Or Bashaw
Bashaw, Or More Properly Paci1a, A Person Appointed To The Government Of A Province, District, Or City, Within The Dominions Of The Grand Seignior. When The Successive Conquests Of The Sultans Had Rendered Their Empire Too Extensive To Be Controuled By Their Own Immediate Vigilance, They Entrusted The Government Of ...
Or Basil Basle
Basle, Or Basil, The Capital Of The Above Can Ton, Is Beautifully Situated On The Banks Of The Rhine, About 60 Miles South Of Strasburg, And 120 North East Of Geneva. The River, Which Is Here In Its Great Est Beauty, Broad, Deep, And Rapid, Divides The City Into Two ...
Or Basil Basle_2
Basle, Or Basil, Bishopric Of, A Province Of Germany, In The Circle Of The Upper Rhine. This Province, Which Forms Of The Ancient Territory -of The Rauraci, Is Of Great Extent ; Beginning At The Lake Of Bienne, It Crosses Mount Jura, And Stretches -almost To The Very Gates Of ...
Or Batiiing
Batiiing, Or The Act Of Applying Water, Under Various States And Modifications, To The Surface Of The Body, Is A Subject Of Such Acknowledged Importance, And Such General Interest, As To Demand, In A Work On Miscellaneous Literature, A Much Fuller Consideration Than It Has Usually Obtained. In The Present ...
Or Beatings Beats
Beats, Or Beatings, In Music, Are An Audible Phenomenon Attending The Sounding Of Two Notes At The Same Time, Which Approach Within Certain Limits To The Producing Of A Conchord With Each Other, Which The Late' Dr Robert Smith, In His Harmonics, Has Applied, With The Happiest Effect, To The ...
Or Bede Beda
Beda, Or Bede, Usually Called The Venerable Bede, Was Born At Weremouth, In Northumberland, In The Year 672; And, At The Age Of Seven Years, Was Sent To The Monastery Of St Peter, Whose Abbot And Founder, Benedict -biscop, Was One Of The Most Learn Ed Men And Greatest Travellers ...
Or Beit El Fakir
Beit El Fakir, Or The Duelling Of The Sage, Is A City Of Arabia, In The Province Of Yemen, Situated In A Well Cultivated Plain, About 24. Miles From. The Arabian Gulf. The Tomb Of Ahmed Iba. Mu-• Sa, Situated On A Sandy Hill Near The Town, Attracted The Inhabitants ...
Or Beton Beaton
Beaton, Or Beton, David, Archbishop Of St Andrews, Primate Of Scotland, And Cardinal Of The Romish Church,"the Son Of John Beaton Of Bal Four, In Fife, Was Born In 1494. He Was Educated At The University Of St Andrews, And Gave Early In Dications Of Strong Mental Powers.. Being Destined ...
Or Bissagos Islands Bijuga
Bijuga, Or Bissagos Islands. The Western Coast Of Africa, Between The River Gambia And The Rio Grande, Consists Of A Chain Of Low Fertile Islands, Separated From Each Other, And Also From The Conti Nent, By Narrow Navigable Canals, In Consequence Of The Sea Encircling Them. To The South-west Of ...
Or Blanciiinus Bianchini
Bianchini, Or Blanciiinus, Francis, A Ma. Thematician And Astronomer, Who Is Chiefly Remark. Able For The Dispute Between Him And Cassini, Respect. Ing The Diurnal Rotation Of Venus, Of Which We Have Already Given A Full Account In The Article Astrono My, P. 622. Bianchini Was Born Of A Family ...
Or Boccace Boccacio
Boccacio, Or Boccace, John, Sometimes Call Ed John De Certaldo, A Celebrated Italian Writer, Was Born At Certaldo, In Tuscany, In The Year 1313.* Though His Father Was A Peasant With A Large Family, He Resolved To Educate Him For The Mercantile Profes Sion ; And, With This View, Placed ...
Or Boeth1us Boece
Boece, Or Boeth1us, Hector, A Native Of Dun Dee, Descended From An Ancient Family In The Shire Of Angus, Was Born In The Year 1470. He First Studied At Dundee, And Then At Aberdeen, Where He Was Af Terwards Professor. On Quitting Aberdeen Lit Visit Ed Paris, And Became A ...
Or Bokiiaria Bucharia Great
Bucharia (great), Or Bokiiaria, A Country Of Asia, And Part Of Independent Tartary, Is Bounded On The North By The River Sirr And The Mountains Of Arg Jun ; On The West By Kharism, Chorasan, And The Desert Of Margiana ; On The South By The Gaur And Hindoo Koh ...
Or Booshooanas
Booshooanas, Or Boosituanas, 'a Tribe Of Caffres Who Inhabit A Fertile Country In The South Of 'africa. Their Manners Are Remarkably Simple, And Their Principal Occupation Is In Attending Their Cows, The Antelope. ,the' Relative Duties Of The Men And Women Arc, In A Singular Manner,: Inter Changed. The Women ...
Or Booten Bouton
Bouton, Or Booten, Or Button, One Of The Celebesian Isles, Situated About Twelve Miles To The South-east Of Celebes. The Island Is Large, Woody, And Tolerably High. It Is About Thirty Miles In Length And Eight Broad, Stretches From North To South, And Is Separated By The Straits Of Bouton ...
Or Bopaltal Bopal
Bopal, Or Bopaltal, A Town- Of- And Capital Of A Territory Of 'the, Same' Name In. The Country:of Malwa. 'the Only Correct Account Of This` Town Is That Which Is Given By Mr Hunter, In His Narrative Of A Journey From :agra To ,0i.jein, Performed In The Year 1792, We ...
Or Bordeaux Bourdeaux
Bourdeaux, Or Bordeaux, In The Depart Ment Of The Gironde, And Capital Of What Was For Merly The Province Of Guienne, Is One Of The Most Ancient. And Flourishing Cities In France. It Was Known By The Name Of Burdigalia, In The Time Of The Romans, By Whom It Seems ...
Or Borough
Borough, Or Button, (sax. Forge, Borgh, Or Borhoc ; Germ. Burg ; Lat. Burgos,) Is A Term Frequently Used To Denote A Corporate Town, Which Is Not A City ; But, At Present, It Is More Commonly Ap Plied To A Town, Whether Corporate Or Not, Which Possesses The Privilege ...
Or Brague Braga
Braga, Or Brague, The Bragara And Augusta Bracharorum Of The Ancients, A City Of Portugal, The Capital Of The Province Of Entro Douro C Minho, Is Situated In A Broad Open Valley Of The Same Name, On The Small River Cavado. Braga Is Said To Have Been Built By The ...
Or Brandiso Brindisi
Brindisi, Or Brandiso, A City Of Italy, Situated In The Terra-d'otranto, And Kingdom Of Naples, Was Known In Ancient Times By The Name Of Brundusium ; And Was The Scene Of Many Important Events In Roman History. It Is Impossible To Ascertain Its Original Foun Ders ; But It Is ...
Or Brecon Brecknock
Brecknock, Or Brecon, Called By The Welsh Ober Hondey, Is The Principal And County Town Of Breck Nockshire, In South Wah2s, Romantically Situated At The Confluence Of The Rivers Hundey And Uske. Its Aspect, At A Distance, Excites No Expectations, Which The Narrow Ness, Irregularity, And Dirtiness Of Its Streets, ...
Or Breslaw Breslau
Breslau, Or Breslaw, The Capital Of Prussian Silesia, Is One Of The Largest Cities Of Germany. Its Origin Is Very Uncertain, But It Is Known To Have Been A Bishop's See In 1033, And To Have Been Burned By The Tartars In 1241. In 1335 It Was United To The ...
Or Bretagne Brittany
Brittany, Or Bretagne, One Of The Old Pro Vinces Of France, Bounded By Anjou, Normandy, And The Main On The Cast, By Poitou Partly On The South, And By The Sea On The West And North, So As To Form A Peninsula. Brittany Was Formerly One Of The Most Considerable ...
Or Brighton
Brighton, Or More Properly Brighthelmstone, A Celebrated Bathing Place In The Hundred Of Whales Bone, And County Of Sussex, 8,1 Miles From Lewes, And 55 From London. It Was Formerly An Inconsiderable Town, Inhabited Chiefly By Fishermen, And It Was Only Within These Few Years Since It Became A Fashionable ...
Or Bruxelles Brussels
Brussels, Or Bruxelles, A City Of France, For Merly The Capital Of Brabant, And Of The Austrian Netherlands, Now The Chief Place Of The Prefecture Of The Department Of The Dyle, Is Situated On The River Senne, In A Fertile And Picturesque Country, About 27 Miles S. Of Antwerp, With ...
Or Buena Vista Bonavista
Bonavista, Or Buena-vista, Tile Most East Ern Of The Cape De Verd Islands, Discovered In 1450, Is About 24 Miles Long, And 15 Miles Broad. There Are Two Bays Which Are Frequented By Vessels. One Of Them, Called The English Bay, Is Very Spacious, But 6 Has Numerous Shallows. The ...
Or Bulak Boulac
Boulac, Or Bulak, A Town In Egypt, Suppo Sed By Niehhur To Be The Site Of The Ancient Litopo Lis. It Is Situated Upon The Nile, About Two Miles West Of Grand Cairo ; And May Be Considered As The Port Of Lower Egypt, As Misriel-attike Is Of Up Per ...
Or Burgundy
Burgundy, Or Boungoo Sr, Anciently A Powerful Kingdom In Gaul, Was First Established By The Burgun Dians, A German Nation, In The Beginning Of The Fifth Century. This People Formerly Occupied The Countries Of The Present Thuringia And Lusace, On Either Side Of The Elbe, And Were Supposed To Have ...
Or Bush1re
Bush1re, Or More Properly Atiusciiaiir, The Prin Cipal Sea-port Of Persia, In The Province Of Farsistan, Is Situated On The Extremity Of A Peninsula In The Persian Gulf. The Town Is Of A Triangular Form, Surrounded On Two Sides By The Sea, And Fortified Towards The Land By A Wall, ...
Or Butaan Bootan
Bootan, Or Butaan, A Province Dependant On Thibet, And Situated Between That Country And Bengal. , The Limits Of This Province Are Not• Accu.' Rately Ascertained. Paridrong; And The Chain Of Mountains Near It, Were Supposed To Have Been The Boundary Between Bengal And Thibet ; But It Al); Pears ...
Or C Ati Er
Carlow, Or C Ati' Er Log It, A County Of Ireland, In The Province Of Leinster, Bounded On The North By Kil Dare, On The North-west By Queen's County, On The North East By Wicklow, On The South-east By Wexford, And On The West And South-west By Kilkenny. The Part ...
Or Calari Cagliari
Cagliari, Or Calari, The Capital Of Sardinia, Stands Upon A Commanding Eminence, At The Bottom Of A Ca Pacious Bay On The Southern Side Of The Island. The Town Rises From The Sea, And, With Its Vicinity, Has A Very Handsome Appearance From The Bay. It Is Defended By A ...
Or Calicut
Calicut, Or Calieonu, The Capital Of The Ancient Kingdom Of The Same Name, Situated On The Coast Of Ma Labar. This Town, Which Is Chiefly Inhabited By Moplays, Is About Three Leagues In Circumference, Including An Extensive Suburb, Principally Inhabited By Fishermen. Calicut Consists Partly Of Houses Built Of Teak ...
Or Caliiongas Calbongos
Calbongos, Or Caliiongas, The Inhabitants Of A Country On The Coast Of Guinea, In Africa, Lying Between The River Rio Del Rey And The River Gabon, But Princi Pally Upon The Banks Of The Funnier. The Country Is Low And Marshy, And The Village Where The Commerce Is Car Ried ...
Or Callao
Callao, Or According To Europeans, A Small Island In The Chinese Sea, Stretching In A North Westerly Dire( Tion, Along The Coast Of Cochinchina, About 3o Miles Iron, The Continent, And Is Nearly Five Miles Long And Two Broad. Its Eastern Shore Is Rendered Com Pletely Inaccessible By A Continued ...
Or Calvin
Calvin, Or Cauvin,(jonx,) The Celebrated Reform Er, Was Born At Noyon, In Picardy, On The 10th Of July 1'509. His Father's Name Was Gerard Calvin, And His Mother's Joanna Franca ; Persons Of Respectable Charac Ter, But By No Means In Affluent Circumstances. From His Earliest Years He Lived In ...
Or Campbelltown
Campbelltown, Or As It Is Vulgarly Written, Campbelton, A Royal Burgh Of Argyleshire, Is Situated On The East Coast Of Kintyre, Within Twelve Miles Of The Ex Tremity Of That Long Peninsula. Before It Received Its Present Name, About A Century Ago, In Honour Of The Ar Gyle Family, Its ...
Or Campeachy Campeche
Campeche, Or Campeachy, From Cam, Which In The :maya Language Signifies Serpent, And Pcchr, The Little Insect (acarus), Called By The Spaniards Garapata, Which Penetrates The Skin, And Occasions A Smart Pain ; A Town Of America, In New Spain, Situated In The Intendancy Of Merida, On The Western Side ...
Or Canoge Canouge
Canouge, Or Canoge) A Town Of Hindostan, Situat Ed About Two Miles From The Hanks Of The Ganges, And Supposed To Be The Palibothra Of The Ancients, From The Extent, Magnificence, And Grandeur, Which Are Ascribed To It In The Indian Histories. Its Walls Are Said To Have Been 100 ...
Or Canton
Canton, Or Qui, Xo-tenf.-voo, A Large And Mari Time City Of China, And Capital Of The Province Of Quang Tong, Lies On The North-eastern Bank Of The River Pe -kiang, Or Bocca-tigris, As It Is Called By Europeans, From A Supposed Resemblance Of This Animal Seen Upou Approach Ing The ...
Or Cape Breton Breton
Breton, Or Cape Breton, An Island Lying Near The East Coast Of North America, Between And 47° North Lat., And Between 50° And 60° West Long. From London. With The Islands Newfoundland And St John, It Forms The Boundaries Of The Entrance Into The Gulf Of St Lawrence ; And ...
Or Caramania
Caramania, Or Caranan-ili, As It Is Called By The Turks, Is A Province Of Asiatic Turkey, Which Stretches Along That Part Of The Mediterranean Which Lies To The North Of The Island Of Cyprus, And Extends A Little To The West Of Cape Volpe, Near The Isle Of Rhodes. This ...
Or Caravan Sera
Caravan Sera, Or C.e I( A V Nselt V, The Name Given In The East To The Large Inns Or Public Buildings. For Accommodating The Merchants, Pilgrims, And Tra%el Lers, That Accompany The Caravans. The Earavenseras Have Genet Ally Been Confounded With The Khans ; But The Former, Particularly About ...
Or Carlsrouiie Ca Rlsruhe
Ca Rlsruhe, Or Carlsrouiie (signifying Peace Or Repose Of Charles), Is A Town In Germany. It Is Si Tuated In The Circle Of Suabia, And Marquisate (now Elec Torate) Of Baden, Was Founded In 1715 By The Margrave William, And Is Now The Residence Of His Suc Cessors, Who Have ...
Or Casan Kazan
Kazan, Or Casan, Is A City Of Russia, And Capital Of A Government Of The Same Name, Situated On The High Bank Of The Rivulet Kazanka, Above Five Versts To The Left Of The Volga. It Consists Of A Strong Fort, Built With Stone—of A Town, Built Of Wood—and Of ...
Or Casiian
Casiian, Or C.tett.ts, A Lowil Ul In The Province Of Irak-aj Urn, Sittrata In The Plain Of Cashan, Which Is Bound, D Wan The Distant Range Of Mountains, Of V. Ltdh Pcm.t,t Iitt Formed The Otust Spictiotts And The Highest Point. This Mountain Is Dis Tinctly Seen At The Distance ...
Or Casiina Kassina
Kassina, Or Casiina, Is A Kingdom Of Africa, Si Tuated To The North Of The Niger, Between The Kingdoms Of Bornou And Tombuctoo. This Kingdom Has Such A Strik Ing Resemblance To That Of Bornou In Its Soil, Climate, And Procuctions, As Well As In Its Form Of Government, And ...
Or Certiorari
Certiorari, Or Cm•rionn L'aci As, In The Law Of England, Is A Writ Which Issues Out Of The Court Of Chancery Or King's Bench, For The Purpose Of Removing The Records Of A Cause From Au Inferior To A Superior Court, Into Which The Writ Is Returnable, In Order That ...
Or Chagreen Shagreen
Shagreen, Or Chagreen, Is The Name Of A Kind Of Grained Leather Made In Astracan By The Tartars And Armenians, And Much Prized For Forming Covers For Cases, Books, Sec. It Is A Close And Solid Sub Stance, Covered Over With Papilla Or Little Roundish Grains. The Following Method Of ...
Or Check
Check, Or Cunnur., In The Manufacture Of Cloth, A Very Extensive Variety Of Fanciful Goods, Made From All The Different Substances Used In The Manufacture, Some Times Separately, And Sometimes Combined In The Same Fabric. Checks Arc Made By Forming Stripes In The Warp, Either Of Yam Of Different Fineness, ...
Or Chipping Campden Campden
Campden, Or Chipping Campden, Formerly Cam Pcdenc, A Town Of England, In Gloucestershire, Is Situated Near The Extremity Of The County, In A Fruitful Valley, Among Cultivated Hills And Hanging Woods. The Town Consists Chiefly Of One Street, About A Mile Long. The Principal Public Buildings Are, The Court House, ...
Or Cicester Cirencester
Cirencester, Or Cicester As It Is Pronounced, Is A Borough And Market Town Of England, In The County Of Gloucester : It Is Situated On The River Churn, On The Borders Of Wiltshire, At The Meeting Of The Three Roman Roads, Foss-way, Irmin Street, And The Lcknicld Way. The Town ...
Or Cividad Rodrigo
Cividad Rodrigo, Or Rodericopolis, A Fortified Town In The Kingdom Of Leon In Spain, Was Built In The 13th Century, On The Scite Of The Ancient Mirobriga. It Is Situated On The River Agueda, In A Flat And Good Country, Which Produces Grain Of All Kinds, Wine, Oil, Honey, And ...
Or Colchis
Colchis, Or Cotenos, Now Was An An ( Lent Kingdom Of Asia, Bounded On The Cast By Iberia, On The South By Armenia And Pontus, On The West By The Euxine Sea, And On The North By Mount Caucasus. Its Principal Rivers, All Of Which Disembogue Themselves Into The Euxinc, ...
Or Colon Columbus
Columbus, Or Colon, Christopiif.r, The Well Ithown Discoverer Of America. He Was A Citizen Of The Republic Of Genoa, And Born In The Year 1447. The Exact Place Of His Birth Has Not Been Ascertained ;• And It Is Only By Inference From Certain Statements Made By Columbus Himself, In ...
Or Conisberg Kongsberg
Kongsberg, Or Conisberg, Is A Town Of Norway Which Is Traversed By The River Lowe. It Is Chiefly Cele Brated For Its Silver Mines, Which Are About Two Miles Dis Tant From The Town. No Fewer Than 36 Mines Were Work Ing When Mr. Coxe Visited Them. The Deepest, Called ...
Or Corona Halo
Halo, Or Corona, Is A Luminous Circle, Sometimes Containing All The Prismatic Colours, Which Occasionally Appear About The Sun And Moon, And Other Luminous Bodies. In The Northern Regions Of The Globe, The Sun And Moon Frequently Appear Surrounded With Halos, Or Coloured Cir Cles, Having Their Diameter About 44° ...
Or Dunkirk
Dunkirk, Or Dunoubitoue, In Dutch And Flemish Brabant, A Considerable Sea Port Of France, In The De Partment Of The North, 30 Miles Northeast Of Calais. The Name Denoo. S The Rhumb N The Don Its. Or Sand Anl The Place Is Of Great Antiquity. It Belonged For Hest Ral ...
Or Eastern Sea Baltic
Baltic, Or Eastern Sea, Next To The Medi Terranean, The Most Important Of The Inland Seas Of Europe. Though It Does Not Appear The Bal Tic Was Ever Visited By The Romans, It Is Mentioned Under Various Names' By Several Of Their Writers, As A Place, Of Whose Existence, At ...
Or Eaton Eton
Eton, Or Eaton, The Name Of A Large Village In The County Of Buckingham, Consisting Of A Single Street, Pleasantly Situated On The North Bank Of The Thames, And Connected With Windsor By A Bridge. This Village Has Long Been Celebrated For Its Public Seminary, In Which Many Of The ...
Or Elvora Evora
Evora, Or Elvora, Formerly Evora, And The Li &ratites Julia Of Julius Cesar, Is A City Of Portugal, And The Principal Town In The Province Of Alemtejo. It Is The See Of An Archbishop, A Corregidor, A Providor, A Juiz, &c. Evora Is Situated Upon A Gentle Eminence, In A ...