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# Title: Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 71; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 71)
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STOPPEK, is a piece oF RopC (in a Ship) ha-p che pare whieli che Men are coFtale by, Mould
rins a WVale-KrOE ac one endu wich a Lannier spli- be pur inro cheir Hando, in order eo cheir Ftoisine
ced inco it, and at che orter end ris made Fast in
thie Place where ris co be uled. Iis ule is to AOP
ihe main Hlalliards, or che Cable. ThC ScODPer
For che Flalliards is Fastned ac che Main- Knishe,
and icferres wrhen ther are HloisinscheMain- Lard,
1o Aop ic, Wrhile che Men char Elale may Aay and
rest a lirele. Bur ris chieAr uled For che Cablc, 10
sop it, chac it donc run out too Fast: Ther bind
the Wale-bnor abourthe Cable wirh the Lanniers,
and rhar AODS ir, C0 rhac ic cannor Dip aWvaY. This
Scopper is Fastned eo the Borcom of the Birts by che
Deck. The Word is, Lay on the Stoppers. And a
Strip is Caid eo Ride by the Stoppers, Wten the Ca
ble is Fastned or stazed only by chem, and noc Bit
ted; but chis is nor Cate Riding in a Arels OF N C2
cher.
SERABISMOS, Squimtins, is occasioned by
che Relaxacion, Conrraction, Distorrion, 200 grear
Lenech, or t00 great Shornels oF the Muscles
eotrieh nove che fiye. Blanchard.
STRATI, Or Soreishr, in HIydrography, is a
narroir Sea Chuc up becween Lands on cither side,
attordins a Pa Tage From onc great Sea into ano
Ther; ad the Strait oF Magellan, the Strait OE Ci-
bralter, ec.
STRAKE, in che Sea Phrale, is a Seam berreen
tvo Plankes; a5 the Carbordstrake is che trAt Seam
next the Kccl. Thes lay al(0 2 Ship hecls a strake,
rhacis, hanes or inclines co one Side, the quancies
ot an Wwhole Plantes breadch.
STRANOORV, is a dissiculer oE VVrinc, wten
che Ttrinc comes away by drops ouly, accompans d
wich a constant Inclinarion of malcins WW acer:.
STRAP, in a Ship, is che Rope wrhich is spliced
about any Block, and made wirh an Pre rotalten
it any vohere on occation.
SFKATA. DE. Woodmard, in his Nacural ITI-
Aory oF the Farch, obserres, (and thac verr rruly)
Thac che Far grearest parr olthe Perrestrial Clobe,
consists, trom irs Surtace downmards to the greatest
Depth We ever Dis or Mine, OF Several Layers or
Strata oF disserene Kirids oF Parchy Matrer, lvins
oue ovet anocher, ichouc any resular Order. This
disposition of che Farth into chese scrata, had been
besore obserred by Sceno; bue ehie Obserrations and
Deductions chat DP. Woodmard made From them,
are holly Hew, verr Numerous, and ol greae
Importance.
STRATARITHMETRV, is the AEE OF DTaW
ins up an Army OF Batration OF MCn, according eO
any Geomerrical Figure adsigned: And al(O OF ex-
Or Flaling.
STRIH, wich etio Vricers oC Natural FtiRtory,
are the (mall FTolloms, Channels Or Chamferings, wrtricte
are tound in the Shells ot Cockles, Fscollops, and
Other Stiell. FITheS.
SFRIE, a Sea. vord rarionsy uled: When 2
Ship in a Fixlit, or on meerins wich a Man OF
Wrar, lers donn or lorvers her Top. Cails, ac leai
halt Mast high, wrhich cher call Scrikins itic Pop.
Cails uxon che Bune, cher Cay, Stre Scrikes, ean-
in8. Me Zields or Submits, or pars her Deroir r0
Thac Nan OE Nar a5 Me passes BY. When a Stip
couches Ciround in Moal Warer, etier Pay al(o, MC
Strikes. When any Top. mast is to be caken donn;
che Word is, Scrite the Fop. mast: And wten any
chins is Let Or Lomered, 25cher call ir, down ineo
che tlold, ches call ic Scrikins donn inro che
FTOId.
STRIIENCMect, in a Clock, is char wohich
by Iome is called rhe Pin-mbeet; because oc che
Pins wrhich are placed upon che Round or Rim
Citich in Number are chie Ouorient oFthe Pinion
divided by che Pinion OF che Detent-wheet). In 16
Days ClOcks, the first Ox ereat Wheel is usvally che
Pin-mheel; but in Pieces chac g0 8 Days, chc second
Wrheel is the Pin-wheel or Scritins wheel.
STRDCFDRE. is che combinarion or retule of
all chose Oualities or Moditications oF Marter in
any NNatural Bod, which distingui it from orhers,
and are wnat, in ocher Words, is called che Pecu-
liar Form, Or Texture OFit.
STROMA. Sec Scrophula
SFOPEA, seu Scupa, is a picce oF Linnen dipr
in a Liquor, aud applicd ro the Parr affected.
SIYLF, Tothe Boranists call rhac midale pro-
minene Parr ot che Flover oF a Plant. Which ad
heres ro rhe Fruir or Sccd: Lis ulually lons and
Aender. Whence irs Name OF Scylus.
STTLE, in Dyallins, is chat Linc whole SMa
dor on che Plane oF ihe Dyal, Mewsthe true LTOur-
Line. This is alvays suppoled to be a parr oF che.
Aris of che Farch, and chieretore must alvars De
(o placed, 25 thac ith ies tvo extreme Points il
Mall respect the rvo Poles oF the World, and wirti
its Opperend, the eleraced Pole. This Line is
the Oxper cdsC OE he Cock, CMOMOn, Ox In
dex.
STYEOBATA, in Archirecture, is the Pedestat
oF a Column ox Pillar.
SIYLOBATODI, Or Scylobata, in Archirecture.
is che lame with che Pedectal ol a Column. This
prestins che just Number of Men concained in such is Pomerimes caken For the Prunk ot a Pedestal,
a Figure, as cher stand in Array, cicher near ac berween the Cornice andche Bale; and then cal-
trand, Or ac a distance.
STRATIELEATION, OE Stratum super Stratum
25 ehie Chrmists call ic, is puctins ditterene Matters
Bed uxon Bed, Or one layer upon anocher, in a Ce
cible in order ro Calcine a Metal Or Mineral. ThuS
in Cementation, (ehich (ce) chere is trst laid a Bed
oE Cemene, chen a Place oF Gold; then aniorher
Laver oF Cemene, and chen anocher Plate oF(old;
and ehis is done alternatels, rill che Crucible is
full; wotich ehe Chymists vould express by (ay.
v8. Stratisie Gold and Cemene in a Crucible.
SFN FAMI. Anchor, is ontr a Imallone made Fastro
astream Cable For a Strip rok ide by in senele Screams
aud in fair Weather, when cher vould onty Aop 2
Pide.
led Truncus, 25 ic allo is by che Name oE Aba-
CHS.
STVLOOERATOTTZOIDES, are MuIcles OF
OF the Os Froeides, etrich dram upevards the
Tonsue and Larrnx, as also che Tans in Degluri-
tion; Wrhereby che Masticared Alimene is nor onty
compressed into che lacter, (the Fauces being then
dilared) buc the Epiglorris is also depressed, and
adequarelr corers rtre Rimula oF the Laryna, by ils
Application eo ic; by wrhich means che descent ot
ehie Least parc oF che Alimene into che aspera Arteria
is hindred; wrhich is a most mondertul Mecha-
nitm.
Ther arise trom che outvard Appendix ot che
Os Styliforme, and are extended eo he FTOrnS Or
Poines oF che Os Proides. The midale Tendon a
Hoise the Lardu Or Tale the Sheat, cher lar, Srrorch  che Dizastricus ot the Lover-Ja is tranmieted
Socuaras che Hale. Pardo or Sbeats; eanins char  chroush c.Fis calid allo Sclobyoideni
STTLOEIDES
STRETCHI; When ac Sea thef are soZ o