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elegant. Again, if dentils are carved in the cornice of the 
Doric order, or, if triglyphs are fe Sigua in the frieze of 
. Tonic oh mns, this ‘confufion o characteriftics of the 
orders muft be confidered as a ebacs of decorum. Decor, 
with regard to nature, confifts in all mpl being placed 
in a falutary fituation, in the neighhourhond of fprings of wa- 
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bers and libraries receive their light from the eaft; baths and 
winter apartments from the weft; picture galeries, se fuch 
rooms as require a fleady light, from the no 
oe in aa, the ae as uncoupled, 
#. e. parted, or fev 
hus a on decouplé is a chevron wanting fo much 
towards se point, that the two ends ftand at a Phanee 
from each other. 
DECOURS, or Decressant, in Heraldry. See De- 
CREMENT, 
DECOY, a place made fit for catching of wild fowl. 
Hence alfo a decoy-duck is one that ‘flies abroad, and 
lights into company of wild ones, and, being become ace 
quainted with them, by her allurement draws them into the 
decoy place, where they become a prey. See 
The decoy is ufually made where there is a large pond, 
furrounded with wood, and behind it a ma arfhy and ee 
netting, Jufpended on hoops 
for almoft cvery wind that can blow, as the wild-fowl a 
termined by this aba eas aig pipe to cho a nae 
the decoy-man aiways keeps on the leeward fide of the 
ducks, to prevent his Pee from reaching their fagacious 
notrils, Skreens made of reeds are placed at certain dif- 
tances along each pipe, in fuch a manner, that it is impof- 
fibie for the wild fowl to 
Taey are fo tained as to 
lead the way, after hearing the whiftle of the decoy-man, 
and enticed by the hemp-feed, and to dive under water, 
whilft the wild-fowl fly on, and are taken in the net. When 
they are in fuch a flecpy ftate as not to follow the decoy- 
ducks, a {mall dog is made to pafs between the fkreens, ap- 
proaching gradually nearer and nearer to the se Se 
ich draws the attention of the wild-fowl, and makes 
them to advance forward; at length the oe aoa 
behind a fkreen, and drives them into the 
The general feafon for catching wild. fo vel i in decoys is 
from the ee end of habe r til eile The act of 
10 Geo, II. cap. 32. forbids taking m June rt to 
a i caige 
coe alty of five ings Tor every bird de- 
ity within that time. The nfhire decoys, whic 
als fupply the London mate, are rented from 5/. 
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. os a year. Pennant’s Zoology, vol. ii. p. 594. 8vo 
coy, ina Military Senfe, he to the artifice, frea 
any reforted to, either mpting an enemy to 
deviate from his intended sone unde Bay (exp. -Gation of 
cre a 
will- therefore fufpeat every ftudied dé Gley, 
omittmg thofe due precautions their reality miz ght teal 
will confider them as lures held out for the purpofes of am- 
tate of matters, it ought to be ay-tine, hy 
means of a ae advanced party, well eee by a fuffi- 
t il, or 
or along the banks of rivers and fellows 
Decoy, in Sea Language, denotes a eres employ- 
ed by a fmall fhip of war to betray a veffel of u.ferior force 
into a purfuit, till fhe comes within gun-fhot. he ftera 
and fides are painted fo as to difguife the fhip, and the em- 
blems and emery of the nation to which the ftrangers 
belong, are affumed, When the adverfary is allured ta 
chafe, the decoy is neotiaae! by {preading a great fail, as if 
fhe endeavoured to efcape 5 r courfe is retarded by 
is a 
the cafk is thrown one the courfe of the efcaping fhip is: 
changed. 
DECREE, Decrerum, an order or refolve, made by a 
fupcrior power for the regulation of an inferior. 
The commerce between foul and body, F. Malebranche 
obferves, has no other vinculum, or conneétion, but the ef- 
ficacy of the divine = Second: caufes only execute 
the decrees of Provi 
she doGrine of me "Calvinitts has been charged with im~ 
plying ye pee concurs to fin by a politive decree ; 
that, if c Or ne by an antecedent decree, 
God could at Torelee fee 
De 8 are the = laws aig by them to regue 
late the Sotrine and policy of the church. 
E was originally ufed by ce lawyers for any thing 
dinances of popes, which form the firft part of the canon- 
w; as the name canon is to.what is ordained by councils. 
ery are the determinations or fentences 
of the lord eisackllor upon full hearing, and weighing the 
merits of the caule. 
A decree in chancery is of the fame a with a judg< 
ment at common law (Chanc. Rep. here there 
is but one witnefs againit the pel ae an{wer, the plain- 
tiff can a ave no decree. (x Vern. 161.) See Courr of 
Chan 
ne | leaeiinns and difputes were not many years ago 
very any agitated concerning the authority of the a 
