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North. Filh.) 65

Middle of the bright Stars in the South. Line.)

Preced. of 3 in the Fin of the Back.

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Middle, in the Fin of the Back.

75 Upper, in the Fold of South. Line* Laft of 3 in the Fin of the Tail. North, of 2 againft the Mouth of North. Fife.) South, of the fame.

80 That follow the Fin of the Back.

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PIS CIS Volans, in Aftronomy, is a Conftellation of the Southern Hemifphere, unknown to the Ancients, and invi- fible to us in thefe Northern Regions. See Co N s t el l a- ti ON.

PISCINA, in Antiquity, Fifi-Pond; a large B.tfon, in an open publick Place, or Square ; where the Roman Youth learnt to fwim ; and which was furrounded with a high Wall, to prevent the cafting of Filth into it. See Swimming.

Piscina was alfo the fquare Bafon in the middle of a Bath. See Bath.

The Word is form'd from the Lathi Pifcis, Filh ; becaufe Men here imitated Fifties in fwimming ; and becaufe Fillies were actually kept in fome of them.

Piscina Probatica, was a Pool, or Refervoir of Water, near the Court of Solomons Temple ", fo call'd from the Greek im&C&viv-, Sheep, becaufe they here wafh'd the Beafts deftin'd for Sacrifice. See Sacrifice.

By this Pifiina it was that our Saviour wrought the mira- culous Cure of the Paralytic.

Daviler obferves, there are dill remaining five Arches of the Portico, and part of the Bafon of this Pifiina.

Piscina, or Lavatory, among the Turks, is a large Bafon in the middle of the Court of a Mofque, or under the Portico's that encompafs it. See Mosque.

Its Form is ufually a long Square, built of Stone or Marble, furniuVd with a great Number of Cocks; wherein the Muf- fulmen wafli themfelves before they make their Prayers-, as being perfuaded that Ablution effaces Sin. See An- 1UTION. n- • ,

P I S S r. « K. U M Indkum feems to be what paiTes in the Shop; for Barbadoes Tar.— It has a ftrong Smell not unlike the common Tar, and is not very pleafant to Sight orTafte. It is accounted a good Balfamick, and where the Stomach

can difpenfe with it will do great Service in many Diforders of the Bread, which has alio been experienced of commo'li Tar. See Tar.

PISTACHO, or Pistach Nut, a Fruit brought from feveral Parts of Afia, chiefly Aleppo and Perfia.—When wrapt in all its Coats, 'tis of the Size of a green Almond; but whenftript of all but its Shell it refcmbles a fraall-Nut. The Kernel is red without and green within, its Tafte very agreeable.

The Tree that produces it is a kind of Turpentine-Tree : The Nuts are to be chofen new, heavy, and full-, as to thofe that are broken, fuch as hive kept their Colours belt are to be preferr'd •, for as to the Size 'tis a Fancy.

Piflacbos are apertive, proper to give Vigour, and are ufed in Emulfions, &c. in Phthifical and Nephritical Cafes. They alfo enter feveral Ragoufls ; are comfited, made into Con- ferves, &c.

The Word is form'd from the Latin Piflacium, of the Creek ■m$i*m ; whence according to Menage the City Pfit- tacus took its Name.

There is likewife a kind of falfe Piflacho, brought from the Caribbec Iflands, which fome confound with the real ones, tho' very different, both with regard to the Plant that produce them, and their Quality. The Plant does not grow above a Foot high. Nor does the Fruit grow on the Branches, but is found in Pods adhering to the Root. — The Pod fometimes only contains a fingle Nut, which it re- fembles an Olive-, but ufually, feveral; and in that Cafe they are irregular. The Subftance is white, compact and heavy.

This Fruit is rarely eat raw, becaufe of the ill F.ffefts it produces; 'tis ufually roafted or comfited; is ufed in Ra- gouts ; and to make RatiSa's.

PISTE, in the Manage, the Track, or Tread, which a Horfe makes upon the Ground he goes over; and which may be either (ingle or double.

If the Rider makes him go but an ordinary Gallop, in a Circle, or rather Square, he will make but one ; if he ei- ther makes him gallop with his Haunches in, or go Terra i Terra, he will make two Pifles, one with the fore-part, another with the hind.— ^-And the fame if the Rider makes him pafiage, or go fide ways, either in a ftra.it Line, or up- on a Circle.

The Word is French, and literally fignifies a Track.

PISTIL, in Botany, a little upright Part in the middle of the Calyx, or the Leaves of Flowers ; call'd alfo the Style. See Style.

The Piflil is an efTential Part of a Flower ; and the prin- cipal female Organ of Generation ; it being in this that the Seeds or young Plants are form'd. See Flower.

It arifes from the Pedicle of the Flower, or the Center of the Calyx, and at length becomes the young Fruit, which is fometimes hid in the Calyx, and fometimes quite out. See Fruit, Calyx, &c.

The Figure of the Piflil is very different in different Flow- ers : Sometimes 'tis a little Stalk, which enlarges at the two Ends like a Peftle ; fometimes 'tis a mere Stamen or Thread : Sometimes 'tis round, fometimes fquare, triangular, oval, &c.

Almoft all Piflils are furmfh'd at top, either with fine Hairs, which make a kind of Velveting; or with little Fila- ments difpofed in Plumes ; or are be-fet with little Veficles full of a glutinous Juice.

Some Flowers have feveral Piflils ; or rather the Pijlils ter- minate in feveral Branches, or Horns, which have their Rife from as many young Fruits, or as many different Capfulcc, containing Seeds.

All thefe Piflils, or whatever Form they be in, have certain Apertures at their Tops, or certain Clefts continued ths whole Length, to the Bafe or Embryo's of the Fruit. — This is very vifiblein the Lilly, Daffodil, and Melon, by cleaving the Piflils length-wife, or cutting them franfverfely. — If af- ter cutting the Piflil of the Lilly, you immergc one Extre- mity in Water, and fuck thro) the other End, the Water wili rife thro' it, as through a Pipe.

By opening the Piflils in their different States or Growths, it appears evidently, that 'tis thefe form the young Fruits; and contain within them the Embryo's of the Seeds; whe- ther thofe Seeds be diffufed thro' the whole Length of the Piflil; or whether they be all inclofed in its Bafe : And that they are always open a-top, and perforated, either more or lefs fenfibly, to the Bottom : Though this Cavity is frequent- ly effaced as the young Fruit grows ; and fometimes a Part of the Piflil, which Malpighi calls the Style, or Needle, drys and falls off.

The Piftil, we have obferved, is the Female Organ of Generation ; its Bafe does the Office of the Vterm, or Womb, in Women ; and its Length that of the Vagina. See Uterus and Vagina.

It is encompaffed with the Stamina, the Apices whereof

are full of a fine Duft, call'd the Farina Faundans; which

burliing its Veficute, or Apices, when mature, is fhed on

the upoer Part of the Piflil, and thence convey'd by the

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