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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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Ū'tas, n. p. 1456(O. Eng. Practice.) The octave; the eighth day after any term or feast; as, the utas of St. Michael; the utas of St. Hilary. Cowell. The marriage was celebrated at Canterbury, and in the utas of St.…U-tĕn'sil, n. p. 1456That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business. Wagons fraught with utensils of war. Milton.Ū'ter-ine, a. p. 1456Of, or pertaining to, the womb; belonging to the uterus. 2. Born of the same mother, but by a different father. “Walter Pope, uterine brother to Dr. Joh. Wilkins.” Wood.Ū'te-ro-ges-tā'tion, n. p. 1456(Med.) Gestation in the womb from conception to birth; pregnancy. Pritchard.Ū'te-rŭs, n. p. 1456(Anat.) The womb.Ūʹtile, a. p. 1456Profitable; useful. [Obs.]U-tĭl/i/tā'ri-an, a. p. 1456Consisting in, or pertaining to, utility; pertaining to utilitarianism; — often used in a reproachful sense as applied to that which evinces, or is characterized by, a regard for utility of a lower…U·til·i·tā'ri·an, n. p. 1456One 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…U-tĭl'i-tā'ri-an-ism, n. p. 1457The doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political institutions. J. Bentham. 2. The doctrine that virtue is founded in utility; or…U-tĭl'i-ty, n. p. 1457The state or quality of being utile or useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manures upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of…Ū'til-i-zā'tion, n. p. 1457The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.Ū'til-īze, v. t. p. 1457To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine, and the like. In former ages, the mile-long corridors, with their numerous alcoves, might have been…Ūt Pŏs'si-dē'tis p. 1457(International Law.) 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. 2. (Civil Law.) A species of…Ū'tis, n. p. 1457(O. Eng. Law.) (a.) The eighth day after any term or feast; utas. (b.) Sometimes, the feast or festival itself. See UTAS. 2. Hence, festivity; merriment; bustle; stir. Then here will be old utis; it…Ŭt'la-ry, n. p. 1457The same as OUTLAWRY, q. v.Ut'mōst, a. p. 1457Situated at the furthest point or extremity; furthest out; most distant; extreme; last; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge. “The utmost bound of his wide…Ŭt'mōst, n. p. 1457The most that can be; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost. I will be free Even to the utmost, as I please, in words. Shak.U-tō'pi-ā, n. p. 1457An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics, laws, and the like. 2. Hence, a place or state of ideal perfection.U-tō'pi-an, a. p. 1457Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon or involving imaginary perfections; as, utopian projects.U-tō'pi-an-īsm, n. p. 1457The quality or practice of any utopian person or scheme; a chimerical scheme, in theory or practice.U-tŏp'ĭc-al, a. p. 1457Utopian; ideal. [Obs.] Let no idle Donatist of Amsterdam dream hence of an utopical perfection. Bp. Hall.U-tō’pist, n. p. 1457A utopian.Ŭ'tri-cle, n. p. 1457A little bag or bladder; a little cell, as the air-cell of a fucus or sea-weed. 2. (Physiol.) A microscopic cell in the structure of an egg, or animal, or plant. 3. (Bot.) A small thin-walled…U-trĭc'ū-lar, a. p. 1457Containing utricles; furnished with glandular vessels like small bags, as plants; utriculate. 2. Resembling a utricle or bag, whether large or minute;—said especially with reference to the condition…U-trĭc'ū-late, a. p. 1457Swollen like a bladder; inflated; utricular. Dana.U-trĭc'ŭ-loid, a. p. 1457Resembling a bladder; utricular; utriculate. Dana.U'ter, a. p. 1457Outer. [Obs.] “By him a shirt, and utter mantle laid.” Chapman. As doth a hidden moth The inner garment fret, not the utter touch. Spenser. 2. Situated on the outside, or remote from the center…Ŭt'ter, v. t. p. 1457To put forth or out; to reach out. [Obs.] “And utter his tender head.” Spenser. 2. To dispose of in the way of trade; to sell or vend. [Obs.] Such mortal drugs I have, but Mantua’s law Is death to…Ut'ter-a-ble, a. p. 1457Capable of being uttered, pronounced, or expressed.Ut'ter-ançe, n. p. 1457The act of uttering; sale; circulation; expression; pronunciation; manner of speaking; emission from the mouth; vocal expression; as, a good or bad utterance. “At length gave utterance to these…Ut'ter-ance, n. p. 1457Extremity; hence, sharpest or most deadly contention. [Obs.] Annibal forced those captives whom he had taken of our men to skirmish one against another to the utterance. Holland. Come, fate, into the…Ŭt'ter-er, n. p. 1457One who utters. “Utterers of secrets.” Spenser.Ŭt'ter-less, a. p. 1457Incapable of being uttered; unutterable. [Obs.]Ut'ter-ly, adv. p. 1457In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; perfectly; totally; as, utterly tired; utterly debased; it is utterly vain.Ŭt'ter-mōst, a. p. 1457Extreme; utmost; being in the furthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end; the uttermost distress. Bereave me not, Whereon I live! thy gentle looks, thy aid, Thy counsel…Ŭt'ter-mōst, n. p. 1457Utmost; highest degree of measure; extremest thing or degree possible. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him. Heb. vii. 25. He can not have sufficient…Ŭt'ter-ness, n. p. 1457The state or quality of being utter or extreme; extremity; utmost. [Rare.]Ŭ'vate, n. p. 1457A conserve made of grapes. Simmonds.Ū've-ā, n. p. 1457(Anat.) (a.) The choroid coat of the eye. (b.) The posterior layer of the iris;—so called on account of the black and very thick varnish which covers it, and which resembles the skin of a black grape.Ū've-oûs, a. p. 1457Resembling a grape. Uveous coat of the eye (Anat.), the uvea, or choroid coat.Ū'vu-lā, n. p. 1457(Anat.) (a.) The fleshy conical body suspended from the middle of the lower border of the soft palate. (b.) A projection from the under side of the cerebellum, on the median line.Ū'vu-lar, a. p. 1457Of, or pertaining to, the uvula; as, the uvular glands.U-wär'ōw-ite, n. p. 1457(Min.) An emerald-green variety of garnet, crystallizing in small dodecahedrons.Ux-ō'ri-al, a. p. 1457Dotingly fond of, or servilely submissive to, a wife; uxorious; also, becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife. [Rare.] The speech [of Zipporah, Ex. iv. 25] is not a speech of reproach or indignation…Ux-ōr'i-çide, n. p. 1457The murder of a wife by her husband. 2. One who murders his wife.Ux-ō'ri-oûs, a. p. 1457Submissively or excessively fond of a wife. “The government of effeminate and uxorious magistrates.” Milton. How wouldst thou insult When I must live uxorious to thy will In perfect thralldom! Milton.Ux-ō'ri-oûs-ly, adv. p. 1457In an uxorious manner; with fond or servile submission to a wife.Ux-ō'ri-oūs-ness, n. p. 1457The state or quality of being uxorious; connubial dotage; excessive and foolish fondness for a wife.Ū'ze-mā, n. p. 1457A Burman measure of twelve miles.V p. 1458the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, represents a uniform consonant sound, as heard in vain, eve, vow, and move. It is the vocal or sonant correspondent of f. Its form is only a variety…Vā, v. p. 1458imper. [It.] (Mus.) Go on; continue.Vā'can-cy, n. p. 1458The quality of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness. All dispositions to idleness or vacancy, even before they are habits, are…Vā'cant, a. p. 1458Deprived of contents; empty; not filled; as, a vacant room; a vacant receiver. “Stuffs out his vacant garments.” Shak. “Being of those virtues vacant.” Shak. 2. Hence, unengaged with business or…Vā'cant-ly, adv. p. 1458In a vacant manner.Vā'căte, v. t. p. 1458To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England. 2. To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to…Va-cā'tion, n. p. 1458The act of vacating, making void, or of no force; as, the vacation of a charter. 2. Freedom from interruption, trouble, or perplexity; leisure. [Rare.] So taken up with what they endured, they had no…Văc'ca-ry, n. p. 1458A cow-house, dairy-house, or a cow-pasture. [Prov. Eng.]. Halliwell.Vac-ci'na, n. p. 1458(Med.) Kine-pox or cow-pox.Văc'çi-nāte, v. t. p. 1458To inoculate with the cow-pox or kine-pox, by means of a virus, called vaccine matter, taken either directly or indirectly from cows.Văc'çi-nā'tion, n. p. 1458The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or of inoculating persons with the cow-pox or kine-pox.