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Englilh quarters. At Dixmude 29.51 raficres arc equal to 

 10 Englifh quarters, and each rafiere contains 5821 inches. 

 At Gravelines 21.29 rafieies are equal to lo Englidi quar- 

 ters, and each contains 8080 inches. At Nieuport 16.93 

 raficres are equal to 10 Engli(h quarters, and each rafiere 

 contains 10157 cubic inches. At Oftend 16.02 rafieres are 

 equal to 10 Englilh quarters, and each of them contains 

 10733 inches. At St. Omer 21.77 rafieres =i 10 Engli(h 

 quarters, and each contains 7900 cubic inches. At Lifle 

 or Lille, the rafiere is divided into 8 parts ; of thefe there 

 are two forts, one, ufed for wheat or rye, the other, called 

 rafiere de Mars, for oats or beans ; 38 of the former, and 

 40 of the latter, are reckoned for one laft. The rafiere 

 of wheat weighs about I281bs., and 41 of thefe are equal 

 to 19 fetiers, Paris meafure, or about 10 j Englifli quarters ; 

 39.64 rafieres of Lifle are equal to 10 Enghih quarters, and 

 each contains 4339 cubic inches. 



RASILIS JEnvGO, in the Materia Medlca of the An- 

 cients, one of their kinds of verdigris. It was prepared in 

 the following manner ; they fet foine (harp vinegar over the 

 fire in a ftrong earthen veflel, and covered it with a brafs pot 

 inverted, well cleaned, and without any vent-hole. And 

 after fome time the veffels were to be ieparated ; and the 

 verdigris, which was found concreted on the infide of the 

 brafs pot, was fcraped off, and put up for ufe. 



RASILITA, in Geography, a town of Italy, in Friuli ; 

 26 miles S.S.E. of Friuli. 



RASIN, a town of Hindoollan, in Dowlatabad ; 18 milea 

 W.S.W. of Carmullali. 



RASINTA, a town of Italy, in Friuli; 14 miles N. 

 of Udina. 



RASKOW, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 

 Braclaw ; 54 miles S. of Braclaw. 



RASMAN, an ifland in the Red fea. N. lat. 13° 58'. 



RASMEND, a mountain of Perfia, in the province of 

 Irak ; 60 miles N.E. of Nehavend. 



RASNO, an ifland in the Adriatic. N. lat. 44° 6'. 

 E. long. 15° 25'. 



RASO, or £11 of Turin, in Commerce, is equal to 2f Ge- 

 noefe palmi, or 23^ Englilh inches ; the foot 143.2 French 

 lines, or 3^ Englifli inches; hence 180 Fiedmontefe rafi 

 are equal to 119 Englifli yards, and 33 Fiedmontefe feet = 

 ^^ Englifli feet. At Cagliari, 166.7 i"^'' — '^1° Englifli 

 yards, and each of them equal to 21.6 Englifli inches. At 

 Chamberry 158.5 rafi — 100 Englifli yards, and each = 

 22.7 Englifli inches. At Nice, 166.7 rafi = 100 Englifli 

 yards, and each =21.6 Englifli inches ; 1 54-5 rafi of Turin 

 = 100 Englifli yards, and each = 23.3 Englifli inches. 



RASP, a coarfe fort of file. 



RASPACH, in Geography, a town of Auftria ; eight 

 miles E. of Zwetl. 



RASPATORIUM, (from rado, to fcrape,) a furgical 

 inftrument with which the periofl;eum was, by the old prac- 

 titioners, fcraped from the bones, and the bones themfelves 

 fometimes rafped. 



RASPBERRY Bush, in Botany. See Rubus. 



For the dietetic and medicinal ufe of rafpberries, fee Sum- 

 mer Fruits. 



RASPECON, in Ichthyology, a name given by fome to 

 the uranofcope, or ftar-gazer. 



RASPENBURG, in Geography, a town of Germany, 

 in the principality of Weimar, near which are fome medi- 

 cinal fprings ; 12 miles N. of Weimar. N. lat. 51° 13'. 

 E.long. 1 1'^ 35'. 



RASPHUYS, or Rafp-houfe, a celebrated work-houfe, 

 or houfe of correftion, at Amfterdam. See Vf OKK-houfe. 



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RASPUGLY, in Geography, a town of Bengal; four 

 miles S. of Calcutta. 



RASSADES, aclufterof fmall iflands, in the river St. 

 Lawrence. N. lat. 48° 15'. W. long. 68"^ 48'. 



RASSAGU, one of the Kurile or Kurilflioy iflands, 

 lying 40 verfts from Mutova, and in extent about 30 verft.s 

 meafured either way. It has lofty mountains and ftcep 

 rocky fliorcs, with very few fandy bogs. On the mountains, 

 here and there, is a good forcll of birch, alders, and the 

 nut-bearing pine ; the vales and flats abound in herbs. On 

 the land is no other animal bcfides the fox, but the cliffs of 

 the rock afford neiting-places for all kinds of fea-birds ; and 

 tiie beavers and feals lie fcattered on fevcral parts of the 

 ftrand. Here are no fl;reams that yield fifli. The Kurils on 

 this ifland are not numerous, and fome of them are baptized. 

 N. lat. 48° 20'. E. long. 154° 14'. 



RASSE CoRONDE, in Natural Hi/lory, a name given by 

 the Ceylonefe to a peculiarly fine kind of cinnamon, which 

 is the bark of a tree, growing no where but in that ifland. 

 The name they give it fignifies Jharp or hithig cinnamon. 

 This choice kind was formerly exported annually, in con- 

 fiderable quantity, by the Dutch Eall India company, who 

 prohibited the mixing any other kind of cinnamon with it, 

 under a very fevere penalty. Phil. Tranf. N'^ 409. 



RASSOOLPOUR, in Geography, a town of Hin- 

 dooftan, in the circar of Nagore ; 22 miles N.W. of Did- 

 wana. — Alfo, a town of Hindooflan, in the circar of Go- 

 hud, on the Jumnah ; 40 miles E. of Gohud. 



RASSOVAT, or Axioi-oLi, a town of European Tur- 

 key, in Bulgaria ; 24 miles N. of Driftra. N. lat. 44° 25', 

 E. long. 27° 37'. 



RASTADT, a town of the duchy of Baden, fituated 

 OH a large plain on the river Merg ; the town is new, and re- 

 gularly built, and the principal ftreet is broad and hand- 

 fome ; i6miles S.W. of Durlach. N. lat. 48° 52'. E.long. 

 8° 15'. — Alfo, a town of Bavaria, in the bifhopric of Bam- 

 berg ; five miles N.W. of Bamberg. — Alfo, a town of the 

 duchy of Wurzburg ; three miles S. of Melrichfladt. 



RASTAGARA, a town of Egypt ; 90 miles E. of 

 Cairo. 



RASTEDE, a town of Germany, in the country of 

 Oldenburg ; 1 1 miles N. of Oldenburg. 



RASTENBURG, a town of Pruffia, in the province 

 of Natangen, founded in 1329, and after having been 

 deitroyed by the Lithuanians in 1348, was rebuilt, together 

 with its caftle, and put into a better ftate of defence ; it is 

 enclofed by a wall, and, in 1669, furrounded by a rampart. 

 The burghers, moft of whom are Lutherans, are about 200. 

 The inhabitants derive their fubfiftence from a little com- 

 merce, brewing, agriculture, and mechanic trades ; 46 miles 

 S.E. of Konigflierg. N. lat. 53° 58'. E. long. 21° 27'. 



RASTICO Harbour, Grand, a bay in the gulf of St. 

 Lawrence, on the • N. coatl of the ifland of St. John. 

 N. lat. 46° 25'. W. long. 62° 50'. 



RASTORFF, a town of Auftria; feven miles E. of 

 Ehrnfprunn. 



RASTOWICA, a river of Poland, which runs into the 

 Dnieper, on the borders of Ruflia. 



RASURA, a word ufed by the pharmaceutic writers to 

 exprefs the (havings of woods, or other hard fubftances, to 

 make them readily yield their virtues by decotlion. Phyfi- 

 cians alfo ufe it to exprefs the corrofion of acrid humours, 



RASURE in a Deed, in Latv. See Deed. 



RASZNA, in Geography, a town of Servia; 24 miles 

 N. of Nifl"a. 



RAT, in Zoology. See Mus. 



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