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911
V E R
brownhen, pileher_ehirt, eur. which ,he philofophers c.1I 'VEN ICE, ,he capi,al of a republic in IlIl y, of ,he f.,m
. he
mo~her
of mculs. and fometimcs
fOil
of all colours.
n:lmc, js fi tuated in (he
L~gune:s,
or Cm.1I iO.mds. of lhe
' Vhcn it
bean
ore, it is called a quick veia
t
whcn no
gulph of Venice.
abou l
6ve miles {rom the
canUDcot :
ore, a dcad u in.
E . long. 13°, and N. lat . 45° 40"
VELA.
a
rcrnukable cape
00
the co;\fi of Terra Firma, in
Venice
is fa
h~ppily
fitUlted.
lhat
no
aTmy
can ap.
,V long. 73°
;0' ,
and N . lat.
120.
.
proach
jt
by
land; the
anones
lO
(hoCe
ifl,lOds beine
lo
VELARIUS. in anciquity, ;¡n oAlcer in the court
oC
lhe
exceedinR dlfhcult,
,hin
they have
DOl
thou,tht
it
nC'ccC-
R oml n emperors, being a kiod of UIhH, whofe
pon
was
fary to
ínclole
the
cley
with a wall.
bchlnd lhe curnio io the princc's apartmeau ; as tbu of
N othing caD appear more beautiCul
,han
thi. city, as
the l'haocellor's was at the entry of the baluflradc, and
we apPfll3ch it eithe r frorA the cononent or the fe.. , wlth
tbat of lbe amadi at the door. The velarii had a Cu pe.
itl numerous palaccs and lorty toWers :
its
circum1crcoce
rior of the fame de'nomination who commanded theAI.
is about lix miles, and
its
ioh..bitanls are computed at
V ELAY, ,be oorth.eafl di. ilion of L anguedoc, in Fraoc<.
Iwo hundred ,hoofaod.
VE L ITES, in Ihe R oman army, a kind ofancienl foldiery, VEN IRE ' ''C 'AS, in law, is a judici . 1 wri, Iriog where
who were armed lightly witb a javelin, a caOe, cuira(fe,
two parties picad and come to ¡crue ; direth .d to
I
ht' (he·
l od
fhield .
rifr,
tO
caufe twelve me", of the fa,me nelghbourhood,
V ELLEITY, in ,he fehool. philofophy, is ufually defined
10
me" , aod " y Ihe fame, aod 'o Cay ,he "u,h upoo ,he
a
laoguid, cold, 2nd remifs will. Othen fay, it in1pilc.s
i(fue
t ..
ken.
I n impoteRcJ of obeaíning
whtt
we require.
VENT,
V ENT·HOLt, or SPIRACLE,
a
liule aperture lefe
VELLA,
in botany, a genus of the tetradyoamia liIiculora
io the tubes or pipes of fOU Dt;uos, lO faeilitate the :ilir',
dilfs. The di(fcpimentum of the pod is about IWlce as
eJeape; or. on occa(jon! , tO giH Ihem air, as
iD
froll y
!arge as the valves, 2nd oval 00 lhe outlide. T here are
weather,
rbc.
for \Vanl of whieh
they
are apt
(Q
burfL
two fpecies, ooly one of Ibero,
v;z .
the annua, or crefs· VENTER ,
in
anatomy, the Carne wllh abdomen. See
A·
rockcl,
a
nalive of Britain.
NATOMV , P. 2 56.
VELOCITY, fwif,ner., or
,ha<
afre!!ioo ofmo,ionwhere- VENTIDUCT S, io buildi ng. are fpi..c1es or Cub,errane-
by
a
moy;ng body i$ dirpofed
to
run over a cerlain fp,¡ce
ous
pl.~ces,
where
frd h,
cool wind beiog kepr. Iheyare
in
a certain time. Sce
M EC H-ANICS,
aod H VOlOST4-
made 10 eommllnicate, by means
I')f
lube,. funnel s
or
T ICS ,
vaulu, with the chambers or other a partmcnts of a houfe,
VE L VET , a rieb' ki. d of flufr,
.11
fi lk, covered
0 0
,he
10
eool ,hem in Cultry we" her.
ou,úde with a c1oCe, fhort, fi ne, fof, fhag, ,he o,her fide V ENTILATOR, a well·known m.chine. by which Ihe
bcing
a
'terJ (lroog clofe ti{fue.
ooxil')us air ot ¡¿ny d ole place, ¡¿S:iln hoCpital , gO:ill,
fhip.
T he principal Olod befl maoufaBories of n lvet art in
chamb$r,
(:¡c.
may be chaogeJ (or frc:fh airo
F rance and r.. ly. particul"ly iD Venic<, M ,I.n. Flo
V E NTRIC L E, propedy deool<s any 1i"le c" i,y ; ·bu,
K
renee. G eno. , and L ueca: there are 01hers in Hollal\d.
more particularly ufcd, by phyfic l:ilIlS aod anatomifis.
foc
fet up by lhe French r.,fugecs, .....hlreof
t~at
al H ilrlem
the liomach .
i.
,he mon confiderable ; bo" bey all come fhort of ,he V ENUS, in . f1 ronomy. See A ST ko No"y, p.
43 6 .
beau1y of thoCe io F rance.
V ER '\.
CRUZ ,
a
PoJrl·IOWD
or Mexlco, \V,th a {\rong and
V ENAL Or Vu: o u s, among anatomín"
6c.
fomething
commodlOus harbour. fi1u ued 00 the gulpb of M exico.
lh:ilr bears
a
rduion 10 the veins.
in
VI ,
long.
10 00,
N
lat
18
U
30'.
T hi, word is alfo uCeel for fome,hing bough, wiLh mo- VER ..\ GUA, a province of M exico, fi rualed on Ihe Sou,h
ney. or proeured by bribes.
Sea, wellward of the gulph of Pclnama.
VENEERI NG . a k,nd of m>rque"y, or inlaying. where- VER \TRUM, in botany, a genus of ,he polygamia mo-
by
reveral thln Olees ur leavc:s o( 6ne wnnds, of different
noecia clal'. Neither male nor hcrmaphrodir: hare any
kinds, are .pplied . nd faflened
0 0
a ground of fome COol·
c.lix; ,he corolla o( each cunfins of fi x petals, .nd ,hey
010 0
wood
have c3eh lix flamina; lhe hermaphrodite has three
pi~
VEN E R EA L, fome,hing belonging ' o veouy;
a.
,he lue.
¡¡illi, and ,hree caplules con"iniog many Cceds. TiLere
venérea,
(:U ,
:;¡re lhree rpecic:s, none
of
thcm
n~ti'fes
of Btilain.
VENERY. is ured for
,hea~of
copulalioo, or coi,ioo, uf V ERB, io &r. mmar.
Se<
GUMMAl , p
734.
the two (excs.
V ERBAL. fomething that belo.,gs
10
vel bs, or even
10
VENESE CTION , or P Ht E8o·r OMY, in furgery. See
words of.any kind fpoken wi,h ,he mou, h.
SURCE B. Y.
p.
64 1.
VERBAL
Agr atlltlll.
in Scou Jaw.
3ee
LAW,
Tit. XX1.
YENET IAN 'OtE.
a
fin e rerlearth ufed
iD
pain,ing, and
t,
<be.
callt-d
10
the colollr-{hops Venetían red.
V E RHASCU fvt, in bouny, a genus gf lhe pentandria mo-
11
is dug in Cariothia, and rent from Venice lO 01.11
nogynia cl:¡f, . T he corolla
IS
rotated, aod fomewhat
un~
paru of lhe world, being an cxcd lcnt colollr, and very
equal ; and the caprule has two eell" aod two nlves.
ChC:A ~ : o~r
colour-meo, however, find many ways o( adul·
T here are twelve fpecies, fuur o( them nati'fes of Britain,
te~AtlOg
11.
viz.
the 1h:.¡p(us, or gr::at t\ hite mullein.. the lenes of
VENEZU ELA. a province of T erra F irma. Iying 00 the
which are cmollient; 1be Iyelloitis, or hoary mullein ;
nOflhC'rn oceao, ...nd h:ning new A ndalu(ja on the e ...
n,
the oigrum, or black mulIeio; and the blan oria, or yellow
new G ranada on the COllth, and ..he r¡ver De
J¡
H acha
m01h-OIullcin.
On
.he w<fl .
V ERBENA, in botnny, a genu; of ,he diandria monogy-
VENI...L . in ,he R omilh 'heolnr,y. a 'erm .pplied 'o flighl
nia c1ars . The coroll. i. funnel· n"ped, and crookeJ;
fin .
1
and fuch as ufily obtain é'ardvn.
one tood1 of tbe calix is tru¡¡cated; and
it
b~s
two
o-r
fOUt