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The time, obfervrd in making a ftop are nothing but fo 



TiMK alfo r.gnifies the effea of one of ^he aids ; thus, we 

 f.y, a good horfcman difpofos his horie for the cffefta of the 

 heel, by bejnnning with one time of the legs, and never runs 

 precipitately upon his times. n -a .1 



> Time offhtiving Fhwers, in Gardemng, among flontts, the 

 period or (iafon of exhibiting thofe of the finer kinds, either 

 on the fummer ftages for this purpofe, or in other places. 

 For fome forls of llowors, as thofe of the auricula and other 

 limilai- kinds, it is ufually from about the latter part ot 

 April until about the beginning of May, 111 fituations near 

 the metropolis, in which length of period or feafon there 

 are cominonly about four fuch (hows at different fuitable 

 intervals of time. 



In other forts of fine flowers, the (hows are moilly lome- 

 what later, and do not lall any great length of time, as for 

 tulips, carnations, and fome other fimilar kinds ; and there 

 are ftill a few others which lall differently in regard to 

 time, or a great part of the fummer feafon. See Summer- 

 Slage. 



Tmv.-Kctpfrs, in a general fenfe, denote mltrumcnts 

 adapted for meafuring time. Sec Chronometer. 



Ti-^i-E. of Peace. See Pe ACE. 



Time, in Chronology. See Chronology. 



Time, in Grammar. See Tense, Prosody, and Measure. 



Time, in Mechanics. See Motion. 



Time, Periodical. See Period. 



TrME, Equation of. See Equation. 



Time, Kipper. See KippeR- 



Time, Unity of. See Unity. 



TIMELFIOERD, in Geography, a bay of the North 

 fca, on the coaft of Norway ; 32 miles W. of Romfdal. 



TIMEN-GUY, in Rigging, a rope fallened at one end 

 to the forc-(hroiids, and nailed at the other end to the an- 

 chor-ftock, on the bow, to prevent the fore-(heet from en- 

 tangling. 



TIMENS, in Geography, a town of Norway, in the 

 province of Chriftianfand ; 15 miles S. of Stavanger. 



TIMERA, a town of Sweden, in the province of Me- 

 delpadia ; 5 miles N. of Snndfwall. 



TIMERY, a town of Hindooftan, in the Carnatic ; 6 

 miles S. of Arcot. 



TIMERYCOTTA, a town and foftrefs of Hindoo- 

 ftan, in Golconda ; 54 miles S.E. of Hydrabad. N. lat. 

 15° 20'. E. long. 79" 26'. 



TIMERYDURGAM, a town of Hindooftan, in Ba- 

 ramaul ; 21 miles N.N.W. of Darempoury. 



TIMESQUIT, or TiMAsQUiT, a town of Africa, in 

 the country of Darah ; 80 miles W. of Tafilet. 



TIMETHUS, in Ancient Geography, a river of Sicily, 

 the mouth of which is placed by Ptolemy between Tynda- 

 rium and Agathyrium. 



TIMICl, Mat-el-Wed, a place in Africa, S.E. of 

 Arfinaria, on the banks of one of the rivers which formed 

 the Carteimus ; and in which are ruins. 



TIMIRU, in Geography, a town of the ifland of Cuba^ 

 20 miles W.S.W. of Villa del Principe. 



TIMMER. See Timber and Timbre. 



TIMMIA, in Botany, received that name from the cele- 

 brated Hedwig, in compliment to his correfpondent Mr. 

 Joachim Chriltian Timm, an apothecary and principal ma- 

 giftrate at Malchin, who publilhcd Flora Megapolitame Pro- 

 dromus, in 17S8. Tills makes an octavo volume, containing 

 the names, charafters, places of growth, &Ci. of the na- 

 tive plants of Mecklcnburg-Schwenn, difpofed according to 

 the Linnaean fyftcm, with the abohtion of the 20th, 21ft, 



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2 2d, and 23d clalTes, and a feparation of all the graffes and 

 grafs-like plants together, into a clafs by themfelves. The 

 number of fpecies is 1 200, of which joi belong to the 

 Crvplogamia, the other clalfes being far from rich. Neither 

 does the work contain any critical obfervations to compen- 

 fate for the inconvenience of the above changes. — Hedw- 

 Crypt. V. I. 83. Sp. Mufc. 176. Schreb. Gen. 761. Timm. 

 Megapol. 234. — Clafs and order, Cryplogamia Mufci. Na^ 

 Ord. Mufci. 



EIT. Ch. Capfule ovate. Outer fringe of fixteen pointed 

 teeth : inner membranous, with jointed teeth combined at the 

 top. M.ale flowers on the fame plant, axillary, ftalked, bud- 

 (haped. 



The known fpecies are two only. T. megapolitana, 

 Hedw. Crypt, v. I. 83. t. 31, found near Malchin, growing 

 in boggy ground among Carices, as well as in North America : 

 and T. aufriaca, Hedw. Sp. Mufc. 176. t. 42. f. i — 7, na- 

 tive of Schneeberg, a celebrated Aullrian mountain. Both 

 have the habit of Bryum, or Mnium ; fee thofe articles. 

 We cannot confider Timmia as an admiffible genus, being 

 diftinguiflied from Bryum merely by the connexion of the 

 points of the inner fringe, hke Pohlia of Hedwig, which 

 the reader will find in its proper place. Under the head o( 

 Fringe of Mojfcs we have fuggefted the objeftions to 

 founding genera on the diflterences of figure in the inner 

 fringe, which ai-e uncertain, variable, very difficult to obferve, 

 and lead to unnatural diftinttions. Charatlers derived from 

 the fituation of the male flowers are fubjeft to ftill greater 

 difficulties and objections. 



TIMMISKAMAIN Lake, in Geography, a lake of 

 North America, in Canada. This lake gives name to a tribe 

 of Indians near it. N. lat. 47'' 30'. W. long. 8o° 40'. 



TIMMS, a town of North Carolina; 15 miles S.S.E. 

 of Fayetteville. 



TIMOAN, an idand in the Eaft Indian fea, inhabited by 

 Malays : (hips may obtain wood and water ; the anchorage 

 is good almoft all round the ifland $ but the inhabitants are 

 furly and infolent. N. lat. 2" 58'. E. long. 104° 25'. 



TIMOCHARIS, in Biography, an attronomer of Alex- 

 andria, who flouri(hed in the third century B.C. He ob- 

 ferved B.C. 294, on the 9th of March, four hours before 

 midnight, a conjundlion of the moon with the Spica Virginis, 

 the ftar being then, according to him, 8^ W. from the equi- 

 noftial point. 



TIMOK, in Geography, a river of Servia, which rifes in 

 mount Hxmus, and runs into the Danube, 6 miles N. of 

 Viddin. 



TIMOLEON, in Biography, a diftinguiflied example of 

 patriotifm and attachment to liberty, was of noble parentage, 

 and a native of Corinth. His difcriminating charafter was 

 exhibited at an early age in the refcue of his brother Timo- 

 phanes at a moment of danger, when he was thrown from 

 his horfe in an engagement with the Argives, and furrounded 

 by the enemy. Timoleon flew to his aid, covered him with 

 his fliield, and after receiving many wounds, liberated his 

 brother. This fame brother, being placed by the Corin- 

 thians for the fafety of their city at the head of a ftanding 

 body of mercenaries, affumed the fovereignty of the ilate ; 

 but Timoleon, dreading the fubverfion of the liberty of his 

 country by the ambition of his own brother, remonftr^t.ed 

 againft his proceedings ; and, finding his own attempts for 

 reftraining him ineffectual, engaged two friends to concur 

 with him in his efforts ; but their united endeavours proving 

 of no avail, Timoleon is faid to have ftood by him weeping, 

 wnth his face eovered, while his alTociates difpatched the ty- 

 rant. Such is the account of Plutarch ; but Diodorus fa^'s, 

 that Timoleon killed his brother with his owii hand. This 



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