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KLENNUS, in Ichlhyolo^y, a name given by Schoiifdt 

 to \k\t f\tignalhus typhU of Liiinceus, ^nd Jljorter pipdjijlj of 

 Enylirti writers. 



BLENNY. See Blennius. 



BLENOD, in Gcigrapljy, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Meurthc, and chief phice of a canton, in 

 the diilricfl of Toul, 5 miles fouth of Toul. 



BLEONNE, a river of France, which runs into the 

 Durance near Mees, in the department of the Lower 

 Meufe. 



BLERA, in ylnc'unl Geography, Gmv'ina, a fmall town 

 of Italy, in Apulia, eaft of Venufia. The Blera of Ptole- 

 my is a place in Etruria, near Tarquina. 



BLE'RE', in Geogriiphy, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment ot the Indre and Loire, and chief place of a can- 

 ton, in the dillriil of Tours, containing 2519 inhabitants; 

 the population of the canton is 13185 ; the territory com- 

 prehends 37ii kiliometrcs, and ij communes; 4 leagues 

 E.S.E. of Tours, 



BLERGIES, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Somme, S miles S. W. of Poix. 



BLESCHINO, a town of Bohem.ia, in the circle of 

 Konigingratz, 3 miles eaft of Konigingratz. 



BLESLE, a town of France; in the department of the 

 Upper Loire, and chief place of a canton, m the diftrift of 

 Brioude, feated on the Alaignon, and containing 1329 in- 

 habitants ; the population of the canton is 5706 ; the terri- 

 tory comprehends 16/2 kiliometres and 12 communes; 3I 

 leagues \V. of Brioude. 



BLESS, Henry, in Biography, a painter of hiftory and 

 landfcape, was born at Bovine, near Dinant, in 1480, and, 

 without any inilrudion, rendered himfelf eminent in his art, 

 by his own genius, and a diligent ftudy of the works of Pe- 

 tenier, particularly by his landfcapes. His ftyle of compo- 

 htion, in hiitorical fubjecls, refembled the ftyle of the Fle- 

 niidi artitts of that age, and crowded feveral fubjefts into one 

 defign ; and yet hispitlures were fo delicately pencilled and 

 finiihcd, and his landfcapes fo agreeably varied and well exe- 

 cuted, that even in Italy his works were highly eileemed, and 

 diftinguiflied by the appellation of the owl pictures, for he 

 fixed an owl, as his peculiar mark, in every pifture he 

 painted. He died in 1550. Pilkington. 



BLESSINGTON, in Geography, a market town in the 

 county of Wicklow, and province of Leinfter, Ireland, 

 which, before the union, fent two members to parUament. 

 It is pleafantly fituated on a rifmg ground near the Liff^y, 

 14 miles S.W. of Dublin ; and was founded by primate 

 Boyle, one of whofe defcendants, the marquis of Down- 

 ihire, is the prefent propri;tor. The number of inhabitants, 

 according to Mr. Frazer, does not exceed 400. N. lat. 

 53° 9' 45"- ^^'- l""g' 6" 34'. Dr. Beaufort. Frazer's Wick- 

 low. 



BLESTIUM, or Blestio, in Jlticient Geography, a 

 place of Britain, in the rout from Ifca to Caleva, according 

 to the itinerary of Antonine, between Burrium and Arico- 

 nium, fuppofed by Mr. Hordey to be Monmouth. Mr. 

 Camden, and Drs. Gale and Stukeley, have placed this fta- 

 tion at Old Town, in Herefordftiire. 



BLESTRISMUS, in the Ancient Phyfic, (^X>i<rJ|,.!r/xo;, 

 from ^-xWx, to thro-v), a term employed by medical writers 

 to exprcfs that reftleffnefs and toffing about of the body, 

 which takes place in febrile diforders. 



BLETA Alba, a barbarous term employed by Para- 

 celfus to denote a milky appearance of the urine in fome dif- 

 cafes of the kidneys. 



BLETTERAND, in Geography, a town of France, in 



the department of Jura, and chief place of a canton, in the 

 diftrid of Lons-le-Saulnier, 6 miles N.W. of Lons-le-Saul- 

 nicr; containing 732 inhabitants. The population of the 

 canton is eftimated at 10,007; 'he territory comprehends 

 150 kiliometres, and 13 communes. 



BLETTERIE, John Philip Rene de la, in Bio- 

 graphy, a diftinguiftied profcfTor of the corgrtgation of the 

 oratoi7, was born at Rennes ; and quitting the congrega- 

 tion, he removed to Paris, and obtained the rhetorical chair 

 in the Royal College, and a feat in the Academy of Belles 

 Lettres. Among his moft efteemed works may be reckoned 

 his " Hiftoiy of Julian the Apoftate," Paris, 1735, 174^, 

 I2mo. ; " Hiftory of the emperor Jovian, and a tranflation 

 of fome works of the emperor Julian," Paris, 1748, 2 vols. 

 I2mo. which Gibbon (Deck and Fall of the Rom. Emp. 

 vol. iv. p. 206.) charafterifes as " a work remarkably diftin- 

 guiflied by elegance of ftyle, critical difquilition, and religi- 

 ous prejudice." The abbe de la Bletterie alfo publiflied a 

 tranflation of the " Life of Agricola," and the " Manners 

 of the Gei-mans," of Tacitus, and a life of that hiftorian, 

 his favourite author, in 1755 ; and a tranilation o the fix 

 firft books of the " Annals," in 1768. The ftyle of this 

 work has been charged with the vulgarity of religious fecla- 

 rianifm ; for the author had adopted the opinions of the 

 quietift Qj-iefnel, and publiftied a defence of the famous ma- 

 dame Guyon. He died in 1772, at an advanced age, with 

 an excellent character for both underftanding and morals. 

 Nouv. Dia. Hift. 



BLETUS, in the Ancient Phyfic, (/?X>ito?, from /?aX^u, 

 tojlr'ike.) This term is ufed by Hippocrates and other me- 

 dical writers to fignify a livid appearance or ecchymohs on 

 the fides of the cheft, as if from a blow, which fonietimes 

 occurs in thofe who die of pleurify. The epithet ^>,-Moi has 

 alfo been apphed to thofe who die fuddenly (as if ftruck by- 

 lightning) in acute difeafes. 



BLEU, in Ichthyology, the French trivial name for the 

 fpecies of ftiark called by hmnxusjijua/us glaucuj. 



BLEUET, in Ornithology, is the name by which the 

 common king's fiflier, a/ceJo ifpida, is called in Provence. 



BLEU-VERT. The mersps c^ruleficns of Latham is 

 known among the French naturalifts by this title. 



BLEW, in Geography, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Eure and Loire, 3 leagues S.S.W. of 

 Dreux. 



BLEXEX, a town of Germany, in the circle of Weft- 

 phalia, and county of Oldenburgh, 3 miles N.N.E. of OU 

 denbuigh. 



BLEYL, a village of Bohemia, near the town of Breg- 

 nitz, in the circle of Soatz, or Saaz ; famous on account 

 of its manufaftory for the preparation of fulphuric acid, by 

 fcparating it from fulphat of iron by diftillation. The ma- 

 nufaftory has two ftieds for this operation ; one with three 

 galleries, each containing 29 retorts on each fide ; the other 

 with two galleries, each holding on each fide 21 retorts. 

 In the galleries of this nianufaftory there is hkewife a diftil- 

 lation of aqua fortis, or nitric acid. 



BLEYMARD. See Blaymard. 



BLEYNE, in Farriery, a French word, now obfolete ia 

 the Englifli language, for zfanJ cracl; which fee. 



BLEYSWELCH, in Geography, a town of Germany, 

 in the circle of Weftphaha, and bi'ftiopric of Paderborn, 4 

 miles S. of Wunnenberg. 



BLEYSWICK, a town of Holland, 8 miles north of 

 Rotterdam. 



BLIARUS, or Membriarus, in Ancient Geography, aa 

 ifland of the Mediterranean, near that of Thera, laid by 



Slephi 



