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WHIST, I weH-kno..n g,me a< eard,; fo ealled from Ihe
filence obf.:rved during ,he pi , y.
WHITBY, • port·,o"'n of ,he north riding of Yorkfl,ire,
fituatcd 00 the Géflllan (ca, (hiny.c:ight mdcs north·caCt
of York.
"V/-JI rCHURCH, , horollgh.,own of Hamplhire, fo,ua.
ted tCP miles north of Wlnchcfier. lt (cad, IWO meO)·
befS ID parlii\ment.
WHITE, one of Ihe eolour! of nHural hodie•.
W H' TE of Ih. <Y" denotes ,he firll ,unie or coa' of ,he
eye, callcd "Ibl.lginca. See AN A T OM y I p. 289.
\VHITE FR ~ERS, a name cammOD ID (everal orders of
mooks, from {hci r bcing cJothed in a whítc habito
WH,n . HoRSE, in ieh'hyology. Seo RAtA.
WHIT E· L EA O. See CSR U SI.
WHlT E"S!A, in geography, a bOly orthe frozen oeean, in
,he north of Mufeoyy, be,w«n Rulliao L aplzod and
Samoieda.
WHITE WI"'E, wine of a bright tranrparcnt colaur. bar.
dering 00 whi,e, ,hu, eaJ\ed ' o diílioguil\¡ i, from the red
wincs See W'NE.
WHITEHAVEN, a por,·town of Cumherland, fitua,ed
on the I,,1h eh.ooel: W. long. 3° 16', N . lat. 54° 30'.
WHITENESS, ,he quality which denomioatesa body whlte.
WHITING, in'i ehlhyology. See G. DUS .
WHITES, i. m<'dleine, the with Buor albus. Se.
M'OI CINE, P.1t64' .
WHITSUNDAY, afolemn feO ival of,he ChriOiaD ehureh,
ebrtrved 00 ,he Htieth day after E.Oer, in memory of
,he dercco, of ,he Huly Gho(l upon the 'poOle, in the
.ifible 'ppearaDee of fiery c10ven tongues, and of thore
miraculous powers which \VeTe then confcrred upon them.
It is e.l\ed Whitfuoday. o, White Sund. y, becoul.
this bcing one of the fiated times for !he ,,0-
clent church, ,hofe who wC'rc bapt:fcd pur on whítc gar.
meau, as 'ypes of lhat rpiritual pUfley (hey rcccivcd in
bap,irm. A< ,he d<fcent of the Holy 'Ghoíl upon ,he a·
pollle, happened 'pon ,he day wblch rhe Jew, eaHed Jen'
tecoH. chis fdlivloIJ rctaincd the name::: 0 1 pentccolt among
the ChriO"n,
'Y! IlURG, ,he capital ofthe,'<:rri,ory of !he rame Dame
,n JuI. nd: E long. 9° 16, N . 1 .. 56 20 .
WIB UJ.C, a clty and P0rt ·town of Rum,," Flnland, fitua·
,.d on the gulrh 01 F,nland: E long. 2~o, N l., 610.
Wh COMB CHIPPING . a borouj!h · (Qwn of B tlCks,
twcl"c miles IOUlh of Aildhury. lt (cod, two m mbcrs
fO Jlarllamcnt.
WICK DE DUE"UD', • town of ,he United Ne,her·
J ... nds, In the Plovincc o Utrt-cht, 6ft~cn mtlcs routh can
of Ihe eily of Utrecht.
' VICKER , a ,w,~ of the ofier Ihrub. fingle or wroueht;
\ VICKET, • fm.1I door io ,he gate of a rorllfied place,
é,. or a hoJe in a door, through which lO vicw what
p~lfes ",ilhoot.
WICKLIFFlSTS, or W,CKL'FrITt •. a religiou, fea
whieh fprung up in io ,he rolgn of Edward JI!.
and ,ook iu from John Vviekltlr, doaor and pro·
{elfor of divinity in the uni\'edity o( Ox(ord, who main–
tained char che rub(lanc~ of Ihe facram~nlal br~ad and
wine remained uDalt~red after confecratioo; and oppolcd
the doélrine of purgatory. indulgences, auricular con–
fdlioD, ,b. iDvOCatioo of faiDIS, aDd lhe worlhip of im.·
w L
ges . He maintained, chat lhe ehildren of the re1igiaus
m..¡y be fa ved without belng baptlzcd; that prieHs may
adminl(ler confirm;uion; th.:t (hece .ouglll lO be ooly two
orders In the church, lhat of prierts, aod lha.t of d~acons.
/le an Eoghlh ver'on of the Ilible ; and eompOfed
tw ofolumes, called Aletheu, thitt is, Tluth, flom wluch
J ohn Hulf. le"n<d moO of his dollrine.. In Ihon, to
thi, reforma \Ve OW-. lhe fidi hin( of lhe refurn1.l.tlon,
which was c:ffeéled ..bOU l t,..o hundred years aher.
WICKLOW, a eOlln ,y of Ircland, in- ,he prov,nee of
Leioll.r, bounded by tilo eoun,y of Dublio on ,he nonh,
by the l rilh ehannd 00 ,he can, by Wexford 00 the
foulh, and by Kdd"e .¡'d Katerlagh on ,he -.<(1.
W¡CKVI :\RE, a m"ke, ,own of Gloeefterlh"e, úlu¿t<d·
twenly miles fOUlh of Gloceller.
WIDGEON, io orni,hology. See ANAS.
W:IDO W, a woman who has 1011 her hulblod·.
WlfE. a marncd woman, or one wllh. and uoder·
the proteébon of, ao hulband. See HU SBAND .
W'lGG :\N, a borough·,own of L docailllre, . , weD' y-oioe
mile. foulh of L anealler: lt feods 'IVO members tO par–
liament .
JJI< o/ W¡GHr, par' of ,he eounly of Soulhamptoo, and
Cep:.arated from lt by a oarro\V chaooel . is about tweot1
miles lung, and twe:lve broad. Tbe chlcr tQwn is Ntw...
port.
WIGTOWN, • boroug~ and porHown of Seodand. i"
,he Ih"e of G alloN'y, r.1U.ted on • bay of th. Irio.
channel, ninely miles Couth-weH o( Etliobu rgh.
W 1LDERNESS, .io gardeniog, a klnd of gro.e of largo
trees, ín Iol fpacious ga.rden. In whlch lhe w"lks are com..
40000ly made either to ioterCtt\ eaeh olher io angles, or
ha,e che appearance of meanders and labyrinth,.
WILKOMERS . a eity o. , in ,he dutehy of L i–
\luLini.: E . long. 15°, N l.,. SS.o 30'.
WILL. or laj/ W, LL . ID law, fignllies the deel....ion of
a man's miad aoJ mtent rehwng tO the dirpolition of his
lands. goods. or other elfate, or of what he would have
dO'4e ¡¡fter his Je"tb .
l o the common I¡¡w, there is a difiinétion made between
a wlII and a tefbment; as th.u is c"lled a will. where
lands or tenameots are giveo; and when ,he dtfpo(ition
conceros goods and eh. uds alone, It is termed a te(t",ment~
See rE'TAMEN·T.
WI ~L -'Wilh-Q-'WifP. or J(ld .'Wj") .a-lanlh~rn, a meteor
known amoog the people under thefe names, but more
ufu"lIy among aUlhors under chat of ignis fatuus.
This meteor is chleHy recn lA fummer-nighu, frequeM...
ing mt'adows, madhes, and oeher mOIH places. lt recms
tu arlfe (rom a vifcous exhalation. whieh being kindled
in the ai.r, reSeéts a rort of t.hin ftamt: io-tbe dark, wilh–
ou, Iny fenr.ble hea!.
lt i, of'en found flying ~Iong rivers, heJges, &c. by
Tufon it there mects with a fiream..of air to direél: ir.
The ignus fatuus, rlYs Sir lraac Newton, is a "apour'
fhi ning withou< heat j and there is the fame dlfrereDce
bct\~een this 'f'ílpour and Dame, as belween ronCIl \Vood
lhiniog without hcat and burning coah of 6re.
WILLlAMSBURG, e'pital of the eolony of Virgini~,
fituated in James-eouoty, bctwecn James-river and York–
river: VI. long. 76° 30', N . lat. 37° 20'.
W¡LLIAM'$ FORT, a fon beloDgine to the Eael:
I ndio,