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U N

UKRA1N. a provinee of MuC, ovy. Iying northwords of

Litde TArury, fo c"lled as being a frontier againrl

Turky.

U L :\DIc;L ·\

\Y• •

ei,y of Gre., Poldnd. (i'"'led on ,h.

rtvcr Bordthenes.

~ei ~hfy-miles

north-wen of Warflw :

E.lone ' 9°. •nd N . 1 .. . 53"'

ULC ER. . in Curg<ry. Se" Su.CUY, p.

646.

ULCERATION, iDCurgery, • hule hole iDIbe Ikio, e.uCed

<l"

uleer.

ULEX, in

bOl.ny

, • genus of Ihe di.delphia dee.nnria

dais. The calix

con~(h

tWO

lenes;

and

the

pod

about the Jenglh of the calix. There are two

fp~cies,

one of them,- viz . the europ::eusJ or

(une,

native

nritain .

ULIGINOUS, in .grieuhur., ao appelladoo giveo ID a

moifl , moorifh, and fcnny foil.

ULLAGE, in g.uging, i. fo mueh of a

e.fk

or olher veC·

fel , as

wants ofobeing

rull .

ULM,

imperial city· of Swabia, in

Germany,

ninety

mile, roulh-wen of

R..

ilbon :

E .

long.

10°,

N. 1.<.

48° '24'·

ULMARIA, in bOlany. See F'LIPENDULA.

ULMUS, in bo"ny, a geo•• of Ihe peo,andria digynia

cbCs.

~r'he

calix confins of five fegments ;

hu no

cor01la

and

the berry is dry,

comprdred,

and mem ..

branaceous . T here are three Cpecies, tWO of them na..

tives of BrilAin,

viz o

the campenris, or common

elm;

2nd the glabra, or broad ..leaved elnl .

ULN A, io .natomy. See ANA ·roMv . p.

178.

ULN ARIS, in an"omy. See ANATOMT, .p.

199,

ULSTER, Ihe mon nonhern provineeof

Irel.od,

,heehief

to\Vn of which ís Londonderry.

ULTERIOR, io geography, i. arplied 'o forne pan of a

country or provioce, which, with regard to the ren of

thal country, is fitu ated on the farther ride of the river,

mouonio, orother bouftdary, which divides the cO\KItry

into t wo paru.

ULTIMUS

HJE " S,

in Seo," law. See

LAW,

Ti,. xxix.

2 .

ULTRAM·ARINE • • beautif.1 blue eolour ured by ,he

paioters, prep1red from lapis laz ull by calcinatioD.

ULTRAMONTANE, romethiog beyo.d Ihe mounlains.

T he lerm i. prioeipally .red in relation I? haly and

F rance. which are Ceparated by tha nlouDtaio.s of

the

Alp•.

ULVA. in botany, a genus of ,he eryp'ogami••Ig'" ciar.,

conlitling of

merely foliaceous Cubllanee, formed into

long cylindrical tubes. T hcre are

fpecies, al1 oatives

of B ritain.

U LU L A. in ornilhology. See

ST ~ I X.

UMBELLJE See

BOTA' v,

p. 63 7'

UMflELLIFEROUS PLAN T', are (uoh a. have their

lOp' braoehed and fpread OUI like an umbrella.

UMB IL ICAL , among a. ..omin., (on>ethiog rcla,ing lO

the umbdlcus or navel.

U l>IBILI CUS. Ihe NAVU , iDanatomy. SeeANAToMV ,

p '57 ' and M,o "' ,,u v.

UMIIONE , a

n.me

uCed by rome for

I~e

Oyle or piOU of

Rower .

U MPIR E, a Ihi rd perCao ehofeo la decide a

eoolro.el

lef, to arbitradon.

.1.

C(A

gent'r-4l, a L atin term dcnoting the twdft h pan

of any thlng; p"rtieularly th. twelh b pa.. of a pound,

U M D

ealled io Engli/h on ounce; or Ihe ,welf,h par< of a foo',

callcd

ioeh.

UNCTION, Ih< aél of anoinling or r.bbing wilh oil or

othcr fatty matter.

UNCTIOH,

in matten of religion, is ufcd (or [he chander

conferred on facred tl)ings, by anoindng them with oil.

nétions were very rrequent among the Hebrews. They

anointed both their kings aod

hi~h.priells

at the cere.

mony of their inaugurauon. They al fo anointed the

(a–

cred veffcls of ,he tabernacle and temple. to fanaify

and

conr~crate

them to the (ervice of G od. T he onc_

tia n of kings is

f~ppo(ed

be a ceremony introduced

very Jate anlOng

the

Chriflian princcs.

is faid, that

noae of thc emperors were ever anointcd bcfare

JuHi·

oian, or Junin. The emperors of Germany too

the

praétice from thofe of the cafiero empire :

kiDg

P epin of

F u nce was tAe

fjrn

who

receivcd tbc onélion . In the

ancieot ChrHlial) church, unétioo always accompanied the

ccremoDies of baptifm and confirmatíon. Extreme unc–

tion, or the anointiog perrons in the anicle of death,

\lÍas alfo pratlifed by the ancienl Chrifliaos,

complianee

wilb ,he preeepl of SI J . me., eh.p. v.

14.

and

5 ' er–

fes

aud

this

extreme unél.ioo the Romilh church has

ad–

vaneed to the dignity of a faerament . In is adminiflrcd

to Done but fueh as are afRiBed with fome mortal dlr ..

cafe, or are

in a-

decrepit age.

is re(.ured to impení.

tenl perrons, as ,ICo to

criminals .

'f he pan s to be a–

noioted are the eyes, the cars, the no(1rils, Ihe mouth.

-cbe

hands, the (eel, and lhe reins. The laily are

a..

nointed in the palIOS of the hands, but priens

the

bael< o( il;

bee.uC

. Ihe palm. of Iheir hand.

b..

e becD

already confecratcd by ordinatiao. T he paru above ..

mentioRed are anoinred io the (orm of

erof..

T ite

pricfl begins anointine "the fic k perfop's eyes, faying,

.. May God, by his holy anoinliog, pardon you ,he

r...

.you have committed

(he eyes." [n like manDer he

proceeds to the other parts, varying the words according

to the parts he anoints.

UNDECAGON .

a regular polygon, of eleven /ide•.

UNDECEMVIR, • magiO..,e among ,he aocienl Alheni.

ans, who had teo other collegues or alI"ociues joined

with him in the fame commiffioo. T he fuoél.ioo of Ihe

uDdecemviri at A thens were much the (ame as thore of

the . prcvou de marechaulI"e in France : the, taok care of

,he apprelrlending of criminals, Cecured them in the baod

of juCüce, and wheo lhey were cODdemocd, took them a.

gaio ioto cullody. that the feotence might be executed on

tbem. They were chofen by lhe tribes, each tribe na.•

ming

irs own ; and

rhe Dumber o( the tribes after

C alliflhenes was but ten, which made len members,

fcribe or notary was added, which made the. Dumber e–

leven.

UND ER

Ih<ft" ,

in Ihe re• .language. A /hipis Caid (O be (o

when fhe lies

mil.

or waiu fur fome orber fhips. with her

helm lafhed, or lit"<! up . ·Iee.

U DERSTANf)I NG. SeeMETA' HYSl C' ,aod Loc lc.

UN DE RW o\ LD, a edD'on of Swnzcrland , bouoded by

Switz

and L ucero

0 0

lhe nar lh, by Ufi

0 0

,he can. and

by ;,¡no,her part of L ucc-rn on the wen ; beiog abaut ,

mil~s l('In~ .

and as many broad .

D ~.R

\VOOD, i. copp,ee, o, any wood ,b.. i. nOI ae·

cuuDted umbcr.

UND UL A.