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inatomy in the univerf.ty, to whijh was annexed that of 

 furcery in 7693. His appUcation was indefatigable, lo that 

 he attained to diftinguifhed eminence, and attached to his 

 fchool a great number of difciples. His celebnty was 

 orincipaUy the refult of a work, entitled « Anatomia 

 Corporis Humani," pubhihed in 1693, frequently reprmted 

 with correftions and additions, and enlarged m 17 10 with a 

 fupplement, forming a fecond book. As a claffical com- 

 pendium of the fcience, it fucceeded, for general ufe, thatot 

 Barthohne. Notwithftanding its imperfedions and errors, it 

 was entitled to the reputation which it acquired. Verheyen 

 was alfo the author of a Compendium of the Theory and 

 Praaice of Medicine ; of a Treatife on Fevers ; and of the 

 Hiftory of a miraculous Cure of a Jefuit by the Interceflion 

 of St. Francis Xavier, which latter work fufficiently evinces 

 the fuperllitious creduUty of the Netherland Catholics. 

 Haller. Eloy. 



VERIA, or Beria, in Geography, a town of Spain, m 

 Grenada, anciently Baria, near the coaft of the Mediterra- 

 nean ; 16 miles E. of MoLril. 



Vekia, or Cara Feria, a town of European Turkey, in 

 Macedonia ; 48 miles W. of Salonichi. N. lat. 40° 43'. 

 E. long. 21° 58'. 



VERIFICATION, the aft of proving, or making a 

 thing appear true. 



In the French law, ■verifying is ufed for the recording of 

 the king's edids and decrees by the parliament. 



VERIFICATIONE Relicta. See Relicta. 



VERIMUNGALUM, in Geography, a town of Hindoo- 

 ftan, in the province of Tinevelly ; 20 miles S.S.E. of Pa- 

 lamcotta. 



VERIN, a town of Spain, in Galicia ; 20 miles S.E. of 

 Orenfe. 



VERISA, in Ancieiit Geography, a luwii of Afu, in the 

 Leffer Armenia t fituated on the route from Tavia to Sc- 

 befta, between SebaftapoUs and Phiarafis. Anton. Itin. 



VERISIMILITUDE. See Probability. 



VERITH, in Ichthyology, a name given by Ifidoreto the 

 fi(h commonly called by authors thrijfa; by us, the JhaJ, 

 or the mother of the herrings. 



VERJUICE, a juice or Hquor drawn from four grapes, 

 or wild apples, unfit for wine, or cyder ; or from fweet 

 ones, while yet acid, or unripe. 



Its chief ufe is in fauces, ragouts, &c. though it is alfo 

 an ingredient in fome medicinal compofitions ; and is ufed 

 by the wax-chandlers to purify their wax. It is alfo very 

 ufeful for forming poultices with, which are ufed in the 

 fwellings of animals, or for bathing the bruifed and other 

 parts of them with in different cales. 



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It has its name from a large fort of gfrape, called verjiu, 

 or bourdelas ; which is faid never to grow perfeftly ripe ; or 

 rather, which in its utmoft maturity is too auilere and four 

 to be ufed in wine ; whence it is commonly turned into 

 verjuice ; though in France all unripe grapes are denomi- 

 nated verjus. 



There is alfo tolerable verjuice made of crabs, gathered, 

 and laid in an heap to fweat, the ftalks, &c. feparated ; 

 they are then ftamped, or ground, and the crab mafh put in 

 a hair bag ; the juice fqueezed in a prefs, then barrelled 

 up clofe, and fet in a warm place to work for ten or twelve 

 days. 



Verjuice made for fale (hall pay the fame duty as cyder 

 or perry. 



VERIXA, in Geography, a town of Afiatic Turkey, m 

 the government of Moful ; 15 miles N.W. of Naufa. 



VERKENS VisCH, in Ichthyology, the Dutch name of a 

 filh caught in the Eaft Indies. It is about feven inches long, 

 of a blackilh-green colour, with fins and tail wholly black, 

 and with yellow irifes to the eyes. It is caught in frefli 

 waters in the Eaft Indies, and is a very dehcate fi(h. It is 

 very nearly related to the caprifcus, or goat-fifti, if not the 

 fame fpecies. 



VERLUCIO, in Ancient Geography, a place of Britain, 

 in the fourteenth route of Antonine, between Aqua Solis or 

 Bath, and Cuneho or Marlborough. It is placed by Dr. 

 Gale at Wetlbury, and by Dr. Stukeley at Hedington ; but 

 Mr. Horfley, following the route of the military way from 

 Bath to Marlborough, and the diitances from both thefe 

 places, thinks it more probable that it was fituated near 

 Leckham, or at Silverfield near Lacock, where great quan- 

 tities of Roman money have been found. 



VERMAND, in Geography, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Aifne. Bpfore the rpvolution, the capital 

 of a ditt'"^ "1 Picardy, called Vermandois ; 6 miles W. of 

 bt. yufentin. 



VERMANTES, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Indre and Loire ; 6 miles N.W. of Bourgeuil. 



VERMANTON, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Yonne ; 1 2 miles N.W. of Avalon. 



VERMANTRZE, one of the fmaUer Shetland iflands. 

 N. lat. 60° 27'. W. long. 1° 55'. 



VERMEJO, or Rio Grand, a river of South America, 

 which rifes near Cafabindo, in the province of Tucuman, and 

 runs into the Parama, near its union with the Paraguay, 

 oppofite Corrientes. 



Vermejo. See Bekmejo. 



VERMELHO, in Ichthyology, the name of an American 

 filh, more ufuaUy known by the name of the pudiano. 



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