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ci~s. diOi nguiOled prin..:ipally by lh~ir colour and fitu,,–
tiao o( caruncles.
three fpeciC's, nor.e of ,hem n:\ri"t's of Bri~ a:n.
UXRRIOGE. a ","rke,.,own of r.Jid"I~«x. fi ludtcJ on
[he river ColnC', fiú een miles wen of LonJon.
VULVA . in anaromy. ~ke !\WATOMY. p. 2H .
UVULA. in an>lomy. Seo ANATOMV. p. 303 .
UVULARIA. in bo,.ny. a Ilenus of Ihe h<:<andr"
monogynia cI"r.", The coroll.\ confiHs of fax Hfilighe
j (he mdarii are 'ittle pil9 at thc ba(t! of cdca
petal; and the tiJaments 8re very Olort. 'rhere are
UZUECK. 'rAkTAR Y, a l4trge cOl,ntry of Afia, hnuorl .
ed by Calmuc "rartary on lhe nOI th, by T ibet un lhe
ean, hy India and P edia on lhe (outh. aod by a grcat
defut, which {epanucs it froru rhe Cdlpian lea, on dl e
wdl.
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W A G
\ ~1 -1._1G , a r.iver cf Hung'u y, whi ch rires in Ihe Cllr_
f t path:.tn mountain3, on rhe coofines of P oland. and
running: firn from can 10 wen, (hen turos routh , ar.d p,¡f-
fing by L~opold!rad l, (alls ioto Ihe D,f,oube, oppolite 10
the iO.lnd oi S ChllC.
W t\ A L , a river o( Ihe United NetherJands, being ene 9f
[he branches of the Rhlne, whictr runs from ean to \Ven...
througl¡ Ihe Betu. iD ,he pro,inee ofGueldedand. palling
by Nlmegucn, Tiel, Bommel, and Gorcum, 2nd conti.
nuing its courre eaClward , uoile.s its waters....wit h the M~esp
ando palling by Dor<. falls into the Germ.o {ea. belolV
,he Briel.
' VADD-. or WADDINC, is a Ilopple of paperohay. Ilraw.
or lhe like~ torced ioto a gun upon lhe powder, lO keep
it cloCe io the chamber ; or tO pUl up cloCe l O the filor,
to keep il from rolling out.
WADSET. in Seols law. Se. LAW. T it. x •. l . &c.
\V:\.FT. To w,f, a !hip. is ,o eoovoy ber f.f•• as men of
W d r do mc:rchant fhips . To make a waft, is to hang Ol\[
fome coat, fCd gowo. or the 0 0 the main fhrouds
of the !hipo as a (igD<l1 (or peoplc lO come aboard, and
fignirying Iha, Ihe Chip i, in great diltrefs .
WAFERS. or S:alíllg ' VAH l R'. are made thus: take
very flne flower, m lx il with glair of eggs. ¡r.nCI;.¡(s. and
a litlle yeaH; Olingle the m.u erials; bC'ac them wcl l lO·
gethe r¡ fpread the batter, being Olade thin with gum~
wÁter, on even tin plates; aud dry them in a fi:ove; lhen
cut them OUt for aCe.
You may make them or what eolou r you pie. fe. by
tinging the pafte with brazd or vermilion for red; inolgo
o r vcrdlter, be. fo r blue i faffron l turruerics, or gam.
bOfJge, &e. for yellow.
W AGGON, a wheeJ.caniage, of which there are va·
rious r..,flns, acco01mod:Hed tO rhe rliffacnt ufes (hey are
imcndl.d foro 'T he common w:ilggon conrirls of tht nufts
or rad!, bt'ine (he twO plt~ces whicb rhe hinJ horfe be.trs
up ; the wc:lds; the OOle!!. or crufs pieces, wlllch hoJrl
th'! fh:\flS tugerher; (he bolltcr, bciog tllat put on which
. h.:: fore and (he a;<!e·tree· turn in wheellng ,he
\V~J!gcn aCl'ofs the road; Ihe cbeft or body of che \'IJg~
gvn, I...lying th e U"v(,;s or rails fi.,<eJ thereo"; lhe u:tles,
or !loop" whlt.:h compore top ; the ult) lhe pbce co~
vL"led ....·ith dorh, at the of tbe wlICgon. St:e l'tIE '
(:H ASICS, r 50.
W A L
W·:\GRIA. ,he eallern di n of ,he duchy of H olllei".
in lhe cireJe of L ower cny, in G erm,¡ny, bounded"
by (he B.tltic Cea on lhe. north, e;:dl, and Couth.
W.AGrA( L , in ornithology . S~e MOTACILLA .
W A IJ:'. in law. a terOl applied to (ueh goods as a ,hiefha.
ving feloniou(]y lIolen. on his being clorely purfued are
waved o r left by the (don, which bc:corne.forfeited lO the
king. or lord of ,be manor.
W .'\ lGRATS STRA ITS. filuated b«w«n Nova Zembl.
and R uffia, through which lhe D lHch fdiled tO the nonh,..
as high as 750
, in order to dlCcover a north·e..fl: par.
fage tO China aod the EaCl rndies.
V¡ AINSCOT. in building. the ,imber' '''ork ,ha! (erve,· 'o
lir.e the walls of a ro:.>m, beiog uCuAlly nude in paoncl~
¡nd painted, to ferve inatad of hanGlngs.
W AKE cf a JMp. i, ,be (ruoo,h wa,er allero whel1 n,e is
undcr (.til: this lhews the way fue has gone in the lea,
whereby the: mariners judge wh2t way {he 1:!2kes.
Vv AKE, is the eve~rea!t 01 the rlecl!cJlIon of chuTches,
whie'h is kept Wilh feafliDS and rural olvl!rfio ns.
' VAKE FIELD. a marke'. lown in ,he wdl. ridlng ofyo,k·
{hiTe, hCU3ted on rhe river Caulder, t\Yeoty~rour mi!cs.
fou,h· welt of York .
A {líO/J cf W'.UENING. in Seoes law. Seo L .... .w. T it.
xxx . 26.
WALACHIA•• provine. of Tu rky in E urope. bOllndcd.
by lhe lrongate mounlains. which CepiH;ue it from Tran·
filvaoia, 00 the nonh··weH; by t-.loldavia . on the nOTlh ~
e:lll; by the river D anube, which (eparates ir from (he
province uf Bul~:tria, 00 lhe fouth-eafi; ~nd lhe C~me ri·
ver repuales it from rhe proyincc: of Servlil on the fOlli.h~
well. Ir is ,wo hundred mile, long• • nJ one hundred
broad.
W A LCOURT. a tO\VD of the bilhopric of Liege. filulted
on the conlines of N¡mur, c:iglHY miles (o:Jlh of CharJ~roy.
\ VALDEC. a town 01' G ermany. in ,he ei,ele of the Up·
per Jlhine:, ano landgr. vi:ue of Heff'c: C.dfcl, twc:nly miles
(outn·welt 01 (( e ffe C.ffe! ei,y.
V¡ ALDEN•• mark«· ,own or Effex. fi, ualed ,wenty. 6'·e
miles nonh·wdl of Chc:lmsford.
'VALE. or W A L ES, in a Oup, lhare outcrmol1 rim!'cTS in
ti HlIP'S fideo on \\ hich the (¡lIlors re~ thcir tcct in c1l1ohing:
up. , 'hey are reckonl·J froA) lhe \va(\.·r, anu "re cJlleo
I ,, (¡dI. ("con", al.d ,hi,J \\'al<. or "'DJ.