and the performance is 32 raised 96, and they are in the proportion of 66 × 136 to 32 X 96, or of 1 to 0 3422, or nearly as 3 to 1. This is fuperior to the performance of the moft perfect undershot mill, even when all friction and irregular obftruc tions are neglected; and is not much inferior to any overfhot pump-mil! that has yet been erected. Then it must be confidered how inferior in original expense this fimple machine muft be to a mill of any kind which would raise 10 cubic feet 96 feet high in a minute, and how small the repairs on it need be, when compared with a mill. And, laftly, fuch a machine can be used where no mill whatever can be put in motion. A small stream of water, which would not move any kind of wheel, will here raise of its own quantity to the fame height; working as fast as it is supplied. On all these accounts, the Hungarian machine eminently deserves the attention of mathematici ans and engineers, to bring it to its utmost per fection, and into general ufe. There are fituations where this machine may be very ufeful. Thus, where the tide rifes 17 feet, it may be used for compreffing air to of its bulk; and a pipe leading from a very large veffel inverted in it, may be ufed for raising the water from a veffel of of its capacity 17 feet high; or if this veffel has only one 16th of the capacity of the large one fet in the tide-way, two pipes may be led from it; one into the fmall veffel, and the other into an equal veffel 16 feet higher, which receives the water from the first. Thus one 16th of the water may be railed 34 feet, and a fmaller quantity to a ftill greater height; and this with a kind of power that can hardly be applied in any other way. Machines of this kind are defcribed by Schottus, Sturmius, Leupold, and other old writers; and opportunities may offer of making them highly ufeful. A gentleman's houfe in the country may thus be Supplied with water by a machine that will coft little, and hardly go out of repair. The last pneumatical engine which we shall de fcribe, is the common fanners used for winnow ing grain, and for drawing air out of a room The wings of the fanners are inclosed in a cylin der or drum, whofe circular fides have a large opening BDE (fig. 79, Plate 283.) round the centre to admit the air. By turning the wings rapidly round, the air is hurried round along with them and thus acquires a centrifugal tendency, by which it preffes ftrongly on the outer rim of the drum: this is gradually detached from the circl as at KI, and terminated in a trunk IHGF, which goes off in a tangential direction; the air therefor is driven along this passage. If the wings were difpofed in planes paffing through the axis C, the compreffion of the air b their anterior surface would give it fome tendenc to escape in every direction, and would obftrué in fome degree the arrival of more air through th fide-holes. They are therefore reclined a littl backward, as reprefented in the figure. It may be fhown that their best form would be that of hyperbolic spiral a be; but the ftraight form approaches fufficiently near to the most perfec fhape. Much labour is loft, however, in carry ing the air round those parts of the drum wher it cannot escape. The fanners would eithe draw or discharge almost twice as much air if a opening were made all round one fide. Thi could be gradually contracted (where requires for winnowing) by a furrounding cone, and thu directed against the falling grain: this has beel verified by actual trial. When used for drawing air out of a room for ventilation, it would b much better to remove the outer fide of the drun entirely, and let the air fly freely off on all fides, but the flat fides are neceffary, in order to prevent the air from arriving at the fanners any other way but through the central holes, to which trunks fhould be fitted leading to the apartment which is to be ventilated. PNE PNEUMATOCELE, a rupture occafioned by wind: a tumour of the fcrotum diftended by wind. Ash. PNEUMATO-CHEMICAL APPARATUS. See CHEMISTRY, Index. PNEUMATODES, fhortness of breath, PNEUMATOLOGIST, n. J. one skilled in pneumatology; a writer on pneumatology. (1.)* PNEUMATOLOGY.n.f. [Toxoyia.] The do&rine of spiritual existence. (2.) PNEUMATOLOGY. See ANGEL, APPARITION, DEMON, DEMONIAC, DEVIL, GENIUS, GHOST, METAPHYSICS, 5, and Sec. xxxv, XXXVI; PNEUMATICS, SOUL, SPECTRE, SPIRIT, THEOLOGY, &c. PNEUMATOMACHI, a fect of Chriftians in the 4th century, who oppofed the proper divinity of the Holy Ghoft. PNEUMATOSIS. See MEDICINE, Index. MACY. Index. PO PNEUMONICS, .. in pharmacy, medicines proper in diseases of the lungs, in which refpiration is affected. PNIGEUS, an ancient town of Egypt, near Phoenicia. Strabo, xvi. PNYX, a place in Athens, allotted by Solon for holding affemblies. C. Nep. (1.) PO, a large and celebrated river of Italy, anciently called ERIDANUS, and PADUS, which rifes from Mount Vifo, in the ci-devant prov. of Piedmont, at the NW. part of the late marquifate of Saluzzo, 7 miles N. of Chateau Dauphin, on the borders of the late prov. of Dauphiny. It croffes Saluzzo, runs through the late provinces of Chieri, Piedmont, Montferrat, Milan, Mantua, Modena, and Ferrara; where it begins to divide at Fiche ruolo, and at laft falls into the Adriatic by 4 pris. cipal mouths. In its courfe, it pafles Villa Franca, Polonghera, Carmagnola, Carignano, Moncalier, Turin, Chivaffo, Verrua, Cafa, Brema, Valencia, Placentia, Cremona, Viadana, Borgoforte, St Benedict, Benedict, Ferrara, Ariano, Comacchio, &c. It receives the waters of many Alpine rivers, which make it often overflow its banks and the adjacent country. (2.) Po, a department of France, formed out of the ci-devant principality of Piedmont, in September 1802. It fends 4 deputies to the legislative embly. TURIN is the capital. (3) Po, a town of China of the 2d rank in Kung-nan; 250 miles SW. of Pekin. Lon. 133. E. Ferro. Lat. 33. 45. N. (4) Po, a town of China, of the 3d rank, in Chanton. (s) Po, LowER, a department of the kingdom of Italy, comprehending the ci-devant duchy of Ferrara, and containing 227,500 citizens in May les. It contains 3 diftri&s, Ferrara, Comacchio, and Rovigo. FERRARA is the chief city. (6.) Po, UPPER, a department of the kingdom of Italy, comprehending the ci-devant Cremonefe; and containing 361,079 citizens, in May 1801. It contains 4 districts; viz. Cremona, Crema, Lodi, and Cafal Major. CREMONA is the capital. POA, MEADOW-GRASS: A genus of the digya order, belonging to the pentandria clafs of planta; and in the natural method ranking under the 4th order, Gramina. The calyx is bivalved and multiflorous: the fpicula or partial fpike is prate, with the valvules fcarious and a little sharp, or thin on the margin. There are 20 fpecies; mast of them graffes, and very agreeable food for POA AQUATICA, Water Reed Grafs, grows in Barthes. The cattle will frequently go fo deep a to endanger their lives for it. It is the largeft of the British graffes, growing to the height of 5 or 6 feet. The leaves are fmooth, and half an ch wide or more. The panicle is 8 or 10 inches long, greatly branched, and decked with numerous fpicue: thefe are of a reddish brown colour intermixed with green, of a compreffed lanceolate form, imbricated with about fix flowers for the moft part, but varying from five to ten. (1.) To POACH. v. a. loeufs poches, Fr.] 1. To boil lightly.-The yolks of eggs, fo they be poached or rare boiled, need no other preparation. Bacon. 2. To begin without completing from the practice of boiling eggs flightly. Not in ufe. -They have rather poached and offered at a number of enterprizes, than maintained any conftantly. Bacon. 3. [Pocher, Fr. to pierce.] To ftab; to pierce.-The flowk, fole, and plaice, follow the tide up into the fresh rivers, where the country people poach them with an inftrument like the falmon fpear. Car. 4. [From pocke, a pocket.] To plunder by stealth.— They poach Parnaffus, and lay claim for praise. Garth. (1.) To POACH. v. n. [from poche, a bag, Fr.] 1. To fteal game; to carry off game privately in a bag. They poach for fenfe, and hunt for idle rules. 1. To be damp. A cant word.-Chalky and clay lands burnt in hot weather, chap in fummer, and poach in winter. Mortimer. * POACHARD. n. J. [bofcas.] A kind of water fowl. * POACHER. n. f. [from poach.] One who fteals game.-You old poachers have fuch a way with you, that all at once the business is dones More. *POACHINESS. n. f. [from poachy.] Marfhinefs; dampnefs. A cant word. The valleys, becaufe of the poachinefs, they keep for grafs. Mort. *POACHY. adj. Damp; marshy. A cant word.-Marsh lands lay not up till April; except your marfhes be very poachy. Mortimer. POBEDA, a town of Spain, in Old Caftile. POBETTEN, a town of Pruffia, in Samland; 16 miles NW. of Konigsberg. - POBLA, a town of Spain, in Catalonia. POBLACION, a town of Spain, in Navarre. POBNITZ, a river, of Bohemia, which rifes near Culmbach, and runs into the Elbe, 'near Tetschen. POCAHONTAS, a town of Virginia, in Chefterfield county. POCAR, a town of Naples, in Principato Citra; 7 miles W. of Salerno. POCHETTI. See BARBATELLI. POCHLARN, a town of Austria, 6 m. E. of Ips. * POCK. n. f. [from pox.] A puftule raised by the fmall pox. POCKĖSO, a populous and commercial town of Africa, in Axem, on the Gold Coast. * POCKET. n. f. [pocca, Saxon; pochet, Fr.] 1. The small bag inferted into clothes.— Here's a letter Found in the pocket of the flain Roderigo. Shak. Prior. As he was feldom without medals in his pocket, he would often fhew us the fame face on an old coin. Addison. 2. A pocket is used in trade for a certain quantity; as, a pocket of hops. *To POCKET. v. a. [pocheter, Fr. from the noun.] 1. To put in the pocket. Gold, imp'd with this, can compass hardest things, Can pocket ftates, or fetch or carry kings. Pope. 2. To POCKET up. A proverbial form that denotes the doing or taking any think clandeftinely. You will ftand to it, you will not pocket up wrongs! Shak. He lays his claim And helps to pocket up the game. Prior. POCKETBOOK. n..[ pocket and book.] A paper book carried in the pocket for hafty notes.Licinius let out the offals of his meat to intereft, and kept a regifter of fuch debtors in his pocketbook. Arbuthnot.-Note down the matters of doubt in some pocketbook. Watts. *POCKETGLASs. n. f. [ pocket and glass.] Port able looking-glass. The world's a farce an empty show, Powder and pocketglass, and beau. And vanity with pocket-glass, And impudence with front of brass. *POCKHOLE. n. [pocket and bole.] made by the smallpox. Prior. Swift. Pit or scar Are thefe but warts and pockholes in the face O' th' earth? Donne * POCKINESS. n. f. [from pocky] The ftate of being pocky. POCKLINGTON, a town of Yorkshire, in the E. Riding, with a market on Saturday; on a rivulet rivulet, which runs into the Derwent; 14 miles. SE. of York, and 196 N. by W. Lon. o. 46. W. Lat. 53. 55. N. *POCKY. adj. [from pox.] Infected with the pox. I might have loved all the pocky whores in Perfia, and have felt it lefs in my bones. Denham. POCOCK, Sir George, K. B. a brave British admiral, fon of the rev. Thomas Pocock, F. R. S. was born March 6. 1706. In 1718, he commenced feaman under his uncle Sir George Byng, and ferved in the memorable victory that year off Scilly; and afterwards rofe through the various naval ranks with honour, In Feb. 1754, he had a command in the E. Indies; and in 1758, was admiral in chief when the British fleet, with inferior force, gained 3 fignal victories over the French, for which the E. India Company voted him thanks in 1759. After feveral other hard fought, but fuccefsful, battles, he returned with glory to Britain in 1760. In 1761 he immortalized his name, at the capture of Havannah. He died at London, April 3d. 1792, much efteemed, aged 87. (1.) POCOCKE, Edward, D. D. one of the most learned men in Europe, was the eldest fon of the Rev. Edward Pococke; and born at Oxford in 1604. In 1618 he was admitted fellow of his college, when he had prepared an edition of the ad Epistle of St Peter, the 2d and 3d of St John, and that of St Jude, in Syriac and Greek, with a Latin Tranflation and Notes. In 1629 he was ordained prieft, and appointed chaplain to the English at Aleppo, where he continued 5 or 6 years; and diftinguished himself by his fortitude and humanity during the plague. Returning to England, he was in 1636 appointed reader of the Arabic lectures, founded by Abp. Laud. In 1637 he went back to Conftantinople, where he procured many valuable MSS. He embarked in 1640, and taking Paris in his way, vifiting Gabriel Sionita the famous Maronite, and Hugh Grotius. In 1643 he was made rector of Childrey in Berks; and about 1646 married the daughter of Thomas Burdett, Efq. In 1647 he obtained the reftitution of the falary of his Arabic lecture. In 1648 K. Charles I. then prifoner in the isle of Wight, nominated him profeffor of Hebrew, and canon of Chriftchurch; but in 1650 he was ejected for refufing to take the engagement; but upon the petition of feveral governors of houfes, &c. he was fuffered to enjoy both. He had previously published his Specimen Hiftoria Arabum; now appeared his Porta Mofis: foon after the English Polyglot edition of the Bible, to which he had largely contributed, and Eutychius's Annals, with a Latin verfion. At the Reftoration, he was reftored to his canonry, and received the degree of D. D. He then pub lifhed his Arabic verfion of Grotius on the Truth of the Chriftian Religion; and an Arabic poem intitled Lamiato' Ajam, with a Latin tranflation and notes. Soon after he published Gregory AbulPharajius's Historia Dynaftiarum. In 1674 be pub. lished an Arabic verfion of the chief parts of the English Liturgy; and a few years after his Com mentary on the Prophecies of Micah, Malaci, Hofea, and Joel. He died in 1691, after having been long esteemed the firft perfon in Lurope for eaftern learning; and was no left eminent for modefty, humility, and all the Chriftian virtues. His theological works were republished at London 1740, in 2 vols. fol. (2.) PocockE, Richard LL. D. a relation of th above, born in 1704, at Southampton, where i was educated. He afterwards ftudied at Corp Chrifti College Oxford, where he graduated 1731 and 1733. In 1737, he began his Travels int the Eaft, and returned in 1742. In 1743, he put lifhed a defcription of the Eaft, Vol. 1ft, contan ing obfervations on Egypt. In 1745, he publi ed Vol. 2d, on Paleftine, Syria, Mefopotami Cyprus, and Candia; which he dedicated to th Earl of Chefterfield, then Lord Lieut. of Irelan whom he attended to Ireland, and was made arch deacon of Dublin. In March 1756, he was ap pointed Bp. of Offlory, by the D. of Devonshir and in 1765 Bp. of Meath; but died in Sep 1765, of an apoplectic fit. POCOMOOK, or ) a confiderable river of Ma POCOMOKE, ryland in the Eaftern Shore which rifes in Cyprus Swamp in Delaware; an after running 10 miles S. turns gradually W. an falls into Chesapeak Bay, nearly oppofite to th mouth of the Potomac. Lon. 75. 50. W. La 37. 50. N. POCONSALLAHASSE, a town of Georgia 23 miles NW. of Oakfuskee. POCQUELIN. See MOLIERE. * POČULENT. adj. [poculum, Lat. Fit f drink.-Some of these herbs, which are not efcu lent, are notwithstanding poculent; as hops ar broom. Bacon. * POD. n. f. [bode, boede, Dutch, a little heuf Skinner.] The capfule of legumes, the cafe o feeds. To raise tulips, fave the feeds which ar ripe, when the pods begin to open at the top which cut off with the stalks from the root, a keep the pods upright, that the feed do not ta out. Mort. PODAGRA, the GOUT. See BRUNONIAN SYSTEM, and MEDICINE, Index. Sir Jos. Bank has alleviated it greatly by powder of ginger a tea fpoonfuls, about 24 drams, in a pint of boed m and bread fweetened with fugar taken to bre faft. Lord Rivers has experienced its enod efec in large doses these 30 years paft. Edin. Jan. 11. 1802. **PODAGRICAL.adj. [zılaypass, modrop.f ce podagra, Lat.] 1. Afflicted with the gout.-Fr a magnetical activity muft be made cut, thi a loadstone, held in the hand of one the podagrical, doth either cure or give pract in the gout. Brown. 2. Gouty; reining to the gout. pus m PODALIRIUS, fon of was one of the pupils of the Centur der whom he made hirafef fuct a mud dicine, that during the Trojar the vited him to their camp to me a pe bad baffled the skill of all ther pur fay, however, that he went to be e as a physician but as a warrim, wre Machaon, in so flips, weh ke ha, Ithome, and Trica. Atis : was shipwrecked on the coal at cured of the epilepfy a drugite fixed his habitation there; alk one of which he called STEN A PODENTES, a town of Portugal, in Beira. PODENZANA, a town of Italy, in Placentia; les S. of Placentia. PODEX, in anatomy, the fame with ANUS. PODGE. . . A puddle; a plafh. Skinner. PODGINOK, a town of Ruffia, in Uftiug. PODGRAJE. See ASISIA, and ASSERIA. PODIEBRAD, a town of Bohemia. FODKAMNEN, a town of Ruffia, in Tobolfk, the Tulim; 32 miles S. of Atchinsk. PODLACHIA, a county of Poland, bounded by Pruffia and Lithuania, E. by Lithuania, S. Labin, and W. by Mafovia. It is alfo called CELSK, from its capital. PODOK, a town of Poland, in Bracklaw. PODOL, a town of Bobernia, in Chrudim. PODOLIA, a prov. of Poland, bounded on the Eby Volhinia and the Ukrain; on the N. and NE. Bodiac Tartary; on the SE. by the Niefter, feparates it from Beffarabia and Moldavia, the SW. and by Red Ruffia on the NW. It ly divided into the Upper and Lower. 1. PODOLIA, LOWER, is the eaftern part; the Chad town is BRACKLAW, the capital of a palati PODOLIA, UPPER, is the western part; the town is Kamieck, the capital of Podolia, nd of a palatinate. PODÓLICZ, a town of Hungary on the Poppat; 12 miles SW. of Palotza, and 14 NNW. of Zumar. PODOLSK, a town of Ruffia, in Moscow. PODOLYB, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Kozigingratz; 12 miles WNW. of Konigin PODURA, or SPRING TAIL, in entomology, a genus of infects of the order of aptera. They have 6 feet formed for running; two eyes compofed of 8 facets; a tail forked, bent under the body, elaftic, and acting like a fpring; the antennæ are long and fetaceous. “This genus is dif tinguifhed (fays Barbut) into feveral species. Some inhabit still waters, leaping and walking with eafe on the furface of that element. They affemble in troops in the morning, on the banks of pools, fith-ponds, and refervoirs; others are found in damp places, under leaves, bark, and ftones; others among heaps of rotten wood, mushrooms, and in melon-beds. In Lapland, they are fceu running upon the fnow, but when it begins to melt they perifh. The podura by its clafticity, cludes the eager grafp of the naturalift. Its hard forky tail is a kind of fpring, by means of which the body of the animal is thrown up into the air." PODURA VILLOSA is one of the largeft fpecies found in Britain, and appears to be of a brown footy colour, though it is really of a yellow brown, interfperfed throughout with black-coloured spots and freaks. The head and thorax are hairy, and ftick to the fingers when touched: the abdomen is smooth the antenna, confifting of four articulations, are as long as two thirds of the body. It is commonly found under ftones. POE, a river of Ireland, in Tyrone, which runs into the Schrule, 14 miles N. of Omagh. POE-BIRD, in ornithology, is an inhabitant of fome of the South Sea islands, where it is held in great efteem and veneration by the natives. It goes by the name of kogo in New Zealand; but it is better known by that of poe-Lird. It is fomewhat lefs than our blackbird. The feathers are of a fine mazarine blue, except thofe of its neck, which are of a most beautiful filver grey, and 2 or 3 fhort white ones which are on the pinion joint of the wing. Under its throat hang two little tufts of curled fnow-white feathers, called its poles, (the Otaheitean word for ear rings;) which occafioned the name of poë-bird. It is remarkable for the fweetnefs of its note, as well as the beauty of its plumage. Is fleth is alfo delicate food. POCILE, a famous portico at Athens, which received its name from the variety (oxios) of paintings which it contained. Zeno kept his fchool there; and there alfo the ftoics received their leffons, whence their name, from soz, a porch. it was adorned with hiftorical pictures of the fiege and deftruction of Troy, battle of Marathon, &c. POELSBROECK, a town of the Batavian re public, in the department of Delft ; 7 miles SE. of Gonda * POEM. n. . [poëma, Lat. romua.] The work of a poet: a metrical compofition.A poem is not alone any work, or compofition of the poets in many or few verfes; but even one alone verfe fometimes makes a perfect poem. Ben. Jonfon. The lady Anne of Bretaigne, pafling through the prefence of France, and efpying Chartier, a famous poet, fat afleep, killing him, faid, we mult honour the mouth whence fo many golden poems have proceeded. Peacham. To you the promis'd poem I will pay. Dryd. POENI, a name given by the Romans to the CARTHAGINIANS; a corruption of the word G Plani, Phæni, or Phoenices, as the Carthaginians were originally a colony of PHOENICIANS. Servius, i. 302. PON. See PAON. POEONIA. See PEONIA, N° 1. and 2. POERSON, Charles Francis, an eminent French painter, born at Paris in 1653. He excelled in portraits and hiftory, and became director of the French academy at Rome. He died in 1725. POESTUM, PESTUM, or POSSIDONIA, an ancient city of Græcia Magna, now part of Naples. (See PASTUM.) It was founded by one of thofe colonies from Greece, who in the early ages eftablished themfeives in Italy; and it flourished before the foundation of Rome itfelf. It was detroyed by the Goths on the decline of the Roman empire. Since that time it has been in ruins, till 1755, when its ruins were accidentally difcovered, and ordered by the king of Naples to be cleared out; upon which Poetum arofe from the obfcurity in which it had continued for 7 centuries, covered with rubbish, and little noticed either by neighbours or travellers. It is at prefent of an oblong figure, 24 miles in circumference, and has 4 gates oppolite to each other. The chief antiquities are a theatre, amphitheatre, and 3 temples, with fome relics of aqueducts. See Swinburne's Travels, vol. II. p. 131-140. * POESY. n. f. poefie, Fr. xoincis.] 1. The art of writing poems.-A poem is the work of the poet; pofy is his skill or craft of making; the very fiction itself, the reason or form of the work. Ben Jonfon. How far have we Profan'd thy heav'nly gift of porfy? Made prostitute and profligate the mufe, Whofe harmony was first ordain'd above For tongues of angels? Dryden. 2. Poem; metrical compofition; poetry. Mufick and poefy ufe to quicken you. Shak. -There is an hymn, for they have excellent poefy; the fubject is always the praifes of Adam, Noah, and Abraham. Bacon.-They apprehend a veritable history in an emblem or piece of Chriftian poefy. Brown. 3. A fhort conceit engraved on a ring or other thing. A paltry ring, whofe porfy was, Shak. (1.) * POET. n. f. [poete, Fr. poëta, Latin; wonins. An inventor; an author of fictions; a writer of poems; one who writes in meafure.The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rowling, Doth glance from heav'n to earth, from earth to heav'n; And, as imagination bodies forth Shak. His works become the frippery of wit. B. Jonfe The fage poets, taught by the heav'nly mut Story'd of old in high immortal verse, Of dire chimeras and enchanted ines. Milto Ah! wretched we, poets of earth; but tho Wert living the fame poet that thou'rt now. Coul A poet is a maker, as the name fignifies; and h who cannot make, that is invent, hath his nam for nothing. Dryden, (2.) POLTS, A ROVENÇAL. See TROUBADOURS * POETASTER. n.. [Latin.] A vile pett poet. Let no poctafer command or intreat Another, extempore verfes to make. B. Jenfen Begin not as th' old poetaller did. Rofcommon -Horace hath expofed thofe trifling poctafter that fpend themiclves in glaring defcription Felton. * POETESS. n. f. [from poet; pica poetria Lat.] A fhe poet. *POETICAL, POFTICK.adj. [Tolixos; portique Fr. poeticus, Lat.] Expreffed in poetry; pertain ing to poetry; fuitable to poetry. Would the gods had made you poetical, Shak With courage guard, and beauty warm ou age, And lovers fill with like poetick rage. Waller -The moral of that poetical fiction, that the up permoft link of all the feries of fubordinate caufer is faftened to Jupiter's chair, fignifies that almighty God governs and directs fubordinate caufes and effects. Hale.-Neither is it enough to give his au thor's fenfe in good English, in poetical expreffions, and in mufical numbers. Dryden. The Mufe faw it upward rife, Though mark'd by none but quick poetick eyes. Pope I alone can infpire the poetical crowd. Swift * POETICALLY. adv. [from poetical.] With the qualities of poetry; by the fiction of poetry. -The criticks have concluded, that the manners of the heroes are poetically good, if of a piece. Dryden.-The many rocks in the paffage between Greece and the bottom of Pontus, are poeticaly converted into those fiery bulls. Raleigh. * To POETIZE. v. n. poetifer, Fr. from port] To write like a poct. Donne. I verify the truth, not poetize. -Virgil, fpeaking of Turnus and his great strength, thus poetizes. Hakeswill. * POETRESS. n. f. [from poetris, Lat. whence poetridas picas in Perfius.] A the poet.Moft peerlefs poetress, The true Pandora of all heavenly graces. Sperf. POETRY. DEFINITIONS of the ART. *POETRY. n.. [from poet.] 1. Metrical compo POETRY is thus fimply defined by Dr JOHN- fition; the art or practice of writing poems. SON: ક Baffled poetry bangs down the head. Clear. -Although |