Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . rallyabout the sizeof the largest]) The sloeIS abundant inthickets and borders of woods and hedgerows every-where iu and all parls of shoots make beautiful walking-slicks. Beingspiny, the sloe is sometimes planted as a fenceagainst cattle; but the roots having a habit ofspreading and sending up suckers, hedges of it aretroublesome to keep from encroaching on the bark is bitter, astringent, ami tonic. Thedowels, with the c;ilyx, are purgative, and wereonce a favourite domestic medicine. T
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . rallyabout the sizeof the largest]) The sloeIS abundant inthickets and borders of woods and hedgerows every-where iu and all parls of shoots make beautiful walking-slicks. Beingspiny, the sloe is sometimes planted as a fenceagainst cattle; but the roots having a habit ofspreading and sending up suckers, hedges of it aretroublesome to keep from encroaching on the bark is bitter, astringent, ami tonic. Thedowels, with the c;ilyx, are purgative, and wereonce a favourite domestic medicine. The leavesare used for adulteraling tea. Tin? uniipe fruitdyes black. The fruit, which is very austere, maybe made into a preserve ; and from it a kind ofbrandy may be extracted. An astringent extractof it, called Aracia, was once much em-ployed in of diarrlnea. The juice has beenused to impart roughness to port wine .iml in thefabriratirm of spurious |iorl. The sloe of thesouthern Inited States (P. uinOdluta) has apleasant black or red Sloe (Prunus spinosa): «, fruit. 510 SLONIM SLOW-MATCH Sloniin, a tnwn of Hiissia, 75 miles SE. ofGriHlni). Ioj). Sloop is a one-mas-ted ciittei-ii<;;,e<l vessel, differ-ing; from a Cutter ((), aecordinp to old autliorities,in haviiij; a lixed bowsprit and somewhat smallersails in )ir()|)ortion to the hull. The terms sloopand cutter apjiear, however, to be used nearlyindiscriminately. In the British navy a sloojiof-war Wii-s a vessel, of « hatever rij;, between ,acorvetteand a ;,un vessel, and ordinarily constitutiii}; thecommand of a commivnder. In the days of thesailin<; navy .sloops-of-war carried from ten toeighteen ^uns ; but since the introduction ofsteam the number of guns has ceased to be dis-tinctive. Under the new classification of the navy,which made in 18S8, the term sloop-of-war hasbeen modilied, many modern vessels which formerlywould have been designated as sloops being nowknown
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