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? ;ift made to the soldiers, as congiarium was to the people. Thelomaiis made large donatives to their soldiers. Julia Pia, wife ofthe emperor Severus , is called on certain medals mater castrorum,because of the care she took of the soldiery, by interposing for theaugmentation of their donatives, kc.
DONATORY , in Scots law, that person to whom the king be-llows his right to any forfeiture that has fallen to the crown.
DONAWERT, a town of Germany, in Bavaria on the frontiersof Suabia. 18 miles N. of Augsburg . Lon. 11.5. E. Lat. 4S. 52. N.
DON AX, a genus of insects of the class and order vermes tes-ticei. Animal a tetliys; shell bivalve, generally with a crenulatemargin, the frontal margin very obtuse; hinge with two teeth, anda single marginal one placed a little behind, rarely double, triple,or none. 1 here are nineteen species. D. scortum is a triangularheart-shaped shell, with a flat frontal margin. It inhabits the In-dian ocean . D. scripla inhabits the coast of Malabar, it is elegantlypainted with angular reddish, blue, or brown lines. D. rugosaisrepresented in Plate XXXVII.
DONCASTER, an ancient town, in the W. Riding of York-shire , 37 miles S. of York. Lon. 1. 12. W. Lat. 53. 33. N.
DONCtiERRY, or DO NCI 1ER Y, a fortified town of France ,in the department of Ardennes, three miles from Sedan . Lon. 5.2. E. Lat. 49. 42. N.
DONEGAL, a county of Ireland, in the province of Ulster ,bounded on the E. by Loncionderrv; on the S. by Fermanagh ; andon the W. and N. by the ocean. It is generally reckoned 68 mileslong, and 44 broad. The surface is generally rugged and moun-tainous; in some places marshy, interspersed with several rich val-Jevs. The principal towns are Donegal , Ballyshannon, Killibegs,Lifi'ord, and St. Johnstown, which send two members each to par-liament, besides two from the county.
Donegal, the capital of the county, 10 miles N. of Ballyshan-non. Lon. 8. 30. W. Lat. 54. 42. N.
Donegal, Bay of, a large bay of the Atlantic, on the W.coast of Ireland .
DONERA1L, a borough of Ireland, in Cork , 19 miles N. E.of Cork .
DONETZK, a town of Russia , in the government of Ekateri-noskut.
DONGALA, DANGALA, DANCALA, or DANGOLA,a town of Africa , in Nubia. Lon. 30. 35. E. Lat. 21. 0. N.
DONJON, a town of France, in the department of Allier , 24miles S. E. of Moulins .
Donjon, in Fortification , commonly signifies a large tower, orredoubt of a fortress; whence the garrison may retreat in case ofnecessity, and capitulate with good advantage.
DON'NE, John, D. D. a poet and divine of the 17th century.II is parents were of the Romish religion, and used their utmostefforts to keep him firm to it; but bis early examination of the con-troversy between the church of Rome and the Protestants , at lastdetermined him to choose the latter. He travelled into Italy andSpain ; where he made many useful observations, and learnedtheir languages to perfection. Soon after his return to England,Sir Thomas Egerton, keeper of the great seal, appointed him hissecretary; in which post he continued five years. Marrying pri-vately Anne, the daughter of Sir George Moore, (ten chancellorof the garter, he was dismissed from his place, atitl thrown intoprison. But he was reconciled to Sir George by the good officesof Sir Francis Woolley. In lb 12, he accompanied Sir RobertDrury to Paris . During this time, many of the nobility solicitedthe king for some secular employment for him. But king Jameswho took pleasure in his conversation, had engaged him in writinghis Pseudo-Martyr, printed at London in 1610 ; and was so highlypleased with that work, that, in 1014, he prevailed with him toenter into holy orders; appointed him one of his chaplains, androcured him the degree of D. D. from the university of Oxford ,n 1019, he attended the earl of Doncaster in his embassy intoGermany . In 1621, lie was made dean of St. Paul’s: and vicarof St. Duns-tan, in London ; the -advowson of it having been givento him long before by Richard earl of Dorset . Bv these andother preferments, he was enabled to be charitable to the poor,kind to his friends, and to make good provision for his children.He wrote, besides the above, 1 Devotions upon emergent Oc-casionsj 2. The Ancient History of the Septuagmt, translated fromthe Greek of Aristeus, in 4to. 3. Three volumes of sermons,yol. i.— no, 67.
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folio. 4. A considerable number of poems: and other works. Hedied in 1031; and was interred in St. Paul’s cathedral , where amonument was erected to his memory. IIis writings shew him tohave been a man of wit and learning, and he was, however, highlycelebrated by all the great men of that age.
DONN1NGTON, or DUNNINGTON, a town in Lincoln-shire, 11 miles W. S, W. of Boston .
DONNOE, a small island in the North sea , near the coast ofNorway .
DONOR, in law, the person who gives lands or tenements toanother in tail, &c. as lie to whom such lands, &c. are given, isthe Donee.
DONZY, a town of France, in the department of Nievre , 22miles N. of Neveis.
DOOMSDAY BOOK. See Domesday Book .
DOOR, in architecture, an aperture m a wail, to give entranceand exit into and out of a building, or any apartment thereof. SeeArchitecture.
DOR, the common black bettle. See Scarabjeus.
DORADO, in ichthyology. See Corytiijena.
Dorado, in astronomy, a southern constellation, not visiblein our latitude; it is also called xipbias. The stars of tiiis constel-lation, in Sharp’s catalogue, are six.
DOILENA, a genus of the monogynia order, and pentandriaclass of plants. Corolla five-cleft; stigma emarginate : capsule one-celled. One species, viz. D. japonica, a native of Japan .
DORAN, a town of Arabia, in the country of Yemen , 28 milesS. ofSana. Lon. 44. 4. E. Lat. 14. 55. N.
DO RAT, a town of France in the department of Upper Vienne,24 miles N. of Limoges .
DORCAS. See Capra.
DORCHESTER, the capital of Dorsetshire , seated on theriver Erome, on a Roman road, 35 miles E. of Exeter. Lon. 2.45. W. Lat. 50. 42. N.
Dorchester, a town in Oxfordshire , 10 miles S. E. of Oxford.Lon. 1. 0. W. Lat. 51. 39. N.
Dorchester, a county of Maryland, in North America .
Dorchester Neck, a peninsula of Massachusetts , in Norfolkcounty.
DORDOGNE , a department of Fi ance, comprehending partof the late province of Perigord , bounded on the N. E. by that ofthe Upper Vienne, on the k. by those of the Lot and Correze , onthe S. by that of the Lot and Garonne , on the W. by those of theGironde and the Lower Charente, and on the N. W. by that ofthe Charente. Perigueux is the capital .
Dordogne, a river of France , which rises about 7 milesN. W.of Besse, and joins the Garonne , near Bourdeaux.
DORDRECHT , or DORT. See Dort.
DORE, a river of France , which rises in the department of thePuy-de-doine, and joins the Allier .
DORIC DIALECT, one of the five dialects, or manners ofspeaking, which obtained among the Greeks. It was first used bythe Lacedemonians, and particularly those of Argos; thence itpassed into Epirus, Libya, Sicily, the islands of Rhodes and Crete .In this dialect, Archimedes and Theocritus wrote, who were bothof Syracuse; as well as Pindar . The Doric dialect is properlythe manner of speaking peculiar to the Dorians , after their recc-ssnear Parnassus and Asopus ; and which afterwards came to obtainamong the Lacedemonians, kc. Most of the medals of the citiesof Grsecia Magna, and Sicilv, favour of the Doric dialect in theirincription : e. g. ambpakijitan, aiioaaHNIatan, axepontan,
AXTPITAN, .HPAXAEUTAN, TPAXINH1N, WEPMITAN, KATAONIATAN,
KoniATAN, tatpomenitan, kc. Which shews the countries whereinthe Doric dialect was used. According to the Doric dialect, ti evowels >i, «, m, are changed in«; the diphthong « into <* or «»;
and the consonants jS into -/; f into trS; * and into r; r and ? intox; x with a r or S' following it, into ». Thus for *>;> tpx a -> * K “-Sa;, /Zufxp'i, kc. they say fapa, rfax“, xx*S*;, yxiprtfa, kc. Theylikewise change a into u, as xoyw tor Xoy»; also nit 1 into tv;, as/Sao-iXf!>; for f&anT.i ®': in, at, and an into u, as xp; tor xptu;, ty.-Xt,;for tytXrtt;, and yiXij; for y'Xau ;: with other transmutations of thelike nature.
Doric Mode, in music, the first of the authentic modes of theancients. Its character is to be severe, tempered with gravityand joy ; and is proper upon religious occasions, as also to be used
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