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which this was merely an abridgement, and he was also the 
author of disputations and treatises on particular topics. He 
died in 1760 at the advanced age of 91. Haller. Eloy. 
Gen. Biog. 
WINSLOW, a market town and parish of England, in 
the county of Buckingham, situated on the brow of a hill, on 
the road from London to Buckingham. It is a neat, regular, 
well built town, consisting chiefly of three streets, standing 
in the directions of east, west, and north. The houses are 
mostly of brick, and inhabited by labourers and lace-makers. 
The church is a large pile of building, consisting of a nave, 
two aisles, and a chancel, with a square tower, embattled at 
the west end. The town is of very great antiquity, but pos¬ 
sesses no objects interesting to the antiquary. Market on 
Thursday, and 6 annual fairs; 7 miles north-west of Ayles¬ 
bury, and 50 west-north-west of London. Population of the 
parish in 1811, 1222 . 
WINSLOW, a township of England, in Herefordshire; 2b 
miles south-west of Bromyard. 
WINSLOW, a post township of the United States, in Ken- 
nebeck county, Maine, on the Kennebeck, opposite Water- 
ville; 16 miles north of Augusta, and 196 north-north-east 
of Boston. Population 658. 
WI’NSOME, adj. [pinpum. Sax. from pyn, joy.] Mer¬ 
ry ; cheerful. Used in the north: in some places pronoun¬ 
ced wunsome. 
WINSTANLEY IN MAKERFIELD, a township of Eng¬ 
land, in Lancashire; 4| miles south-west of Wigan. Po¬ 
pulation 741. 
WINSTEAD, a parish of England, East Riding of York¬ 
shire; 16| miles east-south-east of Kingston-upon-Hull. 
WINSTEAD, a village and parish of the United States, 
in Litchfield county, Connecticut, in the north-east part of 
Winchester, containing flourishing manufactures. 
WINSTER, a market town of England, in Derbyshire, 
situated near the rich lead mines. It is a small place, but has 
a number of cottages scattered round it. The inhabitants are 
chiefly employed in working the mines. About a mile north 
of it, at Birchover, are several curious rocking stones, among 
which is a famous one, which weighs about 50 tons. Market 
on Saturday; 27 miles north-west of Derby, and 152 north¬ 
west of London. Population 847. 
WINSTER, a hamlet of England, in Westmoreland; 7 
miles west of Kendal. 
WINSTER, a river of England, in Lancashire, which runs 
into the Ken at its mouth.—2. A river in Norfolk, which 
runs into the Mere, about 12 miles west-north-west of Nor¬ 
wich. i 
WINSTON, atownship of England, in Durham; 6 | miles 
east-south-east of Barnard Castle.—2. A parish in Glouces¬ 
tershire ; 6 miles north-west of Cirencester.—3. A hamlet in 
Gloucestershire; 4| miles south-south-west of North Leach. 
—4. A parish in Suffolk; 7 miles west-by-south of Fram- 
lingham. 
WINTER, s. [pintep, Saxon; •winter , Danish, German, 
and Dutch.] The cold season of the year. 
After summer evermore succeeds 
The barren winter with his nipping cold. Shakspeare. 
To WINTER, v. n. To pass the winter.—The fowls 
shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall 
winter upon them. Is. 
To WINTER, v. a. To feed or manage in the winter. 
—The cattle generally sold for slaughter within, or expor¬ 
tation abroad, had never been handled or wintered at hand- 
meat. Temple. 
WINTER is often used in composition.—Shred it very 
small with thyme, sweet margarome, and a little winter- 
savoury. Walton. 
WINTERA [so named by Murray from Captain William 
Winter, who brought the bark of this tree from the Straits 
of Magellan in 1579], in Botany, a genus of the class poly- 
andria, order tetragynia, natural order of magnolise (Juss.J 
.—Generic Character. Calyx: perianth one-leafed, entire, 
gaping, inferior. Corolla: petals six, ovate, spreading. Sta¬ 
mina: filaments numerous, cylindric, thicker at the tip, 
short. Anthers oval, twin, the cells cohering at the very tip 
only, and fastened to the tip of the filaments. Pistil: germs 
four, obovate. Styles none. Stigmas flattened. Pericarp: 
berries four, obovate, subpedicelled, four-seeded. Seeds 
four, ovate, subtriquetrous.— Esseritial Character. Calyx 
three-lobed. Petals six or twelve. Germs club-shaped. 
Styles none. Berries four or eight, obovate. 
1. Wintera aromatica.—Peduncles axillary, aggregate, 
subtriflorous; flowers four-pistilled. This is an evergreen 
tree, higher and larger than an apple-tree, spreading very much 
both in root and branches. Leaves of a light green, an inch 
and half long, and an inch broad in the middle, decreasing 
to both ends, but terminating bluntly. Flowers axillary, 
two, three, or more together, on peduncles a quarter of an 
inch long, somewhat like those of the honeysuckle, five-pe- 
talled, milk white, and smelling like jasmine. 
2. Wintera granadensis.—Peduncles axillary, three-flow¬ 
ered, elongated; flowers eight-pistilled. Branches longer 
than in the preceding. Leaves oblong, beneath more glau¬ 
cous so as to be almost white; they are also longer.—Found 
in New Granada. 
3. Wintera axillaris.—Peduncles axillary, heaped, one- 
flowered ; flowers four-pistilled. The flavour of the whole 
plant, and especially of the bark, is very acrid and pungent. 
—Native of New Zealand. 
WINTERBEATEN, adj. Harassed by severe weather. 
—He compareth his careful case to the sad season of the year, 
to the frosty ground, to the frozen trees, and to his own win¬ 
ter-beaten flocke. Spenser. 
WINTERBERG, a town of the Prussian states, in West¬ 
phalia; 39 miles south-by-west of Paderborn. Population 
1200 . 
WINTERBERG, or Wimberg, a town of Bohemia; 77 
miles south-by-west of Prague. It has 1300 inhabitants, and 
a manufactory of the finest glass in Bohemia. 
WINTERBOURN, a hamlet of England, in Berkshire; 
near Speenhamland. 
WINTERBOURNE, a parish of England, in Glouces¬ 
tershire; 6f miles north-north-east of Bristol. Population 
1569. 
WINTERBOURNE ABBAS, a village and parish of Eng¬ 
land, in the county of Dorset. About half-a-mile west of it, 
on the road from Dorchester, are several stones, placed in a 
circular form, from 3 to 7 feet high, supposed to have been 
the remains of a Druid temple; 4b miles west of Dorchester. 
WINTERBOURNE BASSET; a parish of England, in 
Wiltshire; 7b miles north-west of Marlborough. 
WINTERBOURNE, Dantsey, another parish of Eng¬ 
land, in Wiltshire; 3| miles north-north-east of Salisbury. 
WINTERBOURNE, Earls, another parish of the above 
county, near the foregoing. 
WINTERBOURNE, Faringdon, or St. German’s, a 
parish of England, in Dorsetshire; 2| miles south of Dor- 
Chester. 
WINTERBOURNE, Gunner, or Cherborough, a 
parish of England, in Wiltshire; 4 miles north-north-east of 
Salisbury. 
WINTERBOURNE, St. Martin, a parish of England, 
in Dorsetshire ; 3 miles west-by-south of Dorchester. 
WINTERBOURNE, Monkton, a parish of England, in 
Wiltshire ; 7 miles west-north-west of Marlborough. 
WINTERBOURNE, Steepleton, a parish of England, 
in Dorsetshire; 3b miles west-by-south of Dorchester. 
WINTERBOURNE, Stoke, a parish of England, in 
Wiltshire; 5 miles west-by-sOuth of Amesbury. 
WINTERBOURNE, Zelstone, a parish of England, in 
Dorsetshire; 6 miles south-by-east of Blandford Forum. 
WINTERBURN, a township of England, West Riding of 
Yorkshire ; 7 miles north-west of Skipton. 
WI'NTERCHERRY, s. [alkekenge.] A plant. The 
fruit is about the bigness of a cherry, and inclosed in the cup 
of the flower, which swells over it in form of a bladder. 
JULillcVo 
WFNTERCITRON, s. A sort of pear. 
WI'NTERGREEN, 
