WENTLETRAP

(Scalar i a), genus of Gasteropod a showing relationship with Turritella; native to southern seas; shells, lustrous white, are spiral; shells of Precious W. (S. pretiosa), the largest, at one time realized high prices. 51), er. by Henry VIII. 1st Baron W. of Nettle stead; descendant of old Yorkshire family at Went worth-Woodhouse; ancestor of W.’s of Oxfords hire, conspicuous on side of Parliament in Civil War, and of Earls of Cleveland. Thomas W., 1st Earl of Stafford, was e. s. of Sir William, elder branch of family. SrarrorpD, EARL OF. town, Saxony, Germany; wool-spinning industry, dyeing, machinery. Pop. 22,000. town, on Rhur, Rhine land, Pru ia; manufactures cloth; contains a church of a Benedictine abbey, founded 800. Pop. 12,740.