Note: In man, the urine is a clear, transparent fluid of an amber color and peculiar odor, with an average density of 1.02. The average amount excreted in 24 hours is from 40 to 60 ounces (about 1,200 cubic centimeters). Chemically, the urine is mainly an aqueous solution of urea, salt (sodium chloride), and uric acid, together with some hippuric acid and peculiar pigments. It usually has an acid reaction, owing to the presence of acid phosphates of soda or free uric acid. Normally, it contains about 960 parts of water to 40 parts of solid matter, and the daily average excretion is 35 grams (540 grains) of urea, 0.75 gram (11 grains) of uric acid, and 16.5 grams (260 grains) of salt. Abnormally, it may contain sugar as in diabetes, albumen as in Bright's disease, bile pigments as in jaundice, or abnormal quantities of some one or more of the normal constituents.
URINEU"rine, v. i.
Defn: To urinate. [Obs.] Bacon.
URINIFEROUSU`ri*nif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Urine + -ferous.]
Defn: Bearing or conveying urine; as, uriniferous tubules.
URINIPAROUS U`ri*nip"a*rous, a. Etym: [Urine + L. parere to produce: cf. F. urinipare.] (Physiol.)
Defn: Producing or preparing urine; as, the uriniparous tubes in the cortical portion of the kidney.
URINOGENITALU`ri*no*gen"i*tal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the urinary and genital organs; genitourinary; urogenital; as, the urinogenital canal.
URINOMETERU`ri*nom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Urine + -meter.]
Defn: A small hydrometer for determining the specific gravity of urine.
URINOMETRYU`ri*nom"e*try, n.
Defn: The estimation of the specific gravity of urine by the urinometer.
URINOSE; URINOUSU"ri*nose, U"ri*nous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. urineux. See Urine.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to urine, or partaking of its qualities; having the character or odor of urine; similar to urine. Arbuthnot.
URITEU"rite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the segments of the abdomen or post-abdomen of arthropods.
URITHU"rith, n.
Defn: The bindings of a hedge. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
URN Urn, n. Etym: [OE. urne, L. urna; perhaps fr. urere to burn, and sop called as being made of burnt clay (cf. East): cf. F. urne.]
1. A vessel of various forms, usually a vase furnished with a foot or pedestal, employed for different purposes, as for holding liquids, for ornamental uses, for preserving the ashes of the dead after cremation, and anciently for holding lots to be drawn. A rustic, digging in the ground by Padua, found an urn, or earthen pot, in which there was another urn. Bp. Wilkins. His scattered limbs with my dead body burn, And once more join us in the pious urn. Dryden.
2. Fig.: Any place of burial; the grave. Or lay these bones in an unworthy urn, Tombless, with no remembrance over them. Shak.
3. (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a haft, wine measure. It was haft the amphora, and four times the congius.
4. (Bot.)
Defn: A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca.
5. A tea urn. See under Tea. Urn mosses (Bot.), the order of true mosses; — so called because the capsules of many kinds are urn- shaped.
URNUrn, v. t.
Defn: To inclose in, or as in, an urn; to inurn. When horror universal shall descend, And heaven's dark concave urn all human race. Young.
URNALUrn"al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to an urn; effected by an urn or urns. "Urnal interments." Sir T. Browne.
URNFULUrn"ful, n.; pl. Urnfuls (.
Defn: As much as an urn will hold; enough to fill an urn.
URN-SHAPEDUrn"-shaped`, a.
Defn: Having the shape of an urn; as, the urn-shaped capsules of some mosses.
URO-U"ro-.
Defn: A combining form fr. Gr. o'y^ron, urine.
URO-U"ro-.
Defn: A combining form from Gr. o'yra`, the tail, the caudal extremity.
UROBILINU`ro*bi"lin, n. Etym: [1st uro- + bile + -in.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A yellow pigment identical with hydrobilirubin, abundant in the highly colored urine of fever, and also present in normal urine. See Urochrome.
UROCELEU"ro*cele, n. Etym: [1st uro + Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A morbid swelling of the scrotum due to extravasation of urine into it.
UROCERATAU`ro*cer"a*ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of boring Hymenoptera, including Tremex and allied genera. See Illust. of Horntail.
UROCHORDU"ro*chord, n. Etym: [2d uro- + chord.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and of certain adult tunicates. [Written also urocord.]
UROCHORDAU`ro*chor"da, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Urochord.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Tunicata.
UROCHORDALU`ro*chor"dal, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Urochorda.
UROCHROMEU"ro*chrome, n. Etym: [1st uro- + Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A yellow urinary pigment, considered by Thudichum as the only pigment present in normal urine. It is regarded by Maly as identical with urobilin.
UROCHSU"rochs, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Aurochs.
UROCORDU"ro*cord, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Urochord.
UROCYSTU"ro*cyst, n. Etym: [1st uro- + cyst.] (Anat.)
Defn: The urinary bladder.
URODELAU`ro*de"la, n. pl. Etym: [NL.; Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of amphibians having the tail well developed and often long. It comprises the salamanders, tritons, and allied animals.
URODELEU"ro*dele, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Urodela.
URODELIANU`ro*de"li*an, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Urodela.— n.
Defn: One of the Urodela.
UROERYTHRINU`ro*e*ryth"rin, n. Etym: [See 1st Uro-, and Erythrin.] (Physiol.Chem.)
Defn: A reddish urinary pigment, considered as the substance which gives to the urine of rheumatism its characteristic color. It also causes the red color often seen in deposits of urates.
UROGASTRICU`ro*gas"tric, a. Etym: [2d uro- + gastric.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Behind the stomach; — said of two lobes of the carapace of certain crustaceans.
UROGENITALU`ro*gen"i*tal, a. Etym: [1st uro- + genital.] (Anat.)
Defn: Same as Urinogenital.
UROGLAUCINU`ro*glau"cin, n. Etym: [1st uro- + L. glaucus bright.] (Physiol.Chem.)
Defn: A body identical with indigo blue, occasionally found in the urine in degeneration of the kidneys. It is readily formed by oxidation or decomposition of indican.
UROHAEMATINU`ro*hæm"a*tin, n. Etym: [1st uro- + hæmatin.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: Urinary hæmatin; — applied to the normal coloring matter of the urine, on the supposition that it is formed either directly or indirectly (through bilirubin) from the hæmatin of the blood. See Urochrome, and Urobilin.
UROHYALU`ro*hy"al, a. Etym: [2d uro- + the Gr. letter (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to one or more median and posterior elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes. — n.
Defn: A urohyal bone or cartilage.
UROLOGYU*rol"o*gy, n. Etym: [1st uro- + -logy.] (Med.)
Defn: See Uronology.
UROMEREU"ro*mere, n. Etym: [2d uro- + -mere.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of the abdominal segments of an arthropod.
URONOLOGYU`ro*nol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.] (Med.)
Defn: That part of medicine which treats of urine. Dunglison.
UROPODU"ro*pod, n. Etym: [2d uro- + -pod.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of the abdominal appendages of a crustacean, especially one of the posterior ones, which are often larger than the rest, and different in structure, and are used chiefly in locomotion. See Illust. of Crustacea, and Stomapoda.
UROPODALU*rop"o*dal, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a uropod.
UROPOETICU`ro*po*et"ic, a. Etym: [1st uro- + Gr.
1. (Med.)
Defn: Producing, or favoring the production of, urine.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, a system of organs which eliminate nitrogenous waste matter from the blood of certain invertebrates.
UROPYGIALU`ro*pyg"i*al, a. Etym: [See Uropygium.] (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the uropygium, or prominence at the base of the tail feathers, in birds. Uropygial gland, a peculiar sebaceous gland at the base of the tail feathers in most birds. It secretes an oily fluid which is spread over the feathers by preening.
UROPYGIUMU`ro*pyg"i*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The prominence at the posterior extremity of a bird's body, which supports the feathers of the tail; the rump; — sometimes called pope's nose.
UROSACRALU`ro*sa"cral, a. Etym: [2d uro- + sacral.] (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to both the caudal and sacral parts of the vertebral column; as, the urosacral vertebræ of birds.
UROSCOPYU*ros"co*py, n. Etym: [1st uro- + -scopy: cf. F. uroscopie.]
Defn: The diagnosis of diseases by inspection of urine. Sir T.Browne.
UROSOMEU"ro*some, n. Etym: [2d uro- + -some body.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The abdomen, or post-abdomen, of arthropods.
UROSTEGEU"ro*stege, n. Etym: [2d uro- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the plates on the under side of the tail of a serpent.
UROSTEONU*ros"te*on, n.; pl. L. Urostea, E. Urosteons. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.(Anat.)
Defn: A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.
UROSTERNITEU`ro*ster"nite, n. Etym: [2d uro- + sternum.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The sternal, or under piece, of any one of the uromeres of insects and other arthropods.
UROSTYLEU"ro*style, n. Etym: [2d uro- + Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: A styliform process forming the posterior extremity of the vertebral column in some fishes and amphibians.
UROXU"rox, n. Etym: [See Aurochs, and cf. Urus.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The aurochs.
UROXANATEU*rox"a*nate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of uroxanic acid.
UROXANICU`rox*an"ic, a. Etym: [Uric + alloxan.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H8N4O6, which is obtained, as a white crystalline substance, by the slow oxidation of uric acid in alkaline solution.
UROXANTHINU`ro*xan"thin, n. Etym: [1st uro- + xanthin.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: Same as Indican.
URRHODINUr*rho"din, n. Etym: [1st uro- + Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: Indigo red, a product of the decomposition, or oxidation, of indican. It is sometimes found in the sediment of pathological urines. It is soluble in ether or alcohol, giving the solution a beautiful red color. Also called indigrubin.
URRYUr"ry, n. Etym: [Cf. Gael. uir, uireach, mold, clay.]
Defn: A sort of blue or black clay lying near a vein of coal.
URSA Ur"sa, n. Etym: [L. ursa a she-bear, also, a constellation, fem. of ursus a bear. Cf. Arctic.] (Astron.)
Defn: Either one of the Bears. See the Phrases below. Ursa Major Etym: [L.], the Great Bear, one of the most conspicuous of the northern constellations. It is situated near the pole, and contains the stars which form the Dipper, or Charles's Wain, two of which are the Pointers, or stars which point towards the North Star. — Ursa Minor Etym: [L.], the Little Bear, the constellation nearest the north pole. It contains the north star, or polestar, which is situated in the extremity of the tail.
URSALUr"sal, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The ursine seal. See the Note under 1st Seal.
URSIFORMUr"si*form, a. Etym: [L. ursus, ursa, a bear + -form.]
Defn: Having the shape of a bear.
URSINEUr"sine, a. Etym: [L. ursinus, from ursus a bear. See Ursa.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a bear; resembling a bear. Ursine baboon.(Zoöl.) See Chacma.— Ursine dasyure (Zoöl.), the Tasmanian devil.— Ursine howler (Zoöl.), the araguato. See Illust. under Howler.— Ursine seal. (Zoöl.) See Sea bear, and the Note under 1st Seal.
URSONUr"son, n. Etym: [Cf. Urchin.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The Canada porcupine. See Porcupine.
URSUKUr"suk, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The bearded seal.
URSULAUr"su*la, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A beautiful North American butterfly (Basilarchia, or Limenitis, astyanax). Its wings are nearly black with red and blue spots and blotches. Called also red-spotted purple.
URSULINEUr"su*line, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ursuline.] (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: One of an order of nuns founded by St. Angela Merici, at Brescia, in Italy, about the year 1537, and so called from St. Ursula, under whose protection it was placed. The order was introduced into Canada as early as 1639, and into the United States in 1727. The members are devoted entirely to education.
URSULINEUr"su*line, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to St. Ursula, or the order of Ursulines; as, the Ursuline nuns.
URSUSUr"sus, n. Etym: [L., a bear.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of Carnivora including the common bears.
URTICAUr*ti"ca, n. Etym: [L., a nettle.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of plants including the common nettles. See Nettle, n.
URTICACEOUSUr`ti*ca"ceous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a natural order (Urticaceæ) of plants, of which the nettle is the type. The order includes also the hop, the elm, the mulberry, the fig, and many other plants.
URTICALUr"tic*al, a.
Defn: Resembling nettles; — said of several natural orders allied to urticaceous plants.
URTICARIAUr`ti*ca"ri*a, n. Etym: [NL. See Urtica.] (Med.)
Defn: The nettle rash, a disease characterized by a transient eruption of red pimples and of wheals, accompanied with a burning or stinging sensation and with itching; uredo.
URTICATEUr"ti*cate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Urticated; p. pr. & vb. n.Urticating.]
Defn: To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy. G.A. Sala.
URTICATIONUr`ti*ca"tion, n. (Med.)
Defn: The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; — sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.
URUBUU*ru*bu", n. Etym: [Cf. Pg. urubú a certain Brazilian bird.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The black vulture (Catharista atrata). It ranges from theSouthern United States to South America. See Vulture.
URUSU"rus, n. Etym: [L.; of Teutonic origin. See Aurochs.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (Bos urus or primigenius) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius Cæsar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, ur, ure, and tur.
URVAUr"va, n. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The crab-eating ichneumon (Herpestes urva), native of India. The fur is black, annulated with white at the tip of each hair, and a white streak extends from the mouth to the shoulder.
USUs, pron. Etym: [OE. us, AS. ; akin to OFries. & OS. , D. ons, G.uns, Icel. & Sw. oss, Dan. os, Goth. uns, L. nos we, us, Gr. nas us.Nostrum, Our.]
Defn: The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; — the objective case of we. See We. "Tell us a tale." Chaucer. Give us this day our daily bread. Matt. vi. 11.
USABLEUs"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being used.
USAGEUs"age, n. Etym: [F. usage, LL. usaticum. See Use.]
1. The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage. My brother Is prisoner to the bishop here, at whose hands He hath good usage and great liberty. Shak.
2. Manners; conduct; behavior. [Obs.] A gentle nymph was found, Hight Astery, excelling all the crew In courteous usage. Spenser.
3. Long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure; custom; habitual use; method. Chaucer. It has now been, during many years, the grave and decorous usage of Parliaments to hear, in respectful silence, all expressions, acceptable or unacceptable, which are uttered from the throne. Macaulay.
4. Customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a particular sense or signification.
5. Experience. [Obs.] In eld [old age] is both wisdom and usage. Chaucer.
Syn. — Custom; use; habit. — Usage, Custom. These words, as here compared, agree in expressing the idea of habitual practice; but a custom is not necessarily a usage. A custom may belong to many, or to a single individual. A usage properly belongs to the great body of a people. Hence, we speak of usage, not of custom, as the law of language. Again, a custom is merely that which has been often repeated, so as to have become, in a good degree, established. A usage must be both often repeated and of long standing. Hence, we speak of a "hew custom," but not of a "new usage." Thus, also, the "customs of society" is not so strong an expression as the "usages of society." "Custom, a greater power than nature, seldom fails to make them worship." Locke. "Of things once received and confirmed by use, long usage is a law sufficient." Hooker. In law, the words usage and custom are often used interchangeably, but the word custom also has a technical and restricted sense. See Custom, n., 3.
USAGERUs"a*ger, n. Etym: [F. usager.]
Defn: One who has the use of anything in trust for another. [Obs.]Daniel.
USANCEUs"ance, n. Etym: [F. See Use, v. t.]
1. Use; usage; employment. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. Custom; practice; usage. [Obs.] Gower. Chaucer.
3. Interest paid for money; usury. [Obs.] Shak.
4. (Com.)
Defn: The time, fixed variously by the usage between different countries, when a bill of exchange is payable; as, a bill drawn on London at one usance, or at double usance.
USANTUs"ant, a. Etym: [OF.]
Defn: Using; accustomed. [Obs.] "Usant for to steal." Chaucer.
USBEGS; USBEKSUs"begs, Us"beks, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
Defn: A Turkish tribe which about the close of the 15th century conquered, and settled in, that part of Asia now called Turkestan. [Written also Uzbecks, and Uzbeks.]
USE Use, n. Etym: [OE. us use, usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus, to use. See Use, v. t.]
1. The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use. Books can never teach the use of books. Bacon. This Davy serves you for good uses. Shak. When he framed All things to man's delightful use. Milton.
2. Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book. Shak.
3. Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used;usefulness; utility.God made two great lights, great for their use To man. Milton.'T is use alone that sanctifies expense. Pope.
4. Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit. Let later age that noble use envy. Spenser. How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, Seem to me all the uses of this world! Shak.
5. Common occurrence; ordinary experience. [R.] O Cæsar! these things are beyond all use. Shak.
6. (Eccl.)
Defn: The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as,the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; theRoman use; etc.From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but one use. Pref. toBook of Common Prayer.
7. The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury. [Obs.] Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use and principal, to him. Jer. Taylor.
8. Etym: [In this sense probably a corruption of OF. oes, fr. L. opus need, business, employment, work. Cf. Operate.] (Law)
Defn: The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.
9. (Forging)
Defn: A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging. Contingent, or Springing, use (Law), a use to come into operation on a future uncertain event. — In use. (a) In employment; in customary practice observance. (b) In heat; — said especially of mares. J. H. Walsh. — Of no use, useless; of no advantage. — Of use, useful; of advantage; profitable. — Out of use, not in employment. — Resulting use (Law), a use, which, being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and results or returns to him who raised it, after such expiration. — Secondary, or Shifting, use, a use which, though executed, may change from one to another by circumstances. Blackstone. — Statute of uses (Eng. Law), the stat. 27 Henry VIII., cap. 10, which transfers uses into possession, or which unites the use and possession. — To make use of, To put to use, to employ; to derive service from; to use.
USE Use, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Used; p. pr. & vb. n. Using.] Etym: [OE. usen, F. user to use, use up, wear out, LL. usare to use, from L. uti, p. p. usus, to use, OL. oeti, oesus; of uncertain origin. Cf. Utility.]
1. To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation. Launcelot Gobbo, use your legs. Shak. Some other means I have which may be used. Milton.
2. To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly. "I will use him well." Shak. How wouldst thou use me now Milton. Cato has used me ill. Addison.
3. To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business. Use hospitality one to another. 1 Pet. iv. 9.
4. To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; — employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger. I am so used in the fire to blow. Chaucer. Thou with thy compeers, Used to the yoke, draw'st his triumphant wheels. Milton. To use one's self, to behave. [Obs.] "Pray, forgive me, if I have used myself unmannerly." Shak. — To use up. (a) To consume or exhaust by using; to leave nothing of; as, to use up the supplies. (b) To exhaust; to tire out; to leave no capacity of force or use in; to overthrow; as, he was used up by fatigue. [Colloq.]
Syn. — Employ. — Use, Employ. We use a thing, or make use of it, when we derive from it some enjoyment or service. We employ it when we turn that service into a particular channel. We use words to express our general meaning; we employ certain technical terms in reference to a given subject. To make use of, implies passivity in the thing; as, to make use of a pen; and hence there is often a material difference between the two words when applied to persons. To speak of "making use of another" generally implies a degrading idea, as if we had used him as a tool; while employ has no such sense. A confidential friend is employed to negotiate; an inferior agent is made use of on an intrigue. I would, my son, that thou wouldst use the power Which thy discretion gives thee, to control And manage all. Cowper. To study nature will thy time employ: Knowledge and innocence are perfect joy. Dryden.
USEUse, v. i.
1. To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; — now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to," and "used to." They use to place him that shall be their captain on a stone. Spenser. Fears use to be represented in an imaginary. Bacon. Thus we use to say, it is the room that smokes, when indeed it is the fire in the room. South. Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp. Ex. xxxiii. 7 (Rev. Ver.)
2. To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; — sometimes followed by of. [Obs.] "Where never foot did use." Spenser. He useth every day to a merchant's house. B. Jonson. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks. Milton.
USEFULUse"ful, a.
Defn: Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable; advantageous; as, vessels and instruments useful in a family; books useful for improvement; useful knowledge; useful arts. To what can I useful! Milton.
USEFULLYUse"ful*ly, adv.
Defn: In a useful manner.
USEFULNESSUse"ful*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage. Addison.
Syn.— Utility; value; profit. See Utility.
USELESSUse"less, a.
Defn: Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity. Not to sit idle with so great a gift Useless, and thence ridiculous. Milton.
Syn. — Fruitless; ineffectual. — Useless, Fruitless, Ineffectual. We speak of an attempt, effort, etc., as being useless when there are in it inherent difficulties which forbid the hope of success, as fruitless when it fails, not from any such difficulties, but from some unexpected hindrance arising to frustrate it; as, the design was rendered fruitless by the death of its projector. Ineffectual nearly resembles fruitless, but implies a failure of a less hopeless character; as, after several ineffectual efforts, I at last succeeded. Useless are all words Till you have writ "performance" with your swords. The other is for waiving. Beau. & Fl. Waiving all searches into antiquity, in relation to this controversy, as being either needless or fruitless. Waterland. Even our blessed Savior's preaching, who spake as never man spake, was ineffectual to many. Bp. Stillingfleet. — Use"less*ly, adv. — Use"less*ness, n.
USERUs"er, n.
1. One who uses. Shak.
2. (Law)
Defn: Enjoyment of property; use. Mozley & W.
U-SHAPEDU"-shaped`, a.
Defn: Having the form of the letter U; specif. (Phys. Geog.),
Defn: of valleys, resembling a broad U in cross profile.
USHER Ush"er, n. Etym: [OE. ussher, uschere, OF. ussier, uisser, oissier, hussier, huissier, fr. L. ostiarius a doorkeeper, fr. ostium a door, entrance, fr. os mouth. See Oral, and cf. Ostiary.]
1. An officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, chamber, or the like; hence, an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers, or to walk before a person of rank. Also, one who escorts persons to seats in a church, theater, etc. "The ushers and the squires." Chaucer. These are the ushers of Marcius. Shak.
Note: There are various officers of this kind attached to the royal household in England, including the gentleman usher of the black rod, who attends in the House of Peers during the sessions of Parliament, and twelve or more gentlemen ushers. See Black rod.
2. An under teacher, or assistant master, in a school.
USHERUsh"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ushered; p. pr. & vb. n. Ushering.]
Defn: To introduce or escort, as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger; to forerun; — sometimes followed by in or forth; as, to usher in a stranger; to usher forth the guests; to usher a visitor into the room. The stars that usher evening rose. Milton. The Examiner was ushered into the world by a letter, setting forth the great genius of the author. Addison.
USHERANCEUsh"er*ance, n.
Defn: The act of ushering, or the state of being ushered in. [Obs.]Shaftesbury.
USHERDOMUsh"er*dom, n.
Defn: The office or position of an usher; ushership; also, ushers, collectively. [R.]
USHERLESSUsh"er*less, a.
Defn: Destitute of an usher. Marston.
USHERSHIPUsh"er*ship, n.
Defn: The office of an usher; usherdom.
USITATIVEUs"i*ta*tive, a. Etym: [L. usitari to use often.]
Defn: Denoting usual or customary action. "The usitative aorist."Alford.
USNEAUs"ne*a, n. Etym: [NL., from Ar. usnah moss.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests.
USNICUs"nic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid obtained, as a yellow crystalline substance, from certain genera of lichens (Usnea, Parmelia, etc.).
USQUEBAUGHUs"que*baugh, n. Etym: [Ir. or Gael. uisge beatha, literally, waterof life; uisge water + beatha life; akin to Gr. bi`os life. SeeQuick, a., and cf. Whisky.]
1. A compound distilled spirit made in Ireland and Scotland; whisky. The Scottish returns being vested in grouse, white hares, pickled salmon, and usquebaugh. Sir W. Scott.
2. A liquor compounded of brandy, or other strong spirit, raisins, cinnamon and other spices. Brande & C.
USSELFUs`self", n. pl.
Defn: Ourselves. [Obs.] Wyclif. Piers Plowman. Chaucer.
USTION Us"tion, n. Etym: [L. ustio, fr. urere, ustum, to burn: cf. F. ustion.]
Defn: The act of burning, or the state of being burned. [R.] Johnson.
USTORIOUSUs*to"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. urere, ustum, to burn.]
Defn: Having the quality of burning. [R.] I. Watts.
USTULATE Us"tu*late, a. Etym: [L. ustulatus, p. p. of ustulare to scorch, urere to burn.]
Defn: Blackened as if burned.
USTULATIONUs`tu*la"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ustulation.]
1. The act of burning or searing. [R.] Sir W. Petty.
2. (Old Chem.)
Defn: The operation of expelling one substance from another by heat, as sulphur or arsenic from ores, in a muffle.
3. (Pharm.) (a) The roasting or drying of moist substances so as prepare them for pulverizing. (b) The burning of wine.
4. Lascivious passion; concupiscence. [Obs.] It is not certain that they took the better part when they chose ustulation before marriage, expressly against the apostle. Jer. Taylor.
USUAL U"su*al, a. Etym: [L. usualis, from usus use: cf. F. usuel. See Use, n.]
Defn: Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice,or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual;common.Consultation with oracles was a thing very usual and frequent intheir times. Hooker.We can make friends of these usual enemies. Baxter.— U"su*al*ly, adv.— U"su*al*ness, n.
USUCAPTION U`su*cap"tion, n. Etym: [L. usucapere, usucaptum, to acquire by long use; usu (ablative of usus use) + capere to take: cf. usucapio usucaption.] (Roman Law)
Defn: The acquisition of the title or right to property by the uninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed by law; — the same as prescription in common law.
USUFRUCT U"su*fruct, n. Etym: [L. usufructus, ususfructus, usus et fructus; usus use + fructus fruit.] (Law)
Defn: The right of using and enjoying the profits of an estate or other thing belonging to another, without impairing the substance. Burrill.
USUFRUCTUARYU`su*fruc"tu*a*ry, n. Etym: [L. usufructuarius.] (Law)
Defn: A person who has the use of property and reaps the profits of it. Wharton.
USUFRUCTUARYU`su*fruc"tu*a*ry, a. (Law)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a usufruct; having the nature of ausufruct.The ordinary graces bequeathed by Christ to his church, as theusufructuary property of all its members. Coleridge.
USURARIOUS; USURARY U`su*ra"ri*ous, U"su*ra*ry, a. Etym: [L. usurarius that serves for use, that pays interest. See Usurer.]
Defn: Usurious. [Obs.] "Usurarious contracts." Jer. Taylor. Bp. Hall.
USUREU"sure, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Usured; p. pr. & vb. n. Usuring.] Etym:[Cf. OF. usurer, LL. usurare.]
Defn: To practice usury; to charge unlawful interest. [Obs.] "The usuringb senate." Shak. I usured not ne to me usured any man. Wyclif (Jer. xv. 10).
USUREU"sure, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: Usury. [Obs.] Wyclif.Foul usure and lucre of villainy. Chaucer.
USURERU"su*rer, n. Etym: [F. usurier, LL. usurarius. See Usury, and cf.Usurarious.]
1. One who lends money and takes interest for it; a money lender. [Obs.] If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. Ex. xxii. 25.
2. One who lends money at a rate of interest beyond that established by law; one who exacts an exorbitant rate of interest for the use of money. He was wont to call me usurer. Shak.
USURIOUSU*su"ri*ous, a. Etym: [From Usury.]
1. Practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest for the use of money; as, a usurious person.
2. Partaking of usury; containing or involving usury; as, a usuriouscontract.— U*su"ri*ous*ly, adv.— U*su"ri*ous*ness, n.
USURP U*surp", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Usurped; p. pr. & vb. n. Usurping.] Etym: [L. usurpare, usurpatum, to make use of, enjoy, get possession of, usurp; the first part of usurpare is akin to usus use (see Use, n.): cf. F. usurper.]
Defn: To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him. Alack, thou dost usurp authority. Shak. Another revolution, to get rid of this illegitimate and usurped government, would of course be perfectly justifiable. Burke.
Note: Usurp is applied to seizure and use of office, functions, powers, rights, etc.; it is not applied to common dispossession of private property.
Syn.— To arrogate; assume; appropriate.
USURPU*surp", v. i.
Defn: To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper. The parish churches on which the Presbyterians and fanatics had usurped. Evelyn. And now the Spirits of the Mind Are busy with poor Peter Bell; Upon the rights of visual sense Usurping, with a prevalence More terrible than magic spell. Wordsworth.
USURPANTU*surp"ant, a. Etym: [L. usurpans, p. pr.]
Defn: Usurping; encroaching. [Obs.] Gauden.
USURPATION U`sur*pa"tion, n. Etym: [L. usurpatio making use, usurpation: cf. F. usurpation.]
1. The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; — commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power.
He contrived their destruction, with the usurpation of the regaldignity upon him. Sir T. More.A law [of a State] which is a usurpation upon the general government.O. Ellsworth.Manifest usurpation on the rights of other States. D. Webster.
Note: Usurpation, in a peculiar sense, formerly denoted the absolute ouster and dispossession of the patron of a church, by a stranger presenting a clerk to a vacant benefice, who us thereupon admitted and instituted.
2. Use; usage; custom. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.
USURPATORYU*surp"a*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. usurpatorius.]
Defn: Marked by usurpation; usurping. [R.]
USURPATUREU*surp"a*ture, n.
Defn: Usurpation. [R.] "Beneath man's usurpature." R. Browning.
USURPERU*surp"er, n.
Defn: One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron. A crown will not want pretenders to claim it, not usurpers, if their power serves them, to possess it. South.
USURPINGLYU*surp"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a usurping manner.
USURY U"su*ry, n. Etym: [OE. usurie, usure, F. usure, L. usura use, usury, interest, fr. uti, p. p. usus, to use. See Use, v. t.]
1. A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest. [Obs. or Archaic] Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of anything that is lent upon usury. Deut. xxiii. 19. Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchanges, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. Matt. xxv. 27. What he borrows from the ancients, he repays with usury of Dryden.
2. The practice of taking interest. [Obs.] Usury . . . bringeth the treasure of a realm or state into a few Bacon.
3. (Law)
Defn: Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money.
Note: The practice of requiring in repayment of money lent anything more than the amount lent, was formerly thought to be a great moral wrong, and the greater, the more was taken. Now it is not deemed more wrong to take pay for the use of money than for the use of a house, or a horse, or any other property. But the lingering influence of the former opinion, together with the fact that the nature of money makes it easier for the lender to oppress the borrower, has caused nearly all Christian nations to fix by law the rate of compensation for the use of money. Of late years, however, the opinion that money should be borrowed and repaid, or bought and sold, upon whatever terms the parties should agree to, like any other property, has gained ground everywhere. Am. Cyc.
UTUt, n. (Min.)
Defn: The first note in Guido's musical scale, now usually superseded by do. See Solmization.
UTAS U"tas, n. Etym: [OF. huitieves, witieves, witaves, oitieves, pl. of huitieve, witieve, etc., eighth, L. octavus. See Octave, n.] [Written also utis.]
1. (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: The eighth day after any term or feast; the octave; as, theutas of St. Michael. Cowell.The marriage was celebrated and Canterbury, and in the utas of St.Hilary next ensuing she was crowned. Holinshed.
2. Hence, festivity; merriment. [Obs.] Shak.
UTENSILU*ten"sil, n. Etym: [F. utensile, ustensile, L. utensile, fr.utensilis that may be used, fit for use, fr. uti, p. p. usus, to use.See Use, v. t.]
Defn: That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially, aninstrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farmingbusiness.Wagons fraught with utensils of war. Milton.
UTERINE U"ter*ine, a. Etym: [L. uterinus born of the same mother, from uterus womb: cf. F. utérin.]
1. Of or instrument to the uterus, or womb.
2. Born of the same mother, but by a different father. Walter Pope, uterine brother to Dr. Joh. WilkiWood.
UTEROGESTATIONU`te*ro*ges*ta"tion, n. Etym: [Uterus + gestation.]
Defn: Gestation in the womb from conception to birth; pregnancy.Pritchard.
UTEROVAGINALU`te*ro*vag"i*nal, n. Etym: [Uterus + vaginal.]
Defn: Pertaining to both the uterus and the vagina.
UTERUSU"te*rus, n. Etym: [L.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: The organ of a female mammal in which the young are developed previous to birth; the womb.
Note: The uterus is simply an enlargement of the oviduct, and in the lower mammals there is one on each side, but in the higher forms the two become more or less completely united into one. In many male mammals there is a small vesicle, opening into the urinogenital canal, which corresponds to the uterus of the female and is called the male uterus, or Etym: [NL.] uterus masculinus.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A receptacle, or pouch, connected with the oviducts of many invertebrates in which the eggs are retained until they hatch or until the embryos develop more or less. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Append.
UTESUtes, n. pl.; sing. Ute. (Ethnol.)
Defn: An extensive tribe of North American Indians of the Shoshone stock, inhabiting Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and adjacent regions. They are subdivided into several subordinate tribes, some of which are among the most degraded of North American Indians.
UTIAU"ti*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any species of large West Indian rodents of the genus Capromys, or Utia. In general appearance and habits they resemble rats, but they are as large as rabbits.
UTICAU"ti*ca, a. Etym: [So called from Utica, in New York.] (Geol.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, a subdivision of the Trenton Period of the Lower Silurian, characterized in the State of New York by beds of shale.
UTILE U"tile, a. Etym: [L. utilis, fr. uti to use: cf. F. utile. See Use, v. t.]
Defn: Profitable; useful. [Obs.]
UTILITARIANU*til`i*ta"ri*an, a. Etym: [See Utility.]
1. Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference to art.
2. Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society. J. S. Mill.
UTILITARIANU*til`i*ta"ri*an, n.
Defn: One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism. The utilitarians are for merging all the particular virtues into one, and would substitute in their place the greatest usefulness, as the alone principle to which every question respecting the morality of actions should be referred. Chalmers. But what is a utilitarian Simply one who prefers the useful to the useless; and who does not Sir W. Hamilton.
UTILITARIANISMU*til`i*ta"ri*an*ism, n.
1. The doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political institutions. Bentham.
2. The doctrine that virtue is founded in utility, or that virtue is defined and enforced by its tendency to promote the highest happiness of the universe. J. S. Mill.
3. The doctrine that utility is the sole standard of morality, so that the rectitude of an action is determined by its usefulness.
UTILITY U*til"i*ty, n. Etym: [OE. utilite, F. utilité, L. utilitas, fr. utilis useful. See Utile.]
1. The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines. The utility of the enterprises was, however, so great and obvious that all opposition proved useless. Macaulay.
2. (Polit. Econ.)
Defn: Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value.See Note under Value, 2.Value in use is utility, and nothing else, and in political economyshould be called by that name and no other. F. A. Walker.
3. Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, — the foundation of utilitarianism. J. S. Mill.
Syn. — Usefulness; advantageous; benefit; profit; avail; service. — Utility, Usefulness. Usefulness has an Anglo-Saxon prefix, utility is Latin; and hence the former is used chiefly of things in the concrete, while the latter is employed more in a general and abstract sense. Thus, we speak of the utility of an invention, and the usefulness of the thing invented; of the utility of an institution, and the usefulness of an individual. So beauty and utility (not usefulness) are brought into comparison. Still, the words are often used interchangeably.
UTILIZABLEU"til*i`za*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being utilized; as, the utilizable products of the gas works.
UTILIZATIONU`til*i*za"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. utilization.]
Defn: The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.
UTILIZEU"til*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Utilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Utilizing.]Etym: [Cf. F. utiliser.]
Defn: To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities. In former ages, the mile-long corridors, with their numerous alcoves, might have been utilized as . . . dungeons. Hawthorne.
UTI POSSIDETISU`ti pos`si*de"tis. Etym: [L., as you possess.]
1. (Internat. Law)
Defn: The basis or principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they have acquired by their arms during the war. Brande & C.
2. (Roman Law)
Defn: A species of interdict granted to one who was in possession of an immovable thing, in order that he might be declared the legal possessor. Burrill.
UTISU"tis, n.
Defn: See Utas. [Obs.]
UTLARYUt"la*ry, n.
Defn: Outlawry. [Obs.] Camden.
UTMOST Ut"most`, a. Etym: [OE. utmeste, utemest, AS. , a superlative fr. out. Out, and cf. Aftermost, Outmost, Uttermost.]
1. Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge. Spenser. We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is the utmost town in France. Evelyn. Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath. Herbert.
2. Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness. He shall answer . . . to his utmost peril. Shak. Six or seven thousand is their utmost power. Shak.
UTMOSTUt"most`, n.
Defn: The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost. We have tried the utmost of our friends. Shak.
UTOPIAU*to"pi*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. not +
1. An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics, laws, and the like. See Utopia, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
2. Hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.
UTOPIANU*to"pi*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian projects; Utopian happiness.
UTOPIANU*to"pi*an, n.
Defn: An inhabitant of Utopia; hence, one who believes in the perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an optimist. Hooker.
UTOPIANISMU*to"pi*an*ism, n.
Defn: The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian; impracticable schemes of human perfection; optimism.
UTOPIANISTU*to"pi*an*ist, n.
Defn: An Utopian; an optimist.
UTOPICALU*to"pic*al, a.
Defn: Utopian; ideal. [Obs.] "Utopical perfection." Bp. Hall.
UTOPISTU*to"pist, n.
Defn: A Utopian.
UTRAQUISTU"tra*quist, n. Etym: [L. uterque, fem. utraque, both.]
Defn: One who receives the eucharist in both kinds; esp., one of a body of Hussites who in the 15th century fought for the right to do this. Called also Calixtines.
UTRICLE U"tri*cle, n. Etym: [L. utriculus a little womb, a calycle, dim. of uter, utris, a bag or bottle made of an animal's hide: cf. F. utricule.]
1. A little sac or vesicle, as the air cell of fucus, or seaweed.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: A microscopic cell in the structure of an egg, animal, or plant.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: A small, thin-walled, one-seeded fruit, as of goosefoot. Gray.
4. (Anat.)
Defn: A utriculus.
UTRICULARU*tric"u*lar, a. Etym: [Cf. F. utriculaire.]
1. Of or pertaining to a utricle, or utriculus; containing, or furnished with, a utricle or utricles; utriculate; as, a utricular plant.
2. Resembling a utricle or bag, whether large or minute; — said especially with reference to the condition of certain substances, as sulphur, selenium, etc., when condensed from the vaporous state and deposited upon cold bodies, in which case they assume the form of small globules filled with liquid.
UTRICULARIAU*tric`u*la"ri*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See Ascidium,
UTRICULATEU*tric"u*late, a.
Defn: Resembling a bladder; swollen like a bladder; inflated; utricular. Dana.
UTRICULOID U*tric"u*loid, a. Etym: [L. utriculus a little womb, a calycle + - oid.]
Defn: Resembling a bladder; utricular; utriculate. Dana.
UTRICULUSU*tric"u*lus, n. Etym: [L., a little womb or matrix, a calycle.](Anat.)
Defn: A little sac, or bag; a utricle; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under Ear.
UTRO; UTRO-; UTEROU"tro, U"ter`o.
Defn: - (connection with, or relation to, the uterus; as in utro- ovarian.
UTTERUt"ter, a. Etym: [OE. utter, originally the same word as outer. SeeOut, and cf. Outer, Utmost.]
1. Outer. "Thine utter eyen." Chaucer. [Obs.] "By him a shirt and utter mantle laid." Chapman. As doth an hidden moth The inner garment fret, not th' utter touch. Spenser.
2. Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center;outer. [Obs.]Through utter and through middle darkness borne. Milton.The very utter part pf Saint Adelmes point is five miles fromSandwich. Holinshed.
3. Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter ruin; utter darkness. They . . . are utter strangers to all those anxious thoughts which disquiet mankind. Atterbury.
4. Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an utter refusal or denial. Clarendon. Utter bar (Law), the whole body of junior barristers. See Outer bar, under 1st Outer. [Eng.] — Utter barrister (Law), one recently admitted as barrister, who is accustomed to plead without, or outside, the bar, as distinguished from the benchers, who are sometimes permitted to plead within the bar. [Eng.] Cowell.
UTTERUt"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Uttered; p. pr. & vb. n. Uttering.] Etym:[OE. outren, freq. of outen to utter, put out, AS. utian to put out,eject, fr. ut out. sq. root198. See Out, and cf. Utter, a.]
1. To put forth or out; to reach out. [Obs.] How bragly [proudly] it begins to bud, And utter his tender head. Spenser.
2. To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend. [Obs.] Such mortal drugs I have, but Mantua's law Is death to any he that utters them. Shak. They bring it home, and utter it commonly by the name of Newfoundland fish. Abp. Abbot.
3. hence, to put in circulation, as money; to put off, as currency; to cause to pass in trade; — often used, specifically, of the issue of counterfeit notes or coins, forged or fraudulent documents, and the like; as, to utter coin or bank notes. The whole kingdom should continue in a firm resolution never to receive or utter this fatal coin. Swift.
4. To give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to speak; to pronounce. "Sweet as from blest, uttering joy." Milton. The words I utter Let none think flattery, for they 'll find 'em truth. Shak. And the last words he uttered called me cruel. Addison.
Syn.— To deliver; give forth; issue; liberate; discharge; pronounce.See Deliver.
UTTERABLEUt"ter*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being uttered.
UTTERANCEUt"ter*ance, n.
1. The act of uttering. Specifically: — (a) Sale by offering to the public. [Obs.] Bacon. (b) Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes. (c) Vocal expression; articulation; speech. At length gave utterance to these words. Milton.
2. Power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance.They . . . began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave themutterance. Acts ii. 4.O, how unlike To that large utterance of the early gods! Keats.
UTTERANCEUt"ter*ance, n. Etym: [F. outrance. See Outrance.]
Defn: The last extremity; the end; death; outrance. [Obs.] Annibal forced those captives whom he had taken of our men to skirmish one against another to the utterance. Holland.
UTTERERUt"ter*er, n.
Defn: One who utters. Spenser.
UTTERESTUt"ter*est, obs. superl. of Utter.
Defn: Uttermost.To the utterest proof of her courage. Chaucer.
UTTERLESSUt"ter*less, a.
Defn: Incapable of being uttered. [Obs.]A clamoring debate of utterless things. Milton.
UTTERLYUt"ter*ly, adv.
Defn: In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as, utterly ruined; it is utterly vain.
UTTERMOREUt"ter*more`, a. Etym: [Cf. Uttermost.]
Defn: Further; outer; utter. [Obs. & R.] Holland.
UTTERMOSTUt"ter*most, a. Etym: [From Utter, a.; cf. Utmost, and Outermost.]
Defn: Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end. "In this uttermost distress." Milton.
UTTERMOSTUt"ter*most`, n.
Defn: The utmost; the highest or greatest degree; the farthest extent. Tennyson. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him. Heb. vii. 25. He cannot have sufficient honor done unto him; but the uttermost we can do, we must. Hooker.
UTTERNESSUt"ter*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being utter, or extreme; extremity; utmost; uttermost. [R.]
UVAU"va, n. Etym: [L., a grape.] (Bot.)
Defn: A small pulpy or juicy fruit containing several seeds and having a thin skin, as a grape.
UVATEU"vate, n. Etym: [L. uva grape.]
Defn: A conserve made of grapes.
UVA-URSIU`va-ur"si, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. uva grape + ursus bear.] (Bot.)
Defn: The bearberry.
UVEAU"ve*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. uva grape.] (Anat.)
Defn: The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; — sometimes applied to the whole iris together with the choroid coat.
UVEOUSU"ve*ous, a. Etym: [See Uvea.]
Defn: Resembling a grape.
UVICU"vic, a. Etym: [L. uva grape.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or obtained from, grapes; specifically, designating an organic acid, C7H8O3 (also called pyrotritartaric acid), obtained as a white crystalline substance by the decomposition of tartaric and pyrotartaric acids.
UVITICU*vit"ic, a. Etym: [From L. uva a grape. So called because it may beproduced indirectly from tartaric acid, which is found in the grape.](Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, CH3C6H3(CO2H)2, obtained as a white crystalline substance by the partial oxidation of mesitylene; — called also mesitic acid.
UVITONICU`vi*ton"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by the action of ammonia on pyrotartaric acid.
UVROUU"vrou, n.
Defn: See Euphroe.