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G od

h inl

clf :lj)pointiog thcm

'York

(j"(

IWJ.

...

rdi

1he

I:'bbath . in

order lO

keep up the ft'nfc:

¡¡nu

mcmbrance

(he crc:1tIon; wlJl.:h Lt:1nt:

dfdlcd

fix

day', he rc:Ocd the

fevcnrh .

P"JliOll

\V EEK, or .he

11./),

\V[EK, is .he I.n woe k io

Lent,

whel

ein

Ihe

chu feh ctdcbr<ltcs

lhe

myftery

our

Sav;ou , 's tte:nh

and paffion.

WE EK.

VV \"CK,

ge')gqphy, a

p.uli.uTlcnt

and port–

tIJ

o ·

... "

ScodJnd. !n

tl~e

nüre

of- Cathnds :

VI,

long .

O 4

¡ ,

N, l."

58 40,

W EEVER, in idllhyology,

See T"CH'NUS,

\ VEIGH, a weigh. uf cReefe, wool,

&c,

coo..ining 25

pounds u'oirdupoif\! .

corn, lhe

wei~h

contains for o

, y

bufbcls:

barley or mal., fix quarrers ,

In fOllle

plol,ces, as ElT'ex, the weigh of cheefe is 300 pouñds.

WEIGHING, lhe

.tI

of exanlining

body io ,h< balao"

fjnd iu wcight.

WEICHING . ANCHO~,

is lhedrawingit

oUt

oftheground

hcld bec:n c;:¡U

ioto,

oru

r to

((t

f¡jl, or 'lUil a

pOrt,

road ,

lhe Jike.

W E IGHT, in phyfics•• qu. li.y in narunl bodi.. where–

they (cad dowowards, lowuds lhe centre

of the

e2r1h.

Or, wcíght may bé dc6ned,

a Jefs limited

maoner,

be a power ioherent in aH

bodies whereby

they tcnd

to fome commoo poinl, caJJ(d the

ceOl re

gravity

¡ano

thar

with

a gre,u er or lefs velocity,

they

are more or

leCs

den(e,

ítS

the medlUm they

ptlfs

thro'

15 more or le(s rareo

See

ME-CHANICS .

W.E

rGHT, in

commerce, denotes

bo~y

knowDweight,

appoi nled lO be pUl in .he b. l.nce againil o.her bodics

who(e

w~dghr

required.

WEIL ,

OrWEYL,

an imperial city

Germany, in the

circ/e of Swab,a,

~Dd

ducby of Wirternburg: E. long ,

8° 40', N. lO!, 48° 40'.

W EIMAR,

Cily of Germaoy, in lhe eire/e of Upper

S ítxony,

rhe

capital of the Weimar: E . long .

11° 25',

N . 1,,,,

510,

W E ISEL, • river of Poland, . nd lhe fame Wilh .hevinula,

St'c

V'STULA .

W E ISSENBURG, or STULwtlSSI NBURC, • ci,y of

L O'Ne r

H ungary, fi.uared near lhe eal! end of lbe

PI..-

le" fea, Ihirr y-fix miles foutb_wefl of Bud.,

W E ISSENFELD, a (own of G errnany, in lhe drele of

ppcr Saxony, and marquifate of M ifnia,

{eventeen

mrles fouth ·wefl of L eipfick,

WEL CHPO LE, a n:rarker-town of Mon,comeryfhire, fi–

tuated fax miles oorrh

of Mon

tgomery .

W ELD, or WOLD . io bOl.ny.

Seo R U 'DA.

W E LDING

EAT, io fmithery, a degree of heal g,ven

'o iroD,

Óc.

luilicieo, only fo r uenJing, or doubl,n2

ir up.

WELL, a hole under ground, ufual/y of • cylindrical

fi·

gure,

ani

wallcd

with

llone and

mortar:

its

ufe

'collt'él the wóuer of the Chata

ítrounJ.

ir.

WI.L L .

.he

militar

art, a depth which lhe

miner

finks

under ground , with branchcs or galleries runmng out

(rom

jI;

tllhel

prepare a

mine,

Of 10

dlfcovcr

and

dílappoint (he <ncmtes

I1110e.

WELL U", L1: .

building,

the

hole left in a

(Joor

for the

a..

,rs

come up through.

W ELLS. a

uy oE SlImufedhirc, fitmued

fixTct'n

miles

{uuth

\Ven

lhe cily of Bath, bOlh

whtch

cUles

h"ve

bU[

(Joe

h'(}Wp,

VOL , 111. N° 99.

T his is

41.1fo,

lhe

":tOle

of a town ofGerman y, in

t::::

/~rdt:

of /\.ulln:1,. fi lu.tcd

clcv~n

miles ¡outh of Linez .

" ELL:\NO ,

a uver \\hlch IIflng in L cicd! erO,ire. ¡tu

runn:ng

e.lltward ue

tWten the c

ountic:s

uf Rudand

an.t

NOfl!l.lmpton,

afterw:I.ds n

onh

can

Starr.ford.

(..lis

I,OtO a hay of

Genn.tn

Sea, which

divides lhe

counllcs

of Llneoln and Norfolk.

'WEL LI NUOROUGH, • markel-lowo of North.mp.oo_

lhlrc:,

linutc:d on the

river

N~n.

ten miles oon h_e;¡(t of

N Orlh:::¡m plon .

\VELLING r ON, a ma,kel-,own of ShropOlire, fitu.red

ten mdcs

e<iH

Sh rew(bury.

WEM, a Olark··t.lown of Sbroplhíre,

filuated eight

miles

nordl of Shrcw(bury.

WEN. a

(Unlour

t;xcrcfcenc~

thar

arifes

on differenC

paros of .he body, . od cootaios

cyltus or ba&

filled

Wilh

fOl11e

peculiar

manero

VvENDOVE R, a borough lown o( Bucks, fix miles fou,h

Addbury;

whlch

fends two

members

p.trliament.

WENER,

I, ke in Sweden, in ,he province o(Go.bl. od

reventy miles

length, and fifty in bread tb .

•

WENLOCK, a borough-lown of Shroplhire, teo mile.

foulh .eafl of Shrew{bllry; which fends t\Yo m:mbers

p::uJi-.ment.

WENSUSSEL, .he norrh di.ifioo of J utland, in D en–

m!fk, having the

Ciltegue

fea

the oorth. che Schag

gerrack fea

{he

e¿U,

the provlnce of Wlburg

the

fbll th, and the

GermaD

Sea on the wdL

' VEOBLEY, a borough-town ofHerefordlhire;

mib

north .wea

Hereford

which fends two members.

parl idl11ent.

WERMEL.'\.ND,

pro.ince of Sweden, Iying belwec"

the province

Ddh:carlia

the Don h,

and

the

I ..

''''ener

the

foulh.

WESEL , a ci.y of G erm. oy, in .he duchy of Cleves:

loog ,

6° 5',

N,lat,

51°

Ú',

WESER,

ít river

Germany. which

rifes in

the Land.

gravate of

Hdre,

runs between the

cireles

of Wellphalia

and Lower Saxony, and falls ioto (he German fea belo\V

CariO..,

"VE S 1', one of .he cardioal poin" of lhe hor;zon, di.me–

[(icall y oppoCite to the eafl ; an.l It riétly

delined,

111-

terCellloo. of the priml:: vertical witb the horizoo, on rhat

fide lhe fun feu in,

WESTRUR Y,

a borough·lown of "',"Ih;re,

, wen.y

miles nonh-weCl of Salilbury; which

feads

two membt;rs tO

parliarnca

l .

WESTLOW, a borough 'own

Corowal, .wcn'Y·lhree

miles {ou(h·

wcH

LauoccUoD;

wllich

fends

two O1em·

bers to

puliflnlent.

W ES

rM,-\NI~,

• p.o.inceof Sweden, having Upland

0 0

the

ealf .

"nO

V'¡efmel~ nd

on {he wd L

W ES TMEATH, • coun,y of Ireland, in ,he provioce of

L elnrtcr, bounJcd

[,y

LoogCord

and

Cavan

the norch

by E. llmeArh , on ,he , .il : by K.og's Coun, y, on lhe

fnulh;

and by the rivcr ShaoDon. which diVides it

(ro01

Rorcommon, on

:!le

\Ven.

W ESTl\ll NS I'ER , • ci.y which (orms lhe w,n pan of

lhe

town whu:h goes

th<. general n..me: o( Ltlndou; but

und<. r a d,lftcél Rovcrnmcnt; the de..n

and ch.lpler

~ ~.

pOlntlng

,he-

II1 .·h Hewanl,

high

baihfT•.aml

olhcr onl·

CCrc;: ,

\\ho

h.lvc the:

~ovcrnnH·nt

,he cu)'.

J·I.:r· .u e

the:

k:ng')o

p..

IJcl:s,

l!nd thl.!

houtes

oHn!

thl.! no

¡\

b,III Y-