Or Sammarino San Marino
San-marino, Or Sammarino, Is A Small Republic In Italy, Consisting Chiefly Of A Steep Mountain With Its Offsets And Valleys, Covering An Area Of About 21 Square Miles. It Is Situated Within The Papal Province Of Urbino, And About 10 Miles From The Adriatic. The Population Amounts To About 7600. ...
Or Samnium
Samnium, Or Territory Of The Samnites, An Ancient Nation Of Central Italy, Comprised An Extensive Tract Of Country On Both Sides Of The Central Ridge Of The Apennines, Including The Valleys Of The Vulturnua, Tamarus, And Calor, Towards The Tyrrhenian Sea, And Those Of The Sarus, Tifernus, Trinius, And Erma; ...
Or Sanhedrin Sanhedrin
Sanhedrin, Or Sanhedrin (1•171;');), The Groat Council Of The Jews, Which Consisted Of Seventy-one Or Seventy-two Members, And Decided The Most Important Causes, Both Ecclesiastical And Civil. The Name Is A Corruption By The Talmudiete Of The Greek Avvieptom (a Etwaril). The Rabbi, Attempt To Find The Origin Of The ...
Or Sannio
S.a'nnio, Or Molise, A Third-class Province Of The Kingdom Of The Two Skillet., Lie. Chiefly On The East Side Of The Central Ridge Of The Apennine; And Extends As Far As The Adriatic Coast. The District Of Hernia However, Which Belongs To The Administrative Province Of S.annio, Lies On The ...
Or Scilla
Scilla, Or As Steinheil, Who Separates It And Another Species (s. Pancration) From The Old Genus, Terms It, Squilla Maritima, Also Urginea Scilla (steinh.), Or Sea-onion, Is A Plant Common On The Sandy Shores Of The Mediterranean, Portugal, The Levant, And In North Russia. It Is Imported Into Britain From ...
Or Scintillation Twinkling Of
Twinkling Of Stars, Or Scintillation (scintilla, "a Spark Of Fire"). This Term Is Applied To A Phenomenon Which Has Attracted The Attention Of Astronomers And Scientific Men In All Ages. It Consists In Rapid Variations In The Brightness Of A Fixed Star When Observed With The Naked Eye, And Is ...
Or Scrophula Scrofula
Scrofula, Or Scrophula, The Technical Name For Tho Disease That Is Popularly Called " The King's Evil :" The Origin Of The Latter Term Will Be Explained Presently ; That Of The Former Is Very Obscure And Uncertain. We Find The Word Scrofula, Or Rather Scrofula' In The Plural, Employed ...
Or Selinus Trajanopol1s
Trajano'pol1s, Or Seli'nus, Was The Most Western Town Of Cilicia. The Emperor Trajanus Having Died At Selinus, This Town Was For Some Time Called Trajanopolis. It Was Situated At The Mouth Of The River Selina, On A Steep Rock, Surrounded On Three Aides By The Mk, And It Was Renowned ...
Or Sergeant Semi Eant
Semi Eant, Or Sergeant, Is A Non-commissioned Officer In A Troop Of Cavalry Or In A Company Of Infantry. The Duties Of Serjeants Are To Drill Or Instruct In Discipline The Recruits Of A Regiment ; To Look After The Interior Economy And Discipline Of The Troop Or Company Under ...
Or Sergeant Serjeant
Serjeant, Or Sergeant (serriens). This Term, In Its Original Signification, Has Long Become Obsolete. It Would However Be Difficult To Trace The Connection Between The Different Officers To Whom The Term Is Now Applied Without Going Back To Their Common Type. The Term Eerviens And Servicium Appear To Have Been ...
Or Shanghai Shang Hae
Shang-hae, Or Shanghai, A Sea-port In China, The Most Northerly And Most Important Of The Porta Opened To Foreigners, Is Built On The Left Bank Of The River Woo-sung, Which Is Properly Only The Channel By Which The Waters Of The Lake Tahoe, Or Tai (the Great Lake), Are Discharged ...
Or Shaston Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury, Or Shaston, Dorsetshire, A Market-town, A Municipal And Parliamentary Borough, And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, Is Situated In 2' N. Lat., 2° 12' W. Lnug., Distant By Road 27 Miles N.n.w. From Dorchester, 105 Miles W.s.w. From London. The Population Of The Municipal Borough In 1851 Was ...
Or Shrove Tuesday Siirove Tide
Siirove-tide, Or Shrove-tuesday (from The Anglo-saxon Serifan, To Confess), Signifies The Time Of Confessing Sins ; For Which Purpose This Day Was Anciently Set Apart By The Church Of Rome As A Preparation For The Austerities Of Lent. This Season Was Likewise Called Fastens, And By All Of Which Titles ...
Or Shumna Siiijmla
Siiijmla, Or Shumna, A Fortified Town In European Turkey, Is Situated On The Northern Slope Of An Offset Of The Balkan Mountains, Which, Forms The Watershed Between The Paravati And The Akell Kainchik Rivers, Near The Point Indicated By 18' N. Lat., 27° 2' E. Long.; 225 Miles N.n.w. From ...
Or Silistria
Silistria, Or Drystra, The Ancient Name Of Which Is Duroeterurn, In 44' 7' N. Lat., 27' 12' E. Long., 155 Mites N.n.e. From Constantino Ple, Is A Fortified Town In Bulgaria In European Turkey. It Is The Capital Of A Pashalic, And Stands On The Right Bank Of The Danube, ...
Or Sipoy Sepoy
Sepoy, Or Sipoy, The Name Of The Native Soldier In The East Indies, Probably From Sipahi, The Persian Word For Soldier, Though Bishop Ileber Derives The Word From " Sip," The Bow And Arrow, Which Were Originally In Almost Universal Use By The Native Soldiers Of India In Offensive Warfare. ...
Or Soccage Socage
Socage, Or Soccage, Is Service Rendered By A Tenant To His Lord For Lands, The Principal Ingredient Of Which Is Its Being Fixed And Determined In Its Nature And Quality. The Certainty Of The Service Distinguished Socage From Tenure In Chivalry, Or By Knight's Service, On The One Hand, And ...
Or Soleure Solothurn
Solothurn, Or Soleure, A Canton Of Switzerland, Is Bounded N. By Basle, E. By Aargau, S. By Bern, And W. Partly By Bern And Partly By France. Its Area Is About 251 Square Miles, And The Popu Lation At The Census Of 1351 Amounted To 69,674, Of Whom 61,556 Were ...
Or Solmona Sulmona
Sulmo'na, Or Solmona, An Episcopal City In Italy, Capoluogo Of A Second-class District, Or Sub-prefecture, In The Neapolitan Pro-1 Vince Of Abruzzo Ultra Ii., Is Built In A Deep Valley Drained By The Sagittario, An Affluent Of The Pescara, And Abut In By The Central Ridge Of The Apenninea On ...
Or South Sea Zuider
Zuider Zee, Or South Sea, Is Ao Called By The Dutch In Contradistinction From The North Sea, Though It Is Only A Wide Bay Of The North Sea, From Which It Is Separated By A Seriea Of Islands Which Extend Iu The Form Of A Aegment Of A Circle Along ...
Or Spina Bffida
Spina. Bffida, Or Cleft-spine, Is A Disease Commencing In Festal Life, And Which Consists In An Imperfection Of The Posterior Part Of The Spinal Canal. It Is Almost Always Accompanied By An Excessive Secre Tion Of Spinal Fluid, And In These Cases It May Be Regarded As A Disease Of ...
Or Stanford Stamford
Stamford, Or Stanford, Lincolnshire, A Market-town, Muni Cipal And Parliamentary Borough, And The Seat Of A Poor-lew Union, Is Situated On Both Sides Of The River Welland (which Hero Divides The Counties Of Lincoln Nod Northampton), Iu 52° 40' N. Lat., 0° 28' W. Long., Distant 47 Miles S. By ...
Or Stenography
Stenography, Or The Art Of Short-writing, Is A Term Com Pounded Of Two Greek Words, Crrimfs, Contracted, And 7pdapegv, To Write. The Invention Of Stenography Among The Greeks Is Generally Assigned To Xenophon The Historian; But It Is Said That The Art Was First Practised By Pythagoras, And That The ...
Or Swamp Sumach Sumach
Sumach, Or Swamp Sumach (riots Toxicodendron,), A North American Shrub, Possessing Peculiar Properties, From Which It Has Been Named Also The Trailing Poison Oak. The Leaves, Which Are Trifoliate, Thin, Shining When Fresh, Of A Dark-green Colour, Are The Only Parts Officinal In This Country. But The Leaves, Branches, And ...
Or Sylliet Silhet
Silhet, Or Sylliet, Hindustan, A District In The Presidency Of Bengal, Situated Chiefly Between 24° And 25° N. Lat., 91° And 93° E. Long., Is Bounded N. By The Cossyah Hills, E. By Muneepoor, S. And W. By Tipperah And Mymunsing. The Area Is Computed At 3532 Square Miles. The ...
Or Tapping
Tapping, Or Paracenttsis (in Surgery), Is The Operation Usually Employed For The Removal Of Fluid From Any Of The Serous Cavities Of Ore Body In Which It Has Collected In A Dangerous Quantity. It Is Ammaplished By Means Of An Instrument Called A Trocar, And A Tube, Or Eswsla, In ...
Or Teflis Tiflis
Tiflis, Or Teflis, The Capital Of The Russian Province Of Georgia, Is Situated In 41' 41' N. Lat., 44' E. Long., On The River Kur, At An Elevation Of 1100 Feet Above The Level Of The Black Sea, And Has About 50,000 Inhabitants. The Kur Here Flows Through A Valley ...
Or Tenaillon
Tenaillon, Or Great Tenaille, In Fortification, Is A Species Of Exterior Work Which Has Been Occasionally Constructed Before The Faces Of A Small Ravelin, With A View Of Increasing The Strength Of The Latter, Procuring Additional Apace Beyond The Ditch, Or Covering The Shoulders Of The Bastions. They Were Invented ...
Or Thapsacum Tiiapsacus
Tiia'psacus, Or Tha'psacum, Was A Very Ancient, Populous, And Commercial Town In Syria, On The Right Bank Of The Euphrates, About 24 Miles W. From The Junction Of The River Chaboras With The Euphrates. Thapsacus, The Thiphsach Of The Bible, The Taphan Of The Vulgate, And The 77sapse Of Josephus ...
Or Theodolite Theodolet
Theodolet, Or Theodolite (the Word Is Found In Both Forms), Is The Name Generally Given To The Instrument Used For Measuring Horizontal Angles. In Its Simplest Form The Theodolet Consists Of A Divided Circle, Which Is To Be Set Parallel With The Horizon, And A Telescope Which Has So Much ...
Or Thermostat
Thermostat, Or Is An Apparatus Invented And Patented In 1831 By Dr. Ure, For Regulating Temperature In The Processes Of Vaporisation And Distillation, In Heating Baths And Hot Houses, In Adjusting The Draught Of Stoves'and.furnaces, In Ventilating Apartments, &c. Recta Upon The Principle That When Two Thin Metallic Bars, Of ...
Or Totness Totnes
Totnes, Or Totness, Devonshire, A Market-town, Municipal And Parliamentary Borough, And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, In Tho Parish Of Totnes, Is Pleasantly Situated On The Slope Of A Hill On The Left Bank Of The River Dart, Hi 50° 25' N. Lat., 3° 41' W. Long., Distant 23 ...
Or Tourney Tournament
Tournament, Or Tourney, Is From The French Tournoi, Formerly Tournoinnent, For Which The Latin Writers Of The Middle Ages Use Torneamentum, Tornamentuna, Or Turneemcntum, And Sometimes Also Tome, Tome, Tornatio, Torneriurn, Or Torneta. The Byzantine Annalists Have Transferred The Word Into Ternementurn (tfpvtperrov). There Can Be Little Doubt, Though Other ...
Or Trans It I
Tra Nsit, Or Trans It I Nst Rum Ent (instrument Des Passages), Was Invented By !rimer About The Year 1690. The Description Is To Be Found At Page 47 Of The Basis Aatronotnine/ By His Horrebow, Havnite, 1735; And We Recommend The Perusal Of This Book, Which Contains An Account ...
Or Treves Trier
Trier, Or Treves, The Capital Of The Government Of Trier, In Rhenish Prussia, Is Situated In 49° 46' N. Lat., 6* 33' E. Long., On The Right Bank Of The Moselle, Over Which There Is Is Stone Bridge Of Eight Arches, 690 Feet Long, And 21 Feet Wide. It Lies ...
Or Trewsii
Trews:ii, Or Titeviso, A Province Of Austrian Italy, Formerly Included In The Venetian Territory, Is Bounded N. By The Province Of Bellew", E. Friuli, W. By The Province Of Vicenza, And S. By The Has Anarea Of 929 Square Miles, Fs Mune% And Reckons 2s6,199 Inhabitants. Two-thirds Of The Province ...
Or Triest Trieste
Trieste., Or Triest, Once A Roman Colony (called By Pliny And Pornponius 3lela Teryette), Is Now A Flourishing Commercial City And Sea-port, The Capital Of The Austrian Littoral. It Is Situated In 45'48° N. Lat., 13• 38' E. Long., At The North-western Extremity Of The Gulf Of Venice. It Consists ...
Or Tunbridge Toneridge
Toneridge, Or Tunbridge, Kent, A Market-town And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, In The Parish Of Tonbridge, Is Situated Chiefly On The Left Bank Of The River Medway, In 51' 12' N. Int., 0° 16' E. Long., Distant 13 Miles S.w. From Maidstone, 30 Miles S.e. From Lonclou By ...
Or Turkistan
Turkistan, Or Independent Tartary, A Region Of Central Asia, Inhabited By Many Tribes Of Tartar Race, Extends From About 36° To 55° N. Lat., And From 52° To 89' E. Loug. It Is Bounded N. By Llussia, E. By China, S. By Afghanistan And Persia, And W. By The Caspian ...
Or Turnsole
Turnsole, Or Toultnsole. (allem; Colouring Matters.] Turpentine. The Well-known Liquid To Which The Word Turpen Tine Is Now So Commonly Applied, Is Only The Volatile Portion Of Tur N 11 Pentine Properly So Called. Trite Turpentine Is Really An Oleo-reain, A Liquid Of About The Consistence Of Honey. It Flows ...
Or Tweeddale Peebles Shire
Peebles-shire, Or Tweeddale, An Miami County In The South Of Scotland, Bounded N. By Ediuburghshire, E. By The Counties Of Selkirk And Edinburgh, S. By Those Of Selkirk And Dumfries, And W. By Lauarksbira, Is Situated Between 55° 24' And 55° 50' N. Lat., 2' 45' And 3" 33' W. ...
Or Unguents
Unguents, Or Ointments, Are Unctuous Substances, For External Application, And Intended To Answer A Variety Of Purposes, According To Their Composition. They Are Variously Designated According To Their Nature And Consistence. At One Stage Of Surgery They Were Of A Very Complicated Kind, As May Still Be Seen In The ...
Or Ususfruc Usufructus
Usufructus, Or Ususfruc L'us, And Usus, Belonged To The Class Of Servitutea Personarurn Amung The Romans. Usuafructua Is Defined (' Dig; 7, 1, 1) To Be " The Right To Use And Take The Fruits (fruendi) Of What Belongs To Another Without Impairing Its Substance." Uinta Is Defined Dig.; 7, ...
Or Varicella
Varicella, Or Varicella Lymphatica, Is The Eruptive Disease Com Monly Called Chickenpox, And Which Has Been Described By Different Writers Under The Names Of Chrystalli, Variolce, =rioter, Spuricr, &c. It Is Almost Peculiar To Infants And Young Children ; And Tho Eruption Appears Either Without Premonitory Signs, Or After Two ...
Or Vertigo
Vertigo, Or Giddiness. Is A Peculiar Sensation Depending Probably On Some Disturbance Of The Circulation In The Brain. It Need Nut Be Described, For Whoever Has Not Felt It May Do So At Once By Terming Round A Few Times Rapidly. The Nature Of The Change Pro Duced In The ...
Or Vezir Vizir
Vizir, Or Vezir, Is The Name Of The Ministers Of The Sultan Of The Turkish Empire, And Is Also Given As A Title Of Honour To Several Other High Functionaries, Civil As Well As Military. The Word Is Of Arabic Origin, And Means Literally "the Bearer Of A Burden," As ...
Or Villain Villein
Villein, Or Villain, Denotes A Species Of Bondman Subject To His Feudal Superior. The Word Is From The Low Latin Form Vatosiss, Which Is From The Latin Word Villa. In England, During The Anglo Saxon Period, A Large Part Of The People Appear To Have Been In A Gervile Condition, ...
Or Vis Viva
Vis Viva, Or Tiring Force, A Name Given In Mechanics To The Fol Lowing Index Of The State Of A System In Motion :—the Eum Of All The Masses, Each Multiplied By The Square Of Its Velocity. If The System Be Considered As Composed Of A Finite Number Of Molecules, ...
Or Vladimir Vladimir
Vladimir, Or \vladimir, A Government In The Centre Of European Russia, Is Bounded N. By Twer, Yaroslav, And Costroma, E. By Nischnei-novgorod, S. By Miran, And W. By Moscow. Its Area Is 18,240 Square Miles; The Population In 1846 Was 1,246,500. The Face Of The Country Is An Undulating Plain, ...
Or Vogtland Voigtland
Voigtland, Or Vogtland, Is The Land Formerly Possessed By The Officers Called Voigte (advocates) Of The Empire, The Predecessors Of The Present' Princes And Counts Of Reuss. Their Country Compre Hended The Present Circle Of Voigtland In The Kingdom Of Saxony, The Bailiwick Of Weyda In The Grand-duchy Of Saxe-weimar, ...
Or Void Vacuum
Vacuum, Or Void, The Name Given In Physics To The Idea Of Space Wholly Free Of Matter, Or Perfectly Empty. In The Common Phrase, Space Is Called Empty When, So Far As Sir Can Fill Space, It Is Full Of Air ; And Even In A More Scientific Form Of ...
Or Walachia Wallachia
Walla'chia, Or Wala'chia (ztirn Rensuniaska, In Walla China, In Turkish Eflak), A Principality And Vassal State Of Turkey-in Europe, Is Bounded N. By The Carpathian Mountains (which Divide It From Transylvania) And The Principality Of Moldavia, K By That Part Of The Lower Danube, Which, Running From South To North, ...
Or The Alexandrine Version
Septuagint, Or The Alexandrine Version Of The Old Testament, The Most Ancient Translation Of Any Part Of The Scriptures. It Is In The Greek Language. Tho Account Of Its Origin Is Given In A Letter Ascribed To Aristeas, An Officer At The Court Of Ptolemy Philadelphus, And Repeated By Josephus ...