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Warren, in geography, a county of N. Carolina, in Halifax district, bounded on the N'. by Virginia, E. by Halifax , S. byFranklin, anti W. bv Granviile counties. It extends above 400miles square ; the surface is beautifully variegated ; the soil veryfertile, in corn, wheat, oats, rye, pease, flax, hemp, cotton, ap-ples, vines, peaches, and other fruits.

WARRINGTON, a town of England, in Lancashire , 18 milesW. by S. of Manchester, 18 E. of Liverpool , and 183 N. N. W.of London . Lon. 2. 45. W. Lat. 53. 23. N.

WARSAW, a large city of Poland , the capital of that country,and of the province of Masovia , 160 miles S. E. by S. of Dantzic,130 N. N. E. of Cracow , and 300 N. E. by N. of Vienna. Lon.21.6. E. Lat. 50. 14. N.

WART, [verruca, Lat.] in surgery, a little round hard excres-cence arising on the flesh like a pea. See Surgery.

WARTA, a town of the late republic of Poland , in the palati-nate of Siradia , now annexed to Prussia; 14 miles N. N. E. ofSiradia .

Warta, a river of Great Poland , now in S. Prussia, and latepalatinate of Siradia .

WARTENBURG, a town of Silesia, capital of a barony sonamed, near Poland, 22 miles N. E. of Breslau . Lon. 17. 42. E.Lat. 51. 19. N.

WARWICK, the capital of Warwickshire , 39 miles N. E. ofGloucester, and 93 N. VV. of London . Lon. 1. 36. W. Lat. 52.20. N.

Warwick, a county of Virginia , established in 1628, boundedon the N. by York county .

Warwick, a town of Virginia , in Chesterfield county, 7 milesS. of Richmond , and 17 N. of Petersburgh.

Warwick, another town of Virginia , 65 miles E. S. E. ofRichmond . Lon. 76. 30. W. Lat. 37. 8. N.

Warwick, or Warwickshire , a county of England, houndedon the N. by Derbyshire, N. E. by Leicestershire, S. E by Ox-fordshire, S. W. by Gloucestershire, W. by Worcestershire , andN. W. by Staffordshire . It is 47 miles from N. to S. and 30broad from E. to W. It is the most central county in England,and of an oval form. It is partly in the diocese of Litchfield andCoventry, and partly in that of Worcester . This county has beenlong famous for its trade and manufactures, in hard-wares, toys,&c. ribbons, tammies, gauzes, &c.

WASH, among distillers, the fermentable liquor used by themalt-distillers. See Brewery.

Wash, in geography, a river of England, in Rutlandshire .

WASHACUMMO'W, a lake of N. America , 30 miles longand from 5 to 10 broad. Lon. 108. 20. W. Lat. 56. 0. N.

VV'ASHES, lands on the coast of England, between the countiesof Norfolk and Lincoln, which are passable at low water, butoverflowed by every tide.

WASHING, in painting, is when a dcs ; gn, drawn with a penor crayon, has some one colour laid over it with a pencil, asIndian ink, bistre, or the like, to make it appear the more natural,by adding the shadow of prominences, apertures, &e. and hyimitating the particular matters whereof the thing is supposed toconsist.

Washing-Machine, an invention calculated to render moreexpeditious and effectual the necessary periodical operation ofcleansing family-linen, with the help of soap and alkaline solutions.Many of these have been invented, though few are free from someobjection or other. We shall only, therefore, describe a washing-machine that lias lately been invented in Germany by Messrs.Fischer and Kerzig; and which promises to be superior to anvsimilar contrivance hitherto suggested. In Plate C'LXIII. fig. 2,is a section of the washing cylinder, with its sixteen ladles, pro-jecting four indies ; but of these ladles only four jut out internally,as represented hy the dotted line b, b, b, b. v, the iron-roller,which is on the outside, fixed to the bottom of the cylinder, bymeans of an iion-cross at d, d, d, d, with screws or nails; il resUon the beam e, so as to be upheld in the four excavated columnsor posts by the lever g, and to lie either raised or lower-

ed, and afterwards secured by the pins h, h, according to thegreater or less depth of the water: i, the cistern, at the sides ofwhich the four posts are firmly inserted. Fig. 3, is a plan orbird’s-eye view of the machine. The laths between the ladlesmay be here distinctly seen, together with the roller c, c, as it

rests on the beam or supporter e, e, e, e, and is secured by a capK; l, the boarded lloor above the cistern or reservoir of water,on which the person stands, when the cylinder is to be placedhigher or lower. By means of this excellent contrivance, we un-derstand from the inventors, by whom it was first used for clean-sing the fells in an extensive paper-mill, that from fourteen toeighteen shirts may be completely washed within one hour; andthat the friction is far less than in performing that operation by thehand; while the foul water is not suffered to flow back into thelinen, but is continually renewed. If table-cloths, &c. happen iobe greasy, they must be whirled round in the machine for thespace of from twenty to thirty minutes; when it will be necessaryto take them out; and, after rubbing them well with soap, to ex-pose them again to the action of the engine for half an hour, whenthey will be found thoroughly cleaned. Fine linen may be in-closed in a bag, and washed in a similar manner, so as to preventit from being injured by friction. There are, iiowever, twopoints which ought to he strictly attended to; namely, the agita-tion of the water should not be too violent; and a sufficient quan-tity of foul linen must be thrown in at a time, in order to amountto such a weight as will cause it to descend, after havingffieencarried to the uppermost part of the cylinder. The only obstacleto the general introduction of this machine is, that it cannot beadopted in those situations which are not provided with a currentor stream of water to work it; but, wherever a brook or rivuletoccurs, such apparatus will be found highly serviceable in work-houses, great schools, prisons, and hospitals, hot less than in privatefamilies; as 200 shirts may be washed by one person in the spaceof twelve hours. It may be erected in a mill-reach, so as to beset in motion by (lie immediate pressure of the water; or byconnecting its mechanism with the main cylinder of the water-wheel.

Washing of Ores, the purifying an ore of any metal, bymeans of water, from earths and stones, which would otherwiserender it difficult of fusion.

WASHINGTON, George, the founder of the freedom ofthe United States of America , and the first president of that con-gress, was born in 1732, in Virginia . His family emigrated fromCheshire to that country about 1630. His father, Mr. AugustusWashington, was a man of considerable landed property. Thesubject ol the present article received his education at home undera private tutor; alter which lie became an eminent surveyor. Hewas also major in the provincial militia, in which capacity he wassent hy general Dinwiddle, in 1753, to the French commander onthe Ohio to complain of the inroads that were made, in violationof the treaties between the two crowns; he at the same time nego-tiated a treaty with the six nations, and oilier western tribes of In-dians, for which he received the thanks of bis country. In 1755lie served as colonel under the unfortunate general Braddock,w ho fell a victim to his own haughtiness and imprudence. Mr.Washington on that occasion gave strong proofs of his militarycourage and skill, particularly in conducting the retreat of thearmy. He held the command of the Virginia troops till 1758,when he gave in his resignation on account of ill health. He nowserved his country as a senator, and was elected a member of theassembly for Frederick county, and afterwards for that of Fairfax .When the breach between Great Britain and her colonies waswidened by mutual animosity beyond ail prospect of reconcilia-tion, the eyes of his countrymen were fixed upon Mr. Washing-ton, and accordingly in June 1775, he took the command of thearmy of America , at Cambridge, in New England. Of the par-ticulars of that great revolution it is impossible here to give a de-tail. The history of Washington, from this period, is the historyol the American war, and must necessarily be voluminous. Suf-fice il to observe, that to his intrepidity, prudence, and modera-tion, the Americans were almost wholly indi hied- for that inde-pendence which was secured to them, by tire treaty of peace con-cluded in 1783. Soon after this event Washington resigned hiscommission to congress, and in his address on that occasion, themagnanimity of the hero is blended with the wisdom of the philo-sopher. As a genuine proof of his patriotism, lie would receiveno pay for eight years service, but defrayed l.is expeures duringthe war out of his private purse. He now ri turned to his seat otMount Vernon, like Cincinnatus , and set himself lo con>ple ,ethose favourite improvements in agriculture which had been sus-pended.