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be branny, fcaly, filmy, &c. it prefages the like, only wotfe, A yellow Urine, with a Sediment as before, denotes a

Jaundice, and the Symptoms thereof in the Cutis, Stools,

Hypochondriums, &G. A green Urine, with a thick Sediment, denotes an atra-

bilary Temperature, and that the Matter thereof is refolved,

and 'now excreted : confequently Anxieties about the l Pr<s- cordia. Perturbations of Stool, Iliac and Colic Pains.

Slack Urine, denotes the fame with green, only in a greater and worfe degree.

Blood, Pus, Caruncles, Filaments, Hairs, Anguillx, Grama;, Sand, Parts of Stone, and a Mucus at the bottom of the Urine, denote fome Diforder in the Kidneys, Urerers, Bladder, Tefticles, Seminal Veficles, Troftat£,m& Urethra.

Fatty Urine, generally breeds fmall Sands, adhering to fome vifcid Matter, and thus produces a fort of oily Mem- brane, or Pellicle, which denotes an abundance of Earth, and a heavy Salt in rhe Blood, and prefages the Scurvy, Stone, &Sc.

A Foetid Urine, denotes the Salrs and Oils to be attenua- ted, diffolv'd, and almoft putrify'd ; whence very great dan- ger, both in chronic and acute Difeafes.

Urine which when (hook, retains its Froth long, denotes a Tenacity of the Mixture, and thence a difficulty of Cri- fis ; and pulmonick Difeafes, or Catarrhs in the Head. . But the Urine is chiefly confuked in acute Fevers, where 'tis a very fure Sign : For, i", Urine with a white, light, equable, turbinated, inodorous Sediment, thro' the whole Courfe of the Difeafe to the Crifis, is a very good Prefage. 2°, Copious, white, ftrangurious Urine, with much white Sediment, emitted, at the Time of the 'Crifis, cures and takes away Abfceffes. 3, A thin, ruddy Urine, that does not fubfide ; a white, thin, watery Urine ; a thin, equable; yellow Urine ; a turbid Urine that does not fubfide, denotes, in very acute Difeafes, a great Crudity, a difficult Crifis, and a durable dangerous Difeafe.

Urine, in Agriculture, is of excellent Ufe as a Manure. See Manure.

The knowing in Agriculture and Gardening, prefer Urine for Land, Trees, igc. before Dung ; as penetrating better to the Roots ; and removing divers Infirmities of Plants.

The Decay of the antient Kentijb Pippins, is a thing much complain'd of; and Mr. Mortimer obferves, they will be quite loll, unlefs fome Perfons fet themfelves to the an- tient way of Culture 3. which, as all antient Graziers and Gardeners know, was by wafhing the moffy, worm-eaten, canker'd, and unfound Trees, two or three times in the Month of March, with the Urine of Oxen, S?c. gather'd in earthen Veffels, plac'd under the Planks of the Stalls wherein they were fatted.

In Holland, and in divers other Parts, they preterve the Urine of their Beafts, iSc. with as much Care as their Dung.

Mr. Hartlib, Sir Hugh Tlat, Mr. Mortimer, &c. make a common Complaint, that fo great an Improver of Land, and fo remarkable a Strengthner of Manure, fhould be fo much difrcgarded among us.

URINOUS Salts, are the fame with what we otherwise call Alcali Salts, or Alkalies. See Alkali.

There are two Kinds of Urinous Salts, the one fix'd; the other volatile. The fix'd prevail in Plants, and the vola- tile in Animals. See Salt.

They are called Urinous, in refpecl of their Tafte and Smell, which bear fome refemblance to thofe of Urine.

URN, Urna, a kind of Vafe, of a roundiih form, but biggeft in the middle, like the common Pitchers ; now fel- dom ufed, but as Ornaments over Chimney-pieces, in Buffets, &c. or by way of Acroters, a-top of Buildings, Fu- neral Monuments, iSc. See Vase, and Acroter.

The gteat ufe of Urns among the Antients, was to pre- ferve the Afhes of the Dead, after they were burnt : For which Reafon they were call'd Cineraria, and Urine Cine- raria ; and were placed fometimes under the Tomb-ftone, whereon the Epitaph was cut ; and fometimes preferved in Vaults in their own Houfes. See Sepulchre, Tomb, and Funeral.

Urns were alfo ufed at their Sacrifices, to put liquid things in. See Sacrifice.

They were alfo of ufe in the Sortes 'Pneneftinte, or Catt- ing of Lots. See Sortes.

At Rome, too, the Cuflom was to abfolve or condemn the Accufed, by the Suffrages, or Calculi, which the Judges caft into the Judicatory Urn. See Absolution, igc.

Virgil reprefents Minos the Judge of Hell, fliaking the Urn, to decide the Lots of Mankind — gueefitor Minos ur- nam movet.

The Urn is dill the attribute of Rivers, which are paint- ed leaning on Urns, reprefenting their Sources by the Wa- ter flowing therefrom. We find them reprefented in the

fame manner on antique Medals, and Relievo's. See Ri- ver, and Attribute,

Urn, Urna, was alfo a Roman Meafure, for liquid Things ; containing about three Gallons and a half of our Meafure. See Measure.

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UROCRITERIUM, a Cafting of Water ; a giving Judgment of Difeafes by the Sight of the Urine. See U-

The Word is compounded of ieyv, Urine, and Kzmiuov, Criterion, Mark, Sign. — Hence alfo the Words Uromancy, Urofcopy, &c.

URSA, in Aftronomy, the Scar, 'triones, sl Name com- mon to two Constellations of the Northern Hemifphere, near the Pole ; diftinguifh'd by Major, and Minor. See Con- stellation.

Ursa Major, or the Great Sear, according to VMemy's Catalogue, confifts of 3 5 Stars ; according to Tycho's of ;6 ; but in the Sritannic Catalogue we have 215 : The Longi- tudes, Latitudes, Magnitudes, £?c. whereof, are as follow.

Stars in the Conftellation Ursa Major.

Names and Situations of the Stars.

Inform, between Perfeus and the ~> Head of the great Bear 5

A Star of Urfa Minor in Tyche 5

Of Urfa Minor Of Ufa Minor

Inform, between the Pole and Auriga Preced. the great Bear.

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