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HOM1NK ItifPLIff,iAN 1)0, a writ for the bailing ofa manout of prison, when he is confined without commandment of theking or hisjudges, or for any cause that is repleviable. But thiswrit is now seldom used ; a writ of habeas corpus being sued outon the necosary occasions.

HOMMOC, a name given by mariners to a hillock or smalleminence of land, resembling the ligure of a cone, and appearingon the sea-coast of anv country.

HOMO , Man , is ranked by Linnanis under the class mamma-lia and order primate 5 , or Chiefs; and characterised by havingfour parallel fore-teeth both in the upper and lower jaw, and twomamime on the breast. The only species is the

Homo Sapiens , or Sapient Man, so named as being endow-ed with wisdom tar superior to, or rather exclusive of, all otheranimals. See Man. In the early editions of Linnaius, the Tro-glodytes was adfled as a second species, but is now with muchmore’ propriety arranged under the genus Simia. See Simia.Mankind, though originally sprung from one pair, vary muchfrom difference of climate, education and habits. Hence the fol-lowing varieties are enumerated bv Linnaius; viz. wiid men,Americans , Europeans, Asiatics, Africans, and Monsters.

1. Homines Af-ri, Africans. “ Of black complexion,phlegmatic temperament, and relaxed fibre.” The hair is blackand frizly ; the skin soft and silky; the nose flat; the lips arethick ; and the female has long lax breasts. They are of crafty,indolent, and careless dispositions, and governed in their actionsby caprice. Anoint the skin with grease.

2. Hominies American!, Americans . “ Of copper-colour-ed complexion, choleric, constitution, and remarkably erect.’’Their hair is black, lank, and coarse; their nostrils are wide ; theirfeatures harsh, and the chin is scantily isupplied with heard. Areobstinate in their tempers, free and satisfied with their condition ;and are regulated in all their proceedings by traditional customs,l’aint their skins with red streaks.

3. Hominess Asiatici, Asiatics. “ Of sooty complexion,melancholy temperament, and rigid libre.” T heir hair is strong,black, and lank ; the eyes are dark brown. They are of grave,haughty, and covetous manners ; and are governed by opinions.Dress in loose garments.

4-. Homines Eurofjei, Europeans. “Of fair complexion,sanguine temperament, and brawny form.” The hair is bowing,and of various shades of brown ; the eyes are mostly blue. Theyare of gentle manners, acute in judgement, of quick invention, andgoverned by fixed laws, Dress in dose vestments.

5. Homines Eeri, Wild Mf.n. “ Walk on all fours, aredumb, and covered with hair.” 1, A youth found in Lithuania ,in 1761, resembling a bear. 2. A youth found in Hesse, in 1544,resembling a wolf. 3. A youth iu Ireland resembling a sheep.'J'ulp. Obs iv. 9. 4. A youth in Bamberg resembling an ox.

Camerarius. 5. A wild youth found in 1724, in Hanover. 6.Wild buys found in 1719 in the Pyrenees. 7. A wild girl foundin 17 17, in Overyssel. 8. A wild girl found in 1731 in Cham-pagne. 9. A wild lad found near Leyden. Boerhaave. Theseinstances of wild men and their similitudes, (Mr. Kerr justly ob-serves,) are partly to be attributed to imposture, and m part toexaggeration: most probably ideots who had strayed from theirfriends, and who resembled the above animals only imitating theirvoices,”

6 Homines Monstrosi, Monsters. Of these there are se-veral varieties : tile first and second of which, iu the following list)are occasioned by peculiarity of climate, while the rest are proiluced by artificial management. l.Alpini: the inhabitants ofthe northern mountains ; they are small in stature, active, andtimid in their dispositions. 2. Patagonici ; the Patagonians ofSouth America ; of vast size, and indolent in their manners. 3.Monorchides: tiie Hottentots ; having one testicle extirpated. 4.Imberbes: most of the American nations; who eradicate then-beards and the hair from every part of the body except the scalp,5. Mai'-rocephali : the Chinese ; who have their heads artificiallyforced into a conical form. 6. Plugiocephali: the Canadian In-dians ; w'lio have the fore-part of their heads flattened when youngby compression. See Man. •

HOMODROMUS VECTIS, or LEVER, in mechanics, is

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a lever in which the weight and pow'er are both on the same sideof the fulcrum, as in the lever of the second and third kind ;being so called, because here the weight and power move both inthe same direction, whereas in the heterodromus they move in op-posite directions.

IlOMOGENEAL, or HOMOGENEOUS, [from Spot like,and yin; kind,] a term applied to various subjects, to denote thatthey consist of parts of the same nature and kind ; in contradis-tinction to Heterogeneous, which see.

Homogeneous Light, that whose rays are all of one colourand degree of refTangibility, without any mixture of others. Seethe article Colour .

Homogeneous Surds, those which have the same radicalcharacter, or signs, as 2 v /a, and il*/b.

HOMOLOGATION, [from optoXoy.m, consent,] in the civillaw, the act of continuing or rendering a thing more valid andsolemn, by publication, repetition, or recognition thereof.

HOMOLOGOUS, [qAsXty©-,] in geometry, is applied to thecorresponding sides and angles of similar figures, as being propor-tioned to each other. Thus, in two similar triangles ABC, DEE,(Plate XCV. fig. 12,) the sides AB and DE, BC and EE, andAC and DF, are homologous. And these triangles are to eachother as the squares of their homologous sides. See Geo-metry .

Homologous Things, in logic, those which agree in nayne,but are of different natures.

HOMONYMOUS, [Sjawvu^of,] an appellation given to wordswhich have two different syndications, being the same with equi-vocal terms.

HOMOTONOUS, [oiwoto*® 5 ,] equable: said of such distem-pers as keep a constant tenour of rise, state, and declension.

HONAN, a province of China , bounded on the N. by thatof Fetched and Chansi, on the W. by Chansi, on the S. by Hou-quang, and on the E. by Chantong. Every thing that can con-tribute to render a country delightful is found united in this pro-vince ; tiie Chinese therefore call it Tong hoa, or the middleflower : it is situated almost in the centre of China .

IIonan , a city of the above province, situated amidst moun-tains, and between three rivers, 360 miles S. S. \V. of Pekin.

IlON DA BAY, 1. A bay on the N. coast of Cuba . 2. A bayon tiie E coast of Honduras , N. of Cape Gracios a Dios.

HONDURAS, a large province of Noj-lh America , boundedon the N, by the Bav, on the E. by the Mosquito Shore , on theS. by Nicaragua, and on the W. by Chiapa and Guatimala . It iscomprehended in tiie government of New Spain, although thisprovince, and the peninsula of Yucatan , on tiie other side of theBay of Honduras, can hardly be said to have formed a part of theancient Mexican empire. Honduras and Yucatan do not, likethe other territories of Spain in the New World, derive their valueeither from the fertility of their soil, or tiie richness of their mines;but they produce, in greater abundance than any part of America ,the logwood-tree, which is become an article in commerce ofgreat value.

Honduras Bay, a bay on the coast of Honduras , lying W. ofthe Caribbean Sea , between Cape Catoche, and Cape Honduras.

HONEY, [/(irnig, Sax. Iioiiig, Dutch; lioncc, Itnnttg, Germ.]a sweet, flagrant, vegetable, juice, collected by the hues from the(lowers of various plains, and deposited in tiie cells of the comb,it lias a white or yellowish colour, a soft and grained consistence,a saccharine and aromatic smell. By distillation it affords an acidphlegm and an oil, and its coal is light and spongy like that of themucilage of plants. Nitric acid extracts from-it oxalic acid pre-cisely as it does from sugar; it is very soluble in water, with whichit forms a syrup, and like sugar passes to the vinous fermentation,and yields'a pleasant liquor called mead. Mr. Cavezzali liasproved lately that honey is composed of sugar, mucilage, and anacid. 'Hie sugar may be separated by melting tiie honey, addingcarbonate of lime in powder as long as any effervescence appears,and scnmmiiig the solution while hot. Tlu: liquid thus treatedgradually deposits crystals of sugar when allowed to remain in aglas—vessel. The honey produced by young bees, and whichflows spontaneously, is purer than that expressed from the comb;whence it is called’ virgin-honey : the best sort is of a thick con-sistence, and of a whitish colour, inclining to yellow; it possessesan agreeable smell, and a pleasant taste. As an article of food,

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