G R E if tin" beds be covered with hard scabs, it will be requisite to begin the cure with poultices, prepari I either of boiled turnips and lard, with a handful of bruised linseed, or oatmeal and rye Hour, with a little common tur .- tine and hog s-lardj boiled up with Btrong-beer ground-;, or r d- lees. Beside applying either of these poultices ter two or three days, parts ought at the same time to be dr; 1 the 'ire ointment, in order to soften them, promote a discharge, and reduce the swelling ; when sores may be dried up with the following absorbent : Take white vitriol and burnt alum, of each »n(see Frosh) l oz.; and lime-water 2 or 3 pi its j wash the sores 3 times a day, with a sponge dipped in this mixture; and apply the common white ointment spread on tow, adding previously 2 dram-, of sugar of lead to one ounce of this salve. When the distemper is o:,lv local, and requires no internal medicines, the method above de- scribed is generally successful^ but if the horse be full and gross, his legs much gorged, so that the hair stares up, and is, as farriers term it, pen-feathered, discharging a fe- tid matter from deep foul sores, in such case it will be advisable to apply to a skilful veterinary sur- geon ; as the disorder is then be- come of a dangerous tendencv. GREASE, the fat of animals, or any unctuous matter.— See Fat, and Tallow. Having already given (in p. 8, of this volume) some recipes for re- moving grease-spots fr m Cloth, we shall here add a few directions for discharging them Worn Leather, er other articles of wearing apparel : NO, VIII. — VOL, II, G RE [401 equal quantities of soft soap, and the a ihes of vines ; let them be well mix.- I tog t'i v, and a small proportion of tartar and burnt roach alumbe added : these articles should be thoroughly incorporate I, then formed into ball., and kept in .1 dry place lor occasional use. With such balls the spots are v> be 1 fully rubbed, in consequence of which, it is affirmed, they will to- tally disappear. Another, and more simple me- ■ . is to rub the leather with the white of an c^g, which, I dried in the sun, will leave no trace of the spot or stain. Greeds. See Duck-meat. GREEN, is one of the primary colours, exhibited by the refra tion of the rays of light. — See Colouk. Sap-green is a simple colour, but far inferior to verdigrea.se : it is prepared from the juice of buck- thorn berries, evaporated to the consistence of a gum; but it fre- quently inclines to a yellowish co- lour. Another green sometimes used is called terra verte, which is a na- tive earth, probably impregnated with copper. It is of a bin- islvr green cast, much resembles what is called sea-green, but is gritty, and requires to be finely levigated before it is used. Its colour is durable, but not remarkably bright. See also p. 3J '.- 0. Gkeen-. A durable green pigment has long been a desideratum among painters. M. Kinnman, a mem- ber of the Swedish Academy, has, at lengthj discovered and published the following process : Dissolve, in separate vessels, a portion of zinc in aqua fortis, and cobalt strongly calcined, in aqua reg ; a, till the li- quors are completely saturated. When both solutions are prepared, D d mis
