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particululy into Port winc, l\ladeira \Vine, nurgunoy

wine. Champain winc, F.dernian \Vine, Tockay winc,

Schiras wine.

ec.

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\V1NG , ,hu par< of a b'HI , ,"Idl,

vr.

wh.reby i, i.

e·

nabled ' o

8y.

Se< NATURAL HISTORY .

WINGS.

hcn,ldry.

ítrc borne

rqmeumes

finf,le.

(omC'limes

in p¡,¡,irs; in which c¡fe, 1hey are callcd conjoined. "Vhen

11.e poinn are downward, they are

raid

to be inverled ;

when up,

d~9atcd.

WJNGS ,

milit2ty

~ffairs,

are the

\WO

Rank! or ex tremes

of ao army. rangcd in farm of a ba.ule; bcing the raght

and lef, fid<s !

her.or.

WINCS,

in fortitic:nion, denote the longer lides of horo–

\York" crown_works. (tnailles, and

lhe

I¡ka

oIH-worls;

including che rampan! and 'parapcu ; with which (hey

are houndcd on the righ t and Jef(l, from their gorge to

thti r (ront.

WINSLOW,

markeHown of Bueks, fi. mile. nonh of

Atldbury.

WINSTE R ,

markeHown of O .rby!hire, fi,uaJed

!eO

milrs ncnh of D a,by.

W1NTER, one of lite four feafons or qua"ers of,he year.

S.. AnRoNoMV , p.

$46.

WIHTER'S BARK, iD

borany,.

n~me

given to the barkof

the whice or wild cinnamon tree. See

INNAM

WINT ERTONNESSE, !he non" cape of ,he co.n

!y.of

Norfolk, fom miles nonh of Yarmouch .

WIRE, a piece of me..1drawn 'hrough Ihe hole of an iron

in!o a ,hread of

6nenef, anfw.rable 'o ,he hole i, paff"d

Ihrollgh.

W"" 3re frequently dr""h fo fine, as 'o be wrough,

along wi,h o,her Ih read. of filk, wool, lIax,

&c.

T hc metals

oton

commonl y drawn into wire,

are

gold,

filver, copper, aod iron. Gold-wire

mad~

of cyiln.

drical ingol! of filver, covcred over with a n<in of gold,

aod !hu, drawD fucceffively !hrough

vafl number of

h.oles, eaeh fmaller and fmaller, !ill

lan j! is

brou~h!

a fineDef. exceeding ,ha! of

hai r. T ha! admirable

duétili,y which m,ke. one of Ihe dtlHngui!hing charaéters

gold,

where more cor,rpieuous than in this gilt

wire.

eylinucr of

rony .e;~ht

ounees of (jlver. cover–

ed wi,h a coal of gold. ooly weighing one ounee, as Dr.

HaJley ¡nforms us,

ufuódly drawn into

wire, cwo

yards of whíeh wcigh no more than one grain ; whcnce

niAe'y-eigh, yard. of ,he wir. weigh no more ,lIan fony.

nine graios, and one (j ngle grajo ef gold covers Ihe oine ..

!y-eighl

y.rd

.; fo !ha, Ih, 'en thoufandth pan of a grain

i. abo.e one·eigh!h of an inch long.

VI ...

of Lo,pland.

T he inha.i,aolS of L apland have

fo" of Jhining n, nder fubfl,nce in ufe among Ihem on fe·

vera l occaúODs .

~ hích

much

the

thickneC, and

ap–

pCcHance of our lilvcr-wire. and

¡,

therefore colJled ,

thofe 'A'ho do nOI examine ilS " ruéture or fubllanee, L ap.

la").vllre.

made

che li news of the rein-deer,

wlllch

bein~

earefully fep",..

iD!he

c..

ing, are, by !he

w~mt:n,

after

[0;;¡ki"6

in water.

:\nd befltinr"

(pun

¡"lO

rl)rt

thread ,

of a"mir:\hle (¡ncodi, and

firc:nS!th, \Vhen

-wr,)ught

10 lhe

flO~lIeU

filamenls:

bUI when Idrgcr,

¡,

"Vcry /hong, and (;, for !he purpore. offl rellglh

and

force .

Their

wirt:, as

r"llcd,

nlfldc of the

finen

(Ir

therc

thr<. ..t ¡s,

con red

with tino

The

wOlllcn

this

bufinefs,

~nd

Ihe

l,Wily dlCy 10th:

mdt

a picce

lio,

afld pl...-

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eing a' !he edflo of i! a horn wi,h a hole !hrough jt, !hey

draw

thc.fc

(jnewy lhruds. covered wlth lhe

tlIl.

tI:rouglt

lhe hale,

whicll

preveots their comiog

out

tOO

tlllck

co –

vercd.

This

drl wing

performed

witlr

their teelh ;

and

!here i• • fm.1I piece of bone pl. ced a! ,he top of !he

hale,

where ,he wlre

made

1]"1,

fo that

WI!

-always

6n~

it roundtd

on all

lidee but one, where

¡,

flato

T his wire they

ufe in

embroidcring their c10aths al we

do gold and filver; ,hey ohen fell i, !O Orangers, under

the notÍon of

haviDg cenain magical

virtues.

\V IRKSWORTH, a Dlark. ,:!own of OarbyOlire, fi!u ated

fix miles no"h of O.rby.

W1SBEACH, a ma ..keJ-,oWD of !be in. of Ely, jo Cam·

brid~<lhire,

fi,ualed (,f'een miles nonh

Ely.

WISOOM, ufu. lly denote. a higher and more refined no–

tion of Ihings irnmediately prefenled t,o lhe mind, as it

were, by iruuition, witbout the affillaoee of ratiocinatioo.

WISTON , a n"rke,·,own of Pembroke!hire, fi,u.ted 'en

miles

oonh of Pttmbroke.

WIT is a

qu.li

,y of eenain ,houghlS and exprellion. : !he

term is never applied

an sétion oor tO

pallioa, añd

J¡u le tO an

externa)

objen .

Howevcr dllncult

maybe, in

every particular ¡nnance,

dilllnguilh

\Vllty thought

exprc:ffion from one that

is ont

(o;

ye,

gt:oenl It may be

b id

dOWD,

that lhe

term

'Wil

¡,

appropnatc:d

fuch thoughts ano expreffions

as are ludlcrous, and alfo occafion rome degree of

f"r~

prife by their Gngularl1Y. W ll :tl(o, in

figurat ive

(enfe,

exprecrcs that

talc:r.t

which Come men haYe of inveoting

Judlcrous thoughu or cxprelTions:

wc: [ay

cornrnonly,

#/)Jill)

man,

11/011

of-wiJ.

WIt

propc:r fen ft'.

explained above,

diflin –

guiO,able into t\Vo kinos ; \Vit

the {hought, anJ wit

the \\ ords

exprdlion. Again, wit

lhe

dlOup.ht

ilof

two klnds;, ludicrous images, aod ludicrous comlJinatÍon!l

of things Ihat

hAve

!tcde

no natural relarlon.

Ludicrou$ ¡mage,

that

()ccarion furprife

(neir ringu–

lanty. a, h:wing líule or

foundatlon in natUre,

are

fa–

bnc:Hed by'thc imaginadon: aad the imagination

well

qualifi,d for ,he office ; being oí

,11

our faeuhies !he moll

allive. and !he leall uoder reflra,"!. Take !he follo\Ving

exomple.

Sh),lorl .

You kne\V (noDe fo well, none fo well ••

you) of my daughJer's fligh'.

Sulin , .

Th,H 's

cenain:

ror

put, knew

the

..ilor ,h..

m.de

,he wings !he new wi!h.1.

Jlfer,hant

¡,reni«,

3·

fc.

The image here is undoub,edly \Vi"y.

is ludicroos:

and it muH eecafion furprire,; for having no natural

faun·

dalion,

¡s altOgethcr llnexpeéted.

Thc o,her brand, of wi! in ,he !hought, is !ha< only

\l/hich is taken no,iee of by Addiron, following L ocke,

who defines

l¡~

tbe a{fcrnblage of

id~as

;

and

puuinn thore logether

\Vith quicknefs ..

vHicty, where–

in can

fou no aoy ·rcfemblance orcongruily, thereoy

make up.ple.fan! piétures and . gr••able v.fions in ,he fa n·

ey." It may

dc6ncJ

more curtly, "nd perhaps more

aecura,cl y, " • junllion of 'hing. by diftan, and fducif,,1

rclatioos, whi eh furprire becaure they

are

unexpetlc:d."

Tile fullowIOfl is

proper exantpl<.

\Ve

gran'

al ,hou~h

he had much wi!.

,!-j'

IVas

vay

n,y of u/íng

it,

Aro