OR,

UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF KNOWLEDGE,

On an Original plan:

COMPRISING THE TWOFOLD ADVANTAGE OF

A PHILOSOPHICAL AND AN ALPHABETICAL ARRANGEMENT,

WITH APPROPRIATE ENGRAVINGS.

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EDITED BY

THE REV. EDWARD S MEDLEY, M. A.,

LATE FELLOW OF SIDNEY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE ;

THE REV. HUGH JAMES ROSE, B.D.,

PRINCIPAL OF KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON;

AND

THE REV. HENRY JOHN ROSE, B.D.,

LATE FELLOW of St. John's COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

VOLUME XVIII.

MISCELLANEOUS AND LEXICOGRAPHICAL, Vol. 5.]

LONDON:

B. FELLOWES ; F. AND J. RIVINGTON; DUNCAN AND MALCOLM; SUTTABY AND CO.; E. HODGSON; J. DOWDING;
G. LAWFORD; J. M. RICHARDSON ; J. BOHN; T. ALLMAN ; J. BAIN ; S. HODGSON ; F.C. WESTLEY; L. A. LEWIS;
T.HODGES; AND H. WASHBOURNE; ALSO J. H. PARKER, AND T. LAYCOCK, OXFORD;

AND J. AND J. J. DEIGHTON, CAMBRIDGE.

1845.

CONTENTS TO VOL. XVIII.

THE LEXICON. Dr. RICHARDSON.

ORIENTAL GEOGRAPHY, MYTHOLOGY, AND STATISTICS. AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY. ANCIENT GEO-

GRAPHY. The Rev. GEORGE CECIL RENOUARD, M.A., F.L.S., late Fellow of Sidney-Sussex College, Cambridge.
EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY, to ELBA inclusive. BRITISH COUNTIES. Thomas MYERS, Esq., LL.D.
EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY, from ELBE inclusive. BRITISH COUNTIES. HENRY LLOYD, Esq.

BOTANY. Thomas EDWARDS, Esq., F.L.S.
ZOOLOGY. VERTEBRALS. J. F. SOUTH, Esq., F.L.S., Lecturer on Anatomy at St. Thomas's Hospital.
ZOOLOGY. INVERTEBRALS. J. E. GRAY, Esq., F.L.S.

LAW. FRANCIS SMEDLEY, Esq.

DIGAMMA. DISCUS. DITHYRAMBICS. DIVINATION, (excepting the Arabian Division.) The Rev. HENRY THOMPSON,

M.A., St. John's College, Cambridge.
DIPLOMACY. DOMESDAY-BOOK. EUCHARIST. EUCHELAION. The Rev. THOMAS HARTWELL HORNE, B.D., St.

John's College, Cambridge.
DIVING-BELL. CHARLES BABBAGE, Esq., A.M., F.R.S., London and Edinburgh, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, Trinity

College, Cambridge.
DOCK. DOMINICA. DREDGING. EMBANKMENT. CHARLES VIGNOLES, Esq., Civil Engineer.
ST. DOMINGO. EL DORADO. DURANGO. Captain BONNYCASTLE, Royal Engineers.
DRAWING INSTRUMENTS. PETER BARLOW, Esq., F.R.S., Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
DIPSAS. DIRECTORY. DISCIPLINE. DISMES. DISPENSARY. DISPENSATION. DISTICHA. DIVORCE,

(excepting the Mohammedan Division.) DOLL. DOMINATIONS. DORIAN. DRAGON. DRYADES. DUCK
AND DRAKE. DUEL. DUKE. DULCIMER. DUMBNESS. EARRINGS. EASTER. EBONY. EDDA.
ELECTOR. ELECTRUM. ELVES. ELIXIR. EMANCIPATIO. EMBLEM. EMERALD. EMPUSA.
ENCÆNIA. ENERGUMENS. EPAULETTE. EPHEMERIDES. EPHOD. EPIPHANY. ESQUIRE. EUME-
NUDES. EXCOMMUNICATION. EXORCISM. FAIR. FAIRY, (excepting the Persian Division.) FALCONRY.
ETC., and the BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY. The EDITOR.