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Truro, a (own of Massachusetts , on the E. coast of Cape CoilBay. Lon. 70. 1. W. Lat. 42. 1. N.

TRUSS, [trussa, Lat.] a bundle, or certain quantity of hay,straw, &c. A truss of hay is to contain fifty-six pounds, or halt anhundred weight; thirty-six trusses make a load. In June andAugust the truss is to weigh sixty pounds, on forfeiture of eigh-teen shillings per truss. A truss of forage is as much as a troopercan carry on his horse’s crupper.

Truss of Flowers, is used, by florists, to signify many (low ersgrowing together on the head of a stalk, as in the cowslip, auri-cula, &c.

Truss is also used for a sort of bandage or ligature, made ofsteel, or,the like matter, wherewith to keep up the parts, in thosewho have hernias or ruptures. See Surgery.

TRUSSING, in falconry, is a hawk’s raisingany fowl, or prey,aloft; first soaring up, and then descending with it to theground.

TRUST, in law, signifies, in general, that confidence which oneperson reposes in another; and in case of non performance, orbreach of this trust, his remedy is by bill in equity, as the commonlaw usually takes no notice of trusts. Conveyances made in theway of trust, which were formerly invented to evade the statute ofuses, are not so much favoured as plain and direct deeds.

TRUSTEE, one who has an estate, or money, put or trusted inhis hands, for the use of another. Where two or more persons areappointee! trustees, if one of them only receives all or the greatestpart of the profits of the lands, &c. and is in arrear, and unable tosatisfy the person to whom he is seised in trust, the other inthat case, shall not be answerable for more than comes to hishands.

TRUTH, a term used in opposition to falsehood, and applied topropositions which answer or accord to the nature and reality ofthe thing whereof something is affirmed or denied. See Meta-physics.

TRUXILLO, a city of Spain, in Estremadura , 117 milesS. E. of Madrid , and 65 S. W. of Toledo. Lon. 5. 23. W. Lat.39. 4. N.

Truxillo, a rich trading city of Peru, in Lima , 300 miles N. W.of Lima . Lon. 83. SO. W. Lat. 8. 1. S.

Truxillo, a town of Mexico, in the province of Honduras .Lon. 89. 50. W. Lat. 15. 30. N.

Truxillo, a town of Terra Firma, in the province of Vene-zuela ; 120 miles S. of Lake Maracaybo. Lon. 69. IS. W. Lat. 7.

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TSANG, a city of China , of the second rank, in Ietcheli.

It is 120 miles S. of Pekin. Lon. 116. 45. L. Lat. 38.

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TSCIIUTSKI, a country and people of Independent Tartary,on the E. coast of Asia, opposite to the N. W. coast of America ,bounded by the Anadir on the S.

TSENG-MING, a populous island, near the coast of China ,in the East Sea, seated on the Yang-tse, SO miles long, and tenbroad.

TUAM, a town of Ireland, in the province of Connaught , andcounty of Galway , seven miles from Mayo. Lon. 8. 46. \V. Lat.S3. 33. N.

TUB , in commerce, denotes an indetermined quantity or mea-rure: thus, a tub of tea contains about GOlb. ; and a tub of cam-phor from 56 to 861b.

TUBE, in general, is used for a pipe, conduit, or canal; a cy-linder, hollow within side, either of lead, iron, glass, wood, orother matter, for the air or some other matter to have a free con-veyance through it.

TUBERCLES, among physicians, denote little tumors, whichsuppurate and discharge pus; and are often found in the lungs,especially of consumptive persons. See Medicine.

TUBINGEN, a city of Wirtemberg , with a castle, and univer-sity. Tt is twenty miles S. W. of Stutlgard. Lon. 9. 4. E. Lat.48. 30. N.

TUCK OF A SHIP, the trussing or gathering up the quarterunder water; which if she lie deep, makes her heave a broad, or asthey call it, fat quarter, and hinders her steering, by keeping thewater from pas ing swiftly to her rudder; and if this trussing lietoo high above the water, she will want bearing for her works be-hind, unless her quarter be very well laid out.

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TUCUMAN, a province of South America, in Paraguay ,bounded on the N. by those of Chicas and Chaco, on the E. byChaco and Rio de la Plata , on the S. by the country of Chicutosand Pampes, and on the YV. by the bishopric of St. Jago.

TUCUYO, a town of Terra Firma, in Venezuela , on a riverwhich runs through it. Lon. 69.2. W. Lat. 7. 31. N.

'PUDDING I ON, a town of England, in Bedfordshire , sixteenmiles S. of Bedford, and 35 N. of London . Lon. 0. 32. W. Lat.52. 0. N.

TUDELA, a town of Spain in Navarre. It is 45 miles N. W.of Saragossa, and 140 N. E. of Madrid . Lon. 1. 10. W. Lat. 42.9.N.

TVER, a city of . Russia, capital of Tverskoi, 99 milesW. N. VV. of Moscow , and 272 S. E. of Petersburg. Lon. 36.5. E.Lat. 56. 7. N.

TVERSKOI, an extensive province or government of Russia ,in Siberia , bounded on the N. by Novogorodskoe, E. by Jaros-lavikoe, and Uladimirskoe, S. by Moscovskaia and Smolenskoe,W, by Pskovskoe ; being in all about 180 miles long, and 100broad.

TUFA, a stone consisting of volcanic ashes concreted togetherwith various other species of stone. It is of various colours, black-ish grey, bluish grey, and yellow.

TUBULAR1A, a genus of zoophyta: stem tubular, simple,or branched, fixed by the base : animal proceeding from the endof the tube, and having its head crested with lentacula. Thereare 26 species; the magnifica inhabits the West Indies , adheringto rocks, and is the most splendid genus of them all; it has thepower of withdrawing its tentaculu w ithin the tube, and the tubewithin the rock on which it resides.

TUFAS, beds of lime deposited on vegetables, which bytheir destruction give great lightness and porousness to themass.

TUG, [Fr.] in military affairs, a Turkish term for tail; a6ort of standard, called so by the Turks; It consists of a horse’stail, which is fixed to a long pole or half-pike, by means of a gold-button.

TU1SCO, orTUISTON, a celebrated hero and god of theancient Germans, the Mars or god of war among the Saxons , fromwhom our Tuesday is named. See Polytheism .

TULA, a city of Russia , capital of the province of Tulskoe,112 miles S. of Moscow , and 452 S. S. E. of Petersburg.

TULBAG1A, a genus of plants of the class and order liexan-dria monogynia. Corolla funnel-form; nectary three-leaved;capsule superior. There are two species, bulbs of the Cape.

TULIP , or TULIPA, in botany, a genus of plants in theclass hexandria, and order monogynia; natural order, Coronarix,Corolla six-petaled, campanulate ; there is no style. The spe-cies of this genus are five.

TULIPOMANIA, [from tulipa, tulip,and fj-ana, madness,] thename given to a kind ol gambling traffic in tulip-roots, which pre-vailed in Holland and the Netherlands during part of the 17th cen-tury. It was carried on to such an enormous extent, that one roothas been sold for 4600 florins, together with a new carriage, twogrey horses, and a complete harness.

TULLES, a city of France, in the department of Correze , latecapital of the Lower Limosin, 37 miles E. of Limoges , and 62 S.W. of Clermont. Lon. 1. 42 W. Lat. 45. 23. N.

TULLN, or TULN, a town of Austria , on a river so named,15 miles N. W. of Vienna . Lon. 16. 6. E. Lat. 48. 14. N.

TULSKOE, a government of Russia , bounded N. by Mos-covskaia, E. by Riazanskoe, and Tambovskoe; S. by Oriovskof,ami W. by Kaluskoe; 130 miles long, and from 40 to 100 broad.'Pula is (lie capital.

TUMANSKOI, a triangular island of Russia , in the FrozenOcean, N. of Kirlach isle, 360 miles in circuit.

TUMAll, in the language of Bengal, rent-roll or assess-ment. ,

TUMBllELL, a machine employed chiefly in the county ofLincoln ; for the purpose of giving food to sheep, during t hewinter. In the fourth volume of the “ Repertory of Arts,” & c-we meet with a description of a contrivance which is equally sim-ple and useful: we have, therefore, been induced to give a repr e "senlation of it in Plate CLXIL fig. 9. It consists of a circu arcage or crib, which may be made of willow, osiers, or sim 1,a :