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which marechal Villars beat the imperialifts and the 
Dutch, in 1712 : four miles north-caft of Bouchain, and 
five fouth-wed of Valenciennes. 
DENA'RI ATE,/. [from denarius, Lat.] In old law¬ 
books, as much land as is worth one penny a year. 
DENA'RI I, /. A general term for any fort of pecunia 
numcrata, or ready money. Paroch. Antiq. 320. Hence de¬ 
narii dt carilate were cuftomary oblations made to cathe¬ 
dral churches, about the time of Pentecod, when the pa- 
rifli prieds, and many of their people, went in proceflion 
to vifit their mother-church : this cultom was afterwards 
changed into a fettled due, and charged upon the parifli- 
prieft ; though at fird it was but a gift of charity, or pre- 
fent, to help to maintain and adorn the bifhop’s fee. 
DENA'RIUS,/ in Roman antiquity, the chief fiver 
coin among the Romans, worth in our money about feven- 
pence three farthings. As a weight, it was the feventh 
part of a Roman ounce. An Englifh penny, mentioned 
in fiat. 1. Edvv. I. de compojitione menjutarum , &c. 
DENA'RIUS DEI,/ God's penny, or earned: money 
given and received by parties to contracts, &c. The 
earned money is called denarius Dei , becaufe, in former 
times, the piece of money fo given to bind the contract, 
was given to God, i. e. to the church, or the poor. 
DENA'RIUS St. PETRI,/ Was an annual pay¬ 
ment of one penny from every family to the pope, during 
the time the Roman catholic religion prevailed in this 
kingdom, and was paid on the fead of St. Peter. See 
the article Peter-Pence. 
DENARIUS TERTIUS COMITATUS,/. Of the 
fines and other profits of the county-courts, originally 
when thote courts had fuperior jurifdidtion before other 
courts were eredted, two parts were referved to the king, 
and a third part, or penny, to the earl of the county ; 
who either received it in fpecie at the afiizes and trials, 
or had an equivalent compofition for it out of the exche¬ 
quer. Paroch. Amtiq. 418. 
DENAR'RA BLE, ad], [from the Lat. de, from 5 and 
■narro, to declare.] Not muchufcd. Proper to be related, 
capable of being declared. Scott. 
DENARRA'TION,/. A narration. Scott. 
DE'NARY, adj. [from denarius, Lat.] Not much itfed. 
Belonging to ten, containing a tenth part. Scott. 
DE'NAT, a town of France, in the department of the 
Tarn : feven miles north of Alby. 
DENAVA'.CA, a town of the illand of Ceylon: fifty 
miles fouth of Candy. 
To DENA'Y, v. a. [from denegare, Lat.] Todifavow 
to refufe : 
And the fiiarpe deele doth rive her hart in tway 
All for die Scudamore will not denay. Spenfcr. 
To DENA'Y, v. n. To refufe ; to fay no : 
He look’d, he liden’d, yet his thoughts denay'd 
To think that true, which he did hear and Jee. Fairfax. 
But I denay'd ; for what can maid.s do lefs. lb. 
DENA'Y,/. Denial; refufal: 
To her in hade, give her this jewel: fay, 
My love can give no place, bid no dehay. Skakefpeare. 
DENBE'RA, / [from the Sax. ben, a vale; and 
beng, a harrow, or hog.] A place for the running and 
feeding of hogs, wherein they are penned ; by feme called 
Jwine-comb. Cowel. 
DEN'BIGH,- [probably of ben, a dale; and bigan. 
Sax. to inhabit.] The county-town of Denbighthire, in 
North Wales. It was originally Situated on the fide of 
a craggy hill, near the middle of the beautiful and fer¬ 
tile vale of Clwyd, at the didance of 209 miles from 
London ; but, being deferted in the reign of queen Eli¬ 
zabeth, a new town was built, on a much larger fcale, 
at the foot of the hill. It was formerly called by the 
Britons, Cledjiynyn Rhos, the craggy hill in Rhos. In 
fiiort, Denbigh cadle was delivered up to the parliament 
army in 1646, and appears to have been a place of fuch 
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flrength, that, after the redoration, it was thought ad- 
vifable to dedroy it. The ruins are dill to be feen on 
the furnmit of a rock, doping on all but on one fide, 
which is a precipice. It was built, anno 1280, in the 
reign of Edward I. Charles I. redded in it fome time. 
The grand entrance was through a large gate, with a 
pointed arch, flanked by two oftagonal towers. The 
profpect from this eminence is mod enchanting: be¬ 
neath, the valley of Clwyd difplays her bofom, profufely 
gay, to the admiring fpedlator. The banks of the river 
Clwyd are decorated with feats; the towns of Ruthin 
and St. Afaph, with the mountains, riling at a didance, 
form a delightful, view. Denbigh is a borough-town, 
and, in conjunction with Ruthin and Holt, lends one 
member to the imperial parliament. It is governed by 
two aldermen, a recorder, and two bailiffs, acting as flie- 
riffs, and twenty-five capital burgelfes, who form a com¬ 
mon-council. The aldermen are judices, and hold quar¬ 
ter feflions, in the fame manner as the county fedions are 
held, by datute. Tire town is not large, but well built 
in general, and carries on a confiderable trade in Ihoes 
and gloves. It gives the title of earl to the noble family 
of Fielding. It has a good weekly market on Wednef- 
days, and fairs on the third of May, the 15th of July, 
and the 24th of September. It is didant lixty-one miles 
from Holyhead. 
DENBIGHSHIRE, a county of North Wales, bound¬ 
ed on the north by the Irifh fea, on the north-ead by the 
county of Flint, on the ead by Cheflrire and Shropfhire, 
on the fouth by Merioneththire, and on the wed by Caer- 
narvonfhire, about fifty miles long, twenty broad, and 
170 in circumference; containing 670 fquare miles, or 
428,800 acres; divided into twelve hundreds, and fifty- 
feven paridies ; in the province of Canterbury, and dio- 
cefes of St. Afaph and Bangor. The principal towns are 
Denbigh, Wrexham, Ruthin, and Llanrwd. The prin¬ 
cipal rivers are the Conway, which feparates it from the 
county of Caernarvon, the Clwyd, the Dee, and the El- 
wy. In Denbiglhire the rugged and mountainous cha¬ 
racter of Wales is confpicuoully apparent, though foft- 
ened by a confiderable mixture of fertility and beauty. 
At the fouth-eadern extremity the banks of the Dee af¬ 
ford fine padure and meadow land ; and cheefe is made 
in thefe parts equal to the Chelhire. The varied charms 
of the country about Wrexham, and the feats of Wynn- 
day, Chirk-cadle, and Erddig, have been much admired. 
At Llangollen the feenes are more romantic and fublime, 
on approaching the lofty Berwyn mountains, which fe- 
parate this county from that of Merioneth. North¬ 
wards is the hundred of Yale, hilly, productive of grafs, 
and abounding with cattle, but bare and dreary to the 
view. Then, from its middle of the county, commences 
the celebrated vale of Clwyd ; in the tradt of which lie 
the towns of Ruthin and Denbigh. From its upper end 
to the fea it dretches upwards of twenty miloe. Its 
breadth varies from three miles to eight, according to 
the approach or recefs of the high mountains enclofing 
it, through which in different parts are gaps formed by 
nature for entrances. This delightful fpot is in a high 
date of cultivation, even far up the afeent of the hills; 
and is full of villages and gentlemen’s feats. The river 
Clwyd runs along the vale, and is joined by feveral fmall 
dreams from the neighbourhood. On the vvedern fide 
the county becomes more uniformly alpine, with fre¬ 
quent fmall lakes and deep narrow vales, interfperfed 
amidft naked mountains. The northern part, towards 
the fea, is more level; and from Abergelly links into 
the extenfive plain of Rhuddlan. It fends one member 
to the Britidi parliament. 
DENCHE', or Denchee, adj. In heraldry, indented. 
DEN'DER, a river of Flanders, which runs into the 
Scheldt at Dendermond. 
DEN'DERA, a town of Egypt, the ancient Tcntyra , 
fituated on the wed fide of the Nile, at the edge of a 
final! but fertile plain, about hdlf a mile from the river: 
near 
