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fbr that purpofe, any cambrics or lawns made in England, 

 \inmar!»"d, Ihall forfeit 30o/. fuch goods not to be fold, 

 or worn in this kingdom, but to be exported, and to be 

 fold only on condition of exportation. Nor fliall tliey be 

 delivered out of the warehoufe until bond be given, to the 

 fatisfattion of the coUedor, in double penalty of the goods, 

 that the fame fhall be exported, and not relanded. To 

 counterfeit the feal appointed by this att, or import any fo- 

 reign cambrics or lawns having fuch counterfeit mark 

 thereon, or expofe the fame to fale, knowing the (lamp 

 thereon to be counterfeited, is felony without benefit of 

 clergy. All goods condemned in purfuance of this act, 

 and all pecuniary forfeitures (not otherwife direfted) fhail 

 fee fued for and recovered in any of his majelly's courts, 

 in the name of the attorney-general, or of Inch ofScer as 

 aforefaid ; and applied, after dednftion of charges, half to 

 the king, and half to the officer feizing, informing, or fuing, 

 according to the direftions of this aft. The penalties may 

 be fjed for, levied, and mitigated as by the laws of excife, 

 or in the courts at Weftminlter ; ard employed half to the 

 kinn-, and half to him that fhall difcover, 'inform, or fue. 

 ( 10 Anne, c. 19. 24 Geo. II. c. 40. 25 Geo. III.c. 72.) 

 AH utenfils and inftriinicnts for printing, painting, ilaining, 

 ci- dyeing fneh goods, in cuftody of the faid perfjn, or 

 any other, fhall be liable to all arrears of the duty, and 

 to all penalties concerning the fame, in like manner as if fich 

 perfon was the lawful owner. 10 Anne, c. 19. 25 Geo. HI. 

 c. 72. 28 Geo. III. c.'37. 



Stealing of linen, fulUan, cotton goods, &c. from 

 whitening-grouncs or drying houfes, to the value of 10s. 

 or knowingly buying or rec-.-iving fuch ilolen goods, is 

 felony without benefit of clergy. (18 Geo. II. cap. 27.) 

 Such alfo is breaking into houfes, {hops, 5cc. and dettroying 

 any linen cloth, or implements uled in the manufatluring of 

 it, by 4 Geo. III. cap. 37. See Larceny. 



A new manufafture was fet on foot fome time ago in 

 London, for embelliihing linen with flowers and other or- 

 naments of gold leaf. The linen looks whiter than mqft of 

 the printed linens ; the gold is extremely beautiful, and is 

 faid to bear wafiting well. See Stuff. 



There are many fubftances from which a juice or dye is 

 obtained, that will ilain linen of different colours. The 

 juice of the anacardium, rubbed on linen or cotton, gives a 

 reddifii-browrt Ilain, which foou deepens in the air i;ito a 

 black, and which has not been difchirged by v/alliing and 

 boiling, with foap or alkaline ley. Hence the anacardium 

 is faid to be ufed for marking linen and cotton cloths, and 

 to be known ail over India by the name of marking-nut. 

 The juice of the calhew-nut, called by fome the anacar- 

 diuin of the Weft Indies, differs from the oriental anacar- 

 dium ill its colouring quahty ; that lodged between its iheiis 

 being :nuch paler, and giving to linen, cotton, or paper, 

 only a biownifh (lain, which is durable, but does not change 

 at all towards blacknefs. 



Several fpecies of the toxicodendron, or poifon-wood, 

 contain in their leaves a milky juice, which in drying be- 

 comes of a deep black, and communicates the fame colour 

 to the linen on which it is dropped : tlie linen thus ilained, 

 boiled with foap, came out without the lead diminution of 

 iti colour, nor does llrong ley of wood-a(hes make any 

 change in it. Phi!. Tranf. vol. xlix. for 1755. 



Dr. Lewis has found, that the milks oF wild poppies, 

 garden poppies, dcindelion, . .hawk-weed, and fow-thillle, 

 pare brown or browni(h-red llains, which were difcharged 

 by waihing with foap ; the colourlefs juice which ilTues 

 from hop-llalks when cut, llains linen of a pale reddidi or 

 browni(h-red, extremely durable : the juice of floes gave 

 Vol. XXI. 



likewife a pale brownilh Ilain, which, by repeated wa(?ring§ 

 with foap, and wetting with ilrong folution of alkaline fait, 

 was darkened to a deeper brown ; on baking the floes, their 

 juice turns red, and the red Ham which it then imparts to 

 linen is, on wafliing with foap, chan);cd to a pale blueifti, 

 which aifo proves durable. See Dyeing 0/ Thread. 



Tlie late Dr. Smellie has recommended the following me- 

 thod of marking linen, fo as not to wafh out again : take 

 vermilion, as much as will lie on a half-crown piece, of the 

 fait of Heel a piece about the fize of a fmall nutmeg ; grind- 

 er levigate them well together with hnfced oil : tlie compo- 

 fition may be diluted or thickeneii at plcafure. 



Linen-, Fojfd. See Amianthu.s and Asbestos. 



LiNEM Mills. See Mill. 



Linen, White. See ^VH•TB. 



Linen, Bleaching of. See BLE.^cjiiNe. 



LIN-FOU, in Geography, a town of Corea ; 20 miles 

 S. of H^-imen. 



LING, in Agriculture, a provincial term applied to the 

 plant uiually known by the name of heath. See Heatk. 



By 4 & 5 W. c. 23. no perfon fliall on any mountains, 

 hills, heaths, moors, foreils or chafes, or other waftes,' 

 burn between February 2, and June 24, any grig, ling, 

 heath, furze, gofs or fern, on pain of being committed to 

 the houfe of correction, for any time not exceeding one 

 m.onlh, nor lefs than 10 days, then to be whipped and kept 

 to hard labour. 



Ling, in Ichthyalngy, the Englilh name for a kind of 

 fi(h, which is a fpecies of the gadus, with two tins on the 

 back, with a bearded mouth, and witii the upper jaw 

 longed. See Gadus Moha. 



Ling is efteemed, both frefh and cured, for the table. 



This fifh abounds about the Scilly Ifles, on the coafts of 

 Scarborough, and thofe of Scotland and Ireland, and formg 

 a confiderable article of -commerce. In the Yorklhire fea* 

 they are in perfection from the beginning of February to 

 the beginning of May, and fome till the end of that mo'nthi 

 They Ipavvn in June, at which time the males feparate from 

 the females. When the ling is in feafon, its liver is very- 

 white, and abounds with a tine fl.i>oured oil, which after- 

 wards becomes red, like that of a bullock, and affords no 

 oil. Thisoil is faid to be hoardpd up in the cellular mem- 

 branes of fiflies, to return into their blood, and fupport 

 them in the engendering feafon. Great quantities of this 

 iifh are falted for exportation, and for hoine-confumption : 

 for this purpofe it mull meafure twenty-fix inches or up- 

 wards from the fttouider to the tail, in order to be entitled 

 to the bounty on exportation. Thole under that fize ar& 

 called ilriz%les. Pennant. 



LIKGA, in Geography, one of the fmaller Shetland 

 iflands, near the N. coall of Mainland. N. lat. 60 ' 44'. 

 W. long, i^ 27' — Alfo, one of the fame group cf iflands 

 near the E. coaft of Mainland. N. lat. 60' 34'.* W. long. 

 I ' 6'. — Alfo, one of the fame duller, near the S.W. coalt 

 of Uiil. N. lat. 61= 2'. W. long, i^ 12'. — Alio, one of 

 the fm;dl weilern iflands of Scotland, near the S. coaft of 

 South Uift. N. lat. 57' 3'. W. long. 7' 19'. 



LiNGA Sound, a bay on the W. coall of the illand of 

 Stronfa. N. lat. 59'. E. long.-o" 2S'. 



LiNC.\, or LIrigam, as it is pronounced in the fouthern 

 and eailtrn parts of the peninfula, in Hindoo Mythology, 

 is a fymbol to which great veneration is paid, and much 

 mylliciim attached, by the extenfive fed of Hindoos called 

 Saivas, or the worfliippers of Siva, the dellruttive, or rather 

 regenerative power of their triad. This type of Siva is re- 

 prelentcd of a conical form, and is feeu in almoft all parts of 

 India, of various fizes, in Hone, wood, clay, metals, &c. 



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