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Multiplication, in algebra. See Algebra .MULTIPLICATOR, or MULTIPLIER, in arithmetic, adumber multiplying another called the multiplicand. The mul-tiplier and multiplicand when named together are called the factors.MULTIPLICATUS FLOS, See Botany .MULTIPLYING GLASS, in optics, one wherein objectsa Ppear increased in number. It is otherwise called a polyhedron,being ground into several planes, that make angles with each other;throughwhich the rays of light issuing from the same point undergodifferent refractions, so as to enter the eye from every surface in adifferent direction. See Optics.
M ULTISIL1QUT, in botany, the name of the twenty-sixth? r der in Linnffius’s “ Fragments of a Natural Method;” consist-ing of plants which have more seed-vessels than one. Of this*>nd are aconitmn, monk’s hood ; delphinum, larkspur; negella,0r devil-in-a-bush; and many others. These plants are mostlyPerennial herbs. See Botany .
MULTISILTQUOUS PLANTS, those which have after each“ewer many distinct, long, slender, siliqus or pods, in which theirSe ed is contained; such are bear’s foot, columbine, house-leek,,)a vel-wort, orpine, &c.
MULTITUDE, an assemblage, or collection of a great num-ber of distinct persons or things; thus we say, a multitude of men,°f horses, of trees, &c. The units, or individuals, that make aJJ^dlitude, may be of the same or different kinds, and natures of| 'bigs; and that whether they are really separated from one ano-ler , or only distinguished by the imagination.MULTIVALVES, in natural history, the name of a generalC a *s of shell-fish distinguished from the univalves, which consistof only one shell, and the bivalves, which consist of two, by theirinsisting of three or more shells.
Multure, ill Scots’ law, a certain stipulated quantify of^eal given as payment to the proprietor or tacksman ot a mill forkdntlifig tbe com ; and all corn ground on farms thirled to the{1**11 is obliged to pay multure, whether the corn be ground at^ Uiill or elsewhere.
.. ^ULVlAj orMULVYA, ;t rim* of Barbary, which rises in.U mountains’ of Atlas, and divides the empire of Morocco from‘, lt of Algiers , and then falls into the Mediterranean, W. of Mar-Sai quiver.
..Mum, a kind of malt-liquor much drank in Germany , andf'''efl-- brought from Brunswick, which is the place of most note( ° r 'Haking it. The process of brewing mum, as recorded in thej? w n-house of that city, is as follows. Take 63 gallons of waterhas been boiled till one-third part is consumed, and brew it4h seven bushels of wlieaten malt, one bushel of oat-meal, and‘ le bushel of ground-beans. When it is tunned, the hogsheadB ft not be filled too full at first: as soon as it begins to work,jft into it 31b. of the inner rind of fir, 11b. of the tops of fir andth e ?’ d"'ee handfuls of cardims benedictus, a handful or two ofe flower of rosa soils: add burnet, betony, marjoram, avens,e j , nn yvoyal, and wild thyme, of each an handful and an half; ofy-flowers, two handfuls or more ; seeds of cardamum bruised,v ol. m.—i5i,
30 oz. barberries bruised, loz. when the liquor has worked awhile, put the herbs and seeds into the vessel ; and after they areadded, let it work over as little as possible ; then fill it up : lastly,when it is stopped, put into the hogshead ten new-laid eggs un-broken ; stop it up close, and use it at two years end. ' TheEnglish brewers, instead of the inner rind of fir, use cardamum,ginger, and sassafras ; and also add elecampane, madder, and redsanders.
MUMMY , a body embalmed or dried, in the manner em-ployed by the ancient Egyptians; also the composition with whichdead bodies are embalmed. See Catacomb, and Embalming .Mummies are very inflammable, and yield a scent of myrrh andaromatic ingredients while burning. There are found in Poland ,a kind of natural mummies, or human bodies preserved withoutart. These lie in considerable numbers in some of the vast ca-verns in that.country. They are dried with the flesh and skinshrunk up almost close to the bones, and are of a blackish co-lour. In the wars which several ages ago laid waste that country,it was common for parties of the weaker side to retire into thesecaves, where their enemies, if they found them out, suffocatedthem by burning straw, &c. at the mouth of the cavern, and thenleft the bodies ; which being out of the way- of injuries from com-mon accidents, have lain there ever since. Carcases dried by theheat of the sun, and thus preserved from putrefaction, are oftenfound in the sands of Libya . Some imagine, that these are thebodies of deceased people burled there on purpose to keep thementire without embalming; others think they are the carcases oftiavellers who have been overwhelmed by the clouds of sandraised by the hurricanes frequent in those desarts.
MUMMY , in horticulture, signifies a kind of wax employedby gardeners, in grafting and planting the roots of trees. It isprepared as follows: take one pound of black pitch, and a quarterof a pound of turpentine ; mix them in an earthenpot, and set thewhole on fire in the open air: the mixture should be alternatelyquenched and lighted, till all the nitrous and volatile parts be eva-porated, when a little common wax is to be incorporated with thecomposition, which is now fit for use.
MUMPS, or CYNANCHE PAROTIDrEA, a contagiousdisease, that chiefly affects the lower classes, and is often epidemic.It is distinguished by an external moveable swelling, that arises onone side of the neck, but more commonly on both, and frequentlyattains a considerable size ; while the fauces appear red, and thepatient has a sensation of straitness. The powers of respiration andof deglutition are somewhat impeded, and the disease is mostly ac-companied with a slight degree of inflammatory fever. The tu-mour increases for three or four days ; when it begins to subside,and, in a few days, totally disappears, together with the fever.See Medicine.
MUNCH-HAUSIA, in botany, a genus of the polyandria or-der, and polyadelphia class ot plants. Natural order, Calycan-theraa:. Calyx six-cleft, lorulose; petals clawed; stamen in sixbodies, four or five in each ; pistil superior, with a filiform curvedstyle. It has but one species, M. speciosa, a native of Java andChina .
MUND, ISLAND MUND, or the ISLAND of ST.MUNGO , an island of Argyieshire, in Loch Leven in Glenco.
MUNDA, an ancient city of Ilispania Boetica, in Granada , oilthe declivity of a hill, at the bottom of which runs a river. Lon.4. 13. W. Lift. 43. 15. N.
MUN DEBAR, a province of Asia , in Cabul.
MUNDERlvlNGEN, a town of Suabia, on the Danube , 25miles S. W. of Ulm. Lon. 9. 43. E. Lat. 4S. 15. N.
MUNDIC, or MARCASITE. See Marcasite, and Py-rites . _ ■
MUNDINGOES, a people who live on the sides of tte-riverGambia in Africa , and who are of a jet black colour, strong, andwell made.
MUNDINUS, a celebrated anatomist of the 14th centurv,born in Florence. He was the first modern anatomist who restoredthe art, and introduced the dissection of human bodies. He wrotea Treatise on Anatomy , in 1315, which was printed at Paris in1478.
MUNDU, a very ancient town of Hindostan in Malwa; for-merly 22 miles in circuit; 454 miles E. of Bombay. Lon. 75. 47. E.Lat. 22. 50. N.
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