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br;ck·w,II•••bou. eighleerl or t(veoty loches

{rom .he grouod, frolD whieh place .he .biekoeC, of .he

·\Vall beglns

abate.

WATER . W AY,

in a

nlip,

is a fmallledge oftimber,

Iyie,

fore aod .fl

Ihe dcck. clofe

ber fides,

keep Ihe

water from running

down

there.

ATE a.-WOtt R S,

genc::ral, denote aJJ manner of machines

moved

by.

ar employed in ra¡fjng ar fu fbining water;

in which feofe, water-milis of all kinds, {)uices,

aQUz.–

duéh,

6 c.

may be called water-warks. See

HY O-R O"

STATICS.

WATERFORD , a port-.o;"o of Irelond.

eapi.al

of .he

counly of

Waterford, fituatcd

the

river

Sure, eight

mile. oonh of .he fea: W'. loog 7°. N . la.. 52° 12_

is one of

tbe Jargdl citlcs

in'

lrdand, and ha!!

good

forcign tr:tete.

WATERING,

the

maRut,¡[turcs,~

is to gin a Jullre to

fil1ff.s,

&c:

by wetting them lightly with gum.water, and

then paGing them through the prcfs, or calender, whcther

hot or cold,

The gum.w:ater ought 'to b: pure, thin, "dnd

clear,

.h"wife .he tolos of Ihe íloff wiJl !tick

toge.he

'r : Ihe o·

peraríon mua alfo be performed when the water

very

hoto th;¡t ir may penetratc.

WATLINOT ON. a market_towo of O"íordfhire,

fi.ua·

led Iwelve mIles fou,h -eaíl of O"ford,

'WATTON. a marke.-town of Norfolk, fi xtee. mile. fouth·

wefl of Norwich.

W AVE. in philofophy• • e..ity in .he forfaee

water,

or other fluid, with an elevation RGde thereof.

The waves of the fea are of two kinds, natural

~nd

:¡ccidcotal. The natural waves are thoíe which are ex–

aélly propon ioned in fizc tO lhe ftrength of che wind.

whofé blowing gives

ori~in

to Ihem. The accidental

waves :lre thore occafioned by lhe wind's r(-atling up(.on

itfc!lf by repercuffion from hills

and

mountains, or high

fuores. and

lhe wafhíng bf the

""'aTeS

themfchcs, o·

thens.';(c of the natliral kind, agaiofi rocks and fhoals :

all (hefe c"fes nive tbe waves an devation, which thcy

can ne\"(':r h:l"e in thcir natural

lblte.

Rn:'le

h;¡,s pro\'erl, by oumcrous experimfOtl', rhat

the moll. violem wind never reoetrates deeper than,fix feet

iOlo the water

~nd

it lhould feern

oatural conCequcnce

Ihis, that

the

water moved

it can

onIy be elevated

Ihe fame beigh.

fix fcel from the level of .he (or·

face iD

c3lm: and ,his fix feet of elevaríon being OI.dded

to Ihe

fix

of excavation, in the part wheoce Ihat water

elevated was raiCed, (hould give twelve

fee~

for the

ur~

moCl

c1evatión of a wave . This is a calculadon

~hat

docs.

great honollf [O its ¡Ut:lor; for counl Mufigli mcarured

carefuJly the ele\'ation of the waves near Pro'vence, and

found, thal, in a very violeot tempcn,

[hey

arofe onJy to

fe.vcn fee.l above

lhe

naturallevel of the fe", and ihis ad–

ditional foot in height he eafily refolved imo the acciden·

tal fh ock s of th'e water againft Ihe bottom, which was,

in [he phce he meafured them io, OOt fa dcep as tO be out

(Jf the way of

afFc:fllOg

Ihe wavcs; and he allows thar

, he addition of one fixth of the. height of

Wive, from

fuch

dillurbance flom the bonom , is a very moderale

..lteru ion from what would

ve becn its height in

01.

d~cp

fea; and concludc.:s, lhac Mr, Boyle's caJculation holds

perfeél ly rígh l in deep

fea~,

where Ihe wavcs are pureJy

natural, and have

accidental cau(ts

rcnder the:-u

Jarger. than their jull proportion. In deep water, under

the hlgh fhorcs of the fame part of r'ranct, this author

found the natural clev.ltion of the WÓlves

De only 6ve

feer;

bU[

he round alfo, t.hat their breaking

again.fr

rock!,

and

oth~r

accldellts

to.wl\

lch they were liable in tbis place,

often ralfed them to bght feel'

high.

We are n(JI tO fuppofe, (rom this calculatioo that

no–

WaTe oí the fea can rife more tban fix feet i\bo:e.

its

~a~

t~ral

level

or"en and dec:p water; for waves imm.enfely

hlgher thao thefe ar.e forrned,

violent tempefis, in the

grtat feas. Thefe, however, are DOl to be aecollnted

wave:; in their natural Hate;

bu!

thGY :w-e fingl e waves

formed of niany others: for io thefe wide

p illOS

of wa–

ter, wheo one

wave

is raired by

th~

wind, and would

levate itfc:Jf

to the exad ht::ight of

fix

feet. and

more, the matian

the water is (o grea l, and the fue ....

ceffioo of the waves fo quick, that, during the time this

is riling. it receives ioto it feveral olher waves, cach of

which 'would have been at lhe f.. me height with ¡tfdr;

,hefe ruo into the firll. wave, one afler another, as it

¡s

rifing; by tbis meaos its rire is continued much Jonger

than it naturaJly would have been, and it becomes lt.rri–

bJy grcac.

number of there eomplex waves arifiog to.

gether, and being (ootiDueo

a long fucccffion by the

cominuation of ,the fiorm, make the. wt!ves fo dangerous

to Ibips, which the failors in their phrafe caH mountains–

high.

W :\VE· orrE IUS G, in J ewifh antiquity,

facriGce offered

byagitatiQn, or waving, towards the fou r cardinal poi:\ts

of che compáfs.

W AVE D,

her~Jdry,

ís

raid

of a bordure, or any

ordi~

nary, or cha rge, in a coat of 'arms, hiIVing its outline9

jndented in manOer of the rifitlg and fJllrng of wO!ves :

ufed

l(J

denote, that the fjrn- of the f<lmi!y in 'Whore

~rms

it Oands, 2c,!uired its honou rs

(\le

fta·(ervi..:e.

W AVI NO, in lhe

1 ...

· language. is lhe making r,gns to a

"drd

to come near or

I~ecp

off.

V.¡AX,

JJe(J~W

AX,

nat~ral

hinory, a firm and foJid

fubUancc, moderately heavy, aod of a fine yellow colour,

formed by the bees trom the fa rioa of f!C\wt rs . See

Ap l

The bt>H ron is that of a I¡. ely yellow colour,

~od

agrc:e.lJle

CmelJ, Comewhat like that of honey: \IIhen new

it is toughilh, yc:t eafy tO break

but by age

oecomes

harder and more brinJ:, lofes its fine colour, and in

grelt meafure its fmel!.

rom lhe common yelJow wax, by the mere efftél

fun and air, or by what is called bleacbing. is fOI med

wh4lt

"" e

term white-wax. and fom e, very improperly,

"irgin·wax . T he greater the furfaee is in propOrtiOIl '

to Ihe quantity, lhe foooer and more perf:élly this ope–

ration

performed. "r ile cfuaJ way is to mcl t the wax

jn hot water; "",hen md red , lhey prefs it th r(.ough a (fraincr

of tolerable fine hneo, tl nd pour it inlo ruund and

vcr~'

/h,lJow mOlllos, Whln hardcned

eooling. il i• ••km

Ol1l

ano

expoCed ro the fun and air, fprinkling

now aod

th('n with water,

~nd

often turoing

it:

by tbis

m(í\n~

i::

foon becornes while . The

bdl tOft

is of

clear ítno

al–

moll Iranfp.ucnt whiteneCs, dry . hard, brittle, aod

of ao'

agrceahJe fmell, Jike that of the yellow waK, but much

we~k{f

The eommon yeJlow wax is or very great ufe bOlh .in

mcc{¡cine find

III

lIli

\ny.of

the arts ;tnó maO\lfaallles .

is fometimes gtvcn Inu:rnally,

as in

Oy'ft:Dlcries, and

OThl

croGor.G·