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in defign, and a very pleafing manner. Upon his return to 

 his own country, his merit was fo generally acknowledged, 

 that he was diftiniTiiilTifd by the name of the Italian painter. 

 His touch was light and Tpirited, and his colouring warm, 

 fo that he had the honour of being the tirft who introduced 

 among his countrymen a good tafle for colouring. The 

 news of his brother's alTiiflination occafioned his death in 

 1603, which was much regretted by every lover of the art. 

 Pdiiington. 



BADEMSIS, in Entomology, a fpecies of Corculio, 

 abo\it t!ie fize of C. cerafi. It is black ; legs pitchy. G.nc- 

 lin, Blom. This infeft inhabits Germany ; the thorax is 

 rather fmooth and ovate ; wing-caies obfoletely ftriated ; 

 thiijhs clavated. 



Badensis, m Ornithology, a fpecies of Emberit.A found 

 in the neighbourhood of Baden. The colour is olive, 

 flreaked with blackilh, beneath paler ; chin orange ; breall 

 ftriated with blackifh. Sander Naturf. 



BAD ENUCHI, in Geography, a town of North Ame- 

 rica, in the province of New Navarre; 125 miles fouth of 

 Cafa Grand. 



BADENWEILER, a town of Germany, in the circle 

 of Swabia, and m'argravate of Badi.n-Baden. N. lat. 47' 

 55'. E.long. 7° 50'. 



BADERA, in Ancient Geography, Bajiege, a place of 

 Gaul, belonging to the Volfca Teclofages, in the Narbon- 

 nenfis prima, on the rout from Touloufe to Narbonne, and 

 fouth-eaft of the firft of thefe towns. 



BADESSUS, a town of Afia, placed by Ptolemy in 

 Caria. 



BADEY, in Geography, a town of Perfia, in the pro- 

 vine; of Korafan ; 140 miles north- well of Herat. 



BADGE, in Naval Arclnteclure, fignifies a fort of orna- 

 ment placed on the outfide of fmall fliips very near the 

 ftern, containing either a window, for the convenience of 

 the cabin, or a reprefentation of it. It is commonly deco- 

 rated with marine figures, martial inllruments, or fuch like 

 emblems. 



Badge, in Heraldry. See Device. 



BADGER, Common, in Zoology, urfus mcles of Linn, 

 and Gmel. See Ursus Meles. The badger's lliin is of 

 fo:ne ufe in commerce. Their fat if fold by the druggifts, 

 as a remedy againft diforders of the kidneys and the fciatica; 

 and their hair, for the making pencils for painters and 

 gilders. 



Badger, horn lajulo, I carry, or from the Yr. baggage, 

 a bundle; whence bagagier, a carrier of goods ; a licenfed 

 huckller, or perfon privileged to buy corn, or other provi- 

 Cons, and to carry them from one place to another to make 

 profit of them, without being reputed an engroffer. In the 

 ftatutes he is alfo called a Lidder, or lader of corn, 5 & 6 

 Ed. VI. c. 14. 5 Eh c. 12. — We alfo read of badgers, or 

 retailers of fait, 9 W. III. c. 6. If any perfon (hall aft as 

 a badger without licence, which continues in force one year, 

 he (hall forfeit five pounds, one moiety to the king, and the 

 other to the proprietor. 13 Eliz. c. 25. § 20. 



Badger-A««//«^. See Hunting. 



BADIA, in Conchology, a fpecies of Cypr^ea, having 

 an oblong gibbous (hell, above bay-colour, dotted with 

 brown and white. Gmelin, S^c. Its native place is un- 

 known. 



Badja, a fpecies of Helix, called by Born M.v un^/z/ma; 

 it is about an inch in height, and rather more than an inch 

 and a half in length ; and of a chefnut colour. The (liell is 

 umbilicatcd, fubglobofe, fmooth, depreflcd above; aperture 

 lunar. Gmehn. . • . • 



Badia, a fpecies of Patella, the IheU of which is 

 Vol. in. 



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fomewhat convex, brown, bay-colour within; with twelre 

 larger rays, each furrounded on both fides by a rib; and 

 fmallcr rays. The varieties of this kii d are numerous, and 

 no lefs than fixtecn ef them are defcribcd by Schrott. Eml. 

 in Conch, n. Litterat. &c. This (hell is ufnally about two 

 inches and three quart ers in length ; more or lefs flat in dif- 

 fcrent fpeeimens, and mrely pellucid; fometimes they are 

 dotted with green, but flightly ; and in others the upper 

 fiirface is fpoLted all over with that colour ; (hells of this 

 kind occur in wh eh green or brown is difpofed in rays, or 

 in rows of d ts ; fometimes they are pale a(h-colonr, wavid 

 or fpolted wi:h yellow or black, orlivcr-colour. Tlie crown 

 is often varictiated with rays, and not unfrequcntly «ith live 

 rows of blue dots ; and a fp.itiilate livcr-coluured or greca 

 fpot in the bottom, furrounded by a fmgle or double band, 

 whicli is more or lefs pale, and of different colours in dif- 

 ferent fliclis ; thtt inner fnrface is nfually either brown, yel- 

 low, liver-colour, or hoary-grev. 



Badia, in Jlncicnl Geogmpiy, a town of Spain, in 

 Bgetica, (uppofed to be the prefcnt Badajoz. 



Badia, in Geography, a town of Italy, in the duch.y of 

 Tafeany, feveiiteen miles north of Florence. — Alfo, a town 

 in the fame dichy, fifteen miles well of Volterra. 



BAD I AG A, in the Materia Medica, the name of a fort 

 of fpungy fubilance, common in the (hops in Mofcow, and 

 fomc other northern kingdoms : ufed for taking away the 

 livid marks from blows and bruifes, which the powdttr of it 

 is faid to do in a night's time. 



We owe the knowledge of this medicine, and its hillory, 

 to the accurate Buxbaum. He obfervcs, that the fubilance if 

 always found under water, and is of a very fingular and pe- 

 culiar nature. It fomewhat refembles the aiycniums, and 

 fomewhat the fpunges, but differs greatly from both, in 

 that it is full of Imall round granules, refenibling feeds. It 

 is of a loofe, light, and fpungy ftruclure, and is made up 

 of a number of fibres of an herbaceous matter, and is dry, 

 rigid, and friable between the fingers. This may ferve as 

 the generical charafter of the badiaga, of which this accu- 

 rate obferver has found three diflerent fpecies. Linnxus 

 ma':es it a fpecies of fpunge. 



BADIAN, or Badiana, the feed of the anife-tree, or 

 of a tree refembling it, that grows in China : and fometimet 

 ufed by the Ciiinefe, and alfo by the Dutch, to give an aro- 

 matic tade to their tea. 



BAD I AT H, iu /Indent Geography, a town of Africa, 

 in Libya interior. 



BADIGEON, a mixture of plaifler and frce-ftone, well 

 ground together, andfifted; ufed by ftatuaries to fill up the 

 little holes, and repair the defeCls in (tones, whereof they 

 make their llatues and other work. 



The fame term is alfo ufed by joiners, for faw-dud mised 

 with llrong glue, wherewith they fill up the chaps, and 

 other defects in wood, after it is wrought. 



BADILE, Antosio, \n Biography, a painter of hiftonr 

 and portrait, was born at Verona in 145*0, an.^ by afTiduous 

 application excelled his predeceffors in an acquauitance with 

 the true principles of his art. He was allowed to be a very 

 eminent artill ; and he had the honour of having for his 

 difciples, Paolo Veronefe, and Baptiila Zclotti. His co- 

 louring was admirable ; his carnations beautiful ; and his 

 portraits preferved the perfect refemblance of fleth and real 

 life. He diid in 1560. Pilkington. 



BAD I LETTERS, a name given to a race of horfc- 

 men refident in the mountains, in the vicinity of Circaffia, 

 and of the Nogai Tartars, who in fome mealure retain their 

 independence. 



BADINGEN, iu Geography, a town of Genuany, in the 

 ^ M circle 



