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India

cornp~ny,

fi tuated

0 0

the

wenern

branr:h of

the river G.lng('s, in {he province of Bc:ngal : E. long.

87°.

NI.. .

2 ' v

45'.

'YILLI IHIST ,~T.

a p0rt-tawo af Halland . fi,u3ten ao

,r..

fe. ealkd Hallaods-D ecp. fauneen miles fau,h af

R oucrdam.

' VILLO\ V, io

but.ov.

See SAL'X.

\"!LN :\, a ei,y of Paland, capital of ,he gre.. duehy of

L ith uania, firuated on a

river

of lhe {ame name : E .

I"n~

25° '5',

N . I...

SS · .

'VI LTON . a barough-,awn af Wihn,ire. fi,ua,ed ao ,he

ri"er ' ''''ley, fix miles narth-weCl of Sal'¡bury.

fend.

two members to parliament.

WILTSHIRE. a eaun,y af Eoglaod, bau nded by Glo–

cdlernllre

~nd

Ox(ordlhire on the north,

Berkehire

and

Hampnl1re

on the

can,

D orredhire

on the

[aulb, aon by Samerfe(lhire on Ihe

wd!.

"\VINCHELSEA, a baraugh and port _, own of Su(f<x,

fi–

(I11ted 00 a bl)' of

the Englifh channe' ,

thiny miles

Celn

uf L ewes.

fends two

memb~rs

parliament .

'YINCHESTE R, ,he eapi,al eity of H.mplhire. fitUat ed

00 lhe river

h ching. fixty·6vc: miles

routh-wdl

L on –

don.

WIND. See P NEU MATIC., p. 495.

\ V I NO oM ILL,

kind of

mili ,

lhe interna! pans ofwhich

are much rhe Carne w'lh thofe of a water-mili : from

which however

differs, in being moved by the impulfe

of the wind upon ltS vanes, or fails. which are ro

confidered

as a

wheel on the axle. See

M[CHANICS ,

' V,,·:o-rLow ER, in botany. See

ANEMONE.

'V INO GAL L ,

a name given by our farriers to a dil1:empe.

rHure of horCes.

Se~

FARRIEI.Y,

575.

V/nofo

SAILS ,

in a

fhip,

are made ofrhe common fail-cloth.

and He ufually between twenty-6ve and thirty feet long,

aecordi ng tO ,he fize of ,he Ihlp. aod are of the forOl af

a cone endiog obt\,lfely: when rhey are made ufe of, (hey

are hoifled by ropes ro ¡bOlll t'IVOthirds cr more of their

hcigh'. with their bafis diClended eircularly by haop.,

and their apex. hanging downwards in the hatch-ways of

the fhíp; aboye each of thefe, one of rhe Cammon faíls

is fa difpafed, ,h" ,he greatdl por, of the air rulhlOg • .

g;.¡inCl ¡tI is direaed into the wind. fail, and conveyed, as

thraugh a fuooel, io,o ,he upper pa", of the body of

the

OllP.

Wnu'l

T·ACKLE . BLOCKS,

in l lhipl are lhe main double

hloek•. whieh being m_de fan ' o ,he end of. fmaU ca–

ble, ferve far hoiCling of goad. ioto the Ihip,

&c.

W .. o, or VV<NO

ajhip.

figni"e.

bring her head.–

bout

H'J'W 'Wil1dJ

I r

'WendJ liJe

foip'

is a quenlon alked

by O1iuioers, concerning a Olip under faH ; fignifying as

much as, upon whal poiot of the compafs does !he

tie–

with her tlead?

,VI ~DWARO,

in the fea.language, denotes any thing to·

wards that poi.,t from whcnce the wind blows, in rerpeét

of a

nl1 p:

(hus wlOdw<l.rcl- tide, is (he tide which runs a·

n:¡i n~1

lhe wind .

\ '1IN DAGE

ag/ln.

,he difference between the diameter

of lhe bore, antl (he diameter of Ihe ball.

'VIN DLASS•• maehine ubl to raife huge weights withal,

as gllns, Uooeos, ao. hors,

l:Je.

is Veo l

fimple, cunfiHlOg only of 3n axis, or roller,

ft1¡lrOrrccl

hur zunt

"Iy

al Ihe IWI) enffs , by t\\'o pit'ct'. of

OI)J

anu a

pUlly:

the t\Vo rlC:ces of woou meet at

LUp,

beiog placed diagonally fo as 'a prop eaeh Other; the

axis. or roller, goes Ihrough Ihe two picces, and rurns.

io them. Tile pully is fafl<oed

tOP wherc th; pteccs

join. L afl ly, (here are

t \Vo

naves or holndl'pikes which p.o

through the roller, wherehy il is lllrned, and the rape.

which comes over lhe pulley is wound off and'on the Carne.

WIHDLA5S,

in a (hIP, is an in(lrument in [m,tll !hips, pla–

ced upon the dock, jun aoaf, the fore mall. lt is

mad~

of a piece of timber fix or eighl lee! fquare, iD form or

axle-tree, whof<: length is placea horizootally upon

two pieces of wood al the ends lhc:reof, and upon

whict~

it i. turned .bout

the help af handrpike. pUt into hales

made fo r that purpofe. Thís inBrument (erves for weigh–

ing anchoTS, or hoilbng of any weight in or OUt of

th~

fh ip, and

will

purchaCe much more than any capllan, and

that witho\lt any d¡nger to thoCe that

~eave

; for if

heaviog ,he windlals abou" any of the h.ndfpike. fhould

happen tObreak, the wiodlaf. wauld pall of itfelf_

WINDOW, an apertur. or apeo place in the wal! of

haufe, lO le, in the wiod . od light. Se. ARCHITEC–

TU RE, p.

357.

WINDSOR, a borough_,own of Berklhire, tweo'y mile.

wdl:

of London, mon reruark..ble {or the mlgniñcent pa..

lace or catUe filuated there

an eminence, which com ..

mands ,he aojacenl country for many miles, the river

T hame. runniog at ,be foo, af ,he hil!. 'The knighrs

,he ganer are inl!al!ed io the royal chape! here.

feod.

tW'o members to parhameot.

'VINE, a brifk, agree_blc, fpirituous aod cordial

liq~or,

drawn from vegctablc bodies, and fc rmented.

AIJ

fons of vegetables, fruiu, feeds, rOOIS,

CJe.

¡f ..

ford wine ; as grape!, curraors, mulberries, c1der-berries.

cherries, apples, pulfe, beans, peafe, turneps, radilhes,

and eveD grafs ¡tfelf. Hence under the clars of wines,

or vigous liquors, come oot only wi nes abrolutdy fa cal..

led, but alfo ale, cyder,

&c.

See BUWtNG, aod Cij¡ –

MI STRY,

95, 161.

Wine io Franco i. dillioguilhed, from ,be

(e~eraI

de–

grees and fteps of its preparation. into,

1I1(re

gDul/r,

mother·drop. which is the virgio wine, or tbat whica

runs of ltfel f out at tbe top of thc vat whereio rhe grapes

are laid, before lhe vlOtaglf enters to tread or Clamp the

grapes .

2 .

MuR,

furmull, or (l\Jm, which is [he wioe

or liquor

ill

rhe val, ¡fter lhe grapes have beco trod

O,"

/lamped. 3 Pf<(f. d wine, being th" fqueezed with

pf<fs au' of the grapes half bruifed by the treadiog. The

hufks lefe of lhe grapes are caBed rape, mll rk, or mark .;

throwing water upon which. and preffing them afrdh.

(hey make a Iiquor for fervants ufe, aofwerable to our

cyderkin, and c..lled

bo~/lQn.

Swect wlne.

Ihat

which has not yet worked nor fermented. 5. Bouru,

that which hAS beeo prevented working by calltng in cold

Water.

6 . Worked ......ine, that whic:, has beeo let work

in Ihe vat,

give it a colour. 7. Boded wine. that

which has hdCi a boiLi ng before tt workcJ, and which by

that

m~ans

IIdl retains iu niol.tive fweétnels. 8 Str..intd

wine, lhal malle by Heeping

drV

gr¡.¡pcs in \\Iater. ..nd

]~tfing

f("rment of ¡Ifelr \-Vlnes ¡ue . 11'0

dilhogo,!h~d

with reg;.¡rd to lheir colour

1010 wlWl"

wine, red Wlne,

cI.¡fet

WIAC.

pale wine rore, or bl.tck \Vine; and wlth

reg;;lId

their count ' y, or the fod lllat pro,luces thl!01,

;010

French

w' n~ s,

Sp,m,lh \Vines. Rhe Ilh \\Ine!l: , Hun·

J;Hy wines, Greck ,Vlm:s, Cdnaly Wlnes,

0 ""

.tn.1 ml>re

parllcul.trly