1000000031

94°

bili,y. ,he high cou,' of padi.men'. and ,he rup<eme

courts of julllcc: hut there is no bi(hop of lhis cilY,

elefls

tWO

rnt'mbers

~rli.ml

!nt.

)

1-1

for pfJive

obetlicnc~,

non-refi I1Ó1oce, and ,he

h'!redil~rv

riglll of lhe houfe of Steu;\ rr.

1he mqderate lorie"s

would

nOI

fnffer lhe king

lofe any of

1115

prrt:rog:..tlvc;

but lhen they woulci OOt facrifice the.,fc: of Ihe pt'''ple.

Thc nate whlgs ale elthcr nrong repllhltu ns, or m:Jda att:

ones The

firlt,

f.:ys R dpin, are the renulOS of the

party of the long parlirmcnt.• who altempted to change

mon.tflhy to a 'tommonwe.lth: but

thde

m.,ke (o Ol!nder

a figure, that they only ferve

flrengdlen thc panr

of ( e otllt'r whigs. The tOfles w luld perfuade Ihe

world , that

¡¡I!

(he whtgs are of

IIIIS

kind; as !he' whigt

would m"ke

U'i

elteve Ihat al! (he tories are violen! The

OIotler.lte Il.ue.whlgsare

~ut:h

in the fame(entlments wHh

the

modera(~

tones and deGre that the governmeot m"y

be! m-tlOtained on Ihe an::icnt fouod ...llo'l:

.11

the dlfFe–

rence lS. that the

firfl

bear a lillle more

t O

lhe pa

li"m~l1t

anJ. people, and the

latt~r

to Ih4t o" the king.

In (hort,

the old whigs were ahvays

jealou~

of the encroachments

of the royal prerogalive. and w. tchful over the preferva.–

,i(lo

(lf

the libertles and properlles of Ihe people. .

W ESTMOREL .-\NO••n Englifh eoun'y, bound,d by

Cumberland on the norlh, lly Yorkfhlre on lhe

can ,

L~nca(hirc

the

rou1h,

and

lhl!

l nlh

channtl on lhe

\Vdl.

WESTPH:\LIA. ,he no"h·wefl ei,e1e of ,he empire of

elm.nj

'; buunded

1he: Germ,," oeean, on lhe Aorrh ;

l he

ciréle

Lowt r

SdXOI) , on

fhe

c:\(f :

Ihe

L :ln\l–

grav.tte of

Hdfe. the:

P ,¡lcltin:ue of

lhe: R hinc:,

!\nd

the

ell'étorate of Triers, on the

fOUlh;

and

dlt~

Ncthcr–

Jands, on ¡he weft : heing

200

miles in Jc;:ngth,

anJ

Irom

'50 10

100

brc~d ,h.

' VESTRAI"I,

market to\Vn o( Kcnt, under the ml. ridian

01 L t'ndl'n, 44

nllles wdl (JfCíloterhury.

' VETTER.'\VIA. ,he rou,hern dlvi(,on of ,he L . ndgr.–

'filie of

HI.ff

'e, in G ermany. Iying .dong

lhe:

nOIthern

h~nk

of the ri vcr MJine, compreher.d:Dg the COl.ntltS of

H dn;¡U

and

NalTau

\VETZLAR.•n imperial ei,y ofG -rm, ny, in,he drele of

lhe Upprr Rhlne

;¡nc1

terr?fCJry

We(cenvia

fitl1~tt:d

the rlvcr L llhn .

long .

0 I

S' ,

N. hu

50 0 30' .

WEXFORO•• coun,y of ¡rel.r.d. in,he provine< of M un–

ller, bounded by the county of Wilklow on (he nOlth.

by ,he oeean on ,he

e.fl

and rou,h, aod by Ktlk, or,y and

W:.terford on the wefi.

Wexford, Ihe capital of this county,

fituated at

the mouth of the ,¡ver Slaoey, fix,y five

miles

fouth of

Dublin.

WEYMOUTH. • po,,_.own of O orre,lhire, fi,u a••

on a

/ine bay of the Englifh ehaonel. feven mi'es rou,h ól Oor.

c"erfer.

fend, (WO Olemben tO parli-tmenL

WHALE. io ieh,hyology. See

BAL JE NA ,

.nd

PHVSE–

\ VH ..

\RF••

rpae< on ,he banks of a haen, ereell, o. hi,he.

próvided for lhe cORv<:nieot JO¡d'Dg aod u oload,ng of

vdTds upon.

WHEAT. i. bOlany. Se< T"T,c u M. F or ,he culture

o( \\Iheat, fee ACIlICV1..TVRE,

p. 60.

WHEEL,

in mechaoh's, a limpie machine, coñfifiing of

Ttlund piece of wood, metal, or OIhcr matter, which re–

volves

0 0

éln

axis. ' Ser

MECHA NIC S.

WHELP. the young of a dogo fox, Iion, or a.y wild

beafl.

'Y'

H F L

ps, in a Chip, the (eamaR', rerm {or thore bracketl

WhlCh are (el up on the capUan clo(e under the bus ; they

¡in

the (WtCP tO

il,

and

are (o-..contrived that the cable

windln¡t aboul them may DOt 'urge (o much as it m'ght

othtrwlCe do

the body of the capíb.n were quite round

and

fm"oth.

WHETSTONE . • flone which rene. ror the wheniog of

knlve5

~nd

olher tool5 upon.

WH EY. the rcrum. or watery pa.. , ofmilk . See

WHE Y .

WHIG.

a pany

in Bri'a lo, oppofitc:

tht lories, from

whom ,hey diffa ch" By

,heir poli,icol principies. See

TORJES.

The nAmes of whig and tory W'ere not known lill a·

b I.U' ,he middle of Ihe "ign of elu rles 11. when there

wue given

.tS

pany.chílinéllOns. ,. heCe pJTlies m..

confidl'Ied eithtr wilh If'gard lO Ihe {late. or lo

rcli~ion

"'The tlate !cries are cllhc r violenl, or moder... te: ,hc [¡ra

wo uld have ,he klng ' o le abrulu,e, aou

,11,,<101<

pl"d

'VHIP

or WH IP' STArl', lO afhlp, a p,ece of timber, in

fnrm

"r .

Ilrong

n.fr

f.Clened io,a ,he hehn, for .he

Heel frnan,

(malJ fh ips , to hold

hll hand,

order

to ml've lhe rudder :oIOd dirt(t (he fuip.

WHIRLPOOL an eddy, Vt.nex, or gtllph, where .he

WliHcr

coollOu..lly turning

round~

•

Thcfc= io rivers are

v~ry

common, {rom various.acci–

dems, aod are uflJally very trivial, and of tilde confe·

quetlce. In the fea (hey are more rare, but

mor~

dao–

g«ou. . Slbbald

has

related ,he eff.éls of • very remark–

able manne whtrlpool amoog the Orearles, whlch would

prove very dangerous

nrangt rs, though it is of no eoo–

(tquen..:c to the people who are u(ed to it. T his is noS

fixed tO any particul ..r place, but appears in "arious

p.ut(

uf the hmirs of the fca among Iho(e 10Cind,. Whereve

it appears) it is very furious; and boau , Oc. \l/ould ¡ne·

vi lably be drawo

aDd periCh with It ;. bat the' people

who na,.ig,ue Ihem

~re

prepared tor it. and alw<l)'! carry

an emp'y

vdr:!, •

log oí woud. or lorg<bundle of Clraw,

or fome (ueh thing. io the bo..t Wllh Ihcm

as fooD as

they percei,e (be whfrlpool. they tOes thls wilbip its

vonex, keeping themfelvc:s out: thi (ubllaoce, whal·

ever

be. is immediately recelv..:d into the ccntre, and

carried under water; and as roon as Ihls is done!. the

furface

0 1

the place where ,he whi rl pool was btcomes

fmooth) and they row over il wilh fat ety ; and

abotlt

an hour they fee the ,.ortex bcg n agiuo in (omc other

pl~ce

ufuAlly al about

mac's d,fhnec from the hrU.

WHIRL\VI ND , a wiod ,h.. rires ruddenly is exeeeding

rap,d and impcluoul wheD rifen. but ISfOOD Ipent. See

PNEUMATI CS. p. 495 .

WHISPERING . Se< ,be a"ieles H""NC,

ATT6N-

TIOW ,

o c.

,\1

H I

E R I NG PLA

depend upon Ihis principie.

the

vihr.mons

úf

(he Ircmulous

boci ~

are proptlgdted througb

long lube, they

\VIII

be ctlnllllu·"l.y reverberaled from

the Gdes uf Ihe tubc

1010

iu aXIS

and

lIy

that means re–

ve'2tl d Erom (prcadlO)!. ttll they gtt

UIU 0 1

v.hcteby

,bey will be

exceedi ngl~ lo\

.rcl.te

~l,

aod the found reoder·

ed much luuder tlun

would olhC=-'''lre be.

Hence

is tha, foun..! is ronvryed frum one lid. of

a wl1t(pcrinc gdllery

lh::- oppnfi lc ooe, Wiln\/Ut

DClOg

r <rccived

,hor<

n.tod

,he

nIlJJIe.

WH1ST,