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the intended pattern is cut. The confequence of this is, 

 that wherever the acid attaches, there the original colour is 

 difcharged, and a yellow dye is produced in its place. The 

 pieces are then fteamed, by pafling them over a veffel con- 

 taining boiling water, which gives brilliancy to the colour, and 

 finilhes the operation. Parkes's Eff. vol. ii. p. 149. 170. 

 See Difchargi Wokk, and Discharging of Colours. 



WAXWAY, in Geography, an ifland in the Eaft In- 

 dian fea, near the E. coaft of the ifland of Celebes, about 

 thirty miles in circumference. S. lat. 3° 35'. E. long. 

 123° 15'. 



WAY. See Pulo Way. 



Way, Via. See Highway, Road, Turnpike, and 



Via. ... . •,• 



Roman ways are divided into confular, pr/itorian, military, 



and public. See Via. 



We have four notable ones of thefe in England ; an- 

 ciently called chimini quatuor, and intitled to the privileges 

 of pax regis. The firil is Watling-Jlreet, or IVatheling-Jheet, 

 leading from Dover to London, Dunftable, Towcefter, At- 

 terfton, and the Severn, near the Wrekin in Shropfhire, 

 extenduig as far as Anglefea in Wales. The fecond, called 

 HekineU, or Ikemld-Jlreet, reaches from Southampton, over 

 the river Ifis at Newbridge, thence by Camden and Litch- 

 field, then pafTes the Derwent near Derby, fo to Bolfover- 

 caRle, and ends at Tinmouth. The third, called Fojfe-iuay, 

 becaufe in fome places it was never perfefted, but lies as a 

 large ditch, leads from Cornwall through Devonfliire, by 

 Tetbury near Stow in the Wolds ; and befide Coventry to 

 Leicefter, Newark, and fo to Lincoln. The fourth, called 

 Erming, or Erminage-Jlreel, ftretches from St. David's in 

 Weft Wales, to Southampton. 



Way. See Weigh. 



Way, Milky. The opinion, long maintained among aftro- 

 nomers, but lately controverted, that the milky way contains 

 a great number of ftars, has been confirmed by the obferva- 

 tions of the ingenious and indefatigable Dr. Herfchel. On 

 applying his telefcope of the Newtonian form, with an 

 objeft-fpeculum of twenty feet focal length and an aperture 

 of iSt'it inches, to a part of this fpace, he found that it 

 completely refolved the whole whitifh appearance into fmall 

 ftars ; which his former telefcopes had not light enough to 

 effeft In the traft immediately about the hand and club of 

 Orion, to which his obfervations were particularly direfted, 

 the multitude of ftars of all poflible fizes that prefented 

 themfelves to view was aftonifhing : and in order to form 

 fome juft idea of their number. Dr. Herfchel counted many 

 fields, and computed from a mean of them, what a given 

 portion of the milky way might contain. Among many 

 trials of this fort, he found that fix fields, promifcuoufly 

 taken, contained no, 60, 70, 90, 70, and 74 ftars each. A 

 mean of thefe gives 79 ftars for each field. Hence, by al- 

 lowing fifteen minutes of a great circle for the diameter of 

 the field of view, it is inferred, that a belt of fifteen degrees 

 in length and two in breadth, which is the quantity often 

 obferved by this excellent aftronomer to pafs through the 

 field of his telefcope in one hour's time, could not well con- 

 tain lefs than fifty thoufand liars, that were large eno igh to 

 be diftinftly numbered. But, befides thefe, Dr. Herfchel 

 fufpefted at leaft twice as many more, which, for want of 

 light, he could only fee now and then by faint glittering and 

 interrupted ghmpfes. See Galaxy and Nebitla. 



Way of a Ship is fometimcs ufed for the fame with the 

 rake. But the term is mure commonly underllood of the 

 courfe or proafrefs which (he makes on the water under fail: 

 thus, wi.eii fhf begins her motion, ftie is faid to be undir 

 •way; when that motion increafes, (he is faid to ha.ie fre/h 

 •way through the water ; when flie goes apace, thf y kyjie 

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has a good way ; and they call the account how faft (he faiU 

 by the log, keeping an account of her tvay. 



And becaufe moft ftiips are apt to fail a little to the lee- 

 ward of their true courfe ; they always, in cafting up the 

 log-board, allow fomething for her leeward-way. Hence 

 alfo a (hip is faid to have head-way zniflern-way. 



Way of the Rounds, Chemin des Rondes, in Fortification, 

 is a fpace left for the paflage of the rounds, between the 

 rampart, and the wall of a fortified town. 



This is not now much in ufe ; becaufe the parapet not 

 being above a foot thick, it is foon overthrown by the 

 enemy's cannon. 



Way', Covert, Fofs, Gang, Hatch, Spur, and Water. See 

 the feveral articles. 



WAY-Sread, in Agriculture, a name given in fome places 

 to the herb plantain, which is very ufeful in fome grafs 

 lands, as increafing the quantity of feed very greatly. See 

 Plantago. 



WAY-Going Crop, a term applied to that which is taken 

 from the ground the year the tenant or occupant leaves ji 

 farm. Such crops are regulated in many different ways, ac- 

 cording to the nature of the leafes. See Lease. 



WAY-Leave, a provincial term for the ground purchafed 

 or hired to make a waggon-way upon, between coal-pits and 

 the river. 



WAY-Pane, in Agriculture, a term applied to the flips left 

 for cartage in watered lands. It is that part of the ground 

 which lies, in a properly watered meadow, on that fide of a 

 main where no trenches are formed and taken out, but it 

 floated all the length of the main over its banks, having a 

 drain parallel to it. It ferves as a road for conveying the 

 hay upon out of the ground, inftead of the teams having to 

 crofs all the trenches. 



Vf AY-Thyile, a troublefome plant of the perennial weed 

 kind, with ftrong roots that branch out in a horizontal 

 manner. Some think it may be weakened or deftroyed ' 

 wholly by frequent cutting over, the beft feafon for which is 

 when it is coming into full bloom ; as the wet then gees 

 down its hollow ftalk, and aids the rotting of it. In tillage- 

 land it is fometimes got quit of by deep repeated ploughing. 

 See Thistle and Weeds. 



Vf AY -Warden, in Rural Economy, a name fometimes given 

 to the furveyor or overlooker of the roads of a diftritt or 

 county. 



WAYA, in Geography, a town on the E. coaft of the 

 ifland of Celebes, in Tolo bay. S. lat. l°5o'. E. long. 

 121° 52'. 



WAYAM, a fmall ifland in the Pacific ocean, near the I 

 S.E. coaft of the ifland of Waygoo. S. lat. 0° 24'. E. ' 

 long. 131° 30'. 



WAYBARI, a river of Guiana, which runs into the 

 Atlantic, N. lat. 6° 25'. W. long. 58° 6'. 



WAYBORN Hope, a creek and point of land, on the 

 N. coaft of the county of Norfolk, which takes its name 

 from a village, about five miles from Holt. 



WAYED Horse, in Rural Economy, a term applied to 

 an animal of this kind which has been already backed and 

 broken in for work, and which ftiews a difpoCtion to be 

 tradable and ufeful. See Horse and Team. 



The term is hkewife fometimes applied to team-oxen and 

 other animals. 



WAYFARING-Tree. See Viburnum. 



WAYG AT's Strait, in Geography, a ftrait of Ruflia in 

 Europe, feparating a fmall ifland, called Waygat ifland, from 

 the continent or country of the Samoiedes. It is alfo called 

 Vaigatflioi and Vaiatch. N. lat. 68°. E. long. 60°. See 

 Vaigatskoi. 



WAYGOO, an ifland in the Pacific Ocean, about 60 



miles 



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