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eroGons ortlle inte(lines; bU! its gre.. ure is in the m.· W EASEL . in zoology. Se. MU'TE'.A.

king

Olntme:nts

",ntl plafiers for external ufe. and

lhe

greiHcr W EATHER.

Ihe

ltate or

dlrpulitiun

lhe

i\tmorpherc with

pan of lhore of lhe

{hap'

Qwe

theír conCiílcnce

to il.

regard

to hcat.

cold,

wllld,

raio,

fron.

The

\Yhitc~wax

is alfo an incredient in fome of lhe ce-

is in the

1tO\ofpherc

that all planu and aninuls

rates. ",nd ointments of rhe lhops; and is ufed in making

livC!, and as

lhat

"ppcars

lhe

grcat prio.:iple of motl:

c¡odles. and in m,toy of

lhe OIcer

arls and

manufaélures,

animal and l'egctable produtlions, ahcratlQns.

cre.

there

wh~re

W;\X

1S req'.lircd.

does

oal

feem any

1hlOg,

in all philofoph y. of more ¡m-

Seo/ing

ude in the followinr. manner: T akc one

mediate

~oncernment

to us than ,he

th.te

of [he weather,

pound of bces-w:.lx; three 0.,oce6 of 6ne turpentine; 0-

and

l;nowledge of the great Influence it has 00 our bo-

Ji ve·oil, and rofin, tincly powdered , of each one ounee:

dies. What;rafl, but regul:." alteratioo5

little luro of

whcn th,ey are

\Vell

melted. and lhe drofs taken off, pUl

weather makes

a tu be

tilled

with mercury, or fpiritl

in an ounee ano

halr of vermillon. or red.lead, finely

of wine, or in a pieee of llring.

&c.

every body koows,

ground, ólnd !lir lhem together tiUlhey are well incor-

in thecommonin!lanceofbarometeu, thermometen,

Oc.

porated: and when this mixture grows

linle cool. roll

and it

owiog partly to our \oatteorióo. and partly

it ioto f1icks. or in any other formo

you wOllld have

our unequal and ir.lemperate courre of liv ing, that wedo

it black, inUead of vermilion, or red-Iead, pUt in lamp-

nOl feel as great and reg,ular ones in lhe tubes, chords,

black. The Coft, red. and green_wax, ufed in l::I.rge

aod fibres of our own bodies.

rcals tO fome of our Jcw.writings, are thus made: Mdt

'VI:':

ATHER.CO

CK,

moveable vane in form of a cock, or

bees-wax

o~er

a gentle heat, with Cuch a proportíon of

olher fftape, placed on high, to be tUlned round accord·

V enice turpentine as, when cold,

will

give

the due

diog

to the

dire~ion

of the wind,

aod

poiot out what

cooCifience: this is determined by repeated trials,

lira

quarter the wind blows [rom,

lJutting in bUl little lurpeotine, and afterwards more and

WEATHER.CLASIES.

8ee

BA.ROMETEk,

aod

THERM.o·

nll)re.

tiJl

dropping

pieee upon a marble to cooJ, it

METER.

is found of the "ue confl(lence. Thcy then colour it \VEATHERING, among railors," fignifies tbe

d~ubling.

with red.lead, or vcrmilion, or with verdiler, or what-

raiJing by

head·land, or olher place.

ever colou" they

ple.fe.

the mixture in thi, (late re- WEAVING, the art of wo,king a web of <10th. filk. or

ceiving aDy.

other ltuff, io a 100m with a (buule. For tbe manoer of

W :\.X

WOR1<,

the reprefent:uioo of the faces,

&c.

performing which, Cee

CLOTH .

perfons living or drad; made by applying pla(ler or WEB,

rort of tilrue or texture formed of thread. inter_

}).tris in

kind of palte, and lhtts forming

-a

mould con·

woven wilh each other; fome when:of are extended in

uining the exaél: reprefentation of lhe fcatures. loto

length, and called the warp: and others drawD acror"

this mould melted wax is poured, and thus a kind or

and called tbe waof. Se. CLOTH.

m.tfks "re formed; which being painted aad fet with

Spid~r'l

\VE8 .

See

ARANEA..

¡;I.I;

eyes, and tbe' figures drelred in their proper hahit!. WEDGE, one or the mech. nical powers. See

M' CH Ao

, bey be.. fuch • reremblance that it is difficult to di(lin _

e s.

AuiO, hetweeo the copy and the origind.

WEDNESDAY, the rOllrth day or the week, fo c.lled

" VAY, •

p.!I".

ge.or

road.

fraln

S.xon idol named Woden, ruppo[ed tO be

Mars.

The Rom;an ways are divided into confular, prretorian,

wornllpped on chis day.

military, .nd public; aod oftherewehave fourremark- Ajh,W[DNEsDAY, the fir(l day orLent, ro called rrom

able ones in

Engl.od:

the fit(l, Watling-(lre«, or Wa-

the cu(lom obrervee in the ancien, chri(lj.n church of

lhelang.nreel , leading from Dover to London, D UDflable,

peoiteou expreffiog

the.ir

humiliadon

lhis time, byap-

Touceficr, Alternon, aod the Severn, extendang

pearing in fa.tkcloth and aChes.

as Anglelea

W.les. The f.cond, c.JJed Hikenild, or \VEED,. cOlDmon

n.me

for all

r.nk

and wild herbs, tbat

lkenild-l1ret:t, firctches from Southampton overthe river

grow oflhemfcJves,

the detrimentofOlher ufdul hClbs

Ili, ..

'Ne~

bridge; ,hence by C.mden aDd Litchlidd ;

they growamoog .

then patTes the Derwent, near D erby. alld ends at T in·

WEED,

the miners laDguage, denotes the degeDeracy

mouth . The third, called Fo(fe-way, becaufe

fome

load or vcín of fine metal into an ufclefs marcaGte.

places il was neTer perfeéted, but líes as a Jarge ditch,

V\TEEK,

in chronology, a di,ilion of time comprifing fe·

leads from Cornwal through Devonfhire, by Tc,hour"

veo

d.ys

. See ASTRONOMY,

P. 489.

(lear S tOW in the Wolds ; and befide Coventry lOLácef-

'f he origin of thls divlr,(.o of weeks , or of computiDg

ter, Newark. and

tO L incoln. The fourth. called

time byrevenths, is greatlycontroverted . Somewillhave

Ermlog, or Ermma&,c·nreet, eXleods [rom Sto Daviú's,

take ils rife from tbe four quarters or interyaJ,

.des, ro SOlllh ..mpton.

of the rllOOO, belween her changes or phares, which . be·

of a

¡bip,

lomctlmes lhe Carne as her rake, or rUD

íng "bout

veo days diHant, gave occa.rion tO the dlvlfion.

forwanl or b,\ckward : bUl tltis term is mult com01only

He [hlS as

wllI, the dlvltion is ccrtalnly very

an~

undcrflood of h. r r.iling.

cien!. The

Syri.ns

, Egyptians. ond mo(l of the orien-

It.

Y-wuO E,

;;L

tic

glven to the governors of the chicf

tdl nalions. appear tO have ufcJ it from

all

iquuy:

piOle!;:, in the cmpire of Mu'covy.

al(o io PuJando

though

diO not get footing in lhe wetl

nll

Chrilltanity

'VE .-\R

'V EE\I:, ..

grC:d{ Hank-or

d~m

14.

nvcr, fiued

brou:,ht

in: lhe Romans reckunect their days nOI by

for the tilking of fin), or for conveylng the Urcam to a

feven~hs,

but by moths, and tht: anciem Grceks by de.

mil I.

calis or tenths.

N: w

\Veu!:

are not to

m ,dco, or othcrs ::thcred. to

Indced , the

J ews

dividcú the;r li01!: by \\'ceks. but it

lhe nulitnCe

the public, under

Certaln penalty.

VI"S

upon a

Úlff~rent

pnnelplt from lbe canero nauoos.

G oJ