«k be–
fore you ufe i•• aod pour off as much
oC
,he dear ooly,
a. you .hinlt fuRieien, for p,efeo, ufe.
A hard varoio, ,ha< will bear ,he muflle may be Ihus
made : T .ke of coJophony, ao ounce;
fH
it over the fire
in a well-glued earohin ve!fel, ,ill
it
i. melted; ,hen by
Jiule and Jinle, firew in
tWO
ouncea of pawder of amber,
keeping i, {lirring ah ,he while wi,h a {liek; aDd when you
pereeive i, begin lo harden or reGII ,he {liek, Ihen pu, in
a líttle turpentine oil , which will (hin aod foften it imme–
díately; lheo put io two ounces of gum copa!. 6nely
powdered. fprinkhng i, in as you did .he amber. now and
theo pouring '" a Hule oil oC lu rpentine; and wheD
ir
is
done , firajo il
a5
befare direétcd .
Thi, is proper to ,arnífh over gold; aod the tbines
done wilh
Ít
muH be
Cet
into a d<:chOlng oven, thn:e or
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four days rueeeffively, and ,heo il will rer.{I eyen ,he fire
ilfelC.
To make a varnifh for goM. or metals made io ¡mi·
tation of gold.. Take colopbony, and, having IUcltcd
il, PUt In
I\VO
ounees of anlber fiocly powdered, anel fome
(pinl
of turpl"ntine; and,
as
the amber thicke'os, keep it
well fiirring: theo pUl io an ouoce
of
gum c1emi. wc.11
puh'erizcd, and more fpiril
of
turpentine; eODnaody
nir...
ing the hquor uJl all ¡s wcll mixed and illcorporated: but
ukc care, howc.ver, to ufe as linle lurpentinc as yoa
cap, bec,¡uCe the thicker lhe 'Yaroifh is made, lhe har·
der it will be.
L e!
thlS be done over a fand-heal,
in
an
opeo.glars
~
(hen tiraio ¡t, as ¡s dire(ted for lhe: preceding
. arnllh. This , :.rnin, is
10
be uCe:d alone, Ilrfi
warm.ng(he vdreJs m"de of paper pane
~
aod
Jay
il on with a
painung.brulh before the fi(e, but not too oear. len ,he
fire rOlde
It
ioto bllClcrs. After Ihis has been dOlle, hí\l"–
d( n il thrce fcveral times io 0\'en5; Ilrtt with a llackhea1",
the nell:l .....ith
a
W;umef, and the third with
a
very hot
one; and .he vrlfels wdllook like poliO"d gold .
Aod as for fueh ""lfd"
Oc.
as Oull be made wi.h
CctW dun aod gUOlS, the varnifh may be made of the
fame
ingredtenu as above_mentioned, except
(he
gum elemi;
aDd IhlS will dry' io the CUD, or io a geotle w.trmlh.
To make a varnifh for any thing covered witb leaf-fil•
• cr.
Firtt
piiol lhe thing Over with 67.e, and ground
chalk or whiting;
1 ..
,be"1 {laad ,ill ,hey 're
,~oroughl.y
dry, aod .heo do ,hem over wi,h \'ery good gold-he
oC
a brjghl colour «(or {here is much difference
ill
,he colour
of it, fome being ye!low, and olhers almoll whice; the
fir{l is mo{l pr,'per for gold, and ,he la{l ror filver. When
,his .fize is fo dry as .ha.! it will ju{l mek a liule 'o ,he
loueh, lay 00 lhe I..C·filver, and clofe i, well 'o ,he G2e.
To make a varoifh forfilver . Mel<, io a well .glazed
pipkiD, rome fine rurpeoline, and put
iD
three Ounces of
white amber 6nely powdered (more or lefs, accordiog
lo ,he quantity your
w.rkwill require;) pUl il in by fiule
••d li.tle, keeping i,.continually {lirring, adding by de!
gre.. fome fpiri, of ,urpeD,ine, ,ill all ,he amber io dif–
folved; and lheo add
'0
i, an ouoee
oC
fareocoll. wen
beateD, and an ounee of gum clemi well levigated, addiog
now.nd,h,n a linle (pirit
oC
,urpeu,ioe, ,in all is dilfol–
.ed: do ,his over a gende 6re, aod keep il eoo{laouy
/\irring.
This varnifh will be at white aod nroog as the forrner;
aod is
.10
be ufed warOl, aod hardeoed by degrees
il!
an
oven, 'as varnio,ed gold, wherebY'1 wllllook like poliO,–
.d filver.
LQJing on of
V
A'
N'
~
HE S. ).
J(
you .aroio, ",ood, lel
your wood be very fmoo,h, clofe_grained, Cree from grear.,
aod rubbed ,,,¡ith ruOtes. 2. L ay 00 your coloues
ó\_1
fmoo¡b as poffible; and, iC ,he varniO, has any blillen
io i" lake .hem off by a poliO, wi,h ruo,es. 3. " Vhile
you are varnifhing, keep y<Jur WOI k warm, but nOl too
ho,. 4. lo laying on yoa, .arnio" begin in ,he middle,
and flroke the brulh ,to the oudide; then to another ex.
treme pare, and ro
00
tiJl all be covered : for if you be–
gin
at
,he edges, ,he brufh wdl leave blo.. ,here, and
make Ihe work unequa!. 5. In 6ne works ufe ,he
~ne/\
tripoli in poldhiog: do
001
polilh
it
al ooe ttmeonly; but
after the firll time, let it dry for
lWO
or dHee d3yS, and
pol,O, i••
~.in
Cor
,he la{l ,ime. 6. In .he fi·{I poliQ¡iog,
you mul! ure • good deal
oC
"'poli; bu¡io .he oex, ..ery
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t
liule