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A Laundress', who is allowed 20 L.per ann. and her board; with clothing,and an allowance of coals and candles,the same as the cooks. She is to havesuch aid from the female children, andsuch hired assistance, as circumstancesmay from time to time require.

A Serjeant Porter; who has the payof one shilling and sixpence per day;with clothing, and one shilling per diemin lieu of board : together with an al-lowance of coals and candles, in a pro-portion to be fixed by the commissioners.

The officers, assistant!,, and servants,belonging to the Royal Military Asy-lum, are not, directly or indirectly, todetunnd or receive any perquisite; orany emolument whatever, beyond thepay and allowances annexed to theirrespective employments, as specified in

this warrant, or otherwise expresslyauthorized by the commissioners : andany such officers, assistants, or servants,offending herein, shall be deemed tohave forfeited their situations.

YOUNGER regiment, is that whichwas last raised. See Seniority.

Younger officer, is he whose com-mission is of the latest date. Regi-ments and officers aye posted and com-manded, according to the dates of theircommissions. See Seniority.

YOUNGSTERS. A familiar termto signify the junior officers of a troopor company. The word youngster islikewise used in the navy. The Frendhsay Mousse in naval phraseology.

YPREAU, TV. A Dutch elm.

YZQUI-ATOTE. A sort of drinkin the West Indies.

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t^AAT, Ind. Division of peopletribes or sects.

ZACCIIO. In architecture, thelower part of the pedestal of a co-lumn.

ZAGAIE, TV. A weapon made inthe form of a long dart, which theMoors use in battle, and which they castwith extreme dexterity.

ZAIMS. Principal leaders or chiefs;after whom a mounted militia, whichthey support and pay, is called amongthe Turks.

One class of the Zaims receives itsappointments direct from the Porte,and the other from the Beglierbeys.Whenever an order is issued by thelatter for that purpose, the whole bodyof the Zaims must assemble, with theirfollowers, at a given spot of ren-dezvous.

They are supported by certain re-venues called 'I imars; and the moneywhich they receive from thenceamountsto twenty thousand aspers—five aspersarc equal to one penny English —andthey never can receive less. TheZaims are all of equal rank among them-

selves. They may be considered as thechief noblemen in Turkey; derivingconsiderable importance from the manyprivileges and immunities which are at-tached to their several Ziamets. Thelowest annual revenue of a Ziamet istwenty thousand aspers, and the highestamounts to ninety-nine thousand ninehundred and nine-nine. Whenever itexceeds the latter sum, the surplus isadded to the income of the Sangia-Beyor Bacha, whose rank in Turkey isnearly similar to that of a count inFrance .

The Zaims seldom serve at sea. Theyprefer paying a certain sum of monev tobe exempted from that duty. 6utwhenever they take the field, it is in-cumbent upon each to bring as manyhorsemen, accoutred and fit for service*as there are sums of five thousand as-pers in the annual receipt of bis Zia-met; so that every Zaim who receivesthirty thousand aspers, must producesix able-bodied and well mounted fol-lowers; and every one having sixtythousand aspers per year must bringtwelve.

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