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tine. When the emperor Heraclius divided the Eaft into 

 feveral departments, the town of Sinope was included in 

 that of Armenia. Chriftianity was received in this city to- 

 wards the end of the third century. This place has two 

 good harbours, and a dock-yard for building fhips. Turks 

 only refide within the walls ; one of the fauxbourgs is in- 

 habited by Greeks, with a metropolitan dependant on the 

 patriarch of Conftantinople. In the environs are fome 

 copper-mines. Diogenes, the cynic, was a native of Si- 

 nope, but he was buried at Corinth ; 380 miles E. of 

 Conftantinople. N. lat. 4I°6'. E. long. 35°. 



SINON, a river of Perfia, in the province of Mazan- 

 deran, which runs into the Cafpian fea, 5 miles E. of Feh- 

 rabad. 



SINONGI, a town of Japan, in the ifland of Ximo ; 

 20 miles S.W. of Sanga. 



SI NON OMNES, in Law, a writ on alfociation of 

 juftices, by which, if all in commiffion cannot meet at the 

 day .nfligned, it is permitted that two or more of them may 

 finifh the bufinefs. 



SINOOTS, in Gfogrnphy, a town of Japan, in the ifland 

 of Ximo ; 20 miles E. of Taifero. 



SINOPE, in yincient Geography. See SiNOB. 

 SiNOPE, a river of Afia, in Paplilagonia, which runs near 

 the town of Sinope. 



SINOPER, or Sinopis, in Natural Hiftory. See Sino- 

 MCA Terra. 



SINOPICA Terra, the name of a red earth, of the 

 ochre-kind, called alfo rubrkafinoplca, and by fome authors 

 Jinopis. 



It is a very clofe, compafk, and weighty earth, of a fine 

 glowing purple colour, but in fome fpecimens much deeper 

 than in others, and in fome degenerates into palenefs ; but, 

 even in its worft condition, the colour is very fine. It is of 

 a pure texture, but not very hard, and of an even but dutly 

 furface. It adheres firmly to the tongue, is perfeftly fine 

 and fmooth to the touch, does not crumble eafily between 

 the fingers, and itains the hands. It melts very flowly in 

 the mouth, and is pcrfeftly pure and fine, and of a very 

 auftere aftringent tafte, and ferments very violently with 

 aqua fortis. In the fire it acquires a great hardnefs, but 

 does not change colour. 



It was dug in Cappadocia, and carried for fale to the 

 city Sinope, whence it had its name. It is now found in 

 plenty in the New Jerfeys, in America, and is called by the 

 people there blood-Jione; from its Itaining the hands to a 

 blood-colour, and may probably be had in many other 

 places ; and this deferves thoroughly inquiring into, fince 

 there feems not one among the earths more worthy of notice. 

 Its fine texture and body, with its high florid colour, mufl. 

 make it very valuable to painters, and its powerfully aftrin- 

 gency equally fo in medicine. 



The ancients were well acquainted with it in fluxes and 

 hsemorrhages, and experience fhews it poflefles the fame 

 virtues at this time. The deepeft coloured is ever the moft 

 altringent. Hill's Hift. of FofT. p. 60. 



SINOPLE, or Senople, in Heraldry, denotes vert, or 

 the green colour in armories ; thus called by the ancient 

 iKralds: though Pliny and Ifidore, by color Jinopicus, or 

 finople, mean a brownilh-red, fuch as that of our ruddle. 



F. Meneftrier derives the word from the Greek prafina 

 bopla, green armories ; by corruptedly retrenching the firil 

 fyllable pra ; which is no new thing among Oriental words, 

 witnefs Salonica for Theflalonica. 



Sinople is fuppofed to fignify love, youth, beauty, re- 

 joicing, and liberty: whence it is, that letters of grace, 



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abolition, legitimation, &c. are always to be fealed with 

 green wax. 



SINOPOLI, in Geography, a town of Naples, in Cala- 

 bria Ultra ; 5 miles S.W. of Oppido. 



SINOTIUM, in Ancient Geography, a town of Illyria, 

 in Dalmatia, and one of the fifty polieded by the Dalma- 

 tians. Strabo fays, that it was reduced to afhcs by Au- 

 guftus. 



SINOVIA. See Synovi.i. 



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

 third rank, in Yun-nan ; 35 miles N. of Yuen-kiang. 



SINSACATA, a town of South America, in the pro- 

 vince of Cordova ; 36 miles N. of Cordova. 



SIN-SI, a town of Corea ; 30 miles N.N.E. of King- 

 ki-tao. 



SINSJA, a river of Afia, which runs Into the Ei»- 

 phrates, 33 miles S.E. of Semifat. 



SINSILIN, a town of Perfia, in the province of Ghi- 

 lan ; 23 miles W.N.W. of Refhd. 



SINSIN, a town of Perfia, in the province of Irak; 

 120 miles N. of Ifpahan. Ste Zinjan. 



SINSO, a province of Africa, in the kingdom of An- 

 gola, north of Loanda. 



SIN-TAI, a town of China, of the third rank, in Chan- 

 tong ; 37 miles S.E. of Tai-nghan. 



SIN-TAI-TOUKA, a town of Chinefe Tartary. N. 

 lat. 41" 16'. E. long. 120^ 14'. 



SIN-TAN, a town of China, of the third rank, in Se- 

 tchuen ; 10 miles S.S.E. of Han. 



SIN-TCHANG, a town of Corea; 45 miles E. of 

 Haimen. — Alfo, a town of China, of the third rank, in 

 Kiang-fi ; 37 miles W.S.W. of Choui-tcheou. — Alfo, a 

 town of China, of the third rank, in Tche-kiang ; 42 miles 

 N.N.W. of Tai-tcheou. — Alfo, a city of CSna, of the 

 fecond rank, in Yunnan. N. lat. 29°. E. long. 103° 29'. 

 SIN-TCHEOU, a city of China, of the firft rank, in 

 Quane-fi. N. lat. 33° 26'. E. long. 109° 29'. 



SIN-TCHIM HOTUN, a city of Corea. N. lat. 42" 

 57'. E. long. 130" iV. 



SIN-TCHIN, a town of China, of the third rank, in 

 Petche-li ; 32 miles N.E. of Pao-ting. — Alfo, a town of 

 China, of the third rank, in Chan-tong ; 30 miles N.W. of 

 Tcin-tcheou. 



SIN-TCHING, a town of China, of the third rank, in 

 Kiang-fi ; 22 miles S.S.E. of Kien-tchang. — Alfo, a town 

 of China, of the third rank, in Tche-kiang ; 30 miles 

 N.N.E. of Yen-tcheou. — Alfo, a town of China, of the 

 third rank, in Se-tchuen ; 17 miles E. of Xun. — Alfo, a 

 town of China, of the third rank, in Ho-nan ; 20 miles N. 

 of Hiu-tcheou. 



SIN-TCHU-AM, a town of Chinefe Tartary. N. lat. 

 41° 5'. E. long. 120° 54'. 



SIN-TCHUEN, a town of Corea ; 48 miles S.W. of 

 Hoang-tcheou. 



SIN-TCIN, a town of China, of the third rank, in Hou- 

 quang ; 20 miles W.S.W. of Koue-yang. 



SINTHUS, in Ancient Geography, a town of Macedonia, 

 in the Amphaxitide, near the gulf Thermaeus, according to 

 Herodotus. — Alfo, one of the largeft rivers which dif- 

 eharged themfelves into the Erythrzan fea. Arrian. — 

 Alfo, one of the mouths of the Indus, according to Pto- 

 lemy. 



SIN-TIEN, in Geography, a city of China, of the fe- 

 cond rank, in Yun-nan. N. lat. 25° 36'. E. long. 102° 54'. 

 SIN-TIENTSE, a town of Chinefe Tartary. N. lat. 

 41° 16'. E. long. 121° 19'. 



SINTII, in Ancient Geography, the name of a people 

 I who 



