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tsiT, and another reaching from the am:'; to the. tail; tlie 

 tail is round at its end, and conlifts of thirteen rays. This 

 fi(h ffrows to a larr^e fize, being fometimes found on tlic 

 Yorklhire coaft of the length of four feet, and near Shet- 

 land more than feven feet. Pennant. 



LURA, in Geography, a town of South America, in the 

 province of St. Martha, on the Madalena ; 8 miles S. of 

 Teneriife. 



LURBAH, a town of Bengal ; 20 miles S.S.W. of 

 Doefa. N. lat. 22^41'. E. long. 8,-^ 



LURCH, To, in Fenc'mg, is to make an opening in 

 order to invite your adverfary to thrull at you, when you, 

 being ready, may find a favourable repoft at Jiini. 



LURCfiER, among Sport/men, a kind of hunting dog, 

 like a mongrel greyhound, with pricked ears, a (haggy coat, 

 and generally of a yellowi(h-white colour. Sec Doo. 



LURCY-LE-S.vuv.^CE, in Geography, a town of France, 

 in the department of the Allier, and chief place of a can- 

 ton, in the dillritt of Moulins ; 7 miles E.N.E. of Don- 

 jon. The place contains 2461, and the canton 8^48 inha- 

 bitants, on a territory of 265 killomotres, in 12 communes. 



LURE, in Falcnnry, a piece of red leather cut in form 

 of a bird, with two wings (luck with feathers ; and fome- 

 times baited with a piece of flefh : wherewith to reclaim, or 

 call back a hawk. 



The word comes from the French lairre, which fignifies 

 the fame : formed, according to Skinner, from the Anglo- 

 Saxon, hura, traitor ; or, according to Tripaud, from Icora, 

 (.raftinefs. See Falcon' and Hawking. 



IjUke, in Geography, a town of France, and principal 

 place of a diftrict, in the department of the Upper Saone, 

 near the Ougnon. The place contains 1918, and the can- 

 ton 12,339 inhabitants, on a territory of 2 2"^ kiliomctres, 

 in 2j communes. N. lat. 47" 41'. E. long. G' 34'. 



LURGAN, a market and poft-town of the county of 

 Armagh, L-eland ; it is in the north-eaftern angle of the 

 county, near Down, and confifts of one long wide Ilreet, 

 remarkable for cleanlinefs. Its trade confifts in articles of 

 the linen and muflin maimfaClures, of vvliich the weekly 

 faies are averaged from 2500/. to 3000/. Fine diapers for 

 fable linen manufaftured in this town have been highly va- 

 lued. Lurgan is 68 miles N. from Dublin. 



LuRGAV, a townfiiip of America, in Franklin county, 

 Pennfylvania, containing 758 inhabitants. 



LunOAN Green, a fmall poll-town of the county of 

 Louth, Ireland, pleafantly fituated on Dundalk-bay. It 

 is on the great northern road, 37 miles N. from Dublin. 



LURIDiE, in Botany, from luridus, pale, livid, or 

 ghailly, alluding to the livid and blueilh afpeil, frequent 

 in the tribe of plants thus denominated, which, feems to 

 announce tlieir deadly effedls on animal life. They conlli- 

 tute the 2<jth natural order, among the Fragmenta of Lin- 

 mu.', and are exemplified by Digitalis, N'icotiana, Atropa, 

 Hyofcyamus, Datura, Phyfjlis, Capjicum, Solatium, Verhafcum, 

 Celfia, L)\-iun\ Cejlrum ; to which Tr'iguera of Cavanilles, as 

 well as IVitherlngia of I'Heritler, are properlv added by 

 Gifcke. But JirozL'allia, F.lllfa, Sirychnci, Jgnatia, and 

 above all Catejbea, are with lels reafon referred hither by 

 Linnxus. 



The true iurldx have commonly a fetid herbage, though 

 fometimes a fwcet-fmelling flower. They aft powerfully 

 upon the nerves, in v.hatever manner they are taken in- 

 wardly, and prove, under careful managerr.ent, in feme 

 cafes, very valuable medicines, though naturally violent 

 poifons. 



LURIG.\NCHE, in Geography, a town of Peru, in 

 the jiirifdiftion of Lima. 



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LURIN, a town of Peru, in the jurifdi£lion of Lima. 



LURKJAN, a town of Perfia, in the province of Chu- 

 fidan ; 50 miles N. of Suller. 



I..URy, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Cher, and chief place of a canton, in the di drift of Bour- 

 ges, fituated on the Arnon ; 13 miles W. of Bourges. The 

 place contains J 1 2, and the cantcm 4575 inhabitants, on a 

 territory of 170 kiliomctrc;, in 9 communes. — Alfo, a 

 town of the ifland of Corfica ; 13 miles N. of Baftia. 



LUS, St., a town of Mexico, in the province of Gua- 

 tiniala ; i 2 miles E. of Guatimala. 



LUSATIA, a marquifate of Saxony, bounded on the 

 N. by the Mark of Brandenburg, on the E. by Silefia, on 

 the S. by Bohemia, and on tlic W. by Saxony ; about 

 84 miles lonn-, and 4, broad, divided into Upper and 

 Lower I^ufatia. The former abounds in mountains and 

 hills, and enjoys a purer air than the latter, which is covered 

 witli a great number of woods. Peat and turf are found 

 in different parts. Upper Lufatia is ill adapted to agri- 

 culture, but affords plenty of game. Lower Lufatia has 

 heaths and fertile tra'is. In both rye, wheat, barley, and 

 oats are cultivated, together with buck wheat, pcafe, lin- 

 tels, beans, and millet. Flax is alfo cultivated. As to or- 

 chard and gard.en fruit.s, and the culture of hops, tobacco, 

 and wine. Lower I^ufatia is preferable to the Upper. 

 Neverthclefs, the produfts of the country arc not adequate 

 to its confumption, fo that corn, fruit, hops, garden llutl', 

 and wine, are imported into both thcfe marquifatej. Cattle 

 are bred in confiderable number, and the rivers, lakes, and 

 ponds afford various forts of good fifli. In fome parts 

 are found pipemaker's clay, and ilone quarries. Stones 

 rcfembling the Bohemian diamonds, agates, and jafper?, 

 and iron ftone, are met with in fevcral places s and here is a 

 variety of medicinal fprings. The chief rivers are the 

 Spree, the Black Elller, and the Pulfnitz, In Upper Lu- 

 fatia are reckoned fix towns, called " The Six Towns,"' 

 16 fmaller towns, and four market towns; and in the 

 Lower four towns, which appear at the land diets, ij 

 county towns, and two n-.arkct ones. The fird known 

 inhabitants of this country were the Semnones, or Senones, 

 who were fucceeded by the Wandalers, and ihefe again in 

 the 7th century by a Sclavonian people, called the Sorber- 

 Wends. In the 12th century the inhabitants of this country 

 were intermixed by emigrants from the Low Countries and 

 the Rhine. Some of the towns are now wholly peopled by 

 Germans, but in the villnges the Wends are more nume- 

 rous than the Germans. Lutheranifm was introduced into 

 this country as early as the year i;2i ; it generally pre- 

 vailed, and has been the permanent religion of the coun- 

 try. In 1750, the Hernhutcrs obtained proteftion a? 

 faithful fubjefts, and in confequcncc of purphafing feveral 

 coufiderable eftates, they have not only acquired civil power, 

 but the patronage <if churcht^s. Tiie inh:-.bitants of Lu- 

 fatia gain their fubfiftence by tiie manufaftureof numerous 

 woollen and linen iluffi ; which moilly fioyrifh in Upper 

 Lufatia. The manufactures of Lufatia have been promoted 

 by the emigration of the Proteftants, who were driven 

 thither from Bohemia and Silefia by the conduct of the em- 

 perors Ferui!>f,nd 11. and IJI. and alfo of Leopold: and thus 

 they have been extended, beyond cloth and linens of various 

 forts, to thofe of hats, leather, paper, gunpowder, iron, 

 wax, glafs, and wax-ble?,chin£r, and a variety of handi- 

 craft arts and operations. By thcfe manufaihires tliej- 

 have been enabled to carry on a trade, fo that the commo- 

 dities they difpofe of exceed thofe which they import, which 

 are wool, yarn, and filk, corn, fruit, hop?, &c. The whole 

 of Lufatia, except a fmall pan which i* fubjeft to PruK 

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