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of the colours of natural bodies. White of the Eye, denotes the first tunic or coat of the eye, called albuginea. See Anatomy, No 142. White of Egg. See Albumen and Egg. White Friar, a name common to several orders of monks, from being clothed in a white habit. White Sea, is a bay of the Frozen ocean, so called in the north part of Murcovy, lying between Russian Lapland and Samoieda; at the bottom of which stands the city of Archangel. This was the chief port the Russians had before their conquest of Livonia. White Colour, white lead for painting. See Chemistry, No 1856. White Iron, or Tin plate, iron-plates covered over with tin; for the method of making which, see Latten, Chemistry, No 1956. In 1681 tin-plates were manufactured in England by one Andrew Yarranton, who had been sent to Bohemia to learn the method of making them. But the manufacture was soon afterwards discontinued. It was revived in 1740, and has now arrived at as great, if not greater, perfection in this country than in any other. White Lead. See Chemistry, No 1856. White-Throat. See Motacilla, Ornithology Index.