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WooD-fare. See the article Sage, fupra.

VfoOD-fcrrel. See the article Sorrel, fupra.

WOODMEIL, a coarfe, hairy kind of ftuft, made of Iceland- wool, with which the fbip- carpenters, in fome of his ma- iefty's yards, line the ports of fhips of war. Blanckley's Naval Expofitor, in voc.

VfOODY-mgbtJhade. See the article Nightshade, fupra.

WOOLDING, in the fea language, denotes the winding of ropes, at certain diftances, about a malt, in order to ftrengthen it. Blanckley's Naval Expofitor, in voc.

WORM (Suppl.)— Earth-W orm. See the articles Lumbri- cus, Append, and Worms, Suppl.

Giik-WoRM, vermis aureus, a name fometimes given to the apbrodita, a genus of fea inferos. See the article Aphro : DITA, Append.

GVwa-WoRM, or Hair-VfoRM, names ufed for the chatia of naturalifts. See the article Ch^etia, Append.

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5^-WoRM. See the article Lumbricus, append. Tape-WoKM. See the article Tape-wwot, Suppi. WQRMING of a dog, is the cutting out a nerve from undef

his tongue ; by which means, it is faid, that if ever he runs

mad, he will be rendered incapable of biting. Query the

fafl. WQULDj a name ufed fometimes by the farmers focthe/a-

teola, or dyer's, weed. See the article Luteola, 'Suppl. WOUND-wort, 'he name of a genus of plants, called by'bo-

tanifts vulneraria. See the article Vulner aria, Suppl. WouND-MJcr/ is alfo the name of the folidagp, another genua

of plants, called by Tournefort virga 'au?'ea 3 or golden rod.

See the article Virga, Suppl. Wovkd- wort of Achilles i a name fometimes given to the mills* ' folium, or yarrow. See the article Millefolium, Suppl. WREN, See Jenny-wtw, Suppl. WYTHERS, the fame with withers. See Withers^ QcU

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IPHOS, Sitftt, among the Athenians, a capital pu- nilhment by beheading with the fword. Potter, Archjeol. Graec. Tom. I. p. 133. See the article Punishment, Cjd,

XYLOSTEUM, in botany, the name of a genus of .plants, according to Rivinus, but comprehended under the hnitsrex by Linnasus, See the article Lokiceka, Append.

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YAMS, in botany, a name fometimes ufed for the rh't- %ophora of Linnaeus. See the article Rhizopho- RA, Append. ,

YARD (Suppl.)— The yards of fliips are ufually fa- Ciioned into eight lides in the middle, and from thence taper to the ends in iixteen.

The top and top-gallant yards are generally made out of Gottenburg, or Norway mafts : all which are made of fu it- able dimenfions, both in diameter and length. Blancklefs Naval Expofitor, in voc.

YARN (Suppl.)~-Marhng-'¥ ark, in fhips of war* See the

article Marking, Append. YARROW, the Englifh name of a genus of plants, called by

botanifts millefolium. See the article Millefolium, Suppl. IT^r-YARRO.w, the Englifh name of the hoitonia, a afftinft

genus of plants. See the article Hottonia, Suppl. YEANING, a term ufed for an ewe's lambing, or bringing

forth a lamb. Ruft Did:, in voc. YEARNING, the fame with earning. See Earhing, Append, YEOMAN of the fait Jlores* See Acatery, Cycl, "

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