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W R A

.~d

on

th~

tivcr Severo.

110

miles north-well of Loo

don :

\V

long .

2° 15'.

N. Id"

51° 5'

\ VORCUM, a town of Holland. G u4ted

00

the river

'V

di,

twenty·thrce miles caH of

Rotlcrdim.

This is

airo lhe mtme of a port-town of the

UOtlcd

NetherlaDds,

lituatcd on the

provlOce

of Friezland.

00 Ihe

Zuyder.feil,

twenty miles fouth·we!l of

L '!wardl

n.

'

W ORD.

in

langu.¡gc, an

.Hliculatt"

fo tJnd

ddj~ned

ro re·

pr\'lc-nt fume Idea

Sec

GA.AMM .4.R

~('jJ

LANCU4CE .

WORKSOP.

a market-Iown

(lf

Nolt tngh4iOlfhlrc.

lilUitcd

twcnty miles north o( NOflingh,¡m .

WORLD. ,he atr<01bl lg< o( pa", which compor. the globe

ofthc t'arth .

Se~

G'OCRAPHY ,

and

A$TROHOMY. ~

WORMS . See NATURAL HISTO.Y .

WOJ.MS

.

in medicint:. !ice

MEDICINE,

p.

160.

E .Jrlh.WORM .

S I!C

LUMBRICUS .

Wo

A.M .

in gunnery, a

Icrew

o" iron,

l O

be fixed on the

cnd ol a

rarnmer,

tO

pull

OUt

the

wao of

a

úrc:lock,

c¡ –

rabine,

or pillol,

bdng tbe fame

with

Ihe

wad-hook, on·

Jy

the

one is more proper for fOlall

arros,

and lhe other

for

cannon ,

WOR

M,

in

chemictry.

is a long, winding. pewrer pipe,

pla~

c~d

in

I

tub of

Wól.t~r,

10

cool :.nd

cundenfe the v.lpours

in

the

diOill31ion

o(

fpirits .

WORMS . in

,2.eogr..

phy,

"o m.,erial city ofGermaoy,

in the

pall1in.!Co(the R hln<: E. long.

8° S'.

N . la,

~ 9°

38'.

'~ORMWOO D.

in bo«ny.

Se<

A~TEM'SlA

WOR.STED.

a

kind of wooltn thre. d. wh,cll. in the

{pmmng,

15

twalled

h.trdtr

than

ordlO:try.

It is

chiefly

ufc:d

eah::r

WOye.

or

k.na

¡oto

Hock,rrg!-,

eaps, gloves, or

tho like

WO" STE O, a

muk.e.t.towD

of Norfolk, fituated fevco milcl

nonh

of

No.

wleh.

WOTrON. a marke1. IOWO o(Glouce(lerlhire, Gtuated fe·

vente"n

miles

(outh

of Gloueclter.

W O fTON

B-\S~ET.

a boro"gh. towno(ViTd,lhire" tweD'

ty

live miles north of S..

ltlbury; whlch

feods

IWO

mem–

bers

to

parlí..me:nt.

W OUND. in furgery. Seo SU.CEO

T.

p.

64 ; .

WRASSE, o, OLD-WlfE, iD.chtbyology. S. e

L ....

u••

W

y

E

WREATH. in h...ldry. a roll o( fine linen or

r.tk

(Iike

th.u of a

Turklfh

turL.tnl)

confitbng ot

Ihe

colours

boroe

io

the

tCcutchcon. placcd 10

'in

atchu:vemc:nt bc[wcen

Ihe

helmet

anu Ihe

eren,

aud

Immcdiately

Cupporung

che erel"

WREN,

in

orllllhology . Set'

,Mo·rACILLA .

WRE.:3 I'LING •• k,nd o( combá. or tng.gement be1weco

t

\YO

per

luns ull ..

rmtd , body

10

body,

lO

prove

tht:lr Hrellgth

and dt:xtt..rtty ... nd

rry

which

can

lhrow

his

opponent

lO

,he

gruundo- Sec

GAMES,

OC

\VREXH.-\M, a marke1-town o( D t nbighlhire, in Walc.,

JI UAl

J

t wc:n~y_thre:e

miles (outh.ealt of St. A f"ph.

WIUNTON. a m..ke'·.town of Somcrfe.lhire, fi.uoted fe.

ViCD

m:les lIurth

of

Wd l, .

WIUST. •n an. tomy. See ,I HATOMY. p.

'79,

'VRl

r .

In

I..

w.

fignlfies. 10

gcneral,

the klng's precC!pt

iD

wriung

undc:r (eal, dfuang

out

uf

fome court,

lllft{ted

tO

,ha

lh':llfF, or

olher

(,fneer,

and commandlOg (ollletlllng

to

be:

dune:

10

rdalioo

w

a

(un

or

",~tloo.

or glYlOg com...

OldJion

tO

have

loe

filme

done.

'VRITll\G . the

a"

or . 8 of figni(ying aDd conveying ou,

ide:as

lO

utht'rs.

hy

!cItUS,

or

ch..r ..

étt u ,

vlfible

tu

[he

eye

Ste

COMP O!ITJON.

GIlAMMAR,

and

LAHGUAC8.

WRONG .

In ..

luglc,d

;eole:.

!:>c:(

ERM.:JI.,

.fAL~ EH uvP,

TRUTH.

OC.

WRO~C.

in

<t

It°gal reDre,

the

Carne

with

¡njury,

or ton.

~1 ROHCOUS /lIIpriJ~"'JUnl,

irr

S Q.,ltS

t..

w.

~c\:

LAW.

Tir.

XXXIII. 2 3

WURTEMUURG in Germany. i. ,he north

po"

of,h.

c&rele vi

S .oJ

,DI ..

WUR

1ZIlUKG.

a ci,) o(Gtl",ony in ,he cirele ofF..

n.

eOOla,

cOlp'tilll

of

the

bdllvpnc 01

th"t

n.ame, filu ...

ted

on

the nVer

M,une:

In

E .

long .

jO' ,

N .

J.l{ .

4Y~

46'.

WY E .

a m 41

ke.~tuwn

01

Kt nt,

JhU4tc:d

lwc:nty

mIles

loulh..

e..

lt

01

M.l1dltuoe.

W

y

E IS

.tIfo a river of W

41el,

which,

r.Ciog

00

the con6oeJ

ot' C ....

dlgan(h¡re,

and

runOlng'

íOUlh .C:lrIlt,

d,vIdes

,he

counties of R.adoor ao,j Ere knuck : then croffing H(re ..

fOfdflllre

it turns

fouth,

aad

J",lIs

ioto the mOl.lth

of the

S, yero at CbtpllolY.

X A N

X

ACA.

port_town o( Sicily in the provinee o(

Maza–

.

ra.

(ony mtl.. fouth

01

P.lermo : E . lung.

'3°, N.

l., . 37°.

XALl SCQ, •

ci'r

of

Mexico.

in

America,

Citulled

oear

Ihe P ..cffle oce,,",

'our

hundrt::d

miles

,."d t

oE

the

capital

Cl lt of Mt Xlco: W . long.

110°,

and

N lal. 22°

'20' .

XANSI. ..

proYlnce 01 China, buunded

by

(he

provlIlce of

P.·king

0 0

Ihe caU,

by

,he:" great wall

on

Ihe

north,

by

, he

pruvinl'c

of

H unan

on

,he

fomh anei

by

,he

river

Croccf,

whlch

¿I vldes

It

(rom

(he

provlnce

ul XtoG, on

the

",.n.

X/\NTBi U~J,

in

b'Jtiiny.

a

geru,

o(

lhe

monce ~ia

peotan·

or,4

eI ...

í,.

1.~h..:

CJffimOD

cahx

01 t:¡Cmate lS

IrubrJc.uc:

d

i

X A V

Ihe corolla

j.

funnel Ih' pcd, and divided into

fi..

(eg.

mcnts ; ..nJ ,he recept..

cle

IS

p"le.... t'ous:

l 'ht

c..

IIX

oC

tbe: ft'm ...lt

confids

uf

lWO

Ic" Yes.

mClulJlng

1\\'0

ftowers ;.

ir

has no

coroll .. ;

che

drup..

IS l,h),

muncau:ú,

.nd

di ..

vidt'd

10(0

IWO

legmeots; iln

tbe

nuclt:us

heiS two

cell, .

Tn~re

are thrte

lpLc1es.

only

ene

ut chem ,

",iz.

che

Urtl rndf1Um,

ur

JdTc:r

burduck. a o..

uve ul

H ; ttdJO.

XAN

rv

M,

¡

PI

uVlnct:

ot

ehlnill.

In Ati.. ,

buundcd

by

,he

K .. ng f(a on

lne

north, I

y

che

,ult

ot

Nanklll on ,h::

e.H,

by

Ihe: proY'llcc

ot

Nankln

on (he

fouth,

ano

by

tht' pro·

vanee 01

Peklo on

Ihe

Wt:lt .

SI.

X A

Vl l.!.. R, •

(O\.'loor

(he provi nce of

L a PLua,

or

(;'Jtlyrd

J

In

:'o,Juth AmC:l'lca,

(jtuated

00

ÜJ~

,onunes

ufBr.. ':

LI,