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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ur'ge, v. t. p. 1454To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward. “And great Achilles urge the Trojan fate.” Dryden. “Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight.” Pope. 2. To press the mind or will…Urge, v. i. p. 1454To press on; as, he strives to urge upward.Ur'gence, n. p. 1454Urgency. [Rare.]Ur'gen-cy, n. p. 1454The quality of being urgent; importunity; earnest solicitation; as, the urgency of a request. 2. Pressure of necessity; as, the urgency of want or distress; the urgency of the occasion.Ūr'gent, a. p. 1454Urging; pressing; besetting; plying with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important. “The urgent hour.” Shak. “Some urgent cause to ordain the contrary.” Hooker. The Egyptians…Ur'gent-ly, adv. p. 1454In an urgent manner; pressingly; violently; vehemently; forcibly.Ŭr'ger, n. p. 1454One who urges; one who importunes.Ur'ge'-wôn'der, n. p. 1454A sort of barley. Mortimer.U'ric, a. p. 1454(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, urine;—said of an acid which occurs in small quantities in the healthy urine of man and quadrupeds, and in much larger quantity in the urine of birds, of…Ŭ'rim, n. p. 1455A part of the breastplate of the high-priest among the ancient Jews, in connection with which Jehovah revealed his will on certain occasions. Its nature is not distinctly understood. Thou shalt put…Ū'rin-al, n. p. 1455A vessel for containing urine. 2. A convenience, either public or private, for urinating purposes.Ū′rin-ā′ri-ām, n. p. 1455(Agric.) A reservoir or place for the reception of urine, &c., for manure.U'rin-a-ry, a. p. 1455Of, or pertaining to, urine; as, the urinary bladder; urinary calculi; urinary abscesses. 2. Resembling, or of the nature of urine.Ū'ri-na-ry, n. p. 1455A urinarium.Ū'rin-āte, v. i. p. 1455To discharge urine; to make water.Ŭ'rin-ā'tion, n. p. 1455The act of voiding urine; micturition.Ū'rin-ā-tive, a. p. 1455Provoking the flow of urine; diuretic. Bacon.Ū’rin-ā’tor, n. p. 1455One who plunges and sinks in water in search of something, as for pearls; a diver. [Rare.] Ray.Ū'rine, n. p. 1455An animal fluid or liquor secreted by the kidneys, whence it is conveyed into the bladder by the ureters, and through the urethra discharged. The urine of beasts is sometimes called stale.U′rine, v. i. p. 1455To discharge urine; to make water; to urinate. [Obs. or rare.] Bacon.Ū'rīn-īf'er-ōŭs, a. p. 1455Conveying urine.Ū′rin-īp′a-roŭs, a. p. 1455(Med.) Producing or preparing urine; — applied to certain tubes in the cortical portion of the kidney.Ū'/rin-ŏm/e-ter, n. p. 1455(Med.) A small hydrometer for estimating the specific gravity of urine.Ū'rin-ōse or Ū'rin-oŭs, a. p. 1455Pertaining to urine, or partaking of its qualities; having the character of urine; similar to urine. Arbuthnot.Ū'rith, n. p. 1455The bindings of a hedge. [Prov. Eng.]Ûrn, n. p. 1455A vessel of various forms, usually largest in the middle, and furnished with a foot or pedestal, employed for different purposes, as for holding liquids, for ornamental uses, and anciently for…Ûrn, v. t. p. 1455To inclose in an urn, or as if in an urn. When horror universal shall descend, And heaven’s dark concave urn all human race. Young.Urn'al, a. p. 1455Of, pertaining to, or by means of, an urn, or urns. “Urnal interment.” Browne.Urn'ful, n. p. 1455As much as an urn will hold; enough to fill an urn.Urn'-shāped, a. p. 1455Having the shape of an urn.Ū'ro-gen'i-tal, a. p. 1455(Med.) Of, or pertaining to, the urinary and genital apparatus; as, the urogenital organs.U-rōl'o-gy or U'ro-nōl'o-gy, n. p. 1455That part of medicine which treats of urine. Dunglison.U-rŏs'e-o-py, n. p. 1455The judgment of diseases by inspection of urine. [Rare.] Browne.Ūr'ry, n. p. 1455A sort of blue or black clay, lying near a vein of coal. Mortimer.Ūr'sa, n. p. 1455A bear. Ursa Major (Astron.), the Great Bear, one of the most conspicuous of the northern constellations, situated near the pole. It contains the stars which form the Dipper, or Charles's Wain. —…Ur'si-fōrm, a. p. 1455In the shape of a bear.Ur'sine, a. p. 1455Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a bear.Ur'su-line, n. p. 1455(Rom. Cath. Church.) One of an order of nuns founded by St. Angela Merici, at Brescia, in Italy, about the year 1537, and so called from St. Urs'ula, under whose protection it was placed. The order…Ur'su-line, a. p. 1455Of, or pertaining to, St. Ursuline, or to the order of Ursulines.Ŭr'sus, n. p. 1455(Zoöl.) A genus of quadrupeds; the bear.Ûr'ti-cā'ceoŭs, a. p. 1455(Bot.) Of, or pertaining to, nettles, or the nettle family.Ûr'ti-cā'ting, a. p. 1455Nettling, or stinging like a nettle.Ûr'ti-cā'tion, n. p. 1455(Med.) The process of stinging with nettles, sometimes used in treating paralysis.Ū'rus, n. p. 1455The wild bull. 2. (Zoöl.) The trivial or specific name of the species from which the common bull or ox and cow are supposed to be derived, and which, in a wild state, formerly inhabited the central…Ūs, pron. pl. p. 1455The objective case of we. See I and We. Give us this day our daily bread. Matt. vi. 11.Ūs'a-ble, a. p. 1455Capable of being used.Ūs'age, n. p. 1455The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage. My brother Is prisoner to the bishop, at whose hands He hath…Us'a-ger, n. p. 1455One who has the use of any thing in trust for another. [Obs.] Daniel.Us'ance, n. p. 1455Use; usage; treatment; employment. [Obs.] 2. Interest paid for money; usury. [Obs.] Shak. 3. (Com.) The time which, by usage or custom, is allowed in certain countries for the payment of a bill of…Use, n. p. 1455The act of employing any thing, or of applying it to one's service; application; employment; conversion to an act or purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; the use of books in study; the use of a…Ūse, v. t. p. 1455To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put to a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use a book; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water…Use, v. i. p. 1456To be wont or accustomed; to practice customarily. They use to place him that shall be their captain on a stone. Spencer. Fears used to be represented in an imaginary fashion. Bacon. Thus we use to…Use'ful, a. p. 1456Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; helpful toward advancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable; as, vessels and instruments useful in a family; books…Ūse'ful-ly, adv. p. 1456In a useful manner; beneficially; profitably.Use'ful-ness, n. p. 1456The state or quality of being useful; conduciveness to some end, properly to some valuable end; as, the usefulness of canal navigation; the usefulness of machinery in manufactures. Syn. — Utility…U'se'less, a. p. 1456Having no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; as, a useless garment; useless pity. Not to sit idle with so great a gift useless.…Ūse'less-ly, adv. p. 1456In a useless manner; without profit or advantage.Ūse'less-ness, n. p. 1456The state or quality of being useless; unserviceableness; unfitness for any valuable purpose, or for the purpose intended; as, the uselessness of pleasure.Us'er, n. p. 1456One who uses, treats, or occupies.Ush'er, n. p. 1456An 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. These are…