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WEISSENBORN, a town of Saxony, in the circle of 

 Erzgebirg ; ^ miles S.S.E. of Freyberg. 



WEISSENBURG, a town of Saxony, in the circle of 

 Erzgebirg ; 5 miles S.S.W. of Zwickau.— Alfo, a village 

 of Switzerland, in the canton of Berne, celebrated for its 

 medicinal baths ; 18 miles S. of Berne. 



WEISSENDORF, a town of Bavaria, in the biihopnc 

 of Bamberg ; 9 miles S.W. of Forcheim. 



WEISSENFELS, a town of the duchy of Carniola ; 

 28 miles W.N.W. of Crainburg. — Alfo, a town of Thu- 

 ringia, on the Saal. It gives title to a branch of llic houfe 

 of Saxony, called Saxe Weiffenfels, who ordinarily refide 

 in a citadel above the town, called Auguftufberg ; 18 miles 

 W.S.W. of Leipfic. N. lat. 51'= 14'. E. long. ii°59'- 



WEISSENHORN, a town and citadel of Bavaria, 

 which gives name to a county belonging to the lords of 

 Fugger ; 8 miles S.E. of Ulm. 



WEISSENKIRCH, a town of Bavaria, in the prmci- 

 pality of Aichftatt ; 3 miles S.S.E. of Aichftatt. 



WEISSENPACH, a town of Auftria ; 4 miles N.W. 

 of Bohmifch Waidhoven. 



WEISSENSEE, a town of Thuringia, near what for- 

 merly conftituted an inland lake, which was divided into the 

 Great and Lefs, or into the Upper and Lower, between 

 both which it lay ; but the former being drained in the year 

 1705, and converted into arable and meadow grounds, a 

 fmall part of it only being then left ; and this alfo has been 

 fince dried up; 14 miles N. of Erfurt. N. lat. 51° 10'. 

 E. long. 1 1° &. 



WEISSENSTADT, a town of Germany, in the prin- 

 cipality of Bayreuth, on the Egra, where it forms a large 

 pond or lake, abounding in fiih ; 6 miles N.N.W. of 

 Wonfiedel. 



WEISSENTHURN, a town of Sclavonia ; 18 miles 

 N.N.W. of Verovitza. — Alfo, a town of the duchy of 

 Stiria; 3 miles E.S.E. of Judenburg. 



WEISSESTEIN, a town and caftle of Bavaria ; 10 

 miles N.N.E. of Deckendorf. 



WEISSIA, in Botany, an Hedwigian genus of Moflcs, 

 is now, by nearly univerfal confent, united to Grimmia, for 

 reafons given under that article. There is indeed no differ- 

 ence of habit, nor any certain charaAer, however minute and 

 obfcure, between them. This is the more to be regretted, as 

 we have few more meritorious claimants for diftinftion in 

 cryptogamic botany than Mr. Frederic Wilham Weis, au- 

 thor of the Plants Ciyptogamic<s Florx Gottingenfis, an oftavo 

 volume, printed at Gottingen, in 1770. No (tudentin that 

 department of the fcience can difpenfe with this little book, 

 in which the fynonyms of the defcriptions are treated with 

 equal praftical ll<ill. Fungi, and neceffarily Sea-weeds, are 

 excluded from this Flora. We truft fome refponfible au- 

 thor will reftore a IVeifia, worthy of bearing the name. 

 The double _/} is a blunder which requires correftion. 



WEISSLAREUT, in Geography, a town of Germany, 

 in the principality of Culmbach ; 4 miles S. of Hof. 



WEISSNITZ, or Weisseritz, a river of Saxony, 

 which rifes in two branches, the Wilde and Rothe, which 

 unite two miles E. of Tharand, and afterwards run into the 

 Elbe, near Drefden. 



WEISTHURN, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of 

 Konigingratz ; 6 miles W. of Schlan. 



WEISTRA, a town of Auftria ; 5 miles E. of Steyr. 

 WEISTRFFZ, a town of Silefia, in the principality of 

 Schweidnitz, on a river of the fame name. Gold is found 

 in the environs ; 2 miles S. of Schweidnitz. 



Weistritz, a river of Silefia, which runs into the Oder, 

 near Schweidnitz. 



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WEISWASSER, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of 

 Boleflaw ; 6 miles N.W. of Jung Buntzel — Alfo, a town 

 of Silefia, in the principality of Neifle ; 4 miles S.W. of 

 Patfchkau. 



WEISZBACH, a town of Saxony, in the circle of 

 Erzgebirg ; 5 miles N.N.W. of Wolkenftein. 



WEITENFELDS, a town of the duchy of Carinthia ; 

 2 miles W.S.W. of Gurck. 



WEITENHAGEN, a town of Anterior Pomerania; 

 2 miles S.S.W. of Griefswalde. 



WEFFENSTEIN, a town of the duchy of Stiria; 

 8 miles S.E. of Windifch Gratz. 



WEITRA, or Weitrach, a town of Auftria ; 36 miles 

 N.W. of Crems. N. lat. 48° 41'. E. long. 14° 59'. 



WEITRASILD, a town of Auftria; 2 miles S. of 

 Hardegg. 



WEITTENEG, a town of Auftria, on the Danube; 

 18 miles above Crems. 



WEFFZ, a town of the duchy of Stiria ; 11 miles N.E. 

 of Gratz. 



WEITZSBERG, a mountain of Stiria ; lomUesN.E. 

 of Gratz. 



WEIXEN, a river of Auftria, which runs into the Da- 

 nube, 3 miles below Grein. 



WEIZLPACH, a town of Auftria ; 12 mUes W.S.W. 

 of St. Polten. 



WEKLSDORF, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of 

 Konigingratz ; 7 miles N.W. of Branau. 



WELACH. See Velach. 



WELANG, a fmall ifland in the Eaft Indian fea. 

 S. lat. i°25'. E. long. 130° 30'. 



WELAU, a town of Prullia, in the province of Sam- 

 land ; 28 miles E.S.E. of Konigftjerg. N. lat. 54" 36'. 

 E. long. 21° 23'. 



WELCH Mountains, mountains of Pennfylvania ; 

 30 miles W. of Philadelphia. 



WELCHEIM, a town of Bavaria ; 7 miles N.W. of 

 Neuburg. 



WELCKERSHAUSEN, a town of Germany, in the 

 county of Heniieberg ; 3 miles N. of Meinungen. 



WELCOME Bay, a bay on the weft end of the ifland 

 of Java. S. lat. 6° 35'. E. long. 105° 30'. 



WELD, or Wold, refeda luteola of Linnaeus, a plant 

 ufed by the dyers to give a yellow colour ; and for this 

 reafon called, in Latin, luteola, of luteus, yellow. For the 

 charafters, (ce Reseda. 



When the plants are pulled, they may be fet up in fmall 

 handfuls to dry in the held, and when dry enough, tied up 

 in bundles and houfed dry ; care being taken to houfe them 

 loofely, that the air may pafs between them to prevent their 

 fermenting. That which is left for feeds ihould be pulled 

 as fooii as the Iceds are ripe, and fet up to dry, and then 

 beat out for ufe ; for if the plants are left too long, the 

 feeds will fcatter. Mortimer and Miller. 



Weld is much cultivated in Kent, for the ufe of the 

 London dyers. 



Mr. Hellot obferves, in his Art de Teindre, that for 

 dyeing with weld, the beft proportions of alum and tartar 

 for the preparatory liquor are four parts of alum, and one 

 of tartar, to fixteen of the wool ; the quantity of the tartar 

 being determined by the greater or lefs brightnefs of colour 

 propofed ; and that the wool, thus prepared, is to be boiled 

 again with three or four parts of weld to one of wool, but 

 often much lefs : that for light (hades, it is cuftomary to 

 diminiih the alum, and omit the tartar ; and that, in this 



cafe. 



