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and having gained a fmall fum of money by tuition, he went 

 to Paris for the ftudv of mathematics and improvement in 

 claflical literature. He was invited to Bourdeaux in 1541, 

 and appointed to a profeflorfhip by Govea, principal of the 

 college in that city. He accompanied his patron to Co- 

 imbra in 1547, but after his death returned to Bourdeaux, 

 where he was appointed principal of the college in 1558. 

 Having performed the duties of this office for twenty-five 

 years, he was releafed from fcrvice in his advanced age, but 

 retained his falarj-, and died in 1587, at the age of 78. 

 Vinet edited various ancient authors ; and befides his tranf- 

 lations into French, he publifhed fome original works, fuch 

 as " The Art of making Dials ;" a treatife " On Modera- 

 tion ;" the " Antiquities of Saintes and Barbefieux," 4to. 

 157 1 ; and " Antiquities of Bourdeaux and Bourg," 410. 

 1574. Moreri. 



VINEUIL, in Geography, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Loir and Cher, on the Couflbn ; 3 miles E. 

 of Blois. 



VINEYARD, ViNETUM, a plantation of vines. See 

 Vine. 



Vineyards were formerly common in England, but for a 

 confiderable time the cultivation of them has been altogether 

 neglefted. There was a famous vineyard at Bath, planted 

 with white Mufcadine and black duller grapes, which, at one 

 time, yielded fixty hogfheads of wine at a vintage, though, 

 in 1 72 1, it only yielded three hogflieads. 



Bradley alfo mentions a fmall vineyard of a private perfon 

 at Rotherhithe, confifting only of a hundred vines, which 

 yielded at a vintage ninety-five gallons of wine, that had 

 the true Burgundy flavour, as being made of that fort of 

 grape, and exceeded any made on this fide of Paris. 



Vineyard, in Geography, a town of America, in the dif- 

 triA of Vermont, and county of Grand Ifle ; containing 338 

 inliabitants. 



Vineyard, Martha's. See MarthaV Vineyard. 



Vineyard, Neiv, a townftip in the dillrift of Maine, and 

 county of Somerfet ; containing 484 inhabitants ; 60 miles 

 N.W. of Brunfvvick. 



Vineyard Sound, a narrow fea, on the north-weft coaft of 

 Martha's Vineyard, feparated from Buzzard's bay by Eli- 

 zabeth idands. 



VINFELD, a place of Weflphalia, in the county of 

 Lippe, near Horn. 



VINGENNA, in Ancient Geography, a river of Gaul, 

 which difcharges itfelf into the Loire. 



VINGER, in Geography, a town of Norway, in the pro- 

 vince of Aggerhuus ; 12 miles S.S.E. of Berga. 



VINGORLA, a town of Hindooftan, in the country of 

 Concan, where the Dutch had a fettlement, from which they 

 were driven by the natives in 1696. About ten miles to the 

 weft-north-weft are fome rocks, in the Indian fea, called 

 Vingorla Rocks. The town of Vingorla is fituated near the 

 mouth of a river ; 22 miles N.N.W. of Goa. N. lat. I5''53'. 

 E. long. 73° 27'. 



VINHAES, a town of Portugal, in the province of Tra 

 los Moiites ; 1 2 miles W. of Braganga. 



VINJA CUTARIA, a town of Hindooftan, in Cutch ; 

 i6 miles S. of Tahej. 



VINIE Lake, a lake of Norway, in the government of 

 Aggerhuus ; 45 miles W. of Conft)erg. 



VINIOLiE, in Ancient Geography, a place in the ifle of 

 Sardinia, on the route from Portus Tibulis to Caralis, be- 

 tween Fanum Carifi and Sulci. Anton. Itin Alfo, a place 



of Spain, belonging to the Carpetani, between Accatucci 

 and Mentefa Baftia. 



VINITZA, in Gfoj;v7/i/>_y, a town of Croatia ; iz miles 

 W. of Varafdin. 



VINIUS, in Ancient Geography, a river of Italy, in the 

 vicinity of the town of Cafinum, according to Varro, fup- 

 pofed to be now known by the name of Fiume di San Ger- 

 mane. 



VINKATTY CHILLUM, in Geography, a town of 

 Hindooftan, in the Carnatic ; 10 miles S. of Nellore. 



VINKENBOOMS, DA\-in,m Biography, a landfcape 

 painter, born at Mechlin in 1578, was the ion of an obfcure 

 painter in diftemper. His landfcapes, which are in the ftyle 

 of Roland Savery and of John Breughel, are fometimes 

 adorned with ftories from the Bible, but more frequently 

 are convivial ; being fairs or merry-makings. He ventured 

 occafionally on hiftory, with landfcape backgrounds ; fuch 

 is the pidiure of Chrift bearing his Crofs, in the colleftion 

 of the eleftor palatine, and of Chrift healing the Blind, at 

 Frankfort. His compofitions are ingenious, but his touch is 

 petite and hard. 



VINKISH, the name of a difeafe in flieep. See Van- 

 quish. 



UINMARSUCK, in Geography, an idand near the coaft 

 of Eaft Greenland. N. lat. 60° 40'. W. long. 45° 45'. 



VINNA, a town of Hungary; 2 miles N.W. of 

 Ungvar. 



VINNAS, a town of Peru, in the diocefe of Guamangaj 

 50 miles W. of Guanca Velica. 



VINNEBERG, a town of Germany, in the Bifhopric of 

 Munfter ; 10 miles N.E. of Munfter. 



VINNET, in our Statutes, is ufed for a flower or border, 

 which printers ufe to ornament printed leaves of books. See 

 Vignette. 



VINNIUS, (ViNNEN,} Arnold, in Biography, an 

 eminent jurift, was born in Holland in 1588, ftudied at Ley- 

 den, and taught the dailies at the Hague till the year 1633, 

 when he became law-profeflbr in the univerfity of Leyden. 

 Whilft he occupied this office, he acquired diftinftion by 

 various works of jurifprudence, in an elegant and ornamented 

 ftyle. The principal of his publications are, " Commenta- 

 rius Academicus et Forenfis in quatuor Libros Inftitu- 

 tionum Imperialium," Amft. 1642, often reprinted, and par- 

 ticularly by Heineccius, with a preface and notes, Lugd. 

 Bat. 1726, 4to.;" Nota: ad Inftitutiones," accompanying the 

 preceding ; " IntroduAio ad Praxin Batavam," &c. &c. 

 He died at Leyden in 1657, or, as fome fay, in 1668. 

 Moreri. 



VINNY, in Agriculture, a term fignifying mouldy and 

 fufty, when applied to hay and other fuch fubftances. We 

 have thus vinny hay, &c. 



VINOVIA, ViNONIA, or Viconia, in Ancient Geography, 

 a town of Great Britain, in the ift Iter of Antonine, on 

 the route from Vallum to Praetorium, is fixed at Binchefter 

 on the Were, in the bilhopric of Durham, between Vm- 

 domora (Ebchefter) and Cataraftori (Cataraft), on the 

 fouth fide of the river Swale. Ptolemy affigns it to the Bri- 

 gantes. 



VINOUS, ViNOSUS, fomething that relates to wine ; or 

 that has the tafte and fmell of it. 



All vegetables, by a due treatment, afford a vinous liquor ; 

 as corn, pulfe, nuts, apples, grapes, &c. 



A fecond fermentation, duly managed, turns any vinous 

 liquor into an acetous one. 



The proper charafter and effeft of fermentation are, to 

 produce either a vinous, or an acetous quality in the body 

 fermented. 



Some of our countrymen, bound on a voyage to the Eaft 

 Indies, having filled feveral caiks with Thames water, to 



carry 



