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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'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.Văc'çi-nā'tor, n. p. 1458One who inoculates with the cow-pox or kine-pox.Văc'cine, a. p. 1458Pertaining to cows, or to vaccination; as, the vaccine disease; a vaccine physician.Vac-cin'i-ā, n. p. 1458(Med.) Cow-pox; vaccina.Văc'çi-nĭst, n. p. 1458A vaccinator; one skilled in vaccination.Vacher, n. p. 1458A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman. [Local U. S.] Bartlett.Văçh'er-y, n. p. 1458A pen or inclosure for cows. Flint. 2. A dairy. Halliwell.Văç'il-lan-çy, n. p. 1458The state or quality of being vacillant, or wavering; fluctuation; inconstancy. [Rare.] More.Văc'il-lant, a. p. 1458Vacillating; wavering; fluctuating; unsteady.Vāc'il-lāte, v. i. p. 1458To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver. 2. To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver. Syn.—To fluctuate; waver; stagger. See FLUCTUATE.Văç'il-lā'ting, p. a. p. 1458Inclined to fluctuate; wavering; unsteady.Văc′il-lā′ting-ly, adv. p. 1458In a vacillating manner; unsteadily.