DIN 
navigated by rowing sage A ta They have one malt, 
one-third the length from the ftern, which rakes much for- 
ward. On the matt ia halted a fail bent to a long yard, re- 
fembling a fettee-fail; the lath is made fait to the bead of 
the ft:rn, and the thect to the keel of the mat. Thefe vef- 
{els never tack, but wear, in deing which they peck the 
yard-againft the maft to fhift the fail : 3 at the fame time they 
pafs the fheet before the matt. 
pair of haliards, a bow-line, and brace. Their k 
very done hollowed upwards, to avoid wholly eres on 
fand-bank 
CE a’, in Geography, a 
meat of the Ille and Vilaiae and diftri@ of Dol; 
town of France, in the dep 
five ae 
. of Rennes, 
DING ELFING, a {mall town of Bavaria, fituated on 
the river Ifer; in Lower Bavaria, between Landihut and 
Straubiny 
DINGELSTADT, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
the Lower oe a weil of Eichsfeld, onthe Unftrutt; 
33 miles N. 
DIN Ca. in oO rite , the name given by Forfkal 
to the Larus Cinera 
DINGLE, in Geog ae. a market and poft-town of the 
county of Kerry, Ireland: the Trith called it Daingean- Nin 
Cufby; ie. the taftnefs or caftle of Huffey. In the reign of 
James I. a charter was granted to it under the name of Dingle 
Cufhy, and it was fince called Dingle i-Couch, though the addi- 
tion is now feldom made. It is fituated ona harbour towards 
the north fide of Caftlemain bay, which i is but a quarter of a 
ton ip tot 
reign, feveral Spanith merchants eehied at Dingle, who traded 
with the natives for fifh and other kinds of provifions. Se- 
houfes were built in the Spanifh fafhion, with 
ranges of ftone balcony windows. Dingle, befides its export 
of butter and other articles of provifions, has a manufacture 
of coarfe linen, which takes its name from the town, and is 
much ufed for fheeting. It was formerly a borough town, 
but has loft its privileze of returning members to partment 
It is 164 Trifhmiies S. W. from, Dublin, 
titude 52° 8’ ie longitude 10° 7/ W. fr rom Cana, 
INGMANS, a town of America, in the flate of Penn. 
fylvania 5 75 miles N. of Philadelphia 
DINGWALL, anciently a Dingavah i is the name 
of a parifh in Rofs-‘hire, Scotland, feated near the weftern 
fhore of the Frith of Cromarty. Thi 5 diftriet confitts of an 
extentive valley, and the fides of fed hills, the greater part 
of which is oe cultivated: Oats, barley, peafe, beans, an 
wheat, are the chief produce. About 100 acres are appro- 
‘priated to fown Ales 200 to pafture, and goo to plantations. 
In this pariffi is ail, an ancient “royal borough, which 
was id fuch re oe Alexander Il, in 1226. Its charter 
of that date was confirmed by i IV. and its inhabitants 
empowered to elect a provoit, t wo bailiffs, dean of uild, 
treafurer, ps ns counfellors. It joins with Kirkwall, Wick, 
Dornock, and Tain, in —— one a to parliament. 
Here was ma a feat, or family ma 
Rofs, and parts of an ance caftellated Gace, with moat, 
&c. till remain. 
in times ‘of warfare. From foundations of houfes that have 
been difcovered at fome diftance from the prefent town, . 
and other fimilar evidence, it is juftly inferred a the ancient 
orough exceede the prefent in extent. It is, however 
certain, that modern improvements have eee the prefent 
-trade, and focial intercourfe. 
- tained withont expen 
of the earls of | 
Into the latter, the water was admitted at 
DIN 
place more comfortable and convenient for human habitation, 
Near the church is an obelifk, 
was 13 79s ! acy (e) tlan 
DINHABAH, in Ancient Geography, a city of Edom. 
Gen. XXXVI 32. 
INTA, Dicne, a town of Gallia Narbonnenfis, and: 
the capital of the Bodiontici, who lived near it. Its name is 
faid to be of Celtic original, derived from din, water, and 
za, hot, fo called from the th:rmal waters, at the diltance of 
a quarter of a le cague from it. See Dicne. 
DINLA, a place of Alia Minor, in Phrygia. 
DININ, in eens a river of the county of Ki yaad) 
Ireland, which rife the mountainous difirit ct Carlow. 
another itream frony 
wef of the Barrow, ae having receive 
Calttecomer, joins the Nore a few miles above Kilkenny. 
DINI LSBUHL,o t Dowxensrimt, in Lat Tricollits 
Zeacollis, or Zeapolis, an ancient town , on the 
nof Gerr 
river Wernitz z, teated on three hills, was former! a free 
i ial city, which, in the a of the empire, held the fixe 
teenth place on the bench of the imperial towns in Swabia s 
but at the peace of Luneville it was given to the king of 
aaa ree the _magiltrates are half Lutherans and halé 
Rom atholic 
DINKELSCHERBEN, a {mall town of Germany, in. 
the circle of Swabia, formerly belonging to the bifhopric of 
ure. 
INKIRA, a country of Africa, a little inland of the 
Gold coaft, W. of Inta or Affiento, fix days’ journey from 
Axim, and five from Elmina. On the eaft it has Affiento, 
or, as fome fay, the intermediate country of Cabalterra, on 
the bitants rendered then formidable to all their 
eeighbou irs, except thof m and Affiento, wh 
always maintained their {uperiority by their numbers. 
the roads are free and open, the Dinkirefe merchants, and the 
A chenefe freque Axim Elmina, Commendo, 
and Cape Coait; but when they are fhut up, they dire 
their commercial attention to the more diltant parts of the 
coat, and there occafion a great afflux of wealth at the inferior 
mixed with the Fetiche gold. sto the 
carry ona great trade with the natives, bo 
of the interior countries. Such is their eftablifhed r reputa- ; 
tion for honefty and fair dealing, that the merchants of 
.Commendo and Simpa give their gold the name of “ alkanney 
chienka,”? on account of its purity and genuine qualities. 
They are fierce, bold, and warlike, fo that they are no ile 
dreaded than efteemed by their neighbours. In travelling 
through the ape ae iees they are hofpitably enter- 
arms are darts, {cy mitars, 
and b 
wit 
abner ay their siecle cing their commerce with: 
that na 
Di NNAGE.- See Du 
DINNER, the great, ee or. ate taken about the middle- 
of the da 
The word is formed from the French di ifner., which Dus. 
Cange’ derives from the barbarous Latin di/nare. Henry 
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