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ment of any debate, without fixing the day when it fhall 

 come on again ; which is looked upon as a genteelcr dif- 

 miflion of the thing in qiieftion. 



SINEER, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in 

 Baglana ; 3 miles W. of Junere. 



SINEGAR Creek, a river of Maryland, which runs 

 into the Potomack, N. lat. 39° 8'. W. long. 77*" 33'. 



SINEMAHONING, a north-wclt branch of the river 

 Sulquehanna. 



SINE PA RI, in Anatomy, an epithet applied to the vena 

 azygos, which latter is an equivalent expreffion derived from 

 the Greek. It means the Jingle vein ; as there is only one ia 

 the body, and not a pair, as in general, confifting of a right 

 and left velfcl. Se? Vein. 



SINEPUXENT Inlet, in Geography, a bay on the 

 «.E. coaft of Maryland. N. lat. 38° 20'. 



SINERVAS, in Jnclent Geography, a town of the Lefler 

 Armenia, on the route from Satala to Melitene, between 

 Carfaris and Analibn. It. of Anton. 



SINES, in Geography, a fca-port town of Portugal, in 

 Ellremadura, containing about 1400 inhabitants; 39 miles 

 S. of Setuval. N. lal. 37 46'. W. long. 8° 51'. 



SINESCLA, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the province 

 of Diarbekir; 80 miles E. of Rabba. 



SINEU, a town of the ifland of Majorca ; 20 miles E. 

 of Parma. 



SINEW properly denotes what we call a nerve ; though, 

 in common fpeech, it is rather ufed for a tendon. 



The Hebrews do not eat the finew of the thighs of ani- 

 mals, in memory of the finew of Jacob's thigh, which the 

 angel touched. This abftinence is not commanded by the 

 law, and fome interpreters think that it is an aft of volun- 

 tary devotion. 



Sinew, in the Manege. To unfinew a horfe, called in 

 French enerver, is to cut the two tendons on the fide of 

 the head, about five inches under the eyes ; which two join 

 in one at the tip, or the end of the nofc, in order to per- 

 form its motion. This tendon at the tip of the nofe is like- 

 wife cut. We unfinew, in order to dry the head, and make 

 it fmaller. 



Sl'SEW-Shruni, is faid of a horfe that is over-rid, and fo 

 worn down with fatigue, that he becomes gaunt-bellied, 

 through a (lifTnefs and contraftion of the two fincws that 

 ire under his belly. 



SiNEW-Sprung, is a violent attaint, or over-reach, in 

 which a horfe ftrikes the toe of his hinder feet againlt the 

 finew of the fore-legs. 



SINF, in the Materia Medica of the Ancients, a word 

 ufed to exprefs the fame as agalloehum, or lignum aloes. 



SIN-FONG, in Geography, a town of China, of the 

 third rank, in Kiang-fi ; 27 miles S. of Kan-cheou. 



SING, a town of Dalmati*, built by the Turks, in op- 

 pofition to Clilfa. It was (Irongly fortified ; and the Vene- 

 tians, after taking; this place in the year 1686, ftrengthened 

 its fortifications, in order to ^'ecure it to themfelvcs ; 16 

 miles N. of Spalatro. — Alfo, a town of Corea ; 153 miles 

 S.S.E. of King-ki-tao. N. lat. 35° 27'. E. long. 127° 49'. 

 — Alfo, a town of Corea ; 25 miles S.E. of Long-Kouang. 

 SINGA, in Ancient Geography, a town of Syria, in the 

 Comagene. Ptolemy. 



SIN-GAN, in Geography, a city of China, of the firft 

 rank, and capital of the province of Chen-fi ; next to Pe- 

 king, one of the largelt and molt beautiful cities in the 

 kingdom. Its walls are thick, very high, and four leagues 

 in circumference ; they are flanked witti a great number of 

 towers, and furrounded by a deep ditch. Some of its gates 

 are magnificent and remarkably lofty. In this city is llill 



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feen a palace where the ancient kings of Chen-fi refided, the 

 extent of whofe country, and the bravery of their people, 

 once rendered them formidable to their neighbours. The 

 houfes are, according to the Chinefe fafhion, low and ill- 

 conftrufted ; and the furniture, on account of the fcarcity 

 of good artills, inferior to that in the fouthern provinces ; 

 porcelain being very rare, and the varnifh coarfe. The in- 

 habitaots arc generally more robufi, and brave, and better 

 formed for enduring fatigue, and alfo of greater Itature, 

 than thofe of the other provinces. The principal Tartar 

 forces deftined for the defence of the northern part of the 

 empire are garrifoned in this city, under a general of their 

 own nation, who, with his foldiers, occupies a quarter of 

 the city, feparated from the relt by a wall. Bats of a An- 

 gular fpecies are found in the territories of Sin-gan ; they 

 are as large as domeitic fowls, and the Chinefe prefer their 

 flefii to that of the inoft delicate chickens. This country 

 alfo furnifhes the ladies with a white paint, which they ufe 

 for embellifhing their complexions. It appears, by an in- 

 fcription on a marble monument dug up here in 1625, that 

 the Chriftian religion flourifhed in China from the vear 636 

 to 782. This capital has 37 cities under its jurifdidion ; 

 fix of the fecond clafs and 3 1 of the third. The Mandarins, 

 who are numerous in this city, are mollly Tartars. N. lat: 

 35° 14'. E. long. 108° 29'. Grofier. — Alfo, a town of 

 China, of the third rank, in Pe-tche-li ; 22 miles E.N.E. 

 of Pao-ting. 



SINGANA, in Botany, Aubl. Guian. 574. Jufi. 257, 

 altered by Aublet from the name Singan Singa, given by 

 the blacks in Guiana to the fruit of this fhrub. See Ster- 



BECKIA. 



SINGANELLORE, in Geography, a town of Hia- 

 dooftan, in Coimbetore ;, 5 miles E. of Coimbetore. 



SINGAPETTY, a town of Hindooftan; 17 miles 

 S.S.W. of Tinevelly. 



SINGARA, SiNJER, in Ancient Geography, an important 

 town of Afia, in Mefopotamia, on the banks of the river 

 Mygdonius. Dion Cafiius fays that it was taken by Trajan ; 

 and that it afterwards became a Roman colony, under the 

 appellations of Aurelia and Septimia, which it bears on 

 medals. 



SINGARPETTY, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, 

 in Barramaul ; 25 miles E.N.E. of Darcmpoury. 



SINGA RPILLY, a town of Hindooftan, in Myfore; 

 23 miles E.S.E. of Chinna Balabaram. 



SINGAS, SlNsjA, in Ancient Geography, a river of Afia, 

 which, according to Ptolemy, flowed from Pieria, the moft 

 northerly canton of Syria, and difcharged itfelf into the 

 Euphrates S.E. of Samofata, between Arudis and Porfica. 



SINGBGON, in Geography, a circar of Hindooftan, of 

 fmall extent, bounded N.E. and E. by Bengal, S. by Mo- 

 hurbunge, W. and N.W. by Bahar. 



SINGEAH, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar ; 10 miles 

 N. of Hajypour. N. lat. 25° 52'. E. long. 85° 24'. 



SINGECOLLAM, a town of Hindooftan; 10 miles 

 S. of Tinevelly. 



SINGECONDA, a town of Hindooftan, in the Car- 

 natic ; 25 miles N. of Ongole. 



SINGEE, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar; 24 miles 

 S.S.E. of Durbungah. N. lat. 25° 45'. E. long. 86° 21'. 



SINGERAM, a town of Hindooftan, in Golconda ; IJ 

 miles S.E. of Hyilrabad. 



SINGERBU.L, a town of Hindooftan, in Bengal ; 30 

 miles N. of Cormillah. 



SINGERS, in the Jeivijh Antiquiliei. See ChantoR. 



SiNCERS in Lulli's operas. See Lf LLi. 



SINGESECKEN, in Geography, a town of Norway, 



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