# dictionary

word: Ungulata
definition:
Ungulata

Un`gu*la"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. ungula hoof.]
(Zool.)
An extensive group of mammals including all those that have hoofs. It comprises the Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla.


word: Ungulate
definition:
Ungulate

Un"gu*late
(?)
a.
[L. ungulatus. See Ungula.]
1.
Shaped like a hoof.

2.
(Zool.)
Furnished with hoofs. See the Note under Nail, n., 1.


word: Unguled
definition:
Unguled

Un"guled
(?)
a.
[L. ungula a claw.]
(Her.)
Hoofed, or bearing hoofs; -- used only when these are of a tincture different from the body.


word: Unguligrade
definition:
Unguligrade

Un"gu*li*grade
(?)
a.
[L. ungula hoof + gradi to walk.]
(Zool.)
Having, or walking on, hoofs.


word: Unhair
definition:
Unhair

Un*hair"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + hair.]
To deprive of hair, or of hairs; as, to unhair hides for leather.

I 'll unhair thy head.
Shak.


word: Unhallow
definition:
Unhallow

Un*hal"low
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + hallow.]
To profane; to desecrate.

The vanity unhallows the virtue.
L'Estrange.


word: Unhallowed
definition:
Unhallowed

Un*hal"lowed
(?)
a.
[Pref. un- not + hallowed.]
Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked.

In the cause of truth, no unhallowed violence . . . is either necessary or admissible.
E. D. Griffin.


word: Unhand
definition:
Unhand

Un*hand"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + hand.]
To loose from the hand; to let go.

Hold off! unhand me, gray beard loon!
Eftsoons his hand dropped he.
Coleridge.


word: Unhandsome
definition:
Unhandsome

Un*hand"some
(?)
a.
1.
Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; plain; homely.

Were she other than she is, she were unhandsome.
Shak.

I can not admit that there is anything unhandsome or irregular . . . in the globe.
Woodward.

2.
Wanting noble or amiable qualities; dishonorable; illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous; as, unhandsome conduct, treatment, or imputations.
Unhandsome
J. Fletcher.

3.
Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient.
[Obs.]

The ships were unwieldy and unhandsome.
Holland.

A narrow, straight path by the water's side, very unhandsome for an army to pass that way, though they found not a man to keep the passage.
Sir T. North.


word: Unhang
definition:
Unhang

Un*hang"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + hang.]

1.
To divest or strip of hangings; to remove the hangings, as a room.

2.
To remove (something hanging or swinging) from that which supports it; as, to unhang a gate.


word: Unhappy
definition:
Unhappy

Un*hap"py
(?)
a.
1.
Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.

2.
In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct.

3.
Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day.
unhappy
Milton.

4.
Mischievous; wanton; wicked.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Unharbored
definition:
Unharbored

Un*har"bored
(?)
a.
[Pref. un- not + harbored.]
1.
Having no harbor or shelter; unprotected.

2.
Affording no harbor or shelter.
Unharbored
[Obs.]
Milton.


word: Unharmonious
definition:
Unharmonious

Un`har*mo"ni*ous
(?)
a.
Inharmonious; unsymmetrical; also, unmusical; discordant.
Swift.
Un`har*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv.


word: Unharness
definition:
Unharness

Un*har"ness
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + harness.]
1.
To strip of harness; to loose from harness or gear; as, to unharness horses or oxen.
Cowper.

2.
To disarm; to divest of armor.
Holinshed.


word: Unhat
definition:
Unhat

Un*hat"
(?)
v. t. & i.
[1st pref. un- + hat.]
To take off the hat of; to remove one's hat, especially as a mark of respect.
H. Spenser.


word: Unhead
definition:
Unhead

Un*head"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + head.]

1.
To take out the head of; as, to unhead a cask.

2.
To decapitate; to behead.
[Obs.]
T. Brown.


word: Unheal
definition:
Unheal

Un*heal"
(?)
n.
[Pref. un- not + heal health.]
Misfortune; calamity; sickness.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Unheard
definition:
Unheard

Un*heard"
(?)
a.
1.
Not heard; not perceived by the ear; as, words unheard by those present.

2.
Not granted an audience or a hearing; not allowed to speak; not having made a defense, or stated one's side of a question; disregarded; unheeded; as, to condem_; a man unheard.

What pangs I feel, unpitied and unheard!
Dryden.

3.
Not known to fame; not illustrious or celebrated; obscure.

Nor was his name unheard or unadored.
Milton.

Unheard of. (a) Not heard of; of which there are no tidings. (b) Unknown to fame; obscure. Glanvill.


word: Unheart
definition:
Unheart

Un*heart"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + heart.]
To cause to lose heart; to dishearten.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Unhele₂
definition:
Unhele

Un*hele"
v. t.
[AS. unhelian. See 1st Un-, and Hele to cover.]
To uncover.
[Obs.]
Spenser. Marston.


word: Unhelmed
definition:
Unhelmed

Un*helmed"
(?)
a.
1.
[Properly p. p. of unhelm.]
Divested or deprived of the helm or helmet.

2.
[Pref. un- not + helm.]
Not wearing a helmet; without a helmet.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Unhide
definition:
Unhide

Un*hide"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + hide.]
To bring out from concealment; to discover.
[Obs.]
P. Fletcher.


word: Unhinge
definition:
Unhinge

Un*hinge"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + hinge.]

1.
To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door.

2.
To displace; to unfix by violence.
Blackmore.

3.
To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves.

Why should I then unhinge my brains, ruin my mind?
South.

His sufferings, nay the revolutions of his fate, had not in the least unhinged his mind.
Walpole.


word: unhitch
definition:
unhitch

un*hitch"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + hitch.]
To free from being hitched, or as if from being hitched; to unfasten; to loose; as, to unhitch a horse, or a trace.


word: unhive
definition:
unhive

un*hive"
(ŭn*hīv")
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + hive.]

1.
To drive or remove from a hive.

2.
To deprive of habitation or shelter, as a crowd.


word: unhoard
definition:
unhoard

un*hoard"
(ŭn*h&omacrrd")
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + hoard.]
To take or steal from a hoard; to pilfer.
Milton.


word: unhold
definition:
unhold

un*hold"
(ŭn*h&omacrld")
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + hold.]
To cease to hold; to unhand; to release.
[Obs.]
Otway.


word: unholy
definition:
unholy

un*ho"ly
(ŭn*h&omacr"l&ybreve_;)
a.
Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious.
un*ho"li*ly (#), adv. -- un*ho"li*ness, n.


word: unhood
definition:
unhood

un*hood"
(ŭn*hŏd")
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + hood.]
To remove a hood or disguise from.
Quarterly Rev.


word: Unhook
definition:
Unhook

Un*hook"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + hook.]
To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress.


word: Unhoop
definition:
Unhoop

Un*hoop"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + hoop.]
To strip or deprive of hoops; to take away the hoops of.


word: Unhoped
definition:
Unhoped

Un*hoped"
(?)
a.
Not hoped or expected.
unhoped
Dryden.

Blessings of friends, which to my door
Unasked, unhoped, have come.
J. N. Newman.


word: Unhorse
definition:
Unhorse

Un*horse"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + horse.]
To throw from a horse; to cause to dismount; also, to take a horse or horses from; as, to unhorse a rider; to unhorse a carriage.
Cowper.


word: Unhouse
definition:
Unhouse

Un*house"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + house.]
To drive from a house or habitation; to dislodge; hence, to deprive of shelter.


word: Unhoused
definition:
Unhoused

Un*housed"
(?)
a.
1.
[Properly p. p. of unhouse.]
Driven from a house; deprived of shelter.

2.
[Pref. un- + housed.]
Not provided with a house or shelter; houseless; homeless.


word: Unhouseled
definition:
Unhouseled

Un*hou"seled
(?)
a.
Not having received the sacrament.
[Obs.]
[Written also unhouselled.]

To die like the houseless dog on yonder common, unshriven and unhouseled.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Unhumanize
definition:
Unhumanize

Un*hu"man*ize
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + humanize.]
To render inhuman or barbarous.
J. Barlow.


word: Unhusked
definition:
Unhusked

Un*husked"
(?)
a.
1.
[Pref. un- not + husked.]
Not husked; having the husk on.

2.
[1st pref. un- + husk, n.]
Having the husk removed; without husk.
Bp. Hall.


word: Uni-
definition:
Uni-

U"ni-
(?)
[L. unus one. See One.]
A prefix signifying one, once; as in uniaxial, unicellular.


word: Uniate
definition:
Uniate

Uniat

{ U"ni*at (?), U"ni*ate (?), }
n.
(Eccl.)
A member of the Greek Church, who nevertheless acknowledges the supremacy of the Pope of Rome; one of the United Greeks. Also used adjectively.


word: Uniaxial
definition:
Uniaxial

U`ni*ax"i*al
(?)
a.
[Uni + axial.]
1.
(Crystallog.)
Having but one optic axis, or line of no double refraction.

&hand_; In uniaxial crystals, the optic axis has the direction of the vertical crystallographic axis. All tetragonal and hexagonal crystals are uniaxial.

2.
(Biol.)
Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; -- opposed to multiaxial.


word: Unibranchiate
definition:
Unibranchiate

U`ni*bran"chi*ate
(?)
a.
[Uni- + branchiate.]
(Zool.)
Having but one gill, as certain molluscs.


word: Unicameral
definition:
Unicameral

U`ni*cam"e*ral
(?)
a.
[Uni- + L. camera vault.]
Having, or consisting of, a single chamber; -- said of a legislative assembly.
[R.]
F. Lieber.


word: Unicapsular
definition:
Unicapsular

U`ni*cap"su*lar
(?)
[Uni- + capsular: cf. F. unicapsulaire.]
(Bot.)
Having but one capsule to each flower.


word: Unicellular
definition:
Unicellular

U`ni*cel"lu*lar
(?)
a.
[Uni- + cellular.]
Having, or consisting of, but a single cell; as, a unicellular organism.


word: Unicentral
definition:
Unicentral

U`ni*cen"tral
(?)
a.
[Uni- + central.]
(Biol.)
Having a single center of growth.

Unicentral development, that form of development which takes place primarily around a single central point, as in the lowest of unicellular organisms.


word: Unicity
definition:
Unicity

U*nic"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. unicus single. See Unique.]
The condition of being united; quality of the unique; unification.

Not unity, but what the schoolmen call unicity.
De Quincey.

The unicity we strive not to express, for that is impossible, but to designate by the nearest analogy.
Coleridge.


word: Unicorn
definition:
Unicorn

U"ni*corn
(?)
n.
[OE. unicorne, F. unicorne, L. unicornis one-horned, having a single horn; unus one + cornu a horn; cf. L. unicornuus a unicorn. See One, and Horn.]
1.
A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter.

2.
A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures.

Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow?
Job xxxix. 10.

&hand_; The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the urus. See the Note under Reem.

3.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax.
(b)
The larva of a unicorn moth.

4.
(Zool.)
The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird.

5.
(Mil.)
A howitzer.
[Obs.]

Fossil unicorn, or Fossil unicorn's horn (Med.), a substance formerly of great repute in medicine; -- named from having been supposed to be the bone or the horn of the unicorn. -- Unicorn fish, Unicorn whale (Zool.), the narwhal. -- Unicorn moth (Zool.), a notodontian moth (Coelodasys unicornis) whose caterpillar has a prominent horn on its back; -- called also unicorn prominent. -- Unicorn root (Bot.), a name of two North American plants, the yellow-flowered colicroot (Aletris farinosa) and the blazing star (Chamaelirium luteum). Both are used in medicine. -- Unicorn shell (Zool.), any one of several species of marine gastropods having a prominent spine on the lip of the shell. Most of them belong to the genera Monoceros and Leucozonia.


word: Unicornous
definition:
Unicornous

U`ni*cor"nous
(?)
a.
[See Unicorn.]
(Zool.)
Having but a single horn; -- said of certain insects.
Unicornous
Sir T. Browne.


word: Unicostate
definition:
Unicostate

U`ni*cos"tate
(?)
a.
[Uni- + costate.]
(Bot.)
Having a single rib or strong nerve running upward from the base; -- said of a leaf.


word: Unicursal
definition:
Unicursal

U`ni*cur"sal
(?)
a.
[Uni- + L. currere, cursum, to run.]
(Geom.)
That can be passed over in a single course; -- said of a curve when the coordinates of the point on the curve can be expressed as rational algebraic functions of a single parameter θ.

&hand_; As θ varies minus infinity to plus infinity, to each value of θ there corresponds one, and only one, point of the curve, while to each point on the curve there corresponds one, and only one, value of θ. Straight lines, conic sections, curves of the third order with a nodal point, curves of the fourth order with three double points, etc., are unicursal.


word: Unideaed
definition:
Unideaed

Un`i*de"aed
(?)
a.
Having no ideas; senseless; frivolous.
Unideaed
Mrs. Hemans.

He [Bacon] received the unideaed page [Villiers] into his intimacy.
Lord Campbell.


word: Unidimensional
definition:
Unidimensional

Un`i*di*men"sion*al
(?)
a.
[Uni- + dimensional.]
(Math.)
Having but one dimension. See Dimension.


word: Unifacial
definition:
Unifacial

U`ni*fa"cial
(?)
a.
[Uni- + facial.]
Having but one front surface; as, some foliaceous corals are unifacial, the polyp mouths being confined to one surface.


word: Unification
definition:
Unification

U`ni*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[See Unify.]
The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.

Unification with God was the final aim of the Neoplatonicians.
Fleming.


word: Unifier
definition:
Unifier

U"ni*fi`er
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, unifies; as, a natural law is a unifier of phenomena.


word: Unifilar
definition:
Unifilar

U`ni*fi"lar
(?)
a.
[Uni- + L. filum a thread.]
Having only one thread; involving the use of only one thread, wire, fiber, or the like; as, unifilar suspension.

Unifilar magnetometer (Physics), an instrument which consists of a magnetic bar suspended at its center of gravity by a long thread, constituting a delicate means for accurately measuring magnetic intensities, also for determining declinations of the magnetic needle.


word: Uniflagellate
definition:
Uniflagellate

U`ni*fla*gel"late
(?)
a.
[Uni- + flagellate.]
(Biol.)
Having but one flagellum; as, uniflagellate organisms.


word: Uniflorous
definition:
Uniflorous

U`ni*flo"rous
(?)
a.
[Uni- + L. flos, floris, a flower: cf. F. uniflore.]
(Bot.)
Bearing one flower only; as, a uniflorous peduncle.


word: Unifollilate
definition:
Unifollilate

U`ni*fol"li*late
(?)
a.
[Uni- + foliolate.]
(Bot.)
Having only one leaflet, as the leaves of the orange tree.


word: Uniform
definition:
Uniform

U"ni*form
(?)
a.
[L. uniformis; unus one + forma from: cf. F. uniforme.]

1.
Having always the same form, manner, or degree; not varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable; homogenous; as, the dress of the Asiatics has been uniform from early ages; the temperature is uniform; a stratum of uniform clay.
Whewell.

2.
Of the same form with others; agreeing with each other; conforming to one rule or mode; consonant.

The only doubt is . . . how far churches are bound to be uniform in their ceremonies.
Hooker.

Uniform matter, that which is all of the same kind and texture; homogenous matter. -- Uniform motion, the motion of a body when it passes over equal spaces in equal times; equable motion. Hutton.


word: Uniform₂
definition:
Uniform

U"ni*form
n.
[F. uniforme. See Uniform, a.]
A dress of a particular style or fashion worn by persons in the same service or order by means of which they have a distinctive appearance; as, the uniform of the artillery, of the police, of the Freemasons, etc.

There are many things which, a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform.
F. W. Robertson.

In full uniform (Mil.), wearing the whole of the prescribed uniform, with ornaments, badges of rank, sash, side arms, etc. -- Uniform sword, an officer's sword of the regulation pattern prescribed for the army or navy.


word: Uniform₃
definition:
Uniform

U"ni*form
v. t.
1.
To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of soldiers.

2.
To make conformable.
[Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Uniformism
definition:
Uniformism

U"ni*form`ism
(?)
n.
[From Uniform.]
(Geol.)
The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism.


word: Uniformitarian
definition:
Uniformitarian

U`ni*form`i*ta"ri*an
(?)
a.
(Geol.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the view or doctrine that existing causes, acting in the same manner and with essentially the same intensity as at the present time, are sufficient to account for all geological changes.


word: Uniformitarian₂
definition:
Uniformitarian

U`ni*form`i*ta"ri*an
n.
(Geol.)
One who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian doctrine.


word: Uniformity
definition:
Uniformity

U`ni*form"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. uniformitas: cf. F. uniformité.]
1.
The quality or state of being uniform; freedom from variation or difference; resemblance to itself at all times; sameness of action, effect, etc., under like conditions; even tenor; as, the uniformity of design in a poem; the uniformity of nature.

2.
Consistency; sameness; as, the uniformity of a man's opinions.

3.
Similitude between the parts of a whole; as, the uniformity of sides in a regular figure; beauty is said to consist in uniformity with variety.

4.
Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness.

5.
Conformity to a pattern or rule; resemblance, consonance, or agreement; as, the uniformity of different churches in ceremonies or rites.

Act of Uniformity (Eng. Hist.), an act of Parliament, passed in 1661, prescribing the form of public prayers, administration of sacraments, and other rites of the Established Church of England. Its provisions were modified by the “Act of Uniformity Amendment Act,” of 1872.


word: Uniformly
definition:
Uniformly

U"ni*form`ly
(?)
adv.
In a uniform manner; without variation or diversity; by a regular, constant, or common ratio of change; with even tenor; as, a temper uniformly mild.

To vary uniformly (Math.), to vary with the ratio of the corresponding increments constant; -- said of two dependent quantities with regard to each other.


word: Unify
definition:
Unify

U"ni*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Unified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Unifying (?).]
[Uni- + -fy: cf. F. unifier.]
To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one.

A comprehensive or unifying act of the judging faculty.
De Quincey.

Perception is thus a unifying act.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Unigeniture
definition:
Unigeniture

U`ni*gen"i*ture
(?)
n.
[L. unigenitus only-begotten; unus one + gignere, genitum, to beget.]
The state of being the only begotten.
[R.]
Bp. Pearson.


word: Unigenous
definition:
Unigenous

U*nig"e*nous
(?)
a.
[L. unigena; unus one + genere, gignere, to beget.]
(Biol.)
Being of one kind; being of the same genus.


word: Unijugate
definition:
Unijugate

U*nij"u*gate
(?)
a.
[Uni- + L. jugum yoke, pair: cf. L. unijugus having one yoke.]
(Bot.)
Having but one pair of leaflets; -- said of a pinnate leaf.


word: Unilabiate
definition:
Unilabiate

U`ni*la"bi*ate
(?)
a.
[Uni- + labiate.]
(Bot.)
Having one lip only; as, a unilabiate corolla.


word: Unilateral
definition:
Unilateral

U`ni*lat"er*al
(?)
a.
[Uni- + lateral: cf. F. unilatéral.]
1.
Being on one side only; affecting but one side; one-sided.

2.
(Biol.)
Pertaining to one side; one-sided; as, a unilateral raceme, in which the flowers grow only on one side of a common axis, or are all turned to one side.

Unilateral contract (Law), a contract or engagement requiring future action only by one party.


word: Uniliteral
definition:
Uniliteral

U`ni*lit"er*al
(?)
a.
[Uni- + literal.]
Consisting of one letter only; as, a uniliteral word or sign.


word: Unilocular
definition:
Unilocular

U`ni*loc"u*lar
(?)
a.
[Uni- + locular: cf. F. uniloculaire.]
(Biol.)
Having one cell or cavity only; as, a unilocular capsule or shell.


word: Unimpeachable
definition:
Unimpeachable

Un`im*peach"a*ble
(?)
a.
Not impeachable; not to be called in question; exempt from liability to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault; irreproachable; blameless; as, an unimpeachable reputation; unimpeachable testimony.
Burke.
Un`im*peach"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`im*peach"a*bly, adv.


word: Unimproved
definition:
Unimproved

Un`im*proved"
(?)
a.
1.
Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners, or excellence.

2.
Not used; not employed; especially, not used or employed for a valuable purpose; as, unimproved opportunities; unimproved blessings.
Cowper.

3.
Not tilled, cultivated, or built upon; yielding no revenue; as, unimproved land or soil.


word: Unimuscular
definition:
Unimuscular

U`ni*mus"cu*lar
(?)
a.
[Uni- muscular.]
(Zool.)
Having only one adductor muscle, and one muscular impression on each valve, as the oyster; monomyarian.


word: Unincumbered
definition:
Unincumbered

Un`in*cum"bered
(?)
a.
1.
Not incumbered; not burdened.

2.
(Law)
Free from any temporary estate or interest, or from mortgage, or other charge or debt; as, an estate unincumbered with dower.


word: Unintelligence
definition:
Unintelligence

Un`in*tel"li*gence
(?)
n.
Absence or lack of intelligence; unwisdom; ignorance.
Bp. Hall.


word: Uninterested
definition:
Uninterested

Un*in"ter*est*ed
(?)
a.
1.
Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business.

2.
Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration.


word: Uninucleated
definition:
Uninucleated

U`ni*nu"cle*a`ted
(?)
a.
[Uni- + nucleated.]
(Biol.)
Possessed of but a single nucleus; as, a uninucleated cell.


word: Unio
definition:
Unio

U"ni*o
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. unio unity, union, a single large pearl. See Union.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of fresh-water mussels belonging to Unio and many allied genera.


word: Uniocular
definition:
Uniocular

U`ni*oc"u*lar
(?)
a.
[Uni- + ocular.]
Of, pertaining to, or seated in, one eye; monocular.


word: Union
definition:
Union

Un"ion
(?; 277)
n.
[F., from L. unio oneness, union, a single large pearl, a kind of onion, fr. unus one. See One, and cf. Onion, Unit.]
1.
The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.

&hand_; Union differs from connection, as it implies that the bodies are in contact, without an inter_;ening body; whereas things may be connected by the in_;_;_;vention of a third body, as by a cord or chain.

2.
Agreement and conjunction of mind, spirit, will, affections, or the like; harmony; concord.

3.
That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league; as, the weavers have formed a union; trades unions have become very numerous; the United States of America are often called the Union.
A. Hamilton.

4.
A textile fabric composed of two or more materials, as cotton, silk, wool, etc., woven together.

5.
A large, fine pearl.
[Obs.]

If they [pearls] be white, great, round, smooth, and weighty . . . our dainties and delicates here at Rome . . . call them unions, as a man would say “singular,” and by themselves alone.
Holland.

In the cup an union shall he throw,
Richer than that which four successive kings
In Denmark's crown have worn.
Shak.

6.
A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain.

&hand_; The union of the United States ensign is a cluster of white stars, denoting the union of the States, and, properly, equal in number to that of the States, displayed on a blue field; the fly being composed of alternate stripes of red and white. The union of the British ensign is the three crosses of St. George, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick in combination, denoting the union of England, Scotland and Ireland, displayed on a blue field in the national banner used on shore, on a red, white, or blue field in naval ensigns, and with a white border or fly in the merchant service.

7.
(Mach.)
A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate disconnection.

8.
(Brewing)
A cask suspended on trunnions, in which fermentation is carried on.

Hypostatic union (Theol.) See under Hypostatic. -- Latin union. See under Latin. -- Legislative Union (Eng. Hist.), the union of Great Britain and Ireland, which took place Jan. 1, 1801. -- Union, or Act of Union (Eng. Hist.), the act by which Scotland was united to England, or by which the two kingdoms were incorporated into one, in 1707. -- Union by the first intention, or Union by the second intention. (Surg.) See To heal by the first intention, or To heal by the second intention, under Intention. -- Union down (Naut.), a signal of distress at sea made by reversing the flag, or turning its union downward. -- Union jack. (Naut.) See Jack, n., 10. -- Union joint. (Mech.) (a) A joint formed by means of a union. (b) A piece of pipe made in the form of the letter T.

One kingdom, joy, and union without end.
Milton.

[Man] is to . . . beget
Like of his like, his image multiplied.
In unity defective; which requires
Collateral love, and dearest amity.
Milton.


word: Unionism
definition:
Unionism

Un"ion*ism
(?)
n.
1.
The sentiment of attachment to a federal union, especially to the federal union of the United States.

2.
The principles, or the system, of combination among workmen engaged in the same occupation or trade.


word: Unionist
definition:
Unionist

Un"ion*ist
n.
1.
One who advocates or promotes union; especially a loyal supporter of a federal union, as that of the United States.

2.
A member or supporter of a trades union.


word: Unionistic
definition:
Unionistic

Un`ion*is"tic
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to union or unionists; tending to promote or preserve union.


word: Uniparous
definition:
Uniparous

U*nip"a*rous
(?)
a.
[Uni- + L. parere to bring forth.]
1.
(Zool.)
Producing but one egg or young at a time.

2.
(Bot.)
Producing but one axis of inflorescence; -- said of the scorpioid cyme.


word: Unipersonal
definition:
Unipersonal

U"ni*per"son*al
(?)
a.
[Uni- + personal.]

1.
Existing as one, and only one, person; as, a unipersonal God.

2.
(Gram.)
Used in only one person, especially only in the third person, as some verbs; impersonal.


word: Unipolar
definition:
Unipolar

U`ni*po"lar
(?)
a.
[Uni- + polar.]
1.
(Physics)
Having, or acting by means of, one pole only.

2.
(Anat.)
Having but one pole or process; -- applied to those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; -- opposed to multipolar.

Unipolar induction (Elec.), induction, as in a conducting circuit, by only one pole of a magnet. -- Unipolar stimulation (Physiol.), the simulation sometimes produced when one electrode of an induction apparatus is applied to a nerve; -- called also unipolar induction action. Du Bois-Reymond.


word: Unique
definition:
Unique

U*nique"
(?)
a.
[F. unique; cf. It. unico; from L. unicus, from unus one. See One.]
Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled; unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole.
U*nique"ly, adv. -- U*nique"ness, n.


word: Unique₂
definition:
Unique

U*nique"
n.
A thing without a like; something unequaled or unparalleled.
[R.]

The phenix, the unique of birds.
De Quincey.


word: Uniseptate
definition:
Uniseptate

U`ni*sep"tate
(?)
a.
[Uni- + septate.]
(Bot.)
Having but one septum, or partition; -- said of two-celled fruits, such as the silicles of cruciferous plants.


word: Uniseriate
definition:
Uniseriate

U`ni*se"ri*ate
(?)
a.
[Uni- + seriate.]
Having one line or series; uniserial.
U`ni*se"ri*ate*ly, adv.


word: Unisexual
definition:
Unisexual

U`ni*sex"u*al
(?)
a.
[Uni- + sexual: cf. F. unisexuel.]
(Biol.)
Having one sex only, as plants which have the male and female flowers on separate individuals, or animals in which the sexes are in separate individuals; diœcious; -- distinguished from bisexual, or hermaphrodite. See Diœcious.


word: Unisilicate
definition:
Unisilicate

U`ni*sil"i*cate
(?)
n.
[Uni- + silicate.]
(Min.)
A salt of orthosilicic acid, H4SiO4; -- so called because the ratio of the oxygen atoms united to the basic metals and silicon respectively is 1:1; for example, Mg2SiO4 or 2MgO.SiO2.


word: Unison
definition:
Unison

U"ni*son
(?; 277)
n.
[LL. unisonus having the same sound; L. unus one + sonus a sound: cf. F. unisson, It. unisono. See One, and Sound a noise.]
1.
Harmony; agreement; concord; union.

2.
(Mus.)
Identity in pitch; coincidence of sounds proceeding from an equality in the number of vibrations made in a given time by two or more sonorous bodies. Parts played or sung in octaves are also said to be in unison, or in octaves.

&hand_; If two cords of the same substance have equal length, thickness, and tension, they are said to be in unison, and their sounds will be in unison. Sounds of very different qualities and force may be in unison, as the sound of a bell may be in unison with a sound of a flute. Unison, then, consists in identity of pitch alone, irrespective of quality of sound, or timbre, whether of instruments or of human voices. A piece or passage is said to be sung or played in unison when all the voices or instruments perform the same part, in which sense unison is contradistinguished from harmony.

3.
A single, unvaried.
[R.]
Pope.

In unison, in agreement; agreeing in tone; in concord.


word: Unison₂
definition:
Unison

U"ni*son
(?; 277)
a.
[Cf. It. unisono. See Unison, n.]
1.
Sounding alone.
[Obs.]

[sounds] intermixed with voice,
Choral or unison.
Milton.

2.
(Mus.)
Sounded alike in pitch; unisonant; unisonous; as, unison passages, in which two or more parts unite in coincident sound.


word: Unisonant
definition:
Unisonant

U*nis"o*nant
(?)
a.
[Uni- + sonant. See Unison.]
Being in unison; having the same degree of gravity or acuteness; sounded alike in pitch.


word: Unit
definition:
Unit

U"nit
(?)
n.
[Abbrev. from unity.]
1.
A single thing or person.

2.
(Arith.)
The least whole number; one.

Units are the integral parts of any large number.
I. Watts.

3.
A gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of twenty shillings.
Camden.

4.
Any determinate amount or quantity (as of length, time, heat, value) adopted as a standard of measurement for other amounts or quantities of the same kind.

5.
(Math.)
A single thing, as a magnitude or number, regarded as an undivided whole.

Abstract unit, the unit of numeration; one taken in the abstract; the number represented by 1. The term is used in distinction from concrete, or determinate, unit, that is, a unit in which the kind of thing is expressed; a unit of measure or value; as 1 foot, 1 dollar, 1 pound, and the like. -- Complex unit (Theory of Numbers), an imaginary number of the form a + b-1, when a2 + b2 = 1. -- Duodecimal unit, a unit in the scale of numbers increasing or decreasing by twelves. -- Fractional unit, the unit of a fraction; the reciprocal of the denominator; thus, 1/4 is the unit of the fraction 3/4. -- Integral unit, the unit of integral numbers, or 1. -- Physical unit, a value or magnitude conventionally adopted as a unit or standard in physical measurements. The various physical units are usually based on given units of length, mass, and time, and on the density or other properties of some substance, for example, water. See Dyne, Erg, Farad, Ohm, Poundal, etc. -- Unit deme (Biol.), a unit of the inferior order or orders of individuality. -- Unit jar (Elec.), a small, insulated Leyden jar, placed between the electrical machine and a larger jar or battery, so as to announce, by its repeated discharges, the amount of electricity passed into the larger jar. -- Unit of heat (Physics), a determinate quantity of heat adopted as a unit of measure; a thermal unit (see under Thermal). Water is the substance generally employed, the unit being one gram or one pound, and the temperature interval one degree of the Centigrade or Fahrenheit scale. When referred to the gram, it is called the gram degree. The British unit of heat, or thermal unit, used by engineers in England and in the United States, is the quantity of heat necessary to raise one pound of pure water at and near its temperature of greatest density (39.1° Fahr.) through one degree of the Fahrenheit scale. Rankine. -- Unit of illumination, the light of a sperm candle burning 120 grains per hour. Standard gas, burning at the rate of five cubic feet per hour, must have an illuminating power equal to that of fourteen such candles. -- Unit of measure (as of length, surface, volume, dry measure, liquid measure, money, weight, time, and the like), in general, a determinate quantity or magnitude of the kind designated, taken as a standard of comparison for others of the same kind, in assigning to them numerical values, as 1 foot, 1 yard, 1 mile, 1 square foot, 1 square yard, 1 cubic foot, 1 peck, 1 bushel, 1 gallon, 1 cent, 1 ounce, 1 pound, 1 hour, and the like; more specifically, the fundamental unit adopted in any system of weights, measures, or money, by which its several denominations are regulated, and which is itself defined by comparison with some known magnitude, either natural or empirical, as, in the United States, the dollar for money, the pound avoirdupois for weight, the yard for length, the gallon of 8.3389 pounds avoirdupois of water at 39.8° Fahr. (about 231 cubic inches) for liquid measure, etc.; in Great Britain, the pound sterling, the pound troy, the yard, or 1/108719 part of the length of a second's pendulum at London, the gallon of 277.274 cubic inches, etc.; in the metric system, the meter, the liter, the gram, etc. -- Unit of power. (Mach.) See Horse power. -- Unit of resistance. (Elec.) See Resistance, n., 4, and Ohm. -- Unit of work (Physics), the amount of work done by a unit force acting through a unit distance, or the amount required to lift a unit weight through a unit distance against gravitation. See Erg, Foot Pound, Kilogrammeter. -- Unit stress (Mech. Physics), stress per unit of area; intensity of stress. It is expressed in ounces, pounds, tons, etc., per square inch, square foot, or square yard, etc., or in atmospheres, or inches of mercury or water, or the like.


word: Unitarian
definition:
Unitarian

U`ni*ta"ri*an
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. unitaire, unitairien, NL. unitarius. See Unity.]
1.
(Theol.)
One who denies the doctrine of the Trinity, believing that God exists only in one person; a unipersonalist; also, one of a denomination of Christians holding this belief.

2.
One who rejects the principle of dualism.

3.
A monotheist.
[R.]
Fleming.


word: Unitarianize
definition:
Unitarianize

U`ni*ta"ri*an*ize
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Unitarianized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Unitarianizing (?).]
To change or turn to Unitarian views.


word: Unitary
definition:
Unitary

U"nit*a*ry
(?)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to a unit or units; relating to unity; as, the unitary method in arithmetic.

2.
Of the nature of a unit; not divided; united.

Unitary theory (Chem.), the modern theory that the molecules of all complete compounds are units, whose parts are bound together in definite structure, with mutual and reciprocal influence on each other, and are not mere aggregations of more or less complex groups; -- distinguished from the dualistic theory.


word: Unite
definition:
Unite

U*nite"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. United; p. pr. & vb. n. Uniting.]
[L. unitus, p. p. of unire to unite, from unus one. See One.]
1.
To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to unite bricks by mortar; to unite iron bars by welding; to unite two armies.

2.
Hence, to join by a legal or moral bond, as families by marriage, nations by treaty, men by opinions; to join in interest, affection, fellowship, or the like; to cause to agree; to harmonize; to associate; to attach.

Under his great vicegerent reign abide,
United as one individual soul.
Milton.

The king proposed nothing more than to unite his kingdom in one form of worship.
Clarendon.


word: Unite₂
definition:
Unite

U*nite"
v. i.
1.
To become one; to be cemented or consolidated; to combine, as by adhesion or mixture; to coalesce; to grow together.

2.
To join in an act; to concur; to act in concert; as, all parties united in signing the petition.


word: Unite₃
definition:
Unite

U*nite"
a.
[L. unitus, p. p. See Unite, v. t.]
United; joint; as, unite consent.
[Obs.]
J. Webster.


word: United
definition:
United

U*nit"ed
a.
Combined; joined; made one.

United Brethren. (Eccl.) See Moravian, n. -- United flowers (Bot.), flowers which have the stamens and pistils in the same flower. -- The United Kingdom, Great Britain and Ireland; -- so named since January 1, 1801, when the Legislative Union went into operation. -- United Greeks (Eccl.), those members of the Greek Church who acknowledge the supremacy of the pope; -- called also uniats.


word: Uniterable
definition:
Uniterable

U*nit"er*a*ble
(?)
a.
Not iterable; incapable of being repeated.
[Obs.]
uniterable
Sir T. Browne.


word: Unition
definition:
Unition

U*ni"tion
(?)
n.
[LL. unitio, from L. unire. See Unite,v. t.]
The act of uniting, or the state of being united; junction.
[Obs.]
Wiseman.


word: Unitive
definition:
Unitive

U"ni*tive
(?)
a.
[LL. unitivus: cf. F. unitif.]
Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce, union.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Unitize
definition:
Unitize

U"nit*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Unitized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Unitizing (?).]
To reduce to a unit, or one whole; to form into a unit; to unify.


word: Unity
definition:
Unity

U"ni*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Unities (#).
[OE. unite, F. unité, L. unitas, from unus one. See One, and cf. Unit.]
1.
The state of being one; oneness.

Whatever we can consider as one thing suggests to the understanding the idea of unity.
Locks.

&hand_; Unity is affirmed of a simple substance or indivisible monad, or of several particles or parts so intimately and closely united as to constitute a separate body or thing. See the Synonyms under Union.

2.
Concord; harmony; conjunction; agreement; uniformity; as, a unity of proofs; unity of doctrine.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Ps. cxxxiii. 1.

3.
(Math.)
Any definite quantity, or aggregate of quantities or magnitudes taken as one, or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation; thus, in a table of natural sines, the radius of the circle is regarded as unity.

&hand_; The number 1, when it is not applied to any particular thing, is generally called unity.

4.
(Poetry & Rhet.)
In dramatic composition, one of the principles by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety of representation are preserved; conformity in a composition to these; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due subordination and reference of every part to the development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition.

&hand_; In the Greek drama, the three unities required were those of action, of time, and of place; that is, that there should be but one main plot; that the time supposed should not exceed twenty-four hours; and that the place of the action before the spectators should be one and the same throughout the piece.

5.
(Fine Arts & Mus.)
Such a combination of parts as to constitute a whole, or a kind of symmetry of style and character.

6.
(Law)
The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.

&hand_; The properties of it are derived from its unity, which is fourfold; unity of interest, unity of title, unity of time, and unity of possession; in other words, joint tenants have one and the same interest, accruing by one and the same conveyance, commencing at the same time, and held by one and the same undivided possession. Unity of possession is also a joint possession of two rights in the same thing by several titles, as when a man, having a lease of land, afterward buys the fee simple, or, having an easement in the land of another, buys the servient estate.

At unity, at one. -- Unity of type. (Biol.) See under Type.


word: Univalent
definition:
Univalent

U*niv"a*lent
(?)
a.
[Uni- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr.  See Valence.]
(Chem.)
Having a valence of one; capable of combining with, or of being substituted for, one atom of hydrogen; monovalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.


word: Univalve
definition:
Univalve

U"ni*valve
(?)
n.
[Uni- + valve: cf. F. univalve.]
(Zool.)
A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs.

&hand_; Most univalves are spiral and are the shells of gastropods, but many belong to cephalopods and pteropods. A large number of univalves belonging to the gastropods are conical, cup-shaped, or shieldlike, as the limpets.


word: Univalved
definition:
Univalved

Univalve

{ U"ni*valve (?), U"ni*valved (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. univalve.]
(Bot. & Zool.)
Having one valve; as, a univalve shell or pericarp.


word: Universal
definition:
Universal

U`ni*ver"sal
(?)
a.
[L. universalis: cf. F. universel, OF. also universal. See Universe.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice.
universal
Milton.

The universal cause
Acts not by partial, but by general laws.
Pope.

This universal frame began.
Dryden.

&hand_; Universal and its derivatives are used in common discourse for general and its derivatives. See General.

2.
Constituting or considered as a whole; total; entire; whole; as, the universal world.
Shak.

At which the universal host up dent
A shout that tore Hell's concave.
Milton.

3.
(Mech.)
Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes, sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine.

4.
(Logic)
Forming the whole of a genus; relatively unlimited in extension; affirmed or denied of the whole of a subject; as, a universal proposition; -- opposed to particular; e. g. (universal affirmative) All men are animals; (universal negative) No men are omniscient.

Universal chuck (Mach.), a chuck, as for a lathe, having jaws which can be moved simultaneously so as to grasp objects of various sizes. -- Universal church, the whole church of God in the world; the catholic church. See the Note under Catholic, a., 1. -- Universal coupling. (Mach.) Same as Universal joint, below. -- Universal dial, a dial by which the hour may be found in any part of the world, or under any elevation of the pole. -- Universal instrument (Astron.), a species of altitude and azimuth instrument, the peculiarity of which is, that the object end of the telescope is placed at right angles to the eye end, with a prism of total reflection at the angle, and the eye end constitutes a portion of the horizontal axis of the instrument, having the eyepiece at the pivot and in the center of the altitude circle, so that the eye has convenient access to both at the same time. -- Universal joint (Mach.), a contrivance used for joining two shafts or parts of a machine endwise, so that the one may give rotary motion to the other when forming an angle with it, or may move freely in all directions with respect to the other, as by means of a cross connecting the forked ends of the two shafts (Fig. 1). Since this joint can not act when the angle of the shafts is less than 140°, a double joint of the same kind is sometimes used for giving rotary motion at angles less than 140° (Fig. 2). -- Universal umbel (Bot.), a primary or general umbel; the first or largest set of rays in a compound umbel; -- opposed to partial umbel. A universal involucre is not unfrequently placed at the foot of a universal umbel.


word: Universal₂
definition:
Universal

U`ni*ver"sal
n.
1.
The whole; the general system of the universe; the universe.
[Obs.]

Plato calleth God the cause and original, the nature and reason, of the universal.
Sir W. Raleigh.

2.
(Logic)
(a)
A general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it.
(b)
A universal proposition. See Universal, a., 4.


word: Universal donor
definition:
Universal donor

U`ni*ver"sal do"nor
n.
(Med.)
a person belonging to the O blood group (of the ABO classification), who can safely donate blood to anyone.


word: Universal grammar
definition:
Universal grammar

U`ni*ver"sal gram"mar
n.
1.
(Linguistics)
the principles forming the basis for the human ability to understand language.

2.
(Linguistics)
the general properties and constraints common to all human languages; also, the study of such principles.


word: Universalism
definition:
Universalism

U`ni*ver"sal*ism
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. universalisme.]
(Theol.)
The doctrine or belief that all men will be saved, or made happy, in the future state.


word: Universalist
definition:
Universalist

U`ni*ver"sal*ist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. universaliste.]

1.
(Theol.)
One who believes in Universalism; one of a denomination of Christians holding this faith.

2.
One who affects to understand all the particulars in statements or propositions.
[Obs.]
Bentley.


word: Universality
definition:
Universality

U`ni*ver*sal"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Universalties (#).
[Cf. F. universalité.]
The quality or state of being universal; unlimited extension or application; generality; -- distinguished from particularity; as, the unversality of a proposition; the unversality of sin; the unversality of the Deluge.


word: Universalize
definition:
Universalize

U`ni*ver"sal*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Universalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Universalizing (?).]
[Cf. F. universaliser.]
To make universal; to generalize.
Coleridge.


word: Universally
definition:
Universally

U`ni*ver"sal*ly
adv.
In a universal manner; without exception; as, God's laws are universally binding on his creatures.


word: Universe
definition:
Universe

U"ni*verse
(?)
n.
[L. universum, from universus universal; unus one + vertere, versum, to turn, that is, turned into one, combined into one whole; cf. F. univers. See One, and Verse.]
All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the whole body of things, or of phenomena; the to~ pa^n of the Greeks, the mundus of the Latins; the world; creation.

How may I
Adore thee, Author of this universe
And all this good to man!
Milton.


word: Universe of discourse
definition:
Universe of discourse

U"ni*verse of dis"course
(?)
n.
everything which may be considered, explicitly or implicitly, in a particular theory or discussion.


word: University
definition:
University

U`ni*ver"si*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Universities (#).
[OE. universite, L. universitas all together, the whole, the universe, a number of persons associated into one body, a society, corporation, fr. universus all together, universal: cf. F. université. See Universe.]
1.
The universe; the whole.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.

2.
An association, society, guild, or corporation, esp. one capable of having and acquiring property.
[Obs.]

The universities, or corporate bodies, at Rome were very numerous. There were corporations of bakers, farmers of the revenue, scribes, and others.
Eng. Cyc.

3.
An institution organized and incorporated for the purpose of imparting instruction, examining students, and otherwise promoting education in the higher branches of literature, science, art, etc., empowered to confer degrees in the several arts and faculties, as in theology, law, medicine, music, etc. A university may exist without having any college connected with it, or it may consist of but one college, or it may comprise an assemblage of colleges established in any place, with professors for instructing students in the sciences and other branches of learning.  In modern usage, a university is expected to have both an undergraduate division, granting bachelor's degrees, and a graduate division, granting master's or doctoral degrees, but there are some exceptions.  In addition, a modern university typically also supports research by its faculty

The present universities of Europe were, originally, the greater part of them, ecclesiastical corporations, instituted for the education of churchmen . . . What was taught in the greater part of those universities was suitable to the end of their institutions, either theology or something that was merely preparatory to theology.
A. Smith.

&hand_; From the Roman words universitas, collegium, corpus, are derived the terms university, college, and corporation, of modern languages; and though these words have obtained modified significations in modern times, so as to be indifferently applicable to the same things, they all agree in retaining the fundamental signification of the terms, whatever may have been added to them. There is now no university, college, or corporation, which is not a juristical person in the sense above explained [see def. 2, above]; wherever these words are applied to any association of persons not stamped with this mark, it is an abuse of terms.  Eng. Cyc.


word: University extension
definition:
University extension

U`ni*ver"si*ty ex*ten"sion
The extension of the advantages of university{3} instruction by means of lectures and classes at various centers.


word: Universology
definition:
Universology

U`ni*ver*sol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Universe + -logy.]
The science of the universe, and the relations which it involves.


word: Univocal
definition:
Univocal

U*niv"o*cal
(?)
a.
[L. univocus; unus one + vox, vocis, a voice, word. See One, and Voice.]
1.
Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with equivocal.

2.
Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See Unison, n., 2.

3.
Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.

4.
Unequivocal; indubitable.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Univocal₂
definition:
Univocal

U*niv"o*cal
n.
1.
(Aristotelian Logic)
A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces.

2.
A word having but one meaning.


word: Univocally
definition:
Univocally

U*niv"o*cal*ly
adv.
In a univocal manner; in one term; in one sense; not equivocally.

How is sin univocally distinguished into venial and mortal, if the venial be not sin?
Bp. Hall.


word: Univocation
definition:
Univocation

U*niv`o*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. univocation.]
Agreement of name and meaning.
[Obs.]
Whiston.


word: Unjointed
definition:
Unjointed

Un*joint"ed
a.
[Properly p. p. of unjoint.]
1.
Disjointed; unconnected; hence, incoherent.
Shak.

2.
[Pref. un- + jointed.]
Having no joint or articulation; as, an unjointed stem.


word: Unjust
definition:
Unjust

Un*just"
(?)
a.
1.
Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge.

2.
Contrary to justice and right; prompted by a spirit of injustice; wrongful; as, an unjust sentence; an unjust demand; an unjust accusation.


word: Unlisted
definition:
Unlisted

Un*list"ed
(?)
a.
Not listed;
specif.
(a)
(New York Stock Exchange)
admitted to quotation in the unlisted department, that is, admitted to be dealt in on the floor, but not to the “regular list.”
(b)
not listed in the telephone directory; -- of telephone numbers; as, an unlisted number.


word: Unke
definition:
Unke

Un"ke
(?)
n.
[G. unke.]
(Zool.)
A European aquatic toad (Bombinator igneus).  Its back is dark; its belly is marked with crimson. Called also feuerkröte.


word: Unked
definition:
Unked

Un"ked
(?)
a.
[Corrupted fr. uncouth, or OE. unkid; un- + p. p. of AS. c&ymacr_;ðan to make known, fr. cūð known. See Uncouth.]
1.
Odd; strange; ugly; old; uncouth.
[Prov. Eng.]

2.
Lonely; dreary; unkard.
[Prov. Eng.]

Weston is sadly unked without you.
Cowper.


word: Unkempt
definition:
Unkempt

Un*kempt"
(?; 215)
a.
[Pref. un- not + kempt, p. p. of kemb.]
1.
Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair.

2.
Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough.

My rhymes be rugged and unkempt.
Spenser.


word: Unkennel
definition:
Unkennel

Un*ken"nel
(?)
v. t.
[1st un- + kennel.]

1.
To drive from a kennel or hole; as, to unkennel a fox.

2.
Fig.: To discover; to disclose.
Shak.


word: Unkind₂
definition:
Unkind

Un*kind"
a.
1.
Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural.
[Obs.]
unkind
Chaucer.

2.
Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful.

He is unkind that recompenseth not; but he is most unkind that forgetteth.
Sir T. Elyot.


word: Unkindly
definition:
Unkindly

Un*kind"ly
a.
1.
Not kindly; unkind; ungracious.

2.
Unnatural; contrary to nature.
[Obs.]
Unkindly
Spenser.

3.
Unfavorable; annoying; malignant.
Milton.


word: Unking
definition:
Unking

Un*king"
(?)
v. t.
[1st un- + king.]
To cause to cease to be a king.
[R.]

Shall his condescension, therefore, unking him?
South.


word: Unkingship
definition:
Unkingship

Un*king"ship
n.
The quality or condition of being unkinged; abolition of monarchy.
[Obs.]

Unkingship was proclaimed, and his majesty's statues thrown down.
Evelyn.


word: Unkiss
definition:
Unkiss

Un*kiss"
(?)
v. t.
[1st un- + king.]
To cancel or annul what was done or sealed by a kiss; to cancel by a kiss.
[Obs.]

Let me unkiss the oath 'twixt thee and me.
Shak.


word: Unknit
definition:
Unknit

Un*knit"
(?)
v. t.
[1st un- + knit.]
To undo or unravel what is knitted together.

Fie, fie! unknit that threatening unkind brow.
Shak.


word: Unknow
definition:
Unknow

Un*know"
(?)
v. t.
[1st un- + know.]

1.
To cease to know; to lose the knowledge of.
[Obs.]

2.
To fail of knowing; to be ignorant of.
[Obs.]


word: Unknowledged
definition:
Unknowledged

Un*knowl"edged
(?)
a.
Not acknowledged or recognized.
[Obs.]

For which bounty to us lent
Of him unknowledged or unsent.
B. Jonson.


word: Unlabored
definition:
Unlabored

Un*la"bored
(?)
a.
1.
Not produced by labor or toil.
Unlabored
Dryden.

2.
Not cultivated; untitled; as, an unlabored field.

3.
Not laboriously produced, or not evincing labor; as, an unlabored style or work.
Tickell.


word: Unlace
definition:
Unlace

Un*lace"
(?)
v. t.
[1st un- + lace.]

1.
To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.

2.
To loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace.

What's the matter,
That you unlace your reputation thus?
Shak.

3.
(Naut.)
To loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail, or to cast off, as any lacing in any part of the rigging of a vessel.
Totten.


word: Unlade
definition:
Unlade

Un*lade"
v. t.
[1st un- + lade.]
1.
To take the load from; to take out the cargo of; as, to unlade a ship or a wagon.

The venturous merchant . . . 
Shall here unlade him and depart no more.
Dryden.

2.
To unload; to remove, or to have removed, as a load or a burden; to discharge.

There the ship was to unlade her burden.
Acts. xxi. 3.


word: Unlaid
definition:
Unlaid

Un*laid"
(?)
a.
1.
Not laid or placed; not fixed.
Hooker.

2.
Not allayed; not pacified; not laid finally to rest.
[R.]
unlaid
Milton.

3.
Not laid out, as a corpse.
[R.]
B. Jonson.

Unlaid paper. See Laid paper, under Laid.


word: Unlash
definition:
Unlash

Un*lash"
(?)
v. t.
[1st un- + lash.]
(Naut.)
To loose, as that which is lashed or tied down.


word: Unlatch
definition:
Unlatch

Un*latch"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Unlatched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Unlatching.]
[1st un- + latch.]
To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door.


word: Unlaugh
definition:
Unlaugh

Un*laugh"
(?)
v. t.
[1st un- + laugh.]
To recall, as former laughter.
[Obs. & R.]
Sir T. More.


word: Unlaw
definition:
Unlaw

Un*law"
(?)
v. t.
[1st un- + law.]
1.
To deprive of the authority or character of law.
[Obs.]

2.
To put beyond protection of law; to outlaw.
[Obs.]

3.
(Scots Law)
To impose a fine upon; to fine.


word: Unlaw₂
definition:
Unlaw

Un*law"
(?)
n.
[Pref. un- + law.]
(Scots Law)
(a)
Any transgression or offense against the law.
(b)
A fine imposed as a penalty for violation of the law.


word: Unlawed
definition:
Unlawed

Un*lawed"
(?)
a.
[Pref. un- + lawed, p. p. of lawe.]
Not having the claws and balls of the forefeet cut off; -- said of dogs.


word: Unlawful
definition:
Unlawful

Un*law"ful
(?)
a.
Not lawful; contrary to law.
Un*law"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*law"ful*ness, n.

Unlawful assembly. (Law) See under Assembly.


word: Unlawlike
definition:
Unlawlike

Un*law"like`
(?)
a.
Not according to law; being or done in violation of law; unlawful.
Milton.


word: Unlearn
definition:
Unlearn

Un*learn"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + learn.]

1.
To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of.

I had learned nothing right; I had to unlearn everything.
Milner.

2.
To fail to learn.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.


word: Unlearned
definition:
Unlearned

Un*learn"ed
a.
[Pref. un- + learned.]
1.
Not learned; untaught; uneducated; ignorant; illiterate.

2.
Not gained by study; not known.

3.
Not exhibiting learning; as, unlearned verses.


word: Unleash
definition:
Unleash

Un*leash"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + leash.]
To free from a leash, or as from a leash; to let go; to release; as, to unleash dogs.


word: Unless
definition:
Unless

Un*less"
(?)
conj.
[Formerly, onles, onlesse, onlesse that, that is, in less, in a less case. See On, and Less.]
Upon any less condition than (the fact or thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing that not; if it be not; were it not that; except; as, we shall fail unless we are industrious.

&hand_; By the omission of the verb in the dependent clause, unless was frequently used prepositionally, -- a construction common in Shakespeare and still employed colloquially.

Here nothing breeds unless the nightly owl.
Shak.


word: Unlicked
definition:
Unlicked

Un*licked"
(?)
a.
Not licked; hence, not properly formed; ungainly.  Cf. To lick into shape, under Lick, v.
Shak.


word: Unlike
definition:
Unlike

Un*like"
(?)
a.
1.
Not like; dissimilar; diverse; having no resemblance; as, the cases are unlike.

2.
Not likely; improbable; unlikely.
[Obsoles.]

Unlike quantities (Math.), quantities expressed by letters which are different or of different powers, as a, b, c, a2, a3, xn, and the like. -- Unlike signs (Math.), the signs plus (+) and minus (-).


word: Unlikely
definition:
Unlikely

Un*like"ly
a.
1.
Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected; as, an unlikely event; the thing you mention is very unlikely.

2.
Not holding out a prospect of success; likely to fail; unpromising; as, unlikely means.
Hooker.

3.
Not such as to inspire liking; unattractive; disagreeable.
[Obs.]
unlikely
Chaucer.


word: Unliken
definition:
Unliken

Un*lik"en
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + liken.]
To make unlike; to dissimilate.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.


word: Unlikeness
definition:
Unlikeness

Un*like"ness
n.
The quality or state of being unlike; want of resemblance; dissimilarity.
Tennyson.


word: Unlimber
definition:
Unlimber

Un*lim"ber
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + limber.]
(Mil.)
To detach the limber from; as, to unlimber a gun.


word: Unlimited
definition:
Unlimited

Un*lim"it*ed
a.
1.
Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited expanse of ocean.

2.
Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions; as, unlimited terms.
unlimited
Hooker.

3.
Unconfined; not restrained; unrestricted.

Ascribe not unto God such an unlimited exercise of mercy as may destroy his justice.
Rogers.

Unlimited problem (Math.), a problem which is capable of an infinite number of solutions. -- Unlimited pump, a kind of deep-well pump placed at the level of the water, and operated from above ground.


word: Unline
definition:
Unline

Un*line"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + line.]
To take the lining out of; hence, to empty; as, to unline one's purse.


word: Unlink
definition:
Unlink

Un*link"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + link.]
To separate or undo, as links; to uncoil; to unfasten.
Shak.


word: Unliquidated
definition:
Unliquidated

Un*liq"ui*da`ted
(?)
a.
Not liquidated; not exactly ascertained; not adjusted or settled.

Unliquidated damages (Law), penalties or damages not ascertained in money. Burrill.


word: Unliquored
definition:
Unliquored

Un*liq"uored
(?)
a.
1.
Not moistened or wet with liquor; dry.
Unliquored
Bp. Hall.

2.
Not in liquor; not intoxicated; sober.

Like an unliquored Silenus.
Milton.


word: Unlive
definition:
Unlive

Un*live"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + live.]
To _;_;ve in a contrary manner, as a life; to live in a manner contrary to.
[R.]
Glanvill.


word: Unlived
definition:
Unlived

Un*lived"
(?)
a.
[See 1st pref. Un-, and Life, Live.]
Bereft or deprived of life.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Unload
definition:
Unload

Un*load"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + load.]
1.
To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast.

2.
Hence, to relieve from anything onerous.

3.
To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel.

4.
To draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun.

5.
To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of.
[Brokers' Cant, U. S.]


word: Unloader
definition:
Unloader

Un*load"er
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, unloads; a device for unloading, as hay from a wagon.


word: Unlocated
definition:
Unlocated

Un*lo"ca*ted
(?)
a.
1.
Not located or placed; not fixed in a place.

2.
Not surveyed, or designated by marks, limits, or boundaries, as appropriated to some individual, company, or corporation; as, unlocated lands.


word: Unlock
definition:
Unlock

Un*lock"
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. AS. unl_;can. See 1st Un-, and Lock, v. t.]
1.
To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest.

2.
To open, in general; to lay open; to undo.

Unlock your springs, and open all your shades.
Pope.

[Lord] unlock the spell of sin.
J. H. Newman.


word: Unlook
definition:
Unlook

Un*look"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + look.]
To recall or retract, as a look.
[R.]
Richardson.


word: Unlooked
definition:
Unlooked

Un*looked"
(?)
a.
[Pref. un- not + looked.]
Not observed or foreseen; unexpected; -- generally with for.
Unlooked
Denham.

She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all.
Pope.


word: Unloose
definition:
Unloose

Un*loose"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- (intensive) + loose.]
To make loose; to loosen; to set free.
Shak.


word: Unlord
definition:
Unlord

Un*lord"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + lord.]
To deprive of the rank or position of a lord.
Milton.


word: Unlorded
definition:
Unlorded

Un*lord"ed
a.
1.
[Properly p. p. of unlord.]
Deprived of the rank of a lord.

2.
[Pref. un- + lorded.]
Not raised to the rank of a lord.
Milton.


word: Unlovely
definition:
Unlovely

Un*love"ly
(?)
a.
Not lovely; not amiable; possessing qualities that excite dislike; disagreeable; displeasing; unpleasant.
Un*love"li*ness (#), n.


word: Unlucky
definition:
Unlucky

Un*luck"y
(?)
a.
1.
Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game.

&hand_; This word is properly applied to incidents in which failure results from chance or fortuity, as in games of hazard, rather than from lack or feebleness of effort.

2.
Bringing bad luck; ill-omened; inauspicious.

Haunt me not with that unlucky face.
Dryden.

3.
Mischievous; as, an unlucky wag.
[Colloq.]


word: Unlute
definition:
Unlute

Un*lute"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + lute.]
To separate, as things cemented or luted; to take the lute or the clay from.
Boyle.


word: Unmade
definition:
Unmade

Un*made"
(?)
a.
1.
[Pref. un- not + made.]
Not yet made or formed; as, an unmade grave.
Shak.

2.
[Properly p. p. of unmake.]
Deprived of form, character, etc.; disunited.


word: Unmagistrate
definition:
Unmagistrate

Un*mag"is*trate
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + magistrate.]
To divest of the office or authority of a magistrate.
[Obs.]
Milton.


word: Unmake
definition:
Unmake

Un*make"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + make.]
To destroy the form and qualities of; to deprive of being; to uncreate.

God does not make or unmake things to try experiments.
T. Burnet.


word: Unman
definition:
Unman

Un*man"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + man.]

1.
To deprive of the distinctive qualities of a human being, as reason, or the like.
[R.]
South.

2.
To emasculate; to deprive of virility.

3.
To deprive of the courage and fortitude of a man; to break or subdue the manly spirit in; to cause to despond; to dishearten; to make womanish.

Let's not unman each other.
Byron.

4.
To deprive of men; as, to unman a ship.


word: Unmanned
definition:
Unmanned

Un*manned"
(?)
a.
1.
[Properly p. p. of unman.]
Deprived of manly qualities; deficient in vigor, strength, courage, etc.; weak; effeminate.

2.
[Pref. un- not + man + -ed.]
(Falconry)
Not tamed; not made familiar with, or subject to, man; -- also used figuratively.
[Obs.]

Hood my unmanned blood bating in my cheeks
With thy black mantle.
Shak.

3.
[Pref. un- not + manned.]
Not furnished with men; as, an unmanned ship.


word: Unmannerly
definition:
Unmannerly

Un*man"ner*ly
(?)
a.
Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude.
adv. Uncivilly; rudely.
Un*man"ner*li*ness (#), n.


word: Unmantle
definition:
Unmantle

Un*man"tle
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + mantle.]
To divest of a mantle; to uncover.

Nay, she said, but I will unmantle you.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Unmarry
definition:
Unmarry

Un*mar"ry
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + marry.]
To annul the marriage of; to divorce.
Milton.


word: Unmartyr
definition:
Unmartyr

Un*mar"tyr
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + martyr.]
To degrade from the rank of a martyr.
[Obs.]
Fuller.


word: Unmask
definition:
Unmask

Un*mask"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + mask.]
To strip of a mask or disguise; to lay open; to expose.


word: Unmasterable
definition:
Unmasterable

Un*mas"ter*a*ble
(?)
a.
Incapable of being mastered or subdued.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Unmeaning
definition:
Unmeaning

Un*mean"ing
(?)
a.
1.
Having no meaning or signification; as, unmeaning words.

2.
Not indicating intelligence or sense; senseless; expressionless; as, an unmeaning face.

There pride sits blazoned on the unmeaning brow.
Trumbull.


word: Unmeasurable
definition:
Unmeasurable

Un*meas"ur*a*ble
(?)
a.
Immeasurable.
Swift.
Un*meas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*meas"ur*a*bly, adv.


word: Unmechanize
definition:
Unmechanize

Un*mech"an*ize
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + mechanize.]

1.
To undo the mechanism of; to unmake; as, to unmechanize a structure.
[Obs.]
Sterne.


word: Unmeet
definition:
Unmeet

Un*meet"
(?)
a.
Not meet or fit; not proper; unbecoming; unsuitable; -- usually followed by for.
Unmeet
Tennyson.

And all unmeet our carpet floors.
Emerson.


word: Unmerchantable
definition:
Unmerchantable

Un*mer"chant*a*ble
(?)
a.
(Com.)
Not merchantable; not fit for market; being of a kind, quality, or quantity that is unsalable.
McElrath.


word: Unmerciful
definition:
Unmerciful

Un*mer"ci*ful
(?)
a.
Not merciful; indisposed to mercy or grace; cruel; inhuman; merciless; unkind.
Un*mer"ci*ful*ly, adv. -- Un*mer"ci*ful*ness, n.


word: Unmerciless
definition:
Unmerciless

Un*mer"ci*less
a.
[Pref. un- (intensive) + merciless.]
Utterly merciless.
[Obs.]
Joye.


word: Unmew
definition:
Unmew

Un*mew"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + mew to confine.]
To release from confinement or restraint.
Keats.


word: Unmistakable
definition:
Unmistakable

Un`mis*tak"a*ble
(?)
a.
Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident.
Un`mis*tak"a*bly, adv.


word: Unmitre
definition:
Unmitre

Unmiter

{ Un*mi"ter, Un*mi"tre (?) }
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + miter.]
To deprive of a miter; to depose or degrade from the rank of a bishop.
Milton.


word: Unmould
definition:
Unmould

Unmold

{ Un*mold", Un*mould"  }
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + mold.]
To change the form of; to reduce from any form.
Unmolding
Milton.


word: Unmonopolize
definition:
Unmonopolize

Un`mo*nop"o*lize
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + monopolize.]
To recover or release from the state of being monopolized.
[R.]

Unmonopolizing the rewards of learning and industry.
Milton.


word: Unmoor
definition:
Unmoor

Un*moor"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + moor.]
(Naut.)
(a)
To cause to ride with one anchor less than before, after having been moored by two or more anchors.
(b)
To loose from anchorage. See Moor, v. t.


word: Unmoral
definition:
Unmoral

Un*mor"al
(?)
a.
Having no moral perception, quality, or relation; involving no idea of morality; -- distinguished from both moral and immoral.
Un`mo*ral"i*ty (#), n.


word: Unmortise
definition:
Unmortise

Un*mor"tise
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + mortise.]
To loosen, unfix, or separate, as things mortised together.
Tennyson.


word: Un-Mosaic
definition:
Un-Mosaic

Un`-Mo*sa"ic
(?)
a.
Not according to Moses; unlike Moses or his works.

By this reckoning Moses should be most un Mosaic.
Milton.


word: Unmuffle
definition:
Unmuffle

Un*muf"fle
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + muffle.]

1.
To take a covering from, as the face; to uncover.

2.
To remove the muffling of, as a drum.


word: Unmuzzle
definition:
Unmuzzle

Un*muz"zle
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + muzzle.]
To loose from a muzzle; to remove a muzzle from.


word: Unnail
definition:
Unnail

Un*nail"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + nail.]
To remove the nails from; to unfasten by removing nails.


word: Unnapped
definition:
Unnapped

Un*napped"
(?)
a.
Finished without a nap.

I did not attempt her with a threadbare name,
Unnapped with meritorious actions.
Beau. & Fl.


word: Unnatural
definition:
Unnatural

Un*nat"u*ral
(?; 135)
a.
Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes.


word: Unnature
definition:
Unnature

Un*na"ture
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + nature.]
To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature.
[Obs.]

A right heavenly nature, indeed, as if were unnaturing them, doth so bridle them [the elements].
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Unnature₂
definition:
Unnature

Un*na"ture
n.
[Pref. un- not + nature.]
The contrary of nature; that which is unnatural.
[R.]

So as to be rather unnature, after all, than nature.
H. Bushnell.


word: Unnear
definition:
Unnear

Un*near"
(?)
prep.
Not near; not close to; at a distance from.
[Obs.]
Davies (Muse's Sacrifice).


word: Unnecessary
definition:
Unnecessary

Un*nec"es*sa*ry
(?)
a.
Not necessary; not required under the circumstances; unless; needless; as, unnecessary labor, care, or rigor.
Un*nec"es*sa*ri*ly (#), adv. -- Un*nec"es*sa*ri*ness, n.


word: Unneighborly
definition:
Unneighborly

Un*neigh"bor*ly
(?)
a.
Not neighborly; distant; reserved; solitary; exclusive.
adv. Not in a neighborly manner.
Shak.


word: Unnerve
definition:
Unnerve

Un*nerve"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + nerve.]
To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to unnerve the arm.

Unequal match'd, . . . 
The unnerved father falls.
Shak.


word: Unnest
definition:
Unnest

Un*nest
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + nest.]
To eject from a nest; to unnestle.
[R.]
T. Adams.


word: Unnethes
definition:
Unnethes

Unnethe

{ Un*nethe" (?), Un*nethes" (?), }
adv.
With difficulty. See Uneath.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Unnotify
definition:
Unnotify

Un*no"ti*fy
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + notify.]
To retract or withdraw a notice of.
Walpole.


word: Unnun
definition:
Unnun

Un*nun"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + nun.]
To remove from condition of being a nun.
[R.]

Many did quickly unnun and disfriar themselves.
Fuller.


word: Unobtrusive
definition:
Unobtrusive

Un`ob*tru"sive
(?)
a.
Not obtrusive; not presuming; modest.
Un`ob*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- Un`ob*tru"sive*ness, n.


word: Unordinate
definition:
Unordinate

Un*or"di*nate
(?)
a.
Disorderly; irregular; inordinate.
[R.]
Un*or"di*nate*ly, adv. [R.]


word: Unorganized
definition:
Unorganized

Un*or"gan*ized
(?)
a.
Not organized; being without organic structure; specifically (Biol.), not having the different tissues and organs characteristic of living organisms, nor the power of growth and development; as, the unorganized ferments. See the Note under Ferment, n., 1.


word: Unoriginated
definition:
Unoriginated

Un`o*rig"i*na`ted
(?)
a.
1.
Not originated; existing from all eternity.
F. W. Newman.

2.
Not yet caused to be, or to be made; as, possible inventions still unoriginated.


word: Unowned
definition:
Unowned

Un*own"ed
(?)
a.
[Pref. un- not + (sense 1) owned possessed, and (sense 2) owned granted, acknowledged.]

1.
Not owned; having no owner.
Milton.

2.
Not acknowledged; not avowed.
Gay.


word: Unpack
definition:
Unpack

Un*pack"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + pack.]

1.
To separate and remove, as things packed; to open and remove the contents of; as, to unpack a trunk.

2.
To relieve of a pack or burden.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Unpaganize
definition:
Unpaganize

Un*pa"gan*ize
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + paganize.]
To cause to cease to be pagan; to divest of pagan character.
[R.]
Cudworth.


word: Unpaint
definition:
Unpaint

Un*paint"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + paint.]
To remove the paint from; to efface, as a painting.
Parnell.


word: Unpaired
definition:
Unpaired

Un*paired
(?)
a.
Not paired; not suited or matched.

And minds unpaired had better think alone.
Crabbe.


word: Unpannel
definition:
Unpannel

Un*pan"nel
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + pannel.]
To take the saddle off; to unsaddle.
[Obs.]
Jervas.


word: Unparadise
definition:
Unparadise

Un*par"a*dise
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + paradise.]
To deprive of happiness like that of paradise; to render unhappy.
[R.]
Young.


word: Unparagoned
definition:
Unparagoned

Un*par"a*goned
(?)
a.
Having no paragon or equal; matchless; peerless.
[R.]

Your unparagoned mistress is dead.
Shak.


word: Unparalleled
definition:
Unparalleled

Un*par"al*leled
(?)
a.
Having no parallel, or equal; unequaled; unmatched.

The unparalleled perseverance of the armies of the United States, under every suffering and discouragement, was little short of a miracle.
Washington.


word: Unparched
definition:
Unparched

Un*parched"
(?)
a.
[Pref. un- not (intensive) parched.]
Dried up; withered by heat.
[Obs.]
unparched
 Crashaw.


word: Unparliamentary
definition:
Unparliamentary

Un*par`lia*men"ta*ry
(?)
a.
Not parliamentary; contrary to the practice of parliamentary bodies.
Un*par`lia*men"ta*ri*ness (#), n.


word: Unpastor
definition:
Unpastor

Un*pas"tor
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + pastor.]
To cause to be no longer pastor; to deprive of pastorship.
[R.]
Fuller.


word: Unpaved
definition:
Unpaved

Un*paved"
(?)
a.
1.
Not paved; not furnished with a pavement.
Hakewill.

2.
Castrated.
[Obs.]
Unpaved
Shak.


word: Unpeeled
definition:
Unpeeled

Un*peeled
(?)
a.
1.
[1st pref. un- (intensive) + peel.]
Thoroughly stripped; pillaged.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
[Pref. un- not + peeled.]
Not peeled.


word: Unpeg
definition:
Unpeg

Un*peg"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + peg.]
To remove a peg or pegs from; to unfasten; to open.
Shak.


word: Unpen
definition:
Unpen

Un*pen"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + pen.]
To release from a pen or from confinement.
unpens
Blackstone.


word: Unpeople
definition:
Unpeople

Un*peo"ple
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + people.]
To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate.
Shak.


word: Unperfect
definition:
Unperfect

Un*per"fect
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + perfect.]
To mar or destroy the perfection of.
[Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Unperfect₂
definition:
Unperfect

Un*per"fect
(?)
a.
[Pref. un- + perfect.]
Imperfect.
[Obs.]
Holland.
Un*per"fect*ly, adv. [Obs.] Hales. -- Un*per"fect*ness, n. [Obs.]


word: Unpersuasion
definition:
Unpersuasion

Un`per*sua"sion
(?)
n.
The state of not being persuaded; disbelief; doubt.
[R.]
Abp. Leighton.


word: Unpervert
definition:
Unpervert

Un`per*vert
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + pervert.]
To free from perversion; to deliver from being perverted; to reconvert.
[Obs.]


word: Unphilosophize
definition:
Unphilosophize

Un`phi*los"o*phize
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + philosophize.]
To degrade from the character of a philosopher.
[R.]
Pope.


word: Unpicked
definition:
Unpicked

Un*picked"
(?)
a.
[Properly p. p. of unpick.]
Picked out; picked open.

2.
[Pref. un- not + picked.]
Not picked.
Milton.


word: Unpin
definition:
Unpin

Un*pin"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + pin.]
To loose from pins; to remove the pins from; to unfasten; as, to unpin a frock; to unpin a frame.


word: Unpinion
definition:
Unpinion

Un*pin"ion
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + pinion.]
To loose from pinions or manacles; to free from restraint.
Goldsmith.


word: Unpitious
definition:
Unpitious

Un*pi"tious
(?)
a.
1.
Impious; wicked.
[Obs.]
unpitous
Wyclif (Prov. xv. 8).

2.
Destitute of pity; pitiless.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Unplat
definition:
Unplat

Un*plat"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + plat.]
To take out the folds or twists of, as something previously platted; to unfold; to unwreathe.


word: Unpleaded
definition:
Unpleaded

Un*plead"ed
(?)
a.
1.
Not used as a plea; not urged; as, an unpleaded excuse.

2.
Not supported by pleas; undefended; as, an unpleaded suit.


word: Unpleasant
definition:
Unpleasant

Un*pleas"ant
(?)
a.
Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive.
Un*pleas"ant*ly, adv. -- Un*pleas"ant*ness, n.


word: Unpleasantry
definition:
Unpleasantry

Un*pleas"ant*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Unpleasantries (_;).

1.
Want of pleasantry.
[R.]

2.
A state of disagreement; a falling out.
Thackeray.


word: Unpleat
definition:
Unpleat

Un*pleat"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + pleat.]
To remove the plaits of; to smooth.
W. Browne.


word: Unplight
definition:
Unplight

Un*plight"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + plight.]
To unfold; to lay open; to explain.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Unplumb
definition:
Unplumb

Un*plumb"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + plumb.]
To deprive of lead, as of a leaden coffin.
[R.]
Burke.


word: Unplume
definition:
Unplume

Un*plume"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + plume.]
To strip of plumes or feathers; hence, to humiliate.


word: Unpoised
definition:
Unpoised

Un*poised"
(?)
a.
1.
Not poised or balanced.

2.
Not poised or weighed; hence, regardless of consequences; unhesitating.
[Obs.]
Marston.


word: Unpoison
definition:
Unpoison

Un*poi"son
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + poison.]
To remove or expel poison from.
[Obs.]
South.


word: Unpolicied
definition:
Unpolicied

Un*pol"i*cied
(?)
a.
1.
Not having civil polity, or a regular form of government.

2.
Impolitic; imprudent.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Unpolite
definition:
Unpolite

Un`po*lite"
(?)
a.
Not polite; impolite; rude.
Un`po*lite"ly, adv. -- Un`po*lite"ness, n.


word: Unpolled
definition:
Unpolled

Un*polled"
(?)
a.
Not polled.
(a)
Not enumerated or registered; as, an unpolled vote or voter.
(b)
Not plundered.
[Obs.]
Unpoll'd
Fanshawe.


word: Unpope
definition:
Unpope

Un*pope"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + pope.]
1.
To divest of the character, office, or authority of a pope.

2.
To deprive of a pope.
[Obs.]

Rome will never so far unpope herself as to part with her pretended supremacy.
Fuller.


word: Unpossess
definition:
Unpossess

Un`pos*sess"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + possess.]
To be without, or to resign, possession of.
[Obs.]


word: Unpractical
definition:
Unpractical

Un*prac"ti*cal
(?)
a.
Not practical; impractical.
Unpractical
H. James.

I like him none the less for being unpractical.
Lowell.


word: Unpraise
definition:
Unpraise

Un*praise"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + praise.]
To withhold praise from; to deprive of praise.
[R.]


word: Unpray
definition:
Unpray

Un*pray
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + pray.]
To revoke or annul by prayer, as something previously prayed for.
[R.]
Sir M. Hale.


word: Unpreach
definition:
Unpreach

Un*preach"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + preach.]
To undo or overthrow by preaching.
[R.]
De Foe.


word: Unprecedented
definition:
Unprecedented

Un*prec"e*dent*ed
(?)
a.
Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case; not having the authority of prior example; novel; new; unexampled.
Un*prec"e*dent*ed*ly, adv.


word: Unpredict
definition:
Unpredict

Un`pre*dict"
(?)
v. i.
[1st pref. un- + predict.]
To retract or falsify a previous prediction.
Milton.


word: Unprejudiced
definition:
Unprejudiced

Un*prej"u*diced
(?)
a.
1.
Not prejudiced; free from undue bias or prepossession; not preoccupied by opinion; impartial; as, an unprejudiced mind; an unprejudiced judge.

2.
Not warped or biased by prejudice; as, an unprejudiced judgment.


word: Unprevented
definition:
Unprevented

Un`pre*vent"ed
(?)
a.
1.
Not prevented or hindered; as, unprevented sorrows.
Shak.

2.
Not preceded by anything.
[Obs.]
Milton.


word: Unpriced
definition:
Unpriced

Un*priced"
(?)
a.
Not priced; being without a fixed or certain value; also, priceless.
unpriced
Neale (Rhythm of St. Bernard).


word: Unpriest
definition:
Unpriest

Un*priest"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + priest.]
To deprive of priesthood; to unfrock.
[R.]
Milton.


word: Unprince
definition:
Unprince

Un*prince"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + prince.]
To deprive of the character or authority of a prince; to divest of principality of sovereignty.
[R.]
Swift.


word: Unprinciple
definition:
Unprinciple

Un*prin"ci*ple
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + principle.]
To destroy the moral principles of.
[R.]


word: Unprincipled
definition:
Unprincipled

Un*prin"ci*pled
(?)
a.
[Pref. un- not + principled.]
Being without principles; especially, being without right moral principles; also, characterized by absence of principle.
Un*prin"ci*pled*ness, n.


word: Unprizable
definition:
Unprizable

Un*priz"a*ble
(?)
a.
1.
Not prized or valued; being without value.
[Obs.]

2.
Invaluable; being beyond estimation.
[Obs.]


word: Unprobably₂
definition:
Unprobably

Un*prob"a*bly
adv.
[Un- + L. probabilis approvable, fr. probare to approve.  Cf. Probable.]
In a manner not to be approved of; improperly.
[Obs. & R.]

To diminish, by the authority of wise and knowing men, things unjustly and unprobably crept in.
Strype.


word: Unpromise
definition:
Unpromise

Un*prom"ise
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + promise.]
To revoke or annul, as a promise.
Chapman.


word: Unprop
definition:
Unprop

Un*prop"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + prop.]
To remove a prop or props from; to deprive of support.


word: Unproselyte
definition:
Unproselyte

Un*pros"e*lyte
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + proselyte.]
To convert or recover from the state of a proselyte.
Fuller.


word: Unprotestantize
definition:
Unprotestantize

Un*prot"es*tant*ize
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + protestantize.]
To render other than Protestant; to cause to change from Protestantism to some other form of religion; to deprive of some Protestant feature or characteristic.

The attempt to unprotestantize the Church of England.
Froude.


word: Unprovide
definition:
Unprovide

Un`pro*vide
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + provide.]
To deprive of necessary provision; to unfurnish.

Lest her . . . beauty unprovide my mind again.
Shak.


word: Unpucker
definition:
Unpucker

Un*puck"er
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + pucker.]
To smooth away the puckers or wrinkles of.


word: Unpursed
definition:
Unpursed

Un*pursed"
(?)
a.
[1st pref. un- + purse + -ed.]

1.
Robbed of a purse, or of money.
[R.]
Pollock.

2.
Taken from the purse; expended.
[Obs.]
Gower.


word: Unqualitied
definition:
Unqualitied

Un*qual"i*tied
(?)
a.
[1st pref. un- + quality.]
Deprived of the usual faculties.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Unqueen
definition:
Unqueen

Un*queen"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + queen.]
To divest of the rank or authority of queen.
Shak.


word: Unquestionable
definition:
Unquestionable

Un*ques"tion*a*ble
(?)
a.
1.
Not questionable; as, an unquestionable title.

2.
Not inviting questions or conversation.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Unquestioned
definition:
Unquestioned

Un*ques"tioned
(?)
a.
1.
Not called in question; not doubted.

2.
Not interrogated; having no questions asked; not examined or examined into.
Shak.

She muttering prayers, as holy rites she meant,
Through the divided crowd unquestioned went.
Dryden.

3.
Indisputable; not to be opposed or impugned.

Their unquestioned pleasures must be served.
B. Jonson.


word: Unquiet₂
definition:
Unquiet

Un*qui"et
a.
[Pref. un- + quiet.]
Not quiet; restless; uneasy; agitated; disturbed.
Un*qui"et*ly, adv. -- Un*qui"et*ness, n.


word: Unravel
definition:
Unravel

Un*rav"el
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- (intensive) + ravel.]

1.
To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.

2.
Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot.

3.
To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse.
unraveled
Dryden.


word: Unread
definition:
Unread

Un*read"
(?)
a.
1.
Not read or perused; as, an unread book.
Hooker.

2.
Not versed in literature; illiterate.
Dryden.


word: Unready
definition:
Unready

Un*read"y
(?)
a.
1.
Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy.
Dryden.

Nor need the unready virgin strike her breast.
Keble.

2.
Not dressed; undressed.
[Obs.]


word: Unrealize
definition:
Unrealize

Un*re"al*ize
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + realize.]
To make unreal; to idealize.

His fancy . . . unrealizes everything at a touch.
Lowell.


word: Unreason
definition:
Unreason

Un*rea"son
(?)
n.
[Pref. un- not + reason.]
Want of reason; unreasonableness; absurdity.

Abbot of Unreason. See Abbot of Misrule, under Abbot.


word: Unreason₂
definition:
Unreason

Un*rea"son
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + reason.]
To undo, disprove, or refute by reasoning.
[Obs.]

To unreason the equity of God's proceedings.
South.


word: Unreasonable
definition:
Unreasonable

Un*rea"son*a*ble
(?)
a.
Not reasonable; irrational; immoderate; exorbitant.
Un*rea"son*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*rea"son*a*bly, adv.


word: Unreaved
definition:
Unreaved

Un*reaved"
(?)
a.
[See Un- not, and, for -reaved, cf. Rive, and AS. reófan to break.]
Not torn, split, or parted; not torn to pieces.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Unreeve
definition:
Unreeve

Un*reeve"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + reeve, v. t.]
(Naut.)
To withdraw, or take out, as a rope from a block, thimble, or the like.


word: Unreformation
definition:
Unreformation

Un*ref`or*ma"tion
(?)
n.
Want of reformation; state of being unreformed.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Unregenerated
definition:
Unregenerated

Unregenerate

{ Un`re*gen"er*ate (?), Un`re*gen"er*a`ted (?), }
a.
Not regenerated; not renewed in heart; remaining or being at enmity with God.


word: Unrein
definition:
Unrein

Un*rein"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + rein.]
To loosen the reins of; to remove restraint from.
Addison.


word: Unrelenting
definition:
Unrelenting

Un`re*lent"ing
(?)
a.
Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel.
Un`re*lent"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`re*lent"ing*ness, n.


word: Unreliable
definition:
Unreliable

Un`re*li"a*ble
(?)
a.
Not reliable; untrustworthy. See Reliable.
Un`re*li"a*ble*ness, n.

Alcibiades . . . was too unsteady, and (according to Mr. Coleridge's coinage) “unreliable;” or perhaps, in more correct English, too “unrelyuponable.”
De Quincey.


word: Unremitting
definition:
Unremitting

Un`re*mit"ting
(?)
a.
Not remitting; incessant; continued; persevering; as, unremitting exertions.
Cowper.
Un`re*mit"ting*ly, adv. -- Un`re*mit"ting*ness, n.


word: Unremorseless
definition:
Unremorseless

Un`re*morse"less
(?)
a.
[Pref. un- not (intensive) + remorseless.]
Utterly remorseless.
[Obs. & R.]
Unremorseless
Cowley.


word: Unreproved
definition:
Unreproved

Un`re*proved
(?)
a.
1.
Not reproved.
Sandys.

2.
Not having incurred reproof, blameless.
[Obs.]

In unreproved pleasures free.
Milton.


word: Unreserved
definition:
Unreserved

Un`re*served"
(?)
a.
Not reserved; not kept back; not withheld in part; unrestrained.
Un`re*serv"ed*ly (#), adv. -- Un`re*serv"ed*ness, n.


word: Unresisted
definition:
Unresisted

Un`re*sist"ed
a.
1.
Not resisted; unopposed.
Bentley.

2.
Resistless; as, unresisted fate.
[R.]
Pope.


word: Unrest
definition:
Unrest

Un*rest"
(?)
n.
Want of rest or repose; unquietness; sleeplessness; uneasiness; disquietude.

Is this, quoth she, the cause of your unrest!
Chaucer.

Can calm despair and wild unrest
Be tenants of a single breast?
Tennyson.


word: Unriddle
definition:
Unriddle

Un*rid"dle
(?)
v. t. & i.
[1st pref. un- + riddle.]
To read the riddle of; to solve or explain; as, to unriddle an enigma or a mystery.
Macaulay.

And where you can't unriddle, learn to trust.
Parnell.


word: Unrig
definition:
Unrig

Un*rig"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + rig.]
(Naut.)
To strip of rigging; as, to unrig a ship.
Totten.


word: Unright₃
definition:
Unright

Un*right"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + right.]
To cause (something right) to become wrong.
[Obs.]
Gower.


word: Unrighteous
definition:
Unrighteous

Un*right"eous
(?)
a.
[OE. unrightwise, AS. unrihtwīs. See Un- not, and Righteous.]

1.
Not righteous; evil; wicked; sinful; as, an unrighteous man.

2.
Contrary to law and equity; unjust; as, an unrighteous decree or sentence.


word: Unripe
definition:
Unripe

Un*ripe"
(?)
a.
1.
Not ripe; as, unripe fruit.

2.
Developing too early; premature.
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Unrivaled
definition:
Unrivaled

Un*ri"valed
(?)
a.
Having no rival; without a competitor; peerless.
[Spelt also unrivalled.]
Pope.


word: Unrivet
definition:
Unrivet

Un*riv"et
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + rivet.]
To take out, or loose, the rivets of; as, to unrivet boiler plates.


word: Unrobe
definition:
Unrobe

Un*robe"
(?)
v. t. & i.
[1st pref. un- + robe.]
To disrobe; to undress; to take off the robes.


word: Unroll
definition:
Unroll

Un*roll"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + roll.]
[Written also unrol.]

1.
To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll cloth; to unroll a banner.

2.
To display; to reveal.
Dryden.

3.
To remove from a roll or register, as a name.

If I make not this cheat bring out another . . . let me be unrolled and my name put in the book of virtue!
Shak.


word: Un-Romanized
definition:
Un-Romanized

Un-Ro"man*ized
(?)
a.
1.
Not subjected to Roman arms or customs.
J. Whitaker.

2.
(Eccl.)
Not subjected to the principles or usages of the Roman Catholic Church.


word: Unroof
definition:
Unroof

Un*roof"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + roof.]
To strip off the roof or covering of, as a house.
Shak.


word: Unroofed
definition:
Unroofed

Un*roofed"
(?)
a.
1.
[Properly p. p. of unroof.]
Stripped of a roof, or similar covering.

Broken carriages, dead horses, unroofed cottages, all indicated the movements.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
[Pref. un- not + roofed.]
Not yet roofed.


word: Unroot
definition:
Unroot

Un*root"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + root.]
To tear up by the roots; to eradicate; to uproot.


word: Unrude
definition:
Unrude

Un*rude"
(?)
a.
[Pref. un- + rude. In sense 2 un- is intensive.]

1.
Not rude; polished.
Herrick.

2.
Excessively rude.
[Obs. & R.]
unrude
B. Jonson.


word: Unruffle
definition:
Unruffle

Un*ruf"fle
(?)
v. i.
[1st pref. un- + ruffle.]
To cease from being ruffled or agitated.
Dryden.


word: Unruffled
definition:
Unruffled

Un*ruf"fled
(?)
a.
[Pref. un- not + ruffled.]
Not ruffled or agitated; smooth; calm; tranquil; quiet.

Calm and unruffled as a summer's sea.
Addison.


word: Unruinated
definition:
Unruinated

Unruinate

{ Un*ru"in*ate (?), Un*ru"in*a`ted (?), }
a.
Not ruined or destroyed.
[Obs.]
Unruinated
Bp. Hall.


word: Unruled
definition:
Unruled

Un*ruled"
(?)
a.
1.
Not governed or controlled.
Unruled
Spenser.

2.
Not ruled or marked with lines; as, unruled paper.


word: Unruly
definition:
Unruly

Un*rul"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Unrulier (_;), superl. Unruliest.]
[Pref. un- not + rule.  Cf. Ruly.]
Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct.

But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
James iii. 8.


word: Unrumple
definition:
Unrumple

Un*rum"ple
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + rumple.]
To free from rumples; to spread or lay even,


word: Unsacrament
definition:
Unsacrament

Un*sac"ra*ment
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + sacrament.]
To deprive of sacramental character or efficacy; as, to unsacrament the rite of baptism.
[Obs.]


word: Unsad
definition:
Unsad

Un*sad"
(?)
a.
[AS. unsæd unsated, insatiable. See Un- not, and Sad.]
Unsteady; fickle.
[Obs.]

O, stormy people, unsad and ever untrue.
Chaucer.


word: Unsadden
definition:
Unsadden

Un*sad"den
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + sadden.]
To relieve from sadness; to cheer.
[R.]
Whitlock.


word: Unsaddle
definition:
Unsaddle

Un*sad"dle
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + saddle.]

1.
To strip of a saddle; to take the saddle from, as a horse.

2.
To throw from the saddle; to unhorse.


word: Unsafety
definition:
Unsafety

Un*safe"ty
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being in peril; absence of safety; insecurity.
Bacon.


word: Unsaint
definition:
Unsaint

Un*saint"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + saint.]
To deprive of saintship; to deny sanctity to.
[R.]
South.


word: Unsatiable
definition:
Unsatiable

Un*sa"ti*a*ble
(?)
a.
Insatiable.
[Obs.]
Hooker.
Un*sa"ti*a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.] -- Un*sa"ti*a*bly, adv. [Obs.]


word: Unsaturated
definition:
Unsaturated

Un*sat"u*ra`ted
(?)
a.
1.
Capable of absorbing or dissolving to a greater degree; as, an unsaturated solution.

2.
(Chem.)
Capable of taking up, or of uniting with, certain other elements or compounds, without the elimination of any side product; thus, aldehyde, ethylene, and ammonia are unsaturated; benzene has three unsaturated bonds.  The term is applied most commonly to compounds with a double or triple bond between two carbon atoms (as in ethylene).


word: Unsay
definition:
Unsay

Un*say
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + say.]
To recant or recall, as what has been said; to refract; to take back again; to make as if not said.

You can say and unsay things at pleasure.
Goldsmith.


word: Unscale
definition:
Unscale

Un*scale"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + scale.]
To divest of scales; to remove scales from.

[An eagle] purging and unscaling her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance.
Milton.


word: Unsceptred
definition:
Unsceptred

Unsceptered

{ Un*scep"tered, Un*scep"tred  }
(?)
a.
1.
[Pref. un- not + sceptered.]
Having no scepter.

2.
[1st pref. un- + scepter.]
Deprived of a scepter.


word: Unscience
definition:
Unscience

Un*sci"ence
(?)
n.
Want of science or knowledge; ignorance.
[Obs.]

If that any wight ween a thing to be otherwise than it is, it is not only unscience, but it is deceivable opinion.
Chaucer.


word: Unscrew
definition:
Unscrew

Un*screw"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + screw.]
To draw the screws from; to loose from screws; to loosen or withdraw (anything, as a screw) by turning it.


word: Unscrupulous
definition:
Unscrupulous

Un*scru"pu*lous
(?)
a.
Not scrupulous; unprincipled.
Un*scru"pu*lous*ly, adv. -- Un*scru"pu*lous*ness, n.


word: Unseal
definition:
Unseal

Un*seal"
(ŭn*sēl")
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + seal.]
1.
To break or remove the seal of; to open, as what is sealed; as, to unseal a letter.

Unable to unseal his lips beyond the width of a quarter of an inch.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
To disclose, as a secret.
[Obs.]
The Coronation.


word: Unseam
definition:
Unseam

Un*seam
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + seam.]
To open the seam or seams of; to rip; to cut; to cut open.
Shak.


word: Unsearchable
definition:
Unsearchable

Un*search"a*ble
(?)
a.
Not searchable; inscrutable; hidden; mysterious.

The counsels of God are to us unsearchable.
Rogers.


word: Unseason
definition:
Unseason

Un*sea"son
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + season.]

1.
To make unseasoned; to deprive of seasoning.

2.
To strike unseasonably; to affect disagreeably or unfavorably.
[Obs.]

Why do I send this rustic madrigal,
That may thy tuneful ear unseason quite?
Spenser.


word: Unseasonable
definition:
Unseasonable

Un*sea"son*a*ble
(?)
a.
Not seasonable; being, done, or occurring out of the proper season; ill-timed; untimely; too early or too late; as, he called at an unseasonable hour; unseasonable advice; unseasonable frosts; unseasonable food.
Un*sea"son*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*sea"son*a*bly, adv.


word: Unseat
definition:
Unseat

Un*seat"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + seat.]

1.
To throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat.
Cowper.

2.
Specifically, to deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election.
Macaulay.


word: Unseconded
definition:
Unseconded

Un*sec"ond*ed
(?)
a.
1.
Not seconded; not supported, aided, or assisted; as, the motion was unseconded; the attempt was unseconded.

2.
Not exemplified a second time.
[Obs.]
unseconded
Sir T. Browne.


word: Unsecret₂
definition:
Unsecret

Un*se"cret
a.
[Pref. un- not + secret.]
Not secret; not close; not trusty; indiscreet.
[Obs.]
unsecret
Shak.


word: Unsecularize
definition:
Unsecularize

Un*sec"u*lar*ize
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + secularize.]
To cause to become not secular; to detach from secular things; to alienate from the world.


word: Unseel
definition:
Unseel

Un*seel"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + seel.]
To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled; hence, to give light to; to enlighten.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Unseemliness
definition:
Unseemliness

Un*seem"li*ness
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being unseemly; unbecomingness.
Udall.


word: Unseemly
definition:
Unseemly

Un*seem"ly
a.
Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent.

An unseemly outbreak of temper.
Hawthorne.


word: Unsely
definition:
Unsely

Un*se"ly
(?)
a.
[AS. uns_;lig. See Un- not, and Silly.]
Not blessed or happy; wretched; unfortunate.
[Written also unsilly.]
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Un*se"li*ness, n. [Obs.] Chaucer.


word: Unseminared
definition:
Unseminared

Un*sem"i*nared
(?)
a.
[See 1st Un-, and Semen.]
Deprived of virility, or seminal energy; made a eunuch.
[Obs.]


word: Unsensed
definition:
Unsensed

Un*sensed
(?)
a.
Wanting a distinct meaning; having no certain signification.
[R.]
Puller.


word: Unsensualize
definition:
Unsensualize

Un*sen"su*al*ize
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + sensualize.]
To elevate from the domain of the senses; to purify.
Coleridge.


word: Unsettle
definition:
Unsettle

Un*set"tle
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + settle.]
To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse.


word: Unsettlement
definition:
Unsettlement

Un*set"tle*ment
(?)
n.
The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled; disturbance.
J. H. Newman.


word: Unseven
definition:
Unseven

Un*sev"en
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + seven.]
To render other than seven; to make to be no longer seven.
[Obs. & R.]
unseven
Fuller.


word: Unsew
definition:
Unsew

Un*sew"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + sew.]
To undo, as something sewn, or something inclosed by sewing; to rip apart; to take out the stitches of.


word: Unsex
definition:
Unsex

Un*sex"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Unsexed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Unsexing.]
[1st pref. un- + sex.]
To deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex; esp., to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or the like; as, to unsex a woman.


word: Unshackle
definition:
Unshackle

Un*shac"kle
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + shackle.]
To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter.
Addison.


word: Unshale
definition:
Unshale

Un*shale"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + shale.]
To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover.
[Obs.]

I will not unshale the jest before it be ripe.
Marston.


word: Unshape
definition:
Unshape

Un*shape
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + shape.]
To deprive of shape, or of proper shape; to disorder; to confound; to derange.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Unshapen
definition:
Unshapen

Unshaped

{ Un*shaped" (?), Un*shap"en (?), }
a.
[Pref. un- not + shaped, shapen.]
Not shaped; shapeless; misshapen; deformed; ugly.


word: Unsheathe
definition:
Unsheathe

Un*sheathe"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + sheath.]
To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword.

To unsheathe the sword, to make war.


word: Unshed
definition:
Unshed

Un*shed"
(?)
a.
1.
Not parted or divided, as the hair.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

2.
Not spilt, or made to flow, as blood or tears.
Milton.


word: Unshell
definition:
Unshell

Un*shell"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + shell.]
To strip the shell from; to take out of the shell; to hatch.


word: Unsheriff
definition:
Unsheriff

Un*sher"iff
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + sheriff.]
To depose from the office of sheriff.
[R.]


word: Unship
definition:
Unship

Un*ship"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + ship.]

1.
To take out of a ship or vessel; as, to unship goods.

2.
(Naut.)
To remove or detach, as any part or implement, from its proper position or connection when in use; as, to unship an oar; to unship capstan bars; to unship the tiller.


word: Unshipment
definition:
Unshipment

Un*ship"ment
(?)
n.
The act of unshipping, or the state of being unshipped; displacement.


word: Unshot
definition:
Unshot

Un*shot"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + shot.]
To remove the shot from, as from a shotted gun; to unload.


word: Unshout
definition:
Unshout

Un*shout"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + shout.]
To recall what is done by shouting.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Unshroud
definition:
Unshroud

Un*shroud"
(_;)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + shroud.]
To remove the shroud from; to uncover.
P. Fletcher.


word: Unshutter
definition:
Unshutter

Un*shut"ter
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + shutter.]
To open or remove the shutters of.
T. Hughes.


word: Unsight
definition:
Unsight

Un*sight"
(?)
a.
Doing or done without sight; not seeing or examining.
[Colloq.]

Unsight unseen, a colloquial phrase, denoting unseeing unseen, or unseen repeated; as, to buy a thing unsight unseen, that is, without seeing it.

For to subscribe, unsight, unseen,
To a new church discipline.
Hudibras.

There was a great confluence of chapmen, that resorted from every part, with a design to purchase, which they were to do “unsight unseen.”
Spectator.


word: Unsighted
definition:
Unsighted

Un*sight"ed
a.
1.
Not sighted, or seen.
Suckling.

2.
(Gun.)
Not aimed by means of a sight; also, not furnished with a sight, or with a properly adjusted sight; as, to shoot and unsighted rife or cannon.


word: Unsin
definition:
Unsin

Un*sin"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + sin.]
To deprive of sinfulness, as a sin; to make sinless.
[Obs.]
Feltham.


word: Unsincere
definition:
Unsincere

Un`sin*cere"
(?)
a.
Not sincere or pure; insincere.
[Obs.]
Dryden.
Un`sin*cere"ness, n. [Obs.]


word: Unsincerity
definition:
Unsincerity

Un`sin*cer"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being unsincere or impure; insincerity.
[Obs.]
Boyle.


word: Unsinew
definition:
Unsinew

Un*sin"ew
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + sinew.]
To deprive of sinews or of strength.
[R.]
Dryden.


word: Unsister
definition:
Unsister

Un*sis"ter
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + sister.]
To separate, as sisters; to disjoin.
[Poetic & R.]
Tennyson.


word: Unskillful
definition:
Unskillful

Un*skill"ful
(?)
a.
[Spelt also unskilful.]

1.
Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician.

2.
Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant.

Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not but make the judicious grieve.
Shak.


word: Unsling
definition:
Unsling

Un*sling"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + sling.]
(Naut.)
To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; to release from the slings.
Totten.


word: Unsluice
definition:
Unsluice

Un*sluice"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + sluice.]
To sluice; to open the sluice or sluices of; to let flow; to discharge.
Dryden.


word: Unsociable
definition:
Unsociable

Un*so"cia*ble
(?)
a.
Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; reserved; as, an unsociable person or temper.
Un*so"cia*ble*ness, n. -- Un*so"cia*bly, adv.


word: Unsoft₂
definition:
Unsoft

Un*soft"
adv.
[AS. uns_;fte. See Un- not, and Soft.]
Not softly.
[Obs.]

Great climbers fall unsoft.
Spenser.


word: Unsolder
definition:
Unsolder

Un*sol"der
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + solder.]
To separate or disunite, as what has been soldered; hence, to divide; to sunder.
[Formerly written also unsoder.]
Tennyson.


word: Unsoldiered
definition:
Unsoldiered

Un*sol"diered
(?; 106)
a.
Not equipped like a soldier; unsoldierlike.
[Obs.]
J. Fletcher.


word: Unsonable
definition:
Unsonable

Un*so"na*ble
(?)
a.
[Pref. un- + L. sonabilis sounding, from sonare to sound.]
Incapable of being sounded.
[Obs.]


word: Unsophisticated
definition:
Unsophisticated

Unsophisticate

{ Un`so*phis"ti*cate (?), Un`so*phis"ti*ca`ted (?), }
a.
Not sophisticated; pure; innocent; genuine.


word: Unsorted
definition:
Unsorted

Un*sort"ed
(?)
a.
1.
Not sorted; not classified; as, a lot of unsorted goods.

2.
Not well selected; ill-chosen.

The purpose you undertake is dangerous; the friends you named uncertain; the time itself unsorted.
Shak.


word: Unsoul
definition:
Unsoul

Un*soul"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + soul.]
To deprive of soul, spirit, or principle.
[R.]
Shelton.


word: Unspar
definition:
Unspar

Un*spar"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + spar.]
To take the spars, stakes, or bars from.
[R.]
Sir W. Scott.


word: Unsparing
definition:
Unsparing

Un*spar"ing
(?)
a.
[Pref. un- not + sparing, p. pr. of spare.]

1.
Not sparing; not parsimonious; liberal; profuse.
Burke.

2.
Not merciful or forgiving.
[R.]
Milton.


word: Unspeak
definition:
Unspeak

Un*speak"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + speak.]
To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Unspeakable
definition:
Unspeakable

Un*speak"a*ble
(?)
a.
[Pref. un- not + speakable.]
Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage.
Un*speak"a*bly, adv.

Ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.
1 Pet. i. 8.


word: Unspecialized
definition:
Unspecialized

Un*spe"cial*ized
(?)
a.
Not specialized; specifically (Biol.), not adapted, or set apart, for any particular purpose or function; as, an unspecialized unicellular organism.
W. K. Brooks.


word: Unspell
definition:
Unspell

Un*spell"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + spell.]
To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant.
[R.]

Such practices as these, . . . 
The more judicious Israelites unspelled.
Dryden.


word: Unsphere
definition:
Unsphere

Un*sphere"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + sphere.]
To remove, as a planet, from its sphere or orb.
Shak.


word: Unspike
definition:
Unspike

Un*spike"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + spike.]
To remove a spike from, as from the vent of a cannon.


word: Unspiritalize
definition:
Unspiritalize

Un*spir"it*al*ize
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + spiritualize.]
To deprive of spiritually.
South.


word: Unspotted
definition:
Unspotted

Un*spot"ted
(?)
a.
Not spotted; free from spot or stain; especially, free from moral stain; unblemished; immaculate; as, an unspotted reputation.
Un*spot"ted*ness, n.


word: Unsquire
definition:
Unsquire

Un*squire"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + squire.]
To divest of the title or privilege of an esquire.
Swift.


word: Unstable
definition:
Unstable

Un*sta"ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. Instable.]
Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.
Un*sta"ble*ness, n. Chaucer.

Unstable equilibrium. See Stable equilibrium, under Stable.


word: Unstack
definition:
Unstack

Un*stack"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + stack.]
To remove, or take away, from a stack; to remove, as something constituting a stack.


word: Unstate
definition:
Unstate

Un*state"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + state.]
To deprive of state or dignity.
[R.]

High-battled Caesar will unstate his happiness.
Shak.


word: Unstick
definition:
Unstick

Un*stick"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + stick.]
To release, as one thing stuck to another.
Richardson.


word: Unsting
definition:
Unsting

Un*sting"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + sting.]
To disarm of a sting; to remove the sting of.
[R.]
unsting
J. M. Mason.


word: Unstitch
definition:
Unstitch

Un*stitch"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + stitch.]
To open by picking out stitches; to take out, or undo, the stitches of; as, to unstitch a seam.
Collier.


word: Unstock
definition:
Unstock

Un*stock"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + stock.]

1.
To deprive of a stock; to remove the stock from; to loose from that which fixes, or holds fast.

2.
To remove from the stocks, as a ship.


word: Unstockinged
definition:
Unstockinged

Un*stock"inged
(?)
a.
1.
[Pref. un- not + stocking.]
Destitute of stockings.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
[1st pref. un- + stocking.]
Deprived of stockings.


word: Unstop
definition:
Unstop

Un*stop"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + stop.]

1.
To take the stopple or stopper from; as, to unstop a bottle or a cask.

2.
To free from any obstruction; to open.


word: Unstrain
definition:
Unstrain

Un*strain"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + strain.]
To relieve from a strain; to relax.
B. Jonson.


word: Unstrained
definition:
Unstrained

Un*strained"
(?)
a.
[Pref. un- not + strain.]
1.
Not strained; not cleared or purified by straining; as, unstrained oil or milk.

2.
Not forced; easy; natural; as, a unstrained deduction or inference.
Hakewill.


word: Unstratified
definition:
Unstratified

Un*strat"i*fied
(?)
a.
(Geol.)
Not stratified; -- applied to massive rocks, as granite, porphyry, etc., and also to deposits of loose material, as the glacial till, which occur in masses without layers or strata.


word: Unstring
definition:
Unstring

Un*string"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + string.]

1.
To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string; as, to unstring beads.

2.
To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp or a bow.

3.
To relax the tension of; to loosen.
unstring
Dryden.
Used also figuratively; as, his nerves were unstrung by fear.


word: Unstriped
definition:
Unstriped

Un*striped"
(?)
a.
1.
Not striped.

2.
(Nat. Hist.)
Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as, unstriped muscle fibers.


word: Unstudied
definition:
Unstudied

Un*stud"ied
(?)
a.
1.
Not studied; not acquired by study; unlabored; natural.

2.
Not skilled; unversed; -- followed by in.

3.
Not spent in study.
[Obs.]
unstudied
Milton.


word: Unsubstantialize
definition:
Unsubstantialize

Un`sub*stan"tial*ize
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + substantialize.]
To make unsubstantial.
[R.]


word: Unsubstantiation
definition:
Unsubstantiation

Un`sub*stan`ti*a"tion
(?)
n.
[1st pref. un- + substantiation.]
A divesting of substantiality.


word: Unsuccessful
definition:
Unsuccessful

Un`suc*cess"ful
(?)
a.
Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy.
Un`suc*cess"ful*ly, adv. -- Un`suc*cess"ful*ness, n.


word: Unsuffering
definition:
Unsuffering

Un*suf"fer*ing
n.
Inability or incapability of enduring, or of being endured.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.


word: Unsufficiency
definition:
Unsufficiency

Unsufficience

{ Un`suf*fi"cience (?), Un`suf*fi"cien*cy (?), }
n.
Insufficiency.
[Obs.]
Hooker.


word: Unsupportable
definition:
Unsupportable

Un`sup*port"a*ble
(?)
a.
Insupportable; unendurable.
Un`sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. Bp. Wilkins. -- Un`sup*port"a*bly, adv.


word: Unswathe
definition:
Unswathe

Un*swathe"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + swathe.]
To take a swathe from; to relieve from a bandage; to unswaddle.
Addison.


word: Unswear
definition:
Unswear

Un*swear"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + swear.]
To recant or recall, as an oath; to recall after having sworn; to abjure.
J. Fletcher.


word: Unsweat
definition:
Unsweat

Un*sweat"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + sweat.]
To relieve from perspiration; to ease or cool after exercise or toil.
[R.]
Milton.


word: Unswell
definition:
Unswell

Un*swell"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + swell.]
To sink from a swollen state; to subside.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Unsymmetrical
definition:
Unsymmetrical

Un`sym*met"ric*al
(?)
a.
1.
Wanting in symmetry, or due proportion of parts.

2.
(Biol.)
Not symmetrical; being without symmetry, as the parts of a flower when similar parts are of different size and shape, or when the parts of successive circles differ in number. See Symmetry.

3.
(Chem.)
Being without symmetry of chemical structure or relation; as, an unsymmetrical carbon atom.

Unsymmetrical carbon atom (Chem.), one which is united at once to four different atoms or radicals. This condition usually occasions physical isomerism, with the attendant action on polarized light.


word: Untack
definition:
Untack

Un*tack"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + tack.]
To separate, as what is tacked; to disjoin; to release.

being untacked from honest cares.
Barrow.


word: Untackle
definition:
Untackle

Un*tac"kle
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + tackle.]
To unbitch; to unharness.
[Colloq.]
Tusser.


word: Untangle
definition:
Untangle

Un*tan"gle
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + tangle.]
To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread.

Untangle but this cruel chain.
Prior.


word: Untappice
definition:
Untappice

Un*tap"pice
(?)
v. i.
[1st pref. un- + tappice.]
to come out of concealment.
[Obs.]
Massinger.


word: Untaste
definition:
Untaste

Un*taste"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + taste.]
To deprive of a taste for a thing.
[R.]
Daniel.


word: Unteach
definition:
Unteach

Un*teach"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + teach.]

1.
To cause to forget, or to lose from memory, or to disbelieve what has been taught.

Experience will unteach us.
Sir T. Browne.

One breast laid open were a school
Which would unteach mankind the lust to shine or rule.
Byron.

2.
To cause to be forgotten; as, to unteach what has been learned.
Dryden.


word: Untemper
definition:
Untemper

Un*tem"per
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + temper.]
To deprive of temper, or of the proper degree of temper; to make soft.


word: Untented
definition:
Untented

Un*tent"ed
a.
[Pref. un- not + tent a covering.]
Having no tent or tents, as a soldier or a field.


word: Untented₂
definition:
Untented

Un*tent"ed
a.
[Pref. un- not + tented, p. p. of tent to probe.]
Not tended; not dressed. See 4th Tent.

The untented woundings of a father's curse
Pierce every sense about thee!
Shak.


word: Unthank
definition:
Unthank

Un*thank"
(?)
n.
[AS. unpank. See Un- not, Thank.]
No thanks; ill will; misfortune.
[Obs.]

Unthank come on his head that bound him so.
Chaucer.


word: Unthink
definition:
Unthink

Un*think"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + think.]
To recall or take back, as something thought.
Shak.


word: Unthinker
definition:
Unthinker

Un*think"er
(?)
n.
[Pref. un- + thinker.]
A person who does not think, or does not think wisely.


word: Unthinking
definition:
Unthinking

Un*think"ing
a.
1.
Not thinking; not heedful; thoughtless; inconsiderate; as, unthinking youth.

2.
Not indicating thought or reflection; thoughtless.

With earnest eyes, and round unthinking face,
He first the snuffbox opened, then the case.
Pope.


word: Unthread
definition:
Unthread

Un*thread"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + thread.]

1.
To draw or take out a thread from; as, to unthread a needle.

2.
To deprive of ligaments; to loose the ligaments of.

He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints.
Milton.

3.
To make one's way through; to traverse; as, to unthread a devious path.
De Quincey.


word: Unthrift
definition:
Unthrift

Un"thrift`
(?)
n.
1.
Want of thrift; unthriftiness; prodigality.

2.
An unthrifty person.
[Obs.]
Dryden.


word: Unthriftihood
definition:
Unthriftihood

Unthriftihead

{ Un*thrift"i*head (?), Un*thrift"i*hood (?) }
n.
Unthriftiness.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Unthriftily
definition:
Unthriftily

Un*thrift"i*ly
(?)
adv.
1.
Not thriftily.

2.
Improperly; unbecomingly.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Unthriftiness
definition:
Unthriftiness

Un*thrift"i*ness
n.
The quality or state or being unthrifty; profuseness; lavishness.
Udall.


word: Unthrone
definition:
Unthrone

Un*throne"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + throne.]
To remove from, or as from, a throne; to dethrone.
Milton.


word: Untidy
definition:
Untidy

Un*ti"dy
(?)
a.
1.
Unseasonable; untimely.
[Obs.]
Untidy
Piers Plowman.

2.
Not tidy or neat; slovenly.


word: Untie
definition:
Untie

Un*tie"
(?)
v. t.
[AS. unt&ymacr_;gan. See 1st Un-, and Tie, v. t.]

1.
To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot.

Sacharissa's captive fain
Would untie his iron chain.
Waller.

Her snakes untied, sulphurous waters drink.
Pope.

2.
To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.

Though you untie the winds, and let them fight
Against the churches.
Shak.

All the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the accounts of drunkenness.
Jer. Taylor.

3.
To resolve; to unfold; to clear.

They quicken sloth, perplexities untie.
Denham.


word: Untighten
definition:
Untighten

Un*tight"en
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + tighten.]
To make less tight or tense; to loosen.


word: Until
definition:
Until

Un*til"
(?)
prep.
[OE. until, ontil; un- (as in unto) + til till; cf. Dan. indtil, Sw. intill. See Unto, and Till, prep.]

1.
To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects.
Chaucer.

Taverners until them told the same.
Piers Plowman.

He roused himself full blithe, and hastened them until.
Spenser.

2.
To; up to; till; before; -- used of time; as, he staid until evening; he will not come back until the end of the month.

He and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity.
Judg. xviii. 30.

&hand_; In contracts and like documents until is construed as exclusive of the date mentioned unless it was the manifest intent of the parties to include it.


word: Until₂
definition:
Until

Un*til"
conj.
As far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; till. See Till, conj.

In open prospect nothing bounds our eye,
Until the earth seems joined unto the sky.
Dryden.

But the rest of the dead lives not again until the thousand years were finished.
Rev. xx. 5.


word: Untile
definition:
Untile

Un*tile"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + tile.]
To take the tiles from; to uncover by removing the tiles.


word: Untimely
definition:
Untimely

Un*time"ly
a.
Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as, untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death.


word: Untimely₂
definition:
Untimely

Un*time"ly
adv.
Out of the natural or usual time; inopportunely; prematurely; unseasonably.
untimely
Shak.


word: Untitled
definition:
Untitled

Un*ti"tled
(?)
a.
1.
Not titled; having no title, or appellation of dignity or distinction.
Spenser.

2.
Being without title or right; not entitled.
Shak.


word: Unto
definition:
Unto

Un"to
(?)
prep.
[OE. unto; un- (only in unto, until) unto, as far as + to to; this un- is akin to AS. _;_; until, OFries. und OS. und until, conj. (cf. OS. unt_; unto, OHG. unzi), Goth. und unto, until. See To, and cf. Until.]

1.
To; -- now used only in antiquated, formal, or scriptural style. See To.

2.
Until; till.
[Obs.]
unto
Num. xxxv. 25.


word: Untold
definition:
Untold

Un*told"
(?)
a.
1.
Not told; not related; not revealed; as, untold secrets.

2.
Not numbered or counted; as, untold money.


word: Untomb
definition:
Untomb

Un*tomb"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + tomb.]
To take from the tomb; to exhume; to disinter.
Fuller.


word: Untongue
definition:
Untongue

Un*tongue
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + tongue.]
To deprive of a tongue, or of voice.
[Obs.]
Fuller.


word: Untoward₂
definition:
Untoward

Un*to"ward
(?)
a.
[Pref. un- not + toward.]

1.
Froward; perverse.
untoward
Acts ii. 40.

2.
Awkward; ungraceful.
Untoward
Creech.
Untoward
Swift.

3.
Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.


word: Untraded
definition:
Untraded

Un*trad"ed
(?)
a.
1.
Not dealt with in trade; not visited for purposes of trade.
[Obs.]
Hakluyt

2.
Unpracticed; inexperienced.
[Obs.]
Udall.

3.
Not traded in or bartered; hence, not hackneyed; unusual; not common.
Shak.


word: Untraveled
definition:
Untraveled

Un*trav"eled
(?)
a.
[Written also untravelled.]

1.
Not traveled; not trodden by passengers; as, an untraveled forest.

2.
Having never visited foreign countries; not having gained knowledge or experience by travel; as, an untraveled Englishman.
Addison.


word: Untreasure
definition:
Untreasure

Un*treas"ure
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + treasure.]
To bring forth or give up, as things previously treasured.
untreasured
J. Mitford.


word: Untreasured
definition:
Untreasured

Un*treas"ured
(?)
a.
1.
[Properly p. p. of untreasure.]
Deprived of treasure.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
[Pref. un- not + treasured.]
Not treasured; not kept as treasure.


word: Untrue
definition:
Untrue

Un*true"
(?)
a.
1.
Not true; false; contrary to the fact; as, the story is untrue.

2.
Not faithful; inconstant; false; disloyal.
Chaucer.


word: Untruss
definition:
Untruss

Un*truss"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + truss.]
To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress.
[R.]
Dryden.


word: Untrusser
definition:
Untrusser

Untruss

{ Un*truss" (?), Un*truss"er (?), }
n.
One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Untrustful
definition:
Untrustful

Un*trust"ful
(?)
a.
1.
Not trustful or trusting.

2.
Not to be trusted; not trusty.
[R.]
Sir W. Scott.


word: Untruth
definition:
Untruth

Un*truth"
(?)
n.
1.
The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty.
Chaucer.

2.
That which is untrue; a false assertion; a falsehood; a lie; also, an act of treachery or disloyalty.
Shak.


word: Untruthful
definition:
Untruthful

Un*truth"ful
(?)
a.
Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact.
Un*truth"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*truth"ful*ness, n.


word: Untuck
definition:
Untuck

Un*tuck"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + tuck.]
To unfold or undo, as a tuck; to release from a tuck or fold.


word: Untune
definition:
Untune

Un*tune"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + tune.]
To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.
Shak.


word: Unturn
definition:
Unturn

Un*turn"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + turn.]
To turn in a reserve way, especially so as to open something; as, to unturn a key.
Keats.


word: Unturned
definition:
Unturned

Un*turned"
(?)
a.
[Pref. un- + turned.]
Not turned; not revolved or reversed.

To leave no stone unturned, to leave nothing untried for accomplishing one's purpose.

[He] left unturned no stone
To make my guilt appear, and hide his own.
Dryden.


word: Untwain
definition:
Untwain

Un*twain"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + twain.]
To rend in twain; to tear in two.
[Obs.]
Skelton.


word: Untwine
definition:
Untwine

Un*twine"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + twine.]
To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted; to disentangle; to untie.

It requires a long and powerful counter sympathy in a nation to untwine the ties of custom which bind a people to the established and the old.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Untwist
definition:
Untwist

Un*twist"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + twist.]

1.
To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine.

If one of the twines of the twist do untwist,
The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist.
Wallis.

2.
To untie; to open; to disentangle.
Milton.


word: Unused
definition:
Unused

Un*used"
(?)
a.
1.
Not used; as, an unused book; an unused apartment.

2.
Not habituated; unaccustomed.

Unused to bend, impatient of control.
Thomson.


word: Unusual
definition:
Unusual

Un*u"su*al
(?)
a.
Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of unusual grace or erudition.
Un*u"su*al*ly, adv. -- Un*u"su*al*ness, n.


word: Unutterable
definition:
Unutterable

Un*ut"ter*a*ble
(?)
a.
Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish.

Sighed and looked unutterable things.
Thomson.


word: Unvaluable
definition:
Unvaluable

Un*val"u*a*ble
(?)
a.
1.
Invaluable; being beyond price.
[Obs.]
South.

2.
Not valuable; having little value.
[R.]
T. Adams.


word: Unvalued
definition:
Unvalued

Un*val"ued
(?)
a.
1.
Not valued; not appraised; hence, not considered; disregarded; valueless; as, an unvalued estate.
Unvalued
Shak.

2.
Having inestimable value; invaluable.
[Obs.]

The golden apples of unvalued price.
Spenser.


word: Unveil
definition:
Unveil

Un*veil"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + veil.]
To remove a veil from; to divest of a veil; to uncover; to disclose to view; to reveal; as, she unveiled her face.


word: Unveracity
definition:
Unveracity

Un`ve*rac"i*ty
(?)
n.
Want of veracity; untruthfulness; as, unveracity of heart.
Carlyle.


word: Unvessel
definition:
Unvessel

Un*ves"sel
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + vessel.]
To cause to be no longer a vessel; to empty.
[Obs.]
Ford.


word: Unvicar
definition:
Unvicar

Un*vi"car
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + vicar.]
To deprive of the position or office a vicar.
[R.]
Strype.


word: Unvisard
definition:
Unvisard

Un*vis"ard
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + vizard.]
To take the vizard or mask from; to unmask.
[Written also unvizard.]
[Obs.]
Milton.


word: Unvote
definition:
Unvote

Un*vote"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + vote.]
To reverse or annul by vote, as a former vote.
[R.]
Bp, Burnet.


word: Unvulgarize
definition:
Unvulgarize

Un*vul"gar*ize
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + vulgarize.]
To divest of vulgarity; to make to be not vulgar.
Lamb.


word: Unware
definition:
Unware

Un*ware"
(?)
a.
[AS. unwær unwary. See Un- not, and Wary.]

1.
Unaware; not foreseeing; being off one's guard.
[Obs.]
Chaucer. Fairfax.

2.
Happening unexpectedly; unforeseen.
[Obs.]

The unware woe of harm that cometh behind.
Chaucer.


word: Unwarp
definition:
Unwarp

Un*warp"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + warp.]
To restore from a warped state; to cause to be linger warped.


word: Unwarrantable
definition:
Unwarrantable

Un*war"rant*a*ble
(?)
a.
Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper.
Un*war"rant*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*war"rant*a*bly, adv.


word: Unwarranted
definition:
Unwarranted

Un*war"rant*ed
a.
Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable.


word: Unwary
definition:
Unwary

Un*wa"ry
(?)
a.
[Cf. Unware.]

1.
Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious; unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless.

2.
Unexpected; unforeseen; unware.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Unwayed
definition:
Unwayed

Un*wayed"
(?)
a.
1.
Not used to travel; as, colts that are unwayed.
[Obs.]
Suckling.

2.
Having no ways or roads; pathless.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.


word: Unwearied
definition:
Unwearied

Un*wea"ried
(?)
a.
Not wearied; not fatigued or tired; hence, persistent; not tiring or wearying; indefatigable.
Un*wea"ried*ly, adv. -- Un*wea"ried*ness, n.


word: Unweary
definition:
Unweary

Un*wea"ry
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + weary.]
To cause to cease being weary; to refresh.
[Obs.]
Dryden.


word: Unweave
definition:
Unweave

Un*weave"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + weave.]
To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven.


word: Unweldy
definition:
Unweldy

Unweld

{ Un*weld" (?), Un*weld"y (?) }
a.
Unwieldy; unmanageable; clumsy.
[Obs.]

Our old limbs move [may] well be unweld.
Chaucer.


word: Unwell
definition:
Unwell

Un*well"
(?)
a.
1.
Not well; indisposed; not in good health; somewhat ill; ailing.

2.
(Med.)
Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with, or having, catamenial; menstruant.

&hand_; This word was formerly regarded as an Americanism, but is now in common use among all who speak the English language.


word: Unwemmed
definition:
Unwemmed

Un*wemmed"
(?)
a.
Not blemished; undefiled; pure.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.

With body clean and with unwemmed thought.
Chaucer.


word: Unwieldy
definition:
Unwieldy

Un*wield"y
(?)
a.
Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous.
unwieldy
Clarendon.


word: Unwill
definition:
Unwill

Un*will"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + will.]
To annul or reverse by an act of the will.
Longfellow.


word: Unwilled
definition:
Unwilled

Un*willed"
(?)
a.
[1st pref. un- + will.]
Deprived of the faculty of will or volition.
Mrs. Browning.


word: Unwilling
definition:
Unwilling

Un*will"ing
(?)
a.
Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.

And drop at last, but in unwilling ears,
This saving counsel, “Keep your piece nine years.”
Pope.


word: Unwind
definition:
Unwind

Un*wind"
(?)
v. t.
[AS. unwindan. See 1st Un-, and Wind to coil.]

1.
To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn.

2.
To disentangle.
[Obs.]
Hooker.


word: Unwisdom
definition:
Unwisdom

Un*wis"dom
(?)
n.
Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity; ignorance.

Sumptuary laws are among the exploded fallacies which we have outgrown, and we smile at the unwisdom which could except to regulate private habits and manners by statute.
J. A. Froude.


word: Unwise
definition:
Unwise

Un*wise"
(?)
a.
[AS. unwīs. See Un- not, and Wise, a.]
Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures.


word: Unwish
definition:
Unwish

Un*wish"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + wish.]
To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing.
[Obs.]

Now thou hast unwished five thousand men.
Shak.


word: Unwist
definition:
Unwist

Un*wist"
(?)
a.
1.
Not known; unknown.
[Obs.]
Chaucer. Spenser.

2.
Not knowing; unwitting.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.


word: Unwitch
definition:
Unwitch

Un*witch"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + witch.]
To free from a witch or witches; to fee from witchcraft.
[R.]
B. Jonson.


word: Unwoman
definition:
Unwoman

Un*wom"an
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + woman.]
To deprive of the qualities of a woman; to unsex.
[R.]
R. Browning.


word: Unwonder
definition:
Unwonder

Un*won"der
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + wonder.]
To divest of the quality of wonder or mystery; to interpret; to explain.
[R.]
Fuller.


word: Unwonted
definition:
Unwonted

Un*wont"ed
(ŭn*wŭnt"ĕd)
a.
1.
Not wonted; unaccustomed; unused; not made familiar by practice; as, a child unwonted to strangers.
Milton.

2.
Uncommon; unusual; infrequent; rare; as, unwonted changes.
Unwonted
Byron.


word: Unwork
definition:
Unwork

Un*work"
(ŭn*wûk")
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + work.]
To undo or destroy, as work previously done.


word: Unwormed
definition:
Unwormed

Un*wormed"
(?)
a.
Not wormed; not having had the worm, or lytta, under the tongue cut out; -- said of a dog.


word: Unworship
definition:
Unworship

Un*wor"ship
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + worship.]
To deprive of worship or due honor; to dishonor.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.


word: Unworship₂
definition:
Unworship

Un*wor"ship
n.
[Pref. un- not + worship.]
Lack of worship or respect; dishonor.
[Obs.]
Gower.


word: Unworthy
definition:
Unworthy

Un*wor"thy
(?)
a.
Not worthy; wanting merit, value, or fitness; undeserving; worthless; unbecoming; -- often with of.
Un*wor"thi*ly (#), adv. -- Un*wor"thi*ness, n.


word: Unwrap
definition:
Unwrap

Un*wrap"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + wrap.]
To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.
Chaucer.


word: Unwreathe
definition:
Unwreathe

Un*wreathe"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + wreathe.]
To untwist, uncoil, or untwine, as anything wreathed.


word: Unwrie
definition:
Unwrie

Un*wrie"
(?)
v. t.
[AS. onwreón; on- (see 1st Un-) + wreón to cover.]
To uncover.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Unwrinkle
definition:
Unwrinkle

Un*wrin"kle
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + wrinkle.]
To reduce from a wrinkled state; to smooth.


word: Unwrite
definition:
Unwrite

Un*write"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + write.]
To cancel, as what is written; to erase.
Milton.


word: Unwritten
definition:
Unwritten

Un*writ"ten
(?)
a.
1.
Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten agreements.

2.
Containing no writing; blank; as, unwritten paper.

Unwritten doctrines (Theol.), such doctrines as have been handed down by word of mouth; oral or traditional doctrines. -- Unwritten law. [Cf. L. lex non scripta.] That part of the law of England and of the United States which is not derived from express legislative enactment, or at least from any enactment now extant and in force as such. This law is now generally contained in the reports of judicial decisions. See Common law, under Common. -- Unwritten laws, such laws as have been handed down by tradition or in song. Such were the laws of the early nations of Europe.


word: Unyoke
definition:
Unyoke

Un*yoke"
(?)
v. t.
[1st pref. un- + yoke.]

1.
To loose or free from a yoke.
unyoked
Shak.

2.
To part; to disjoin; to disconnect.
Shak.


word: Unyoked
definition:
Unyoked

Un*yoked"
(?)
a.
[In sense 1 pref. un- not + yoked; in senses 2 and 3 properly p. p. of unyoke.]

1.
Not yet yoked; not having worn the yoke.

2.
Freed or loosed from a yoke.

3.
Licentious; unrestrained.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Up
definition:
Up

Up
(ŭp)
adv.
[AS. up, upp, ūp; akin to OFries. up, op, D. op, OS. ūp, OHG. ūf, G. auf, Icel. & Sw. upp, Dan. op, Goth. iup, and probably to E. over. See Over.]

1.
Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.

But up or down,
By center or eccentric, hard to tell.
Milton.

2.
Hence, in many derived uses, specifically: --

But they presumed to go up unto the hilltop.
Num. xiv. 44.

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up.
Ps. lxxxviii. 15.

Up rose the sun, and up rose Emelye.
Chaucer.

We have wrought ourselves up into this degree of Christian indifference.
Atterbury.

And when the sun was up, they were scorched.
Matt. xiii. 6.

Those that were up themselves kept others low.
Spenser.

Helen was up -- was she?
Shak.

Rebels there are up,
And put the Englishmen unto the sword.
Shak.

His name was up through all the adjoining provinces, even to Italy and Rome; many desiring to see who he was that could withstand so many years the Roman puissance.
Milton.

Thou hast fired me; my soul's up in arms.
Dryden.

Grief and passion are like floods raised in little brooks by a sudden rain; they are quickly up.
Dryden.

A general whisper ran among the country people, that Sir Roger was up.
Addison.

Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate.
Longfellow.

As a boar was whetting his teeth, up comes a fox to him.
L'Estrange.

&hand_; Some phrases of this kind are now obsolete; as, to spend up (Prov. xxi. 20); to kill up (B. Jonson).

&hand_; Up is used elliptically for get up, rouse up, etc., expressing a command or exhortation. “Up, and let us be going.” Judg. xix. 28.

Up, up, my friend! and quit your books,
Or surely you 'll grow double.
Wordsworth.

It is all up with him, it is all over with him; he is lost. -- The time is up, the allotted time is past. -- To be up in, to be informed about; to be versed in.  “Anxious that their sons should be well up in the superstitions of two thousand years ago.” H. Spencer. -- To be up to. (a) To be equal to, or prepared for; as, he is up to the business, or the emergency. [Colloq.] (b) To be engaged in; to purpose, with the idea of doing ill or mischief; as, I don't know what he's up to. [Colloq.] -- To blow up. (a) To inflate; to distend. (b) To destroy by an explosion from beneath. (c) To explode; as, the boiler blew up. (d) To reprove angrily; to scold. [Slang] -- To bring up. See under Bring, v. t. -- To come up with. See under Come, v. i. -- To cut up. See under Cut, v. t. & i. -- To draw up. See under Draw, v. t. -- To grow up, to grow to maturity. -- Up anchor (Naut.), the order to man the windlass preparatory to hauling up the anchor. -- Up and down. (a) First up, and then down; from one state or position to another. See under Down, adv.

Fortune . . . led him up and down. Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

(b) (Naut.) Vertical; perpendicular; -- said of the cable when the anchor is under, or nearly under, the hawse hole, and the cable is taut. Totten. -- Up helm (Naut.), the order given to move the tiller toward the upper, or windward, side of a vessel. -- Up to snuff. See under Snuff. [Slang] -- What is up? What is going on? [Slang]


word: Up₂
definition:
Up

Up
prep.
1.
From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a higher situation upon; at the top of.

In going up a hill, the knees will be most weary; in going down, the thihgs.
Bacon.

2.
From the coast towards the interior of, as a country; from the mouth towards the source of, as a stream; as, to journey up the country; to sail up the Hudson.

3.
Upon.
[Obs.]
Up
Chaucer.


word: Up₃
definition:
Up

Up
n.
The state of being up or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, or the like; -- rarely occurring except in the phrase ups and downs.
[Colloq.]

Ups and downs, alternate states of elevation and depression, or of prosperity and the contrary. [Colloq.]

They had their ups and downs of fortune.
Thackeray.


word: Upas
definition:
Upas

U"pas
(ū"pȧs)
n.
[Malay pūhn-ūpas; pūhn a tree + ūpas poison.]

1.
(Bot.)
A tree (Antiaris toxicaria) of the Breadfruit family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands. Its secretions are poisonous, and it has been fabulously reported that the atmosphere about it is deleterious. Called also bohun upas.

2.
A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows. One kind, upas antiar, is derived from the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria). Upas tieute is prepared from a climbing plant (Strychnos Tieute).


word: Upbar
definition:
Upbar

Up*bar"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To fasten with a bar.
[R.]

2.
To remove the bar or bards of, as a gate; to under.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Upbear
definition:
Upbear

Up*bear"
(?)
v. t.
To bear up; to raise aloft; to support in an elevated situation; to sustain.
Spenser.

One short sigh of breath, upbore
Even to the seat of God.
Milton.

A monstrous wave upbore
The chief, and dashed him on the craggy shore.
Pope.


word: Upbraid
definition:
Upbraid

Up*braid"
(ŭp*brād")
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Upbraided; p. pr. & vb. n. Upbraiding.]
[OE. upbreiden; AS. upp up + bregdan to draw, twist, weave, or the kindred Icel. bregða to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid. See Up, and Braid, v. t.]

1.
To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.

And upbraided them with their unbelief.
Mark xvi. 14.

Vet do not
Upbraid us our distress.
Shak.

2.
To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.

Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done.
Matt. xi. 20

How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!
Sir P. Sidney.

3.
To treat with contempt.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

4.
To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Upburst
definition:
Upburst

Up"burst`
(?)
n.
The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter.


word: Upcast₂
definition:
Upcast

Up"cast`
(?)
n.
1.
(Bowling)
A cast; a throw.
Shak.

2.
(Mining.)
The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine; -- distinguished from the downcast. Called also upcast pit, and upcast shaft.

3.
An upset, as from a carriage.
[Scot.]

4.
A taunt; a reproach.
[Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.


word: Upcast₃
definition:
Upcast

Up*cast"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
[Scot.]


word: Upclimb
definition:
Upclimb

Up*climb"
(?)
v. t. & i.
To climb up; to ascend.

Upclomb the shadowy pine above the woven copse.
Tennyson.


word: Upcountry₂
definition:
Upcountry

Up"coun`try
a.
Living or situated remote from the seacoast; as, an upcountry residence.
[Colloq.]
n. The interior of the country.
[Colloq.]


word: update
definition:
update

up"date
(ŭp"dāt` or ŭp*dāt")
v. t.
1.
To make corrections or to add new information to (a document) so as to include the most recent information; as, we update the sales database every night; the book was updated and sold as a new edition.  Used often of computerized data bases and documents.

2.
To inform (a person) of the most recent information concerning a topic; as, I updated the director on the status of the project.


word: update₂
definition:
update

up"date
(ŭp"dāt`)
n.
1.
The event or process of updating (in either sense); the information provided in the process of updating; as, I gave the director the latest update on the project; the update took over an hour.

2.
The document or database which results from a process of updating; and updated document or database; as, they distributed the update over the internet.


word: Upgather
definition:
Upgather

Up*gath"er
(?)
v. t.
To gather up; to contract; to draw together.
[Obs.]

Himself he close upgathered more and more.
Spenser.


word: Upgrowth
definition:
Upgrowth

Up"growth`
(?)
n.
The process or result of growing up; progress; development.

The new and mighty upgrowth of poetry in Italy.
J. R. Green.


word: Uphasp
definition:
Uphasp

Up*hasp"
(?)
v. t.
To hasp or faster up; to close; as, sleep uphasps the eyes.
[R.]
Stanyhurst.


word: Upheaped
definition:
Upheaped

Up"heaped`
(?)
a.
Piled up; accumulated.

God, which shall repay all with upheaped measure.
Udall.


word: Upheaval
definition:
Upheaval

Up*heav"al
(?)
n.
The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust.
Lubbock.


word: Upher
definition:
Upher

Up"her
(?)
n.
(Arch.)
A fir pole of from four to seven inches diameter, and twenty to forty feet long, sometimes roughly hewn, used for scaffoldings, and sometimes for slight and common roofs, for which use it is split.
[Spelt also ufer.]
[Eng.]
Gwilt.


word: Uphill₂
definition:
Uphill

Up"hill`
(?)
a.
1.
Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road.

2.
Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work.


word: Uphilt
definition:
Uphilt

Up*hilt"
(?)
v. t.
To thrust in up to the hilt; as, to uphilt one's sword into an enemy.
[R.]
Stanyhurst.


word: Uphold
definition:
Uphold

Up*hold"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

The mournful train with groans, and hands upheld.
Besought his pity.
Dryden.

2.
To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.

Honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Prov. xxix 3.

Faulconbridge,
In spite of spite, alone upholds the day.
Shak.

3.
To aid by approval or encouragement; to countenance; as, to uphold a person in wrongdoing.


word: Upholder
definition:
Upholder

Up*hold"er
(?)
n.
[Up + holder.  Cf. Upholsterer.]

1.
A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman.
[Obs.]

2.
An undertaker, or provider for funerals.
[Obs.]

The upholder, rueful harbinger of death.
Gay.

3.
An upholsterer.
[Obs.]

4.
One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer.


word: Upholster
definition:
Upholster

Up*hol"ster
(?)
v. t.
[See Upholsterer.]
To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains.


word: Upholsterer
definition:
Upholsterer

Up*hol"ster*er
(?)
n.
[A substitution for older upholder, in OE., broker, tradesman, and formerly also written upholster, upholdster.  See Upholder, and -ster.]
One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like; one who upholsters.

Upholsterer bee. (Zool.) See Poppy bee, under Poppy.


word: Upholstery
definition:
Upholstery

Up*hol"ster*y
(?)
n.
The articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; the business or work of an upholsterer.


word: Upkeep
definition:
Upkeep

Up"keep`
(?)
n.
1.
The act of keeping up, or maintaining; maintenance of persons, organizations, or objects such as machinery, by providing a location, repairs, and consumable items when necessary.
upkeep
Scribner's Mag.

Small outlays for repairs or upkeep of buildings.
A. R. Colquhoun.

2.
the cost of providing upkeep{1}.


word: Upland
definition:
Upland

Up"land
(?)
n.
1.
High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land which is generally dry; -- opposed to lowland, meadow, marsh, swamp, interval, and the like.

2.
The country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns.
[Obs.]


word: Upland₂
definition:
Upland

Up"land
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.

Sometimes, with secure delight
The upland hamlets will invite.
Milton.

2.
Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished.
[Obs.W2]
upland
Chapman.

Upland moccasin. (Zool.) See Moccasin. -- Upland sandpiper, or Upland plover (Zool.), a large American sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) much valued as a game bird.  Unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields and uplands.  Called also Bartramian sandpiper, Bartram's tattler, field plover, grass plover, highland plover, hillbird, humility, prairie plover, prairie pigeon, prairie snipe, papabote, quaily, and uplander. -- Upland sumach (Bot.), a North American shrub of the genus Rhus (Rhus glabra), used in tanning and dyeing.


word: Uplander
definition:
Uplander

Up"land*er
(?)
n.
1.
One dwelling in the upland; hence, a countryman; a rustic.
[Obs.]

2.
(Zool.)
The upland sandpiper.
[Local, U. S.]


word: Uplandish
definition:
Uplandish

Up*land"ish
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to uplands; dwelling on high lands.
[Obs.]
Chapman.

2.
Rude; rustic; unpolished; uncivilized.
[Obs.]

His presence made the rudest peasant melt,
That in the wild, uplandish country dwelt.
Marlowe.


word: Uplift
definition:
Uplift

Up*lift"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Uplifting.]
To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock.
Cowper.

Satan, talking to his nearest mate,
With head uplift above the wave, and eyes
That sparkling blazed.
Milton.


word: Uplift₂
definition:
Uplift

Up"lift`
(?)
n.
(Geol.)
A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.


word: Up-line
definition:
Up-line

Up"-line`
(?)
n.
(Railroad)
A line or track leading from the provinces toward the metropolis or a principal terminus; the track upon which up-trains run. See Up-train.
[Eng.]


word: Upokororo
definition:
Upokororo

U`po*ko*ro"ro
(?)
n.
[From the native Maori name.]
(Zool.)
An edible fresh-water New Zealand fish (Prototroctes oxyrhynchus) of the family Haplochitonidae. In general appearance and habits, it resembles the northern lake whitefishes and trout. Called also grayling.


word: Upon
definition:
Upon

Up*on"
(?)
prep.
[AS. uppan, uppon; upp up + on, an, on. See Up, and On.]
On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Upon
Chaucer.

Our host upon his stirrups stood anon.
Chaucer.

Thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar.
Ex. xxix. 21.

The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.
Judg. xvi. 9.

As I did stand my watch upon the hill.
Shak.

He made a great difference between people that did rebel upon wantonness, and them that did rebel upon want.
Bacon.

This advantage we lost upon the invention of firearms.
Addison.

Upon the whole, it will be necessary to avoid that perpetual repetition of the same epithets which we find in Homer.
Pope.

He had abandoned the frontiers, retiring upon Glasgow.
Sir. W. Scott.

Philip swore upon the Evangelists to abstain from aggression in my absence.
Landor.

&hand_; Upon conveys a more distinct notion that on carries with it of something that literally or metaphorically bears or supports. It is less employed than it used to be, on having for the most part taken its place. Some expressions formed with it belong only to old style; as, upon pity they were taken away; that is, in consequence of pity: upon the rate of thirty thousand; that is, amounting to the rate: to die upon the hand; that is, by means of the hand: he had a garment upon; that is, upon himself: the time is coming fast upon; that is, upon the present time. By the omission of its object, upon acquires an adverbial sense, as in the last two examples.

To assure upon (Law), to promise; to undertake. -- To come upon. See under Come. -- To take upon, to assume.


word: Up-over
definition:
Up-over

Up"-o`ver
a.
(Mining & Civil Eng.)
Designating a method of shaft excavation by drifting to a point below, and then raising instead of sinking.


word: Upper
definition:
Upper

Up"per
(?)
a.
comp.
Up
Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature.

The upper hand, the superiority; the advantage. See To have the upper hand, under Hand. Jowett (Thucyd.). -- Upper Bench (Eng. Hist.), the name of the highest court of common law (formerly King's Bench) during the Commonwealth. -- Upper case, the top one of a pair of compositor's cases. See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3. -- Upper covert (Zool.), one of the coverts situated above the bases of the tail quills. -- Upper deck (Naut.), the topmost deck of any vessel; the spar deck. -- Upper leather, the leather for the vamps and quarters of shoes. -- Upper strake (Naut.), the strake next to the deck, usually of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes. -- Upper ten thousand, or (abbreviated) Upper ten, the ten thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. [Colloq.] -- Upper topsail (Naut.), the upper half of a double topsail. -- Upper works (Naut.), all those parts of the hull of a vessel that are properly above water. -- Upper world. (a) The atmosphere. (b) Heaven. (c) This world; the earth; -- in distinction from the underworld.


word: Uppermost
definition:
Uppermost

Up"per*most`
(?)
a.
[From Up, Upper; formed like aftermost.  Cf. Upmost.]
Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme.

Whatever faction happens to be uppermost.
Swift.


word: Uppertendom
definition:
Uppertendom

Up`per*ten"dom
(?)
n.
[Upper ten + -dom.]
The highest class in society; the upper ten. See Upper ten, under Upper.
[Colloq.]


word: Uppish
definition:
Uppish

Up"pish
(?)
a.
[From Up.]
Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority.
[Colloq.]
T. Brown.
Up"pish*ly, adv. [Colloq.] -- Up"pish*ness, n. [Colloq.]


word: Upright
definition:
Upright

Up"right`
(?)
a.
[AS. upright, uppriht. See Up, and Right, a.]
1.
In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.

With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.
Dryden.

All have their ears upright.
Spenser.

2.
Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.

And that man [Job] was perfect and upright.
Job i. 1.

3.
Conformable to moral rectitude.

Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure.
J. M. Mason.

4.
Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.
[Obs.]
upright
Chaucer.

5.
(Golf)
Designating a club in which the head is approximately at a right angle with the shaft.

Upright drill (Mach.), a drilling machine having the spindle vertical.

&hand_; This word and its derivatives are usually pronounced in prose with the accent on the first syllable. But they are frequently pronounced with the accent on the second in poetry, and the accent on either syllable is admissible.


word: Upright₂
definition:
Upright

Up"right`
n.
1.
Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.

2.
(Basketwork)
A tool made from a flat strip of steel with chisel edges at both ends, bent into horseshoe, the opening between the cutting edges being adjustable, used for reducing splits to skeins. Called in full upright shave.

3.
(Football)
the vertical part of a goalpost, especially the part above the horizontal bar; as, a field goal directly between the uprights.


word: Uprighteously
definition:
Uprighteously

Up*right"eous*ly
(?)
adv.
[See Righteous.]
In an upright or just manner.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Uprise
definition:
Uprise

Up*rise"
(ŭp*rīz")
v. i.
1.
To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
Uprose
Cowley.

Uprose the virgin with the morning light.
Pope.

2.
To have an upward direction or inclination.

Uprose the mystic mountain range.
Tennyson.


word: Uprise₂
definition:
Uprise

Up*rise"
n.
The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.
[R.]

Did ever raven sing so like a lark,
That gives sweet tidings of the sun's uprise?
Shak.


word: Uprising
definition:
Uprising

Up*ris"ing
n.
1.
Act of rising; also, a steep place; an ascent.
uprising
Shak.

2.
An insurrection; a popular revolt.
J. P. Peters.


word: Uprist₂
definition:
Uprist

Up*rist"
obs.
imp. of Uprise. Uprose.
Chaucer.

Nor dim nor red, like God's own head
The glorious sun uprist.
Coleridge.


word: Uproar
definition:
Uproar

Up"roar
(ŭp"r&omacrr`)
n.
[D. oproer; akin to G. aufruhr, Dan. oprör, Sw. uppror; D. op up + roeren to stir; akin to AS. hrēran to stir, hr&omacrr stirring, active, G. rühren to stir, OHG. ruoren, Icel. hræra, Dan. röre, Sw. röra.  Cf. Rearmouse.]
[In verse, sometimes accented on the second syllable.]
Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; noisy confusion; bustle and clamor.

But the Jews which believed not, . . . set all the city on an uproar.
Acts xvii. 5.


word: Uproarious
definition:
Uproarious

Up*roar"i*ous
(?)
a.
Making, or accompanied by, uproar, or noise and tumult; as, uproarious merriment.


word: Uproot
definition:
Uproot

Up*root"
(?)
v. t.
To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.

Trees uprooted left their place.
Dryden.

At his command the uprooted hills retired.
Milton.


word: Uprun
definition:
Uprun

Up*run"
(?)
v. i.
To run up; to ascend.

The young sun
That in the Ram is four degrees uprun.
Chaucer.

[A son] of matchless might, who, like a thriving plant,
Upran to manhood.
Cowper.


word: Uprush₂
definition:
Uprush

Up"rush`
(?)
n.
Act of rushing upward; an upbreak or upburst; as, an uprush of lava.
R. A. Proctor.


word: Upscale
definition:
Upscale

Up"scale
a.
1.
relating to, or characteristic of, affluent people or people in the upper social classes.

2.
expensive or of high quality.


word: Upsend
definition:
Upsend

Up*send"
(?)
v. t.
To send, cast, or throw up.

As when some island situate afar . . . 
Upsends a smoke to heaven.
Cowper.


word: Upset
definition:
Upset

Up*set"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To set up; to put upright.
[Obs.]
upset
R. of Brunne.

2.
(a)
To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
(b)
To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.

3.
To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument.
upset
Mrs. Humphry Ward.

4.
To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her.
[Colloq.]

5.
(Basketwork)
To turn upwards the outer ends of (stakes) so as to make a foundation for the side of a basket or the like; also, to form (the side) in this manner.


word: Upset₃
definition:
Upset

Up"set`
(?)
a.
Set up; fixed; determined; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase upset price; that is, the price fixed upon as the minimum for property offered in a public sale, or, in an auction, the price at which property is set up or started by the auctioneer, and the lowest price at which it will be sold.

After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Upset₄
definition:
Upset

Up"set`
n.
The act of upsetting, or the state of being upset; an overturn; as, the wagon had an upset.


word: Upsetting
definition:
Upsetting

Up*set"ting
(?)
a.
1.
Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.

2.
such as to disturb the self-possession of; unnerving; causing mental distress; as, the sight was an upsetting experience.


word: Upsetting thermometer
definition:
Upsetting thermometer

Up*set"ting ther*mom"e*ter
A thermometer by merely inverting which the temperature may be registered. The column of mercury is broken and, as it remains until the instrument is reset, the reading may be made at leisure.


word: Upshot
definition:
Upshot

Up"shot`
(?)
n.
[Up + shot, equivalent to scot share, reckoning.  Cf. the phrase to cast up an account.]
Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the result; the consummation.

I can not pursue with any safety this sport to the upshot.
Shak.

We account it frailty that threescore years and ten make the upshot of man's pleasurable existence.
De Quincey.


word: Upside
definition:
Upside

Up"side`
(?)
n.
1.
The upper side; the part that is uppermost.

2.
the benefits; the positive features; -- said of a situation or event that has both positive (good) and negative (bad) aspects.

To be upsides with, to be even with. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir W. Scott. T. Hughes. -- Upside down. [Perhaps a corruption of OE. up so down, literally, up as down.] With the upper part undermost; hence, in confusion; in complete disorder; topsy-turvy. Shak.

These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also.
Acts xvii. 6.


word: Upside-down
definition:
Upside-down

Up"side-down`
(?)
a.
having the part normally pointed upward pointed downward; inverted.


word: Upside down
definition:
Upside down

Up"side down`
(?)
adv.
in such a manner that the part normally pointed upward is pointed downward; same as upsidown and upsodown.


word: Upsilon
definition:
Upsilon

Up"si*lon
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'y^ psilo`n bare, mere, simple y.]
The 20th letter (Υ, υ) of the Greek alphabet, a vowel having originally the sound of ō as in room, becoming before the 4th century b. c. that French u or Ger. ü. Its equivalent in English is u or y.


word: Upsitting
definition:
Upsitting

Up"sit`ting
(?)
n.
A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and entertain her friends.
[Obs.]

To invite your lady's upsitting.
Beau. & Fl.


word: Upsodown
definition:
Upsodown

Up"so*down`
(?)
adv.
[Up + so as + down.]
Upside down.
[Obs. or Colloq.]
Wyclif.

In man's sin is every manner order or ordinance turned upsodown.
Chaucer.


word: Upspring₂
definition:
Upspring

Up"spring`
(?)
n.
1.
An upstart.
[Obs.]
upspring
Shak.

2.
A spring or leap into the air.
[R.]
Chapman.


word: Upstand
definition:
Upstand

Up*stand"
(?)
v. i.
To stand up; to be erected; to rise.
Spenser. Milton.

At once upstood the monarch, and upstood
The wise Ulysses.
Cowper.


word: Upstare
definition:
Upstare

Up*stare"
(?)
v. i.
To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous.
upstaring
Spenser.


word: Upstart₂
definition:
Upstart

Up"start`
(?)
n.
1.
One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu.
Bacon.

2.
(Bot.)
The meadow saffron.
Dr. Prior.


word: Upstreet
definition:
Upstreet

Up*street"
(?)
adv.
Toward the higher part of a street; as, to walk upstreet.
G. W. Gable.


word: Upstroke
definition:
Upstroke

Up"stroke`
(?)
n.
An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by a writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of the writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter thus made.

Some upstroke of an Alpha and Omega.
Mrs. Browning.


word: Upsun
definition:
Upsun

Up"sun`
(?)
n.
(Scots Law)
The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset.


word: Upswarm
definition:
Upswarm

Up*swarm"
(?)
v. i. & i.
To rise, or cause to rise, in a swarm or swarms.
[R.]
Shak. Cowper.


word: Upsyturvy
definition:
Upsyturvy

Up"sy*tur"vy
(?)
adv.
[Cf. Upside down, under Upside, and Topsy-turvy.]
Upside down; topsy-turvy.
[Obs.]
Robert Greene.


word: Uptails all
definition:
Uptails all

Up"tails` all"
(?)
1.
An old game at cards.
[Obs.]

2.
Revelers; roysterers.
[Obs.]
Decker.

3.
Revelry; confusion; frolic.
[Obs.]
Herrick.


word: Uptake₂
definition:
Uptake

Up"take`
(?)
n.
(Steam Boilers)

1.
The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.

2.
Understanding; apprehension.
[Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.


word: Uptill
definition:
Uptill

Up*till"
(?)
prep.
To; against.
[Obs. & R.]

She, poor bird, as all forlorn,
Leaned her breast uptill a thorn.
Shak.


word: Up-to-date
definition:
Up-to-date

Up`-to-date"
(?)
a.
Extending to the present time; having style, manners, knowledge, or other qualities that are abreast of the times.
up-to-date
Nature.
I must prefer to translate the poet in a manner more congenial if less up-to-date.
Andrew Lang.


word: up-to-the-minute
definition:
up-to-the-minute

up-to-the-minute
(?)
a.
being the most recent available; completely up-to-date
especially,
including information obtained within the past few minutes; as, up-to-the-minute news.


word: Uptown₂
definition:
Uptown

Up"town`
(?)
a.
Situated in, or belonging to, the upper part of a town or city; as, a uptown street, shop, etc.; uptown society.
[Colloq. U. S.]


word: Up-train
definition:
Up-train

Up"-train`
(?)
1.
A train going in the direction of the metropolis or the main terminus.
[Eng.]

2.
A train going in the direction conventionally called up.
[U. S.]


word: Upturn
definition:
Upturn

Up*turn"
(?)
v. t.
To turn up; to direct upward; to throw up; as, to upturn the ground in plowing.
upturned
D. Webster.

So scented the grim feature, and upturned
His nostril wide into the murky air.
Milton.


word: Upupa
definition:
Upupa

U"pu*pa
(?; 277)
n.
[L., the hoopoe.]
(Zool.)
A genus of birds which includes the common hoopoe.


word: Upwards
definition:
Upwards

Upward

{ Up"ward (?), Up"wards (?), }
adv.
[AS. upweardes. See Up-, and -wards.]

1.
In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; -- opposed to downward; as, to tend or roll upward.
I. Watts.

Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward, we speak and prevail.
Hooker.

2.
In the upper parts; above.

Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man,
And down ward fish.
Milton.

3.
Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.

From twenty years old and upward.
Num. i. 3.

Upward of, or Upwards of, more than; above.

I have been your wife in this obedience
Upward of twenty years.
Shak.


word: Upward
definition:
Upward

Up"ward
a.
[AS. upweard. See Up, and -ward.]
Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.


word: Upwhirl
definition:
Upwhirl

Up*whirl"
(?)
v. t. & i.
To rise upward in a whirl; to raise upward with a whirling motion.


word: Upwreath
definition:
Upwreath

Up*wreath"
(?)
v. i.
To rise with a curling motion; to curl upward, as smoke.
Longfellow.


word: Urachus
definition:
Urachus

U"ra*chus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; urine + _; to hold.]
(Anat.)
A cord or band of fibrous tissue extending from the bladder to the umbilicus.


word: Uraemia
definition:
Uraemia

U*rae"mi*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; urine + _; blood.]
(Med.)
Accumulation in the blood of the principles of the urine, producing dangerous disease.


word: Uraeum
definition:
Uraeum

U*rae"um
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. _; _;, fr. _; of the tail; cf. L. uraeus, adj.]
(Zool.)
The posterior half of an animal.


word: Uraeus
definition:
Uraeus

U*rae"us
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. uraeus pertaining to a tail, Gr. _;, fr. _; tail.]
(Egypt. Archaeol.)
A serpent, or serpent's head and neck, represented on the front of the headdresses of divinities and sovereigns as an emblem of supreme power.


word: Ural
definition:
Ural

U"ral
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, the Urals, a mountain range between Europe and Asia.


word: Ural-Altaic
definition:
Ural-Altaic

U"ral-Al*ta"ic
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to the Urals and the Altai; as the Ural-Altaic, or Turanian, languages.


word: Uralite
definition:
Uralite

U"ral*ite
(?)
n.
[So called because first observed in the Ural Mountains.]
(Min.)
Amphibole resulting from the alternation of pyroxene by paramorphism. It is not uncommon in massive eruptive rocks.


word: Uralitization
definition:
Uralitization

U`ral*i`ti*za"tion
(?)
n.
(Geol.)
The change of pyroxene to amphibole by paramorphism.


word: Urania
definition:
Urania

U*ra"ni*a
(?)
n.
[L., from Gr. _;, i. e., the Heavenly, fr. _; heavenly, fr. _; heaven.]

1.
(Class. Myth.)
One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy.

2.
(Zool.)
A genus of large, brilliantly colored moths native of the West Indies and South America. Their bright colored and tailed hind wings and their diurnal flight cause them to closely resemble butterflies.


word: Uranic
definition:
Uranic

U*ran"ic
(?)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to the heavens; celestial; astronomical.

On I know not what telluric or uranic principles.
Carlyle.

2.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, resembling, or containing uranium; specifically, designating those compounds in which uranium has a valence relatively higher than in uranous compounds.


word: Uranin
definition:
Uranin

U"ra*nin
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
An alkaline salt of fluorescein, obtained as a brownish red substance, which is used as a dye; -- so called from the peculiar yellowish green fluorescence (resembling that of uranium glass) of its solutions. See Fluorescein.


word: Uraninite
definition:
Uraninite

U*ran"i*nite
(?)
n.
(Min.)
A mineral consisting chiefly of uranium oxide with some lead, thorium, etc., occurring in black octahedrons, also in masses with a pitchlike luster; pitchblende.


word: Uraniscoplasty
definition:
Uraniscoplasty

U`ra*nis"co*plas`ty
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; top of a tent, plate (fr. _; sky) + -plasty.]
(Surg.)
The process of forming an artificial palate.


word: Uraniscorrhaphy
definition:
Uraniscorrhaphy

Uraniscoraphy

{ U`ra*nis*cor"a*phy, U`ra*nis*cor"rha*phy  }
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; the top of a tent, the palate (fr. _; sky) + _; a seam.]
(Surg.)
Suture of the palate. See Staphyloraphy.


word: Uranite
definition:
Uranite

U"ra*nite
(?)
n.
[Cf. G. uranit, F. uranite.]
(Min.)
A general term for the uranium phosphates, autunite, or lime uranite, and torbernite, or copper uranite.


word: Uranium
definition:
Uranium

U*ra"ni*um
(?)
n.
[NL., from Uranus the planet. See Uranus.]
(Chem.)
An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239. 

&hand_; Uranium was discovered in the state of an oxide by Klaproth in 1789, and so named in honor of Herschel's discovery of the planet Uranus in 1781.


word: Uran-ochre
definition:
Uran-ochre

Uran-ocher

{ U"ran-o`cher, U"ran-o`chre  }
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. uranochre.]
(Min.)
(a)
A yellow, earthy incrustation, consisting essentially of the oxide of uranium, but more or less impure.


word: Uranographical
definition:
Uranographical

Uranographic

{ U`ra*no*graph"ic (?), U`ra*no*graph"ic*al (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to uranography; as, an uranographic treatise.


word: Uranography
definition:
Uranography

U`ra*nog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; heaven + _; to write.]
A description or plan of the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the construction of celestial maps, globes, etc.; uranology.


word: Uranology
definition:
Uranology

U`ra*nol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; heaven + -logy.]
A discourse or treatise on the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the study of the heavens; uranography.


word: Uranometry
definition:
Uranometry

U`ra*nom"e*try
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; heaven + -metry.]
(Astron.)
A chart or catalogue of fixed stars, especially of stars visible to the naked eye.


word: Uranoplasty
definition:
Uranoplasty

U"ra*no*plas`ty
(?)
n.
[See Uraniscoplasty.]
(Surg.)
The plastic operation for closing a fissure in the hard palate.


word: Uranoscopy
definition:
Uranoscopy

U`ra*nos"co*py
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; + -scopy.]
Observation of the heavens or heavenly bodies.


word: Uranoso-
definition:
Uranoso-

U`ra*no"so-
(_;)
a.
(Chem.)
A combining form (also used adjectively) from uranium; -- used in naming certain complex compounds; as in uranoso-uranic oxide, uranoso-uranic sulphate.


word: Uranous
definition:
Uranous

U"ra*nous
(ū"rȧ*nŭs)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or containing, uranium; designating those compounds in which uranium has a lower valence as contrasted with the uranic compounds.


word: Uranus
definition:
Uranus

U"ra*nus
(-nŭs)
n.
[L. Uranus, Gr. O'yrano`s Uranus, o'yrano`s heaven, sky.  Cf. Uranium.]

1.
(Gr. Myth.)
The son or husband of Gaia (Earth), and father of Chronos (Time) and the Titans.

2.
(Astron.)
One of the primary planets. It is about 1,800,000,000 miles from the sun, about 36,000 miles in diameter, and its period of revolution round the sun is nearly 84 of our years.

&hand_; This planet has also been called Herschel, from Sir William Herschel, who discovered it in 1781, and who named it Georgium Sidus, in honor of George III., then King of England.


word: Uranyl
definition:
Uranyl

U"ra*nyl
(?)
n.
[Uranium + -yl.]
(Chem.)
The radical UO2, conveniently regarded as a residue of many uranium compounds.


word: Urate
definition:
Urate

U"rate
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. urate.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A salt of uric acid; as, sodium urate; ammonium urate.


word: Urban
definition:
Urban

Ur"ban
(?)
a.
[L. urbanus belonging to the _;ity or town, refined, polished, fr. urbs, urbis, a city: cf. F. urbain.  Cf. Urbane.]

1.
Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population.

2.
Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners.

Urban servitude. See Predial servitude, under Servitude.


word: Urbanity
definition:
Urbanity

Ur*ban"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. urbanitas; cf. F. urbanité.]

1.
The quality or state of being urbane; civility or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement.

The marquis did the honors of his house with the urbanity of his country.
W. Irving.

2.
Polite wit; facetiousness.
[Obs.]
Dryden.

Raillery in the sauce of civil entertainment; and without some such tincture of urbanity, good humor falters.
L'Estrange.


word: Urbicolae
definition:
Urbicolae

Ur*bic"o*lae
(?)
prop. n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. urbs, urbis, a city + colere to inhabit.]
(Zool.)
An extensive family of butterflies (Hesperidae), including those known as skippers.


word: Urceolate
definition:
Urceolate

Ur"ce*o*late
(?)
a.
[L. urceolus, dim. of urceus a pitcher or waterpot.]
(Nat. Hist.)
Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contracted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla.


word: Urceole
definition:
Urceole

Ur"ce*ole
(?)
n.
[See Urceolate.]
(R. C. Ch.)
A vessel for water for washing the hands; also, one to hold wine or water.


word: Urceolus
definition:
Urceolus

Ur*ce"o*lus
(?)
n.
pl. Urceoli (#).
[L., a little pitcher.]
(Bot.)
Any urn-shaped organ of a plant.


word: Urchin
definition:
Urchin

Ur"chin
(û"chĭn)
n.
[OE. urchon, irchon, a hedgehog, OF. ireçon, eriçon, heriçon, herichon, F. hérisson, a derivative fr. L. ericius, from er a hedgehog, for her; akin to Gr. chh`r.  Cf. Herisson.]

1.
(Zool.)
A hedgehog.

2.
(Zool.)
A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.

3.
A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog.
urchins
Shak.

4.
A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy.

And the urchins that stand with their thievish eyes
Forever on watch ran off each with a prize.
W. Howitt.

You did indeed dissemble, you urchin you; but where's the girl that won't dissemble for an husband?
Goldsmith.

5.
One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders, arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog.
Knight.

Urchin fish (Zool.), a diodon.


word: Ure₂
definition:
Ure

Ure
(?)
n.
[OE. ure, OF. oevre, ovre, ouvre, work, F. œuvre, L. opera. See Opera, Operate, and cf. Inure, Manure.]
Use; practice; exercise.
[Obs.]
Fuller.

Let us be sure of this, to put the best in ure
That lies in us.
Chapman.


word: Ure₃
definition:
Ure

Ure
v. t.
To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice.
[Obs.]

The French soldiers . . . from their youth have been practiced and ured in feats of arms.
Sir T. More.


word: Urea
definition:
Urea

U"re*a
(?)
a.
[NL. See Urine.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A very soluble crystalline body which is the chief constituent of the urine in mammals and some other animals. It is also present in small quantity in blood, serous fluids, lymph, the liver, etc.

&hand_; It is the main product of the regressive metamorphosis (katabolism) of proteid matter in the body, and is excreted daily to the amount of about 500 grains by a man of average weight. Chemically it is carbamide, CO(NH2)2, and when heated with strong acids or alkalies is decomposed into carbonic acid and ammonia. It unites with acids to form salts, as nitrate of urea, and it can be made synthetically from ammonium cyanate, with which it is isomeric.

Urea ferment, a soluble ferment formed by certain bacteria, which, however, yield the ferment from the body of their cells only after they have been killed by alcohol. It causes urea to take up water and decompose into carbonic acid and ammonia. Many different bacteria possess this property, especially Bacterium ureae and Micrococcus ureae, which are found abundantly in urines undergoing alkaline fermentation.


word: Ureal
definition:
Ureal

U"re*al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to urea; containing, or consisting of, urea; as, ureal deposits.


word: Ureameter
definition:
Ureameter

U`re*am"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Urea + -meter.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
An apparatus for the determination of the amount of urea in urine, in which the nitrogen evolved by the action of certain reagents, on a given volume of urine, is collected and measured, and the urea calculated accordingly.


word: Urechitin
definition:
Urechitin

U`re*chi"tin
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A glucoside extracted from the leaves of a certain plant (Urechitis suberecta) as a bitter white crystalline substance.


word: Urechitoxin
definition:
Urechitoxin

U`re*chi*tox"in
(?)
n.
[Urechitin + toxic + -in.]
(Chem.)
A poisonous glucoside found accompanying urechitin, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.


word: Uredinales
definition:
Uredinales

Uredinales
(?)
prop. n. pl.
(Biol.)
An order of fungi of the phylum Basidiomycota, comprising the rust fungi.

The order Uredinales includes between an estimated 5,000 and 7,000 species of diverse plant pathogens. They have been around since the Carboniferous Age (250-300 million years ago), and were well established on the very first ferns. Members of Uredinales are well enough adapted that they inhabit every continent except for Antarctica.  Commonly known as the "rust fungi," they attack nearly all types of plant life, and are economically devastating to many crops. Members of Uredinales have a very diverse and complex life cycle-that may affect more than one host family and include up to five different stages.

Morphological Features:
Uredinales includes both autoecious and heteroecious parasites. Autoecious genera infect only one plant host, while heteroecious genera carry out different parts of their life cycle on two different hosts. One example of a heteroecious fungus, Puccinia graminis, the black stem rust of wheat, requires both the barberry bush and a grass to complete its complicated life cycle.

Life cycles of Uredinales are very diverse and complex. Some genera have up to five stages of their life cycle: Spermagonia, Aecia, Uredinia, Telia, and Basidia. Spores are produced in each stage with differing ploidy: spermatia (n), aeciospores (n+n), unidiniospores (n+n), teliospores (n+n to 2n), and basidiospores (n). Genera that do not exhibit all five of these stages either show three or four instead.

Ecology:

Uredinales comprise the most devastating plant pathogens of all Basidiomycota. Genera of Uredinales are responsible for diseases such as: coffee rust, cedar-apple rust, black stem rust of cereals, carnation rust, and peanut rust. There are thousands of other rusts that haven't been listed that are also responsible for being seriously detrimental to many genera of plants.

Despite all of the ecological problems that these fungi cause to plants, recent efforts have attempted to use some of these rusts to control weedy pests.

Kari Jensen (University of Wisconsin, course material)
[available at: http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/courses/Botany_332/uredinales.html]


word: Uredo
definition:
Uredo

U*re"do
(?)
n.
[L., a blast, blight, a burning itch, fr. urere to burn, to scorch.]

1.
(Bot.)
One of the stages in the life history of certain rusts (order Uredinales), regarded at one time as a distinct genus.  It is a summer stage preceding the teleutospore, or winter stage. See Uredinales, in the Supplement.

2.
(Med.)
Nettle rash. See Urticaria.


word: Uredospore
definition:
Uredospore

U*re"do*spore
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
The thin-walled summer spore which is produced during the so-called Uredo stage of certain rusts. See (in the Supplement) Uredinales, Heterœcious, etc.


word: Ureide
definition:
Ureide

U"re*ide
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
Any one of the many complex derivatives of urea; thus, hydantoin, and, in an extended dense, guanidine, caffeine, et., are ureides.
[Written also ureid.]


word: Ureter
definition:
Ureter

U*re"ter
(?; 277)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;. See Urine.]
(Anat.)
The duct which conveys the urine from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca. There are two ureters, one for each kidney.


word: Ureteritis
definition:
Ureteritis

U*re`ter*i"tis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Ureter, and -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the ureter.
Dunglison.


word: Urethane
definition:
Urethane

U*reth"ane
(?)
n.
[F. uréthane. See Urea; Ether.]
1.
(Org. Chem.)
A white crystalline substance, NH2.CO.OC2H5, produced by the action of ammonia on ethyl carbonate or by heating urea nitrate and ethyl alcohol. It is used as a hypnotic, antipyretic, and antispasmodic. Hence, any ester of carbamic acid.

2.
same as polyurethane.


word: Urethra
definition:
Urethra

U*re"thra
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;. See Urine.]
(Anat.)
The canal by which the urine is conducted from the bladder and discharged.


word: Urethral
definition:
Urethral

U*re"thral
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to the urethra.

Urethral fever (Med.), fever occurring as a consequence of operations upon the urethra.


word: Urethroplasty
definition:
Urethroplasty

U*re"thro*plas`ty
(?)
n.
[Urethra + -plasty.]
(Surg.)
An operation for the repair of an injury or a defect in the walls of the urethra.
U*re`thro*plas"tic (#), a.


word: Urethroscope
definition:
Urethroscope

U*re"thro*scope
(?)
n.
[Urethra + -scope.]
(Med.)
An instrument for viewing the interior of the urethra.


word: Urethroscopy
definition:
Urethroscopy

U`re*thros"co*py
(?)
n.
(Med.)
Examination of the urethra by means of the urethroscope.


word: Urethrotome
definition:
Urethrotome

U*re"thro*tome
(?)
n.
[Urethra + Gr. _; to cut.]
An instrument for cutting a urethral stricture.


word: Urethrotomy
definition:
Urethrotomy

U`re*throt"o*my
(?)
n.
[Urethra + Gr. _; to cut.]
(Surg.)
An incision of the urethra, esp. incision for relief of urethral stricture.


word: Uretic
definition:
Uretic

U*ret"ic
(?)
a.
[L. ureticus, Gr. _;. See Urine.]
(Med.)
Of or pertaining to the urine; diuretic; urinary; as, uretic medicine.


word: Urge
definition:
Urge

Urge
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Urged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Urging (?).]
[L. urgere; akin to E. wreak. See Wreak, v. t.]

1.
To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight.
Pope.

2.
To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.

My brother never
Did urge me in his act; I did inquire it.
Shak.

3.
To provoke; to exasperate.
[R.]

Urge not my father's anger.
Shak.

4.
To press hard upon; to follow closely

Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave.
Pope.

5.
To present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention; to insist upon; as, to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case.

6.
To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.


word: Urge₂
definition:
Urge

Urge
(?)
v. i.
1.
To press onward or forward.
[R.]

2.
To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.


word: Urgency
definition:
Urgency

Ur"gen*cy
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. urgence.]
The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.


word: Urgent
definition:
Urgent

Ur"gent
(?)
a.
[L. urgens, p. pr. of urgere: cf. F. urgent. See Urge.]
Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important.
urgent
Shak.

Some urgent cause to ordain the contrary.
Hooker.

The Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they might send them out of the land in haste.
Ex. xii. 33.


word: Uric
definition:
Uric

U"ric
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; urine: cf. F. urique. See Urine.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
Of or pertaining to urine; obtained from urine; as, uric acid.

Uric acid, a crystalline body, present in small quantity in the urine of man and most mammals. Combined in the form of urate of ammonia, it is the chief constituent of the urine of birds and reptiles, forming the white part. Traces of it are also found in the various organs of the body. It is likewise a common constituent, either as the free acid or as a urate, of urinary or renal calculi and of the so-called gouty concretions. From acid urines, uric acid is frequently deposited, on standing in a cool place, in the form of a reddish yellow sediment, nearly always crystalline. Chemically, it is composed of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen, C5H4N4O3, and by decomposition yields urea, among other products. It can be made synthetically by heating together urea and glycocoll. It was formerly called also lithic acid, in allusion to its occurrence in stone, or calculus.


word: Urim
definition:
Urim

U"rim
(?)
n.
[Heb. _;rīm, pl. of _;r, fire _;r light.]
A part or decoration of the breastplate of the high priest among the ancient Jews, by which Jehovah revealed his will on certain occasions. Its nature has been the subject of conflicting conjectures.

Thou shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim.
Ex. xxviii. 30.

And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
1 Sam. xxviii. 6.

&hand_; Professor Plumptre supposes the Urim to have been a clear and colorless stone set in the breastplate of the high priest as a symbol of light, answering to the mystic scarab in the pectoral plate of the ancient Egyptian priests, and that the Thummim was an image corresponding to that worn by the priestly judges of Egypt as a symbol of truth and purity of motive. By gazing steadfastly on these, he may have been thrown into a mysterious, half ecstatic state, akin to hypnotism, in which he lost all personal consciousness, and received a spiritual illumination and insight.


word: Urinal
definition:
Urinal

U"ri*nal
(?)
n.
[L. urinal, fr. urina urine: cf. F. urinal.]

1.
A vessel for holding urine; especially, a bottle or tube for holding urine for inspection.

2.
A place or convenience for urinating purposes.


word: Urinary
definition:
Urinary

U"ri*na*ry
(?)
a.
[L. urina urine: cf. F. urinaire.]

1.
Of or pertaining to the urine; as, the urinary bladder; urinary excretions.

2.
Resembling, or being of the nature of, urine.

Urinary calculus (Med.), a concretion composed of some one or more crystalline constituents of the urine, liable to be found in any portion of the urinary passages or in the pelvis of the kidney. -- Urinary pigments, (Physiol. Chem.), certain colored substances, urochrome, or urobilin, uroerythrin, etc., present in the urine together with indican, a colorless substance which by oxidation is convertible into colored bodies.


word: Urinator
definition:
Urinator

U"ri*na`tor
(?)
n.
[L., from urinari to plunge under water, to dive.]
One who dives under water in search of something, as for pearls; a diver.
[R.]
Ray.


word: Urine
definition:
Urine

U"rine
(?)
n.
[F. urine, L. urina; akin to urinari to plunge under water, to dive, Gr. _; urine; cf. Skr. vār water, Icel. _;r drizzling rain, AS. wær the sea.]
(Physiol.)
In mammals, a fluid excretion from the kidneys; in birds and reptiles, a solid or semisolid excretion.

&hand_; 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, protein as in Bright's disease, bile pigments as in jaundice, or abnormal quantities of some one or more of the normal constituents.


word: Uriniferous
definition:
Uriniferous

U`ri*nif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[Urine + -ferous.]
Bearing or conveying urine; as, uriniferous tubules.


word: Uriniparous
definition:
Uriniparous

U`ri*nip"a*rous
(?)
a.
[Urine + L. parere to produce: cf. F. urinipare.]
(Physiol.)
Producing or preparing urine; as, the uriniparous tubes in the cortical portion of the kidney.


word: Urinogenital
definition:
Urinogenital

U`ri*no*gen"i*tal
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to the urinary and genital organs; genitourinary; urogenital; as, the urinogenital canal.


word: Urinometer
definition:
Urinometer

U`ri*nom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Urine + -meter.]
A small hydrometer for determining the specific gravity of urine.


word: Urinometry
definition:
Urinometry

U`ri*nom"e*try
(?)
n.
The estimation of the specific gravity of urine by the urinometer.


word: Urinous
definition:
Urinous

Urinose

{ U"ri*nose (?), U"ri*nous (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. urineux. See Urine.]
Of or pertaining to urine, or partaking of its qualities; having the character or odor of urine; similar to urine.
Arbuthnot.


word: Urite
definition:
Urite

U"rite
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; tail.]
(Zool.)
One of the segments of the abdomen or post-abdomen of arthropods.


word: Urn
definition:
Urn

Urn
(?)
n.
[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.)
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.)
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.


word: Urn₂
definition:
Urn

Urn
v. t.
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.


word: Urn-shaped
definition:
Urn-shaped

Urn"-shaped`
(?)
a.
Having the shape of an urn; as, the urn-shaped capsules of some mosses.


word: Urobilin
definition:
Urobilin

U`ro*bi"lin
(?)
n.
[1st uro- + bile + -in.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A yellow pigment identical with hydrobilirubin, abundant in the highly colored urine of fever, and also present in normal urine. See Urochrome.


word: Urocele
definition:
Urocele

U"ro*cele
(?)
n.
[1st uro + Gr. _; tumor.]
(Med.)
A morbid swelling of the scrotum due to extravasation of urine into it.


word: Urocerata
definition:
Urocerata

U`ro*cer"a*ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; tail + _;, _;, horn.]
(Zool.)
A division of boring Hymenoptera, including Tremex and allied genera. See Illust. of Horntail.


word: Urochord
definition:
Urochord

U"ro*chord
(?)
n.
[2d uro- + chord.]
(Zool.)
The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and of certain adult tunicates.
[Written also urocord.]


word: Urochordata
definition:
Urochordata

Urochorda

U`ro*chor"da, U`ro*chor`da"ta
(?)
prop. n. pl.
[NL. See Urochord.]
(Zool.)
Same as Tunicata.


word: Urochrome
definition:
Urochrome

U"ro*chrome
(?)
n.
[1st uro- + Gr. _; color.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A yellow urinary pigment, considered by Thudichum as the only pigment present in normal urine. It is regarded by Maly as identical with urobilin.


word: Urodela
definition:
Urodela

U`ro*de"la
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.; Gr. _; tail + _; visible.]
(Zool.)
An order of amphibians having the tail well developed and often long. It comprises the salamanders, tritons, and allied animals.


word: Uroerythrin
definition:
Uroerythrin

U`ro*e*ryth"rin
(?)
n.
[See 1st Uro-, and Erythrin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
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.


word: Urogastric
definition:
Urogastric

U`ro*gas"tric
(?)
a.
[2d uro- + gastric.]
(Zool.)
Behind the stomach; -- said of two lobes of the carapace of certain crustaceans.


word: Uroglaucin
definition:
Uroglaucin

U`ro*glau"cin
(?)
n.
[1st uro- + L. glaucus bright.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
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.


word: Urohaematin
definition:
Urohaematin

U`ro*haem"a*tin
(?)
n.
[1st uro- + haematin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
Urinary haematin; -- applied to the normal coloring matter of the urine, on the supposition that it is formed either directly or indirectly (through bilirubin) from the haematin of the blood. See Urochrome, and Urobilin.


word: Urohyal
definition:
Urohyal

U`ro*hy"al
(?)
a.
[2d uro- + the Gr. letter Υ.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to one or more median and posterior elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes.
n. A urohyal bone or cartilage.


word: Uromere
definition:
Uromere

U"ro*mere
(?)
n.
[2d uro- + -mere.]
(Zool.)
Any one of the abdominal segments of an arthropod.


word: Uronology
definition:
Uronology

U`ro*nol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; urine + -logy.]
(Med.)
That part of medicine which treats of urine.
Dunglison.


word: Uropod
definition:
Uropod

U"ro*pod
(?)
n.
[2d uro- + -pod.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Uropoetic
definition:
Uropoetic

U`ro*po*et"ic
(?)
a.
[1st uro- + Gr. _; to make.]

1.
(Med.)
Producing, or favoring the production of, urine.

2.
(Zool.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a system of organs which eliminate nitrogenous waste matter from the blood of certain invertebrates.


word: Uropygial
definition:
Uropygial

U`ro*pyg"i*al
(?)
a.
[See Uropygium.]
(Anat.)
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.


word: Uropygium
definition:
Uropygium

U`ro*pyg"i*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, (corrupted form) _;; _; the end of the os sacrum + _; rump.]
(Anat.)
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.


word: Urosacral
definition:
Urosacral

U`ro*sa"cral
(?)
a.
[2d uro- + sacral.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the caudal and sacral parts of the vertebral column; as, the urosacral vertebrae of birds.


word: Uroscopy
definition:
Uroscopy

U*ros"co*py
(?)
n.
[1st uro- + -scopy: cf. F. uroscopie.]
The diagnosis of diseases by inspection of urine.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Urosome
definition:
Urosome

U"ro*some
(?)
n.
[2d uro- + -some body.]
(Zool.)
The abdomen, or post-abdomen, of arthropods.


word: Urostege
definition:
Urostege

U"ro*stege
(?)
n.
[2d uro- + Gr. _; roof.]
(Zool.)
One of the plates on the under side of the tail of a serpent.


word: Urosteon
definition:
Urosteon

U*ros"te*on
(?)
n.
pl. L. Urostea (#), E. Urosteons (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; the tail + _; a bone.]
(Anat.)
A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.


word: Urosternite
definition:
Urosternite

U`ro*ster"nite
(?)
n.
[2d uro- + sternum.]
(Zool.)
The sternal, or under piece, of any one of the uromeres of insects and other arthropods.


word: Urostyle
definition:
Urostyle

U"ro*style
(?)
n.
[2d uro- + Gr. _; a pillar.]
(Anat.)
A styliform process forming the posterior extremity of the vertebral column in some fishes and amphibians.


word: Uroxanic
definition:
Uroxanic

U`rox*an"ic
(?)
a.
[Uric + alloxan.]
(Chem.)
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.


word: Urrhodin
definition:
Urrhodin

Ur*rho"din
(?)
n.
[1st uro- + Gr. _; a rose.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
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.


word: Urry
definition:
Urry

Ur"ry
(?)
n.
[Cf. Gael. uir, uireach, mold, clay.]
A sort of blue or black clay lying near a vein of coal.


word: Ursa
definition:
Ursa

Ur"sa
(?)
n.
[L. ursa a she-bear, also, a constellation, fem. of ursus a bear.  Cf. Arctic.]
(Astron.)
Either one of the Bears. See the Phrases below.

Ursa Major [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 [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.


word: Ursine
definition:
Ursine

Ur"sine
(?)
a.
[L. ursinus, from ursus a bear. See Ursa.]
Of or pertaining to a bear; resembling a bear.

Ursine baboon. (Zool.) See Chacma. -- Ursine dasyure (Zool.), the Tasmanian devil. -- Ursine howler (Zool.), the araguato. See Illust. under Howler. -- Ursine seal. (Zool.) See Sea bear, and the Note under 1st Seal.


word: Ursula
definition:
Ursula

Ur"su*la
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A beautiful North American butterfly (Basilarchia astyanax syn. Limenitis astyanax).  Its wings are nearly black with red and blue spots and blotches.  Called also red-spotted purple.


word: Ursuline
definition:
Ursuline

Ur"su*line
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. ursuline.]
(R. C. Ch.)
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.


word: Ursuline₂
definition:
Ursuline

Ur"su*line
a.
Of or pertaining to St. Ursula, or the order of Ursulines; as, the Ursuline nuns.


word: Urtica
definition:
Urtica

Ur*ti"ca
(?)
n.
[L., a nettle.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants including the common nettles. See Nettle, n.


word: Urticaceous
definition:
Urticaceous

Ur`ti*ca"ceous
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to a natural order (Urticaceae) 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.


word: Urtical
definition:
Urtical

Ur"tic*al
(?)
a.
Resembling nettles; -- said of several natural orders allied to urticaceous plants.


word: Urticaria
definition:
Urticaria

Ur`ti*ca"ri*a
(?)
n.
[NL. See Urtica.]
(Med.)
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.


word: Urticate
definition:
Urticate

Ur"ti*cate
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Urticated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Urticating.]
To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy.
G. A. Sala.


word: Urtication
definition:
Urtication

Ur`ti*ca"tion
(?)
n.
(Med.)
The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; -- sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.


word: Urubu
definition:
Urubu

U*ru*bu"
(?)
n.
[Cf. Pg. urubú a certain Brazilian bird.]
(Zool.)
The black vulture (Catharista atrata). It ranges from the Southern United States to South America. See Vulture.


word: Urus
definition:
Urus

U"rus
(?)
n.
[L.; of Teutonic origin. See Aurochs.]
(Zool.)
A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (Bos urus or Bos primigenius) anciently abundant in Europe.  It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius Caesar.  It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication.  Called also, ur, ure, and tur.


word: Urva
definition:
Urva

Ur"va
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Us
definition:
Us

Us
(?)
pron.
[OE. us, AS. _;s; akin to OFries. & OS. _;s, D. ons, G. uns, Icel. & Sw. oss, Dan. os, Goth. uns, L. nos we, us, Gr. _; we, Skr. nas us. _;_;_;_;.  Cf. Nostrum, Our.]
The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; -- the objective case of we. See We.
us
Chaucer.

Give us this day our daily bread.
Matt. vi. 11.


word: Usage
definition:
Usage

Us"age
(?)
n.
[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.


word: Usager
definition:
Usager

Us"a*ger
(?)
n.
[F. usager.]
One who has the use of anything in trust for another.
[Obs.]
Daniel.


word: Usance
definition:
Usance

Us"ance
(?)
n.
[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.)
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.


word: Usbeks
definition:
Usbeks

Usbegs

{ Us"begs (?), Us"beks (?), }
n. pl.
(Ethnol.)
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.]


word: Use
definition:
Use

Use
(?)
n.
[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 Caesar! these things are beyond all use.
Shak.

6.
(Eccl.)
The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.

From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but one use.
Pref. to Book 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.
[In this sense probably a corruption of OF. oes, fr. L. opus need, business, employment, work.  Cf. Operate.]
(Law)
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)
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 use, 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 use, 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.


word: Use₂
definition:
Use

Use
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Used (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Using.]
[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.
use
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.]

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.


word: Use₃
definition:
Use

Use
(?)
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.]
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.


word: Useful
definition:
Useful

Use"ful
(?)
a.
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.


word: Usefulness
definition:
Usefulness

Use"ful*ness
n.
The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.
Addison.


word: Useless
definition:
Useless

Use"less
a.
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.

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.


word: U-shaped
definition:
U-shaped

U"-shaped`
(?)
a.
Having the form of the letter U;
specif.
(Phys. Geog.)
of valleys, resembling a broad U in cross profile.


word: Usher
definition:
Usher

Ush"er
(?)
n.
[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.
ushers
Chaucer.

These are the ushers of Marcius.
Shak.

&hand_; 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.


word: Usher₂
definition:
Usher

Ush"er
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ushered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ushering.]
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.


word: Usherance
definition:
Usherance

Ush"er*ance
(?)
n.
The act of ushering, or the state of being ushered in.
[Obs.]
Shaftesbury.


word: Usherdom
definition:
Usherdom

Ush"er*dom
(?)
n.
The office or position of an usher; ushership; also, ushers, collectively.
[R.]


word: Usitative
definition:
Usitative

Us"i*ta*tive
(?)
a.
[L. usitari to use often.]
Denoting usual or customary action.
usitative
Alford.


word: Usnea
definition:
Usnea

Us"ne*a
(?)
n.
[NL., from Ar. usnah moss.]
(Bot.)
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.


word: Usnic
definition:
Usnic

Us"nic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid obtained, as a yellow crystalline substance, from certain genera of lichens  (Usnea, Parmelia, etc.).


word: Usquebaugh
definition:
Usquebaugh

Us"que*baugh
(?)
n.
[Ir. or Gael. uisge beatha, literally, water of life; uisge water + beatha life; akin to Gr. bi`os life. See Quick, 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.


word: Ustion
definition:
Ustion

Us"tion
(?)
n.
[L. ustio, fr. urere, ustum, to burn: cf. F. ustion.]
The act of burning, or the state of being burned.
[R.]
Johnson.


word: Ustorious
definition:
Ustorious

Us*to"ri*ous
(?)
a.
[L. urere, ustum, to burn.]
Having the quality of burning.
[R.]
I. Watts.


word: Ustulate
definition:
Ustulate

Us"tu*late
(?)
a.
[L. ustulatus, p. p. of ustulare to scorch, urere to burn.]
Blackened as if burned.


word: Ustulation
definition:
Ustulation

Us`tu*la"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. ustulation.]

1.
The act of burning or searing.
[R.]
Sir W. Petty.

2.
(Old Chem.)
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.


word: Usual
definition:
Usual

U"su*al
(?)
a.
[L. usualis, from usus use: cf. F. usuel. See Use, n.]
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 in their times.
Hooker.

We can make friends of these usual enemies.
Baxter.


word: Usucaption
definition:
Usucaption

U`su*cap"tion
(?; 277)
n.
[L. usucapere, usucaptum, to acquire by long use; usu (ablative of usus use) + capere to take: cf. usucapio usucaption.]
(Roman Law)
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.


word: Usufruct
definition:
Usufruct

U"su*fruct
(?; 277)
n.
[L. usufructus, ususfructus, usus et fructus; usus use + fructus fruit.]
(Law)
The right of using and enjoying the profits of an estate or other thing belonging to another, without impairing the substance.
Burrill.


word: Usufructuary
definition:
Usufructuary

U`su*fruc"tu*a*ry
(?)
n.
[L. usufructuarius.]
(Law)
A person who has the use of property and reaps the profits of it.
Wharton.


word: Usufructuary₂
definition:
Usufructuary

U`su*fruc"tu*a*ry
a.
(Law)
Of or pertaining to a usufruct; having the nature of a usufruct.

The ordinary graces bequeathed by Christ to his church, as the usufructuary property of all its members.
Coleridge.


word: Usurary
definition:
Usurary

Usurarious

{ U`su*ra"ri*ous (?), U"su*ra*ry (?), }
a.
[L. usurarius that serves for use, that pays interest. See Usurer.]
Usurious.
[Obs.]
Usurarious
Jer. Taylor. Bp. Hall.


word: Usure
definition:
Usure

U"sure
(?; 115)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Usured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Usuring.]
[Cf. OF. usurer, LL. usurare.]
To practice usury; to charge unlawful interest.
[Obs.]
usuring
Shak.

I usured not ne to me usured any man.
Wyclif (Jer. xv. 10).


word: Usurer
definition:
Usurer

U"su*rer
(?)
n.
[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.


word: Usurious
definition:
Usurious

U*su"ri*ous
(?; 277)
a.
[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 usurious contract.


word: Usurp
definition:
Usurp

U*surp"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Usurped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Usurping.]
[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.]
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.

&hand_; Usurp is applied to seizure and use of office, functions, powers, rights, etc.; it is not applied to common dispossession of private property.


word: Usurp₂
definition:
Usurp

U*surp"
v. i.
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.


word: Usurpation
definition:
Usurpation

U`sur*pa"tion
(?)
n.
[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 regal dignity 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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Usurper
definition:
Usurper

U*surp"er
(?)
n.
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.


word: Usury
definition:
Usury

U"su*ry
(?)
n.
[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 _;_;is own.
Dryden.

2.
The practice of taking interest.
[Obs.]

Usury . . . bringeth the treasure of a realm or state into a few _;_;nds.
Bacon.

3.
(Law)
Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money.

&hand_; 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.


word: Ut
definition:
Ut

Ut
(?)
n.
(Min.)
The first note in Guido's musical scale, now usually superseded by do. See Solmization.


word: Utas
definition:
Utas

U"tas
(?)
n.
[OF. huitieves, witieves, witaves, oitieves, pl. of huitieve, witieve, etc., eighth, L. octavus. See Octave, n.]
[Written also utis.]

1.
(O. Eng. Law)
The eighth day after any term or feast; the octave; as, the utas 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.


word: Utensil
definition:
Utensil

U*ten"sil
(?; 277)
n.
[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.]
That 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.


word: Uterine
definition:
Uterine

U"ter*ine
(?; 277)
a.
[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. Wilki_;_;.
Wood.


word: Uterogestation
definition:
Uterogestation

U`te*ro*ges*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[Uterus + gestation.]
Gestation in the womb from conception to birth; pregnancy.
Pritchard.


word: Uterovaginal
definition:
Uterovaginal

U`te*ro*vag"i*nal
(?)
n.
[Uterus + vaginal.]
Pertaining to both the uterus and the vagina.


word: Uterus
definition:
Uterus

U"te*rus
(?)
n.
[L.]
1.
(Anat.)
The organ of a female mammal in which the young are developed previous to birth; the womb.

&hand_; 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 [NL.] uterus masculinus.

2.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Utes
definition:
Utes

Utes
(?)
n. pl.
sing. Ute
(Ethnol.)
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.


word: Utia
definition:
Utia

U"ti*a
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Utica
definition:
Utica

U"ti*ca
(?)
a.
[So called from Utica, in New York.]
(Geol.)
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.


word: Utile
definition:
Utile

U"tile
(?)
a.
[L. utilis, fr. uti to use: cf. F. utile. See Use, v. t.]
Profitable; useful.
[Obs.]


word: Utilitarian
definition:
Utilitarian

U*til`i*ta"ri*an
(?)
a.
[See Utility.]

1.
Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; _;iming at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.; sometimes, reproachfully, evincing, or characterized by, a regard for utility of a lower kind, or marked by a sordid spirit; 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.


word: Utilitarian₂
definition:
Utilitarian

U*til`i*ta"ri*an
(?)
n.
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.


word: Utilitarianism
definition:
Utilitarianism

U*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.


word: Utility
definition:
Utility

U*til"i*ty
(?)
n.
[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.)
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 economy should 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.


word: Utilizable
definition:
Utilizable

U"til*i`za*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being utilized; as, the utilizable products of the gas works.


word: Utilization
definition:
Utilization

U`til*i*za"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. utilization.]
The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.


word: Utilize
definition:
Utilize

U"til*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Utilized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Utilizing (?).]
[Cf. F. utiliser.]
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.


word: Uti possidetis
definition:
Uti possidetis

U`ti pos`si*de"tis
(?)
[L., as you possess.]

1.
(Internat. 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 & C.

2.
(Roman Law)
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.


word: Utmost
definition:
Utmost

Ut"most`
(?)
a.
[OE. utmeste, utemest, AS. _;temest, a superlative fr. _;te out. _;_;_;_;. See 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.


word: Utmost₂
definition:
Utmost

Ut"most`
n.
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.


word: Utopia
definition:
Utopia

U*to"pi*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr.  not + _; a place.]

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.


word: Utopian
definition:
Utopian

U*to"pi*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian projects; Utopian happiness.


word: Utopian₂
definition:
Utopian

U*to"pi*an
n.
An inhabitant of Utopia; hence, one who believes in the perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an optimist.
Hooker.


word: Utopianism
definition:
Utopianism

U*to"pi*an*ism
(?)
n.
The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian; impracticable schemes of human perfection; optimism.


word: Utraquist
definition:
Utraquist

U"tra*quist
(?)
n.
[L. uterque, fem. utraque, both.]
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.


word: Utricle
definition:
Utricle

U"tri*cle
(?)
n.
[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.)
A microscopic cell in the structure of an egg, animal, or plant.

3.
(Bot.)
A small, thin-walled, one-seeded fruit, as of goosefoot.
Gray.

4.
(Anat.)
A utriculus.


word: Utricular
definition:
Utricular

U*tric"u*lar
(?)
a.
[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.


word: Utricularia
definition:
Utricularia

U*tric`u*la"ri*a
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Bot.)
A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See Ascidium,


word: Utriculate
definition:
Utriculate

U*tric"u*late
(?)
a.
Resembling a bladder; swollen like a bladder; inflated; utricular.
Dana.


word: Utriculoid
definition:
Utriculoid

U*tric"u*loid
(?)
a.
[L. utriculus a little womb, a calycle + -oid.]
Resembling a bladder; utricular; utriculate.
Dana.


word: Utriculus
definition:
Utriculus

U*tric"u*lus
(?)
n.
[L., a little womb or matrix, a calycle.]
(Anat.)
A little sac, or bag; a utricle; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under Ear.


word: Utro-
definition:
Utro-

U"tro-
(?)
A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the uterus; as in utro-ovarian.


word: Utter
definition:
Utter

Ut"ter
(?)
a.
[OE. utter, originally the same word as outer. See Out, and cf. Outer, Utmost.]

1.
Outer.
utter
Chaucer.
[Obs.]
utter
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 of Saint Adelmes point is five miles from Sandwich.
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.


word: Utter₂
definition:
Utter

Ut"ter
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Uttered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Uttering.]
[OE. outren, freq. of outen to utter, put out, AS. ūtian to put out, eject, fr. ūt out. √198. 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.
uttering
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.


word: Utterance
definition:
Utterance

Ut"ter*ance
(?)
n.
1.
The act of uttering.

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 them utterance.
Acts ii. 4.

O, how unlike
To that large utterance of the early gods!
Keats.


word: Utterance₂
definition:
Utterance

Ut"ter*ance
n.
[F. outrance. See Outrance.]
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.


word: Utterest
definition:
Utterest

Ut"ter*est
obs.
superl.
of Utter
Uttermost.

To the utterest proof of her courage.
Chaucer.


word: Utterless
definition:
Utterless

Ut"ter*less
a.
Incapable of being uttered.
[Obs.]

A clamoring debate of utterless things.
Milton.


word: Utterly
definition:
Utterly

Ut"ter*ly
adv.
In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as, utterly ruined; it is utterly vain.


word: Uttermost
definition:
Uttermost

Ut"ter*most
(?)
a.
[From Utter, a.; cf. Utmost, and Outermost.]
Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end.
uttermost
Milton.


word: Uttermost₂
definition:
Uttermost

Ut"ter*most`
(?)
n.
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.


word: Utterness
definition:
Utterness

Ut"ter*ness
n.
The quality or state of being utter, or extreme; extremity; utmost; uttermost.
[R.]


word: Uva
definition:
Uva

U"va
(?)
n.
[L., a grape.]
(Bot.)
A small pulpy or juicy fruit containing several seeds and having a thin skin, as a grape.


word: Uvea
definition:
Uvea

U"ve*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. uva grape.]
(Anat.)
The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; -- sometimes applied to the whole iris together with the choroid coat.


word: Uvic
definition:
Uvic

U"vic
(?)
a.
[L. uva grape.]
(Chem.)
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.


word: Uvitic
definition:
Uvitic

U*vit"ic
(?)
a.
[From L. uva a grape. So called because it may be produced indirectly from tartaric acid, which is found in the grape.]
(Chem.)
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.


word: Uvitonic
definition:
Uvitonic

U`vi*ton"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by the action of ammonia on pyrotartaric acid.


word: Uvula
definition:
Uvula

U"vu*la
(?)
n.
[NL., dim of L. uva a grape, the uvula.]
(Anat.)
The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.

&hand_; The term is also applied to a somewhat similar lobe on the under side of the cerebellum and to another on the inner surface of the neck of the bladder.


word: Uvulatome
definition:
Uvulatome

U"vu*la*tome
(?)
n.
[Uvula + Gr. _; to cut.]
(Surg.)
An instrument for removing the uvula.


word: Uxorial
definition:
Uxorial

Ux*o"ri*al
(?)
a.
[See Uxorious.]
Dotingly fond of, or servilely submissive to, a wife; uxorious; also, becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife.
[R.]

The speech [of Zipporah, Ex. iv. 25] is not a speech of reproach or indignation, but of uxorial endearment.
Geddes.


word: Uxoricide
definition:
Uxoricide

Ux*or"i*cide
(?)
n.
[L. uxor wife + caedere to kill.]

1.
The murder of a wife by her husband.

2.
One who murders his wife.


word: Uxorious
definition:
Uxorious

Ux*o"ri*ous
(?)
a.
[L. uxorius, fr. uxor a wife.]
Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband.
Uxorious
Milton.

How wouldst thou insult,
When I must live uxorious to thy will
In perfect thraldom!
Milton.


word: V
definition:
V

V
(vē)
1.
V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. V and U are only varieties of the same character, U being the cursive form, while V is better adapted for engraving, as in stone. The two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively recent date words containing them were often classed together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see U). The letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a consonant (about like English w) and as a vowel. The Latin derives it from a form (V) of the Greek vowel Υ (see Y), this Greek letter being either from the same Semitic letter as the digamma F (see F), or else added by the Greeks to the alphabet which they took from the Semitic. Etymologically v is most nearly related to u, w, f, b, p; as in vine, wine; avoirdupois, habit, have; safe, save; trover, troubadour, trope. See U, F, etc.

2.
As a numeral, V stands for five, in English and Latin.


word: Vaagmer
definition:
Vaagmer

Vaag"mer
(?)
n.
[Icel. vāgmeri a kind of flounder, literally, wave mare.]
(Zool.)
The dealfish.
[Written also vaagmaer, and vaagmar.]


word: Vacancy
definition:
Vacancy

Va"can*cy
(?)
n.
pl. Vacancies (#).
[Cf. F. vacance.]

1.
The quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness.

All dispositions to idleness or vacancy, even before they are habits, are dangerous.
Sir H. Wotton.

2.
That which is vacant.

How is't with you,
That you do bend your eye on vacancy?
Shak.

Time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities.
Milton.

No interim, not a minute's vacancy.
Shak.

Those little vacancies from toil are sweet.
Dryden.


word: Vacant
definition:
Vacant

Va"cant
(?)
a.
[F., fr. L. vacans, -antis, p. pr. of vacare to be empty, to be free or unoccupied, to have leisure, also vocare; akin to vacuus empty, and probably to E. void.  Cf. Evacuate, Void, a.]

1.
Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room.

Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form.
Shak.

Being of those virtues vacant.
Shak.

There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended,
But has one vacant chair.
Longfellow.

2.
Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours.

Religion is the interest of all; but philosophy of those . . . at leisure, and vacant from the affairs of the world.
Dr. H. More.

There was not a minute of the day which he left vacant.
Bp. Fell.

3.
Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; unoccupied; as, a vacant throne; a vacant house; a vacant apartment; a vacant parish.

Special dignities which vacant lie
For thy best use and wearing.
Shak.

4.
Empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or reflection; as, a vacant mind.

The duke had a pleasant and vacant face.
Sir H. Wotton.

When on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood.
Wordsworth.

5.
(Law)
Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate.
Bouvier.

Vacant succession (Law), one that is claimed by no person, or where all the heirs are unknown, or where all the known heirs to it have renounced it. Burrill.


word: Vacate
definition:
Vacate

Va"cate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Vacated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vacating.]
[L. vacare, vacatum, to be empty. See Vacant.]
1.
To 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; the tenant vacated the house.

2.
To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission or a charter; to vacate proceedings in a cause.

That after act vacating the authority of the precedent.
Eikon Basilike.

The necessity of observing the Jewish Sabbath was vacated by the apostolical institution of the Lord's Day.
R. Nelson.

3.
To defeat; to put an end to.
[R.]

He vacates my revenge.
Dryden.


word: Vacation
definition:
Vacation

Va*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. vacatio a being free from a duty, service, etc., fr. vacare. See Vacate.]

1.
The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.

2.
Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.

It was not in his nature, however, at least till years had chastened it, to take any vacation from controversy.
Palfrey.


word: Vacatur
definition:
Vacatur

Va*ca"tur
(?)
n.
[NL., it is made void, fr. L. vacare to be empty. See Vacant.]
(Law)
An order of court by which a proceeding is set aside or annulled.


word: Vaccary
definition:
Vaccary

Vac"ca*ry
(?)
n.
[LL. vaccarium, from L. vacca cow.  Cf. Vachery.]
A cow house, dairy house, or cow pasture.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Wright.


word: Vaccinate
definition:
Vaccinate

Vac"ci*nate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Vaccinated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vaccinating.]
[See Vaccine.]
To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows; now, generally, to administer (by injection or otherwise) any vaccine with the objective of rendering the recipient immune to an infectious disease.  One who has been thus immunized by vaccination is said to be vaccinated against a particular disease.  One may be thus immunized (vaccinated) also by oral ingestion or inhalation of a vaccine.


word: Vaccination
definition:
Vaccination

Vac`ci*na"tion
(?)
n.
1.
The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox.  Cf. Inoculation.

&hand_; In recent use, vaccination sometimes includes inoculation with any virus as a preventive measure; as, vaccination against cholera.

2.
Any inoculation intended to raise immunity to a disease.


word: Vaccine
definition:
Vaccine

Vac"cine
(văk"sīn or văk"sĭn; 277)
a.
[L. vaccinus, fr. vacca a cow; cf. Skr. vāç to bellow, to groan.]
1.
Of or pertaining to cows; pertaining to, derived from, or caused by, vaccinia; as, vaccine virus; the vaccine disease.

2.
Of or pertaining to a vaccine or vaccination.


word: Vaccine₂
definition:
Vaccine

Vac"cine
(văk*sēn" or văk"sēn)
n.
1.
The virus of vaccinia used in vaccination.

2.
any preparation used to render an organism immune to some disease, by inducing or increasing the natural immunity mechanisms.  Prior to 1995, such preparations usually contained killed organisms of the type for which immunity was desired, and sometimes used live organisms having attenuated virulence.  Since that date, preparations containing only specific antigenic portions of the pathogenic organism have also been used.  Some of these are prepared by genetic engineering techniques.

3.
(Computers)
A program designed to protect a computer from software viruses, by detecting and or eliminating them.


word: Vaccinium
definition:
Vaccinium

Vac*cin"i*um
(?)
n.
[L., the blueberry, or whortleberry.]
(Bot.)
A genus of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.


word: Vacher
definition:
Vacher

Va`cher"
(?)
n.
[F., from vache a cow.  Cf. Vaquero.]
A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman.
[Southwestern U. S.]
Bartlett.


word: Vachery
definition:
Vachery

Vach"er*y
(?)
n.
[F. vacherie, from vache a cow, L. vacca.  Cf. Vaccary.]
1.
An inclosure for cows.

2.
A dairy.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Prompt. Parv.


word: Vachette clasp
definition:
Vachette clasp

Va`chette" clasp
(?)
[Cf. F. vachette cowhide leather used for ligatures.]
(Veter.)
A piece of strong steel wire with the ends curved and pointed, used on toe or quarter cracks to bind the edges together and prevent motion. It is clasped into two notches, one on each side of the crack, burned into the wall with a cautery iron.


word: Vacillancy
definition:
Vacillancy

Vac"il*lan*cy
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being vacillant, or wavering.
[R.]
Dr. H. More.


word: Vacillant
definition:
Vacillant

Vac"il*lant
(?)
a.
[L. vacillans, p. pr. of vacillare: cf. F. vacillant. See Vacillate.]
Vacillating; wavering; fluctuating; irresolute.


word: Vacillate
definition:
Vacillate

Vac"il*late
(văs"ĭl*lāt)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Vacillated (văs"ĭl*lā`tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Vacillating.]
[L. vacillare, vacillatum; cf. Skr. vañc.]

1.
To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.

[A spheroid] is always liable to shift and vacillatefrom one axis to another.
Paley.

2.
To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver.


word: Vacillating
definition:
Vacillating

Vac"il*la`ting
(?)
a.
Inclined to fluctuate; wavering.
Tennyson.
Vac"il*la`ting*ly, adv.


word: Vacillation
definition:
Vacillation

Vac`il*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. vacillatio: cf. F. vacillation.]
1.
The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering.

His vacillations, always exhibited most pitiably in emergencies.
Macaulay.

2.
Unsteadiness of purpose; changeableness.

There is a vacillation, or an alternation of knowledge and doubt.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Vacuate
definition:
Vacuate

Vac"u*ate
(?)
v. t.
[L. vacuatus, p. p. of vacuare to empty, from vacuus empty. See Vacant.]
To make void, or empty.
[R.]


word: Vacuist
definition:
Vacuist

Vac"u*ist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. vacuiste.]
One who holds the doctrine that the space between the bodies of the universe, or the molecules and atoms of matter, is a vacuum; -- opposed to plenist.


word: Vacuity
definition:
Vacuity

Va*cu"i*ty
(vȧ*kū"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
[L. vacuitas. See Vacuous.]
1.
The quality or state of being vacuous, or not filled; emptiness; vacancy; as, vacuity of mind; vacuity of countenance.

Hunger is such a state of vacuity as to require a fresh supply of aliment.
Arbuthnot.

2.
Space unfilled or unoccupied, or occupied with an invisible fluid only; emptiness; void; vacuum.

A vacuity is interspersed among the particles of matter.
Bentley.

God . . . alone can answer all our longings and fill every vacuity of our soul.
Rogers.

3.
Want of reality; inanity; nihility.
[R.]

Their expectations will meet with vacuity.
Glanvill.


word: Vacuna
definition:
Vacuna

Va*cu"na
(vȧ*kū"nȧ)
prop. n.
[L.  fr. vacuus unoccupied.]
(Rom. Myth.)
The goddess of rural leisure, to whom the husbandmen sacrificed at the close of the harvest.  She was especially honored by the Sabines.


word: Vacuolated
definition:
Vacuolated

Vac"u*o*la`ted
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
Full of vacuoles, or small air cavities; as, vacuolated cells.


word: Vacuole
definition:
Vacuole

Vac"u*ole
(?)
n.
[L. vacuus empty: cf. F. vacuole.]
(Biol.)
A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery liquid, or some special chemical secretions of the cell protoplasm.

Contractile vacuole. (Zool.) See under Contractile, and see Illusts. of Infusoria, and Lobosa. -- Food vacuole. (Zool.) See under Food, and see Illust. of Infusoria.


word: Vacuometer
definition:
Vacuometer

Vac`u*om"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Vacuum + -meter.]
(Physics)
(a)
An instrument for the comparison of barometers.
(b)
An apparatus for the measurement of low pressures.


word: Vacuous
definition:
Vacuous

Vac"u*ous
(văk"&uuptack_;*ŭs)
a.
[L. vacuus. See Vacant.]
Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.

Boundless the deep, because I am who fill
Infinitude; nor vacuous the space.
Milton.

That the few may lead selfish and vacuous days.
J. Morley.


word: Vacuousness
definition:
Vacuousness

Vac"u*ous*ness
n.
The quality or state of being vacuous; emptiness; vacuity.
W. Montagu.


word: Vacuum
definition:
Vacuum

Vac"u*um
(văk"&uuptack_;*ŭm)
n.
pl. E. Vacuums (văk"&uuptack_;*ŭmz), L. Vacua (văk"&uuptack_;*ȧ).
[L., fr. vacuus empty. See Vacuous.]
1.
(Physics)
A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of a closed vessel, which has been exhausted to a high or the highest degree by an air pump or other artificial means; as, water boils at a reduced temperature in a vacuum.

2.
The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.; as, a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch.

Vacuum brake, a kind of continuous brake operated by exhausting the air from some appliance under each car, and so causing the pressure of the atmosphere to apply the brakes. -- Vacuum pan (Technol.), a kind of large closed metallic retort used in sugar making for boiling down sirup. It is so connected with an exhausting apparatus that a partial vacuum is formed within. This allows the evaporation and concentration to take place at a lower atmospheric pressure and hence also at a lower temperature, which largely obviates the danger of burning the sugar, and shortens the process. -- Vacuum pump. Same as Pulsometer, 1. -- Vacuum tube (Phys.), (a) a glass tube provided with platinum electrodes and exhausted, for the passage of the electrical discharge; a Geissler tube. (a) any tube used in electronic devices, containing a vacuum and used to control the flow of electrons in a circuit, as a vacuum diode, triode, tetrode, or pentode. -- Vacuum valve, a safety valve opening inward to admit air to a vessel in which the pressure is less than that of the atmosphere, in order to prevent collapse. -- Torricellian vacuum. See under Torricellian.


word: Vacuum cleaner
definition:
Vacuum cleaner

Vac"u*um clean"er
A machine for cleaning carpets, tapestry, upholstered work, etc., by suction; -- sometimes called a vacuum.


word: Vadantes
definition:
Vadantes

Va*dan"tes
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from L. vadans, p. pr. of vadare to wade, to ford.]
(Zool.)
An extensive artificial group of birds including the wading, swimming, and cursorial birds.


word: Vade
definition:
Vade

Vade
(vād)
v. i.
[For fade.]
To fade; hence, to vanish.
[Obs.]
vaded
Shak.

They into dust shall vade.
Spenser.


word: Vade mecum
definition:
Vade mecum

Va`de me"cum
(?)
[L., go with me.]
A book or other thing that a person carries with him as a constant companion; a manual; a handbook.


word: Vadimony
definition:
Vadimony

Vad"i*mo*ny
(?)
n.
[L. vadimonium.]
(Law)
A bond or pledge for appearance before a judge on a certain day.
[Obs.]


word: Vadium
definition:
Vadium

Va"di*um
(?)
n.
[LL., from L. vas, vadis, bail.]
(Law)
Pledge; security; bail. See Mortgage.

Vadium vivum [LL.] (Law), a living pledge, which exists where an estate is granted until a debt is paid out of its proceeds.


word: Vagabond
definition:
Vagabond

Vag"a*bond
(?)
a.
[F., fr. L. vagabundus, from vagari to stroll about, from vagus strolling. See Vague.]
1.
Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.
Vagabond
Shak.

2.
Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.

To heaven their prayers
Flew up, nor missed the way, by envious winds
Blown vagabond or frustrate.
Milton.

3.
Being a vagabond; strolling and idle or vicious.


word: Vagabond₂
definition:
Vagabond

Vag"a*bond
n.
One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a tramp; hence, a worthless person; a rascal.

A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be.
Gen. iv. 12.

&hand_; In English and American law, vagabond is used in bad sense, denoting one who is without a home; a strolling, idle, worthless person. Vagabonds are described in old English statutes as “such as wake on the night and sleep on the day, and haunt customable taverns and alehouses, and routs about; and no man wot from whence they came, nor whither they go.” In American law, the term vagrant is employed in the same sense. Cf Rogue, n., 1.  Burrill. Bouvier.


word: Vagabond₃
definition:
Vagabond

Vag"a*bond
v. i.
To play the vagabond; to wander like a vagabond; to stroll.

On every part my vagabonding sight
Did cast, and drown mine eyes in sweet delight.
Drummond.


word: Vagabondage
definition:
Vagabondage

Vag"a*bond`age
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. vagabondage.]
The condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of wandering about in idleness; vagrancy.


word: Vagal
definition:
Vagal

Va"gal
(?)
a.
[See Vagus.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the vagus, or pneumogastric nerves; pneumogastric.


word: Vagancy
definition:
Vagancy

Va"gan*cy
(vā"gan*s&ybreve_;)
n.
[From L. vagans, p. pr. See Vagantes.]
A wandering; vagrancy.
[Obs.]

A thousand vagancies of glory and delight.
Milton.


word: Vagantes
definition:
Vagantes

Va*gan"tes
(vȧ*găn"tēz)
prop. n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. vagans, p. pr. of vagari to stroll or wander.]
(Zool.)
A tribe of spiders, comprising some of those which take their prey in a web, but which also frequently run with agility, and chase and seize their prey.


word: Vagarious
definition:
Vagarious

Va*ga"ri*ous
(vȧ*gā"rĭ*ŭs)
a.
Given to, or characterized by, vagaries; capricious; whimsical; crochety.


word: Vagary
definition:
Vagary

Va*ga"ry
(vȧ*gā"r&ybreve_; or văg"ȧ*re̝)
n.
pl. Vagaries (vȧ*gā"rĭz or văg"ȧ*re̝z).
[L. vagari to stroll about. See Vague.]

1.
A wandering or strolling.
[Obs.]

2.
Hence, a wandering of the thoughts; a wild or fanciful freak; a whim; a whimsical purpose.
vagaries
Spectator.

They changed their minds,
Flew off, and into strange vagaries fell.
Milton.


word: Vagient
definition:
Vagient

Va"gi*ent
(?)
a.
[L. vagiens, p. pr. of vagire to cry like a young child.]
Crying like a child.
[Obs.]


word: Vagina
definition:
Vagina

Va*gi"na
(?)
n.
pl. Vaginae (#).
[L. vagina a scabbard or sheath.]

1.
(Anat.)
(a)
A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein.
(b)
Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to the external orifice of the genital canal, or to the cloaca.

2.
(Zool.)
The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca.

3.
(Bot.)
The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath.

4.
(Arch.)
The shaft of a terminus, from which the bust or figure seems to issue or arise.


word: Vaginal
definition:
Vaginal

Vag"i*nal
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. vaginal.]

1.
Of or pertaining to a vagina; resembling a vagina, or sheath; thecal; as, a vaginal synovial membrane; the vaginal process of the temporal bone.

2.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the vagina of the genital canal; as, the vaginal artery.


word: Vaginant
definition:
Vaginant

Vag"i*nant
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. vaginant. See Vagina.]
Serving to invest, or sheathe; sheathing.

Vaginant leaf (Bot.), a leaf investing the stem or branch by its base, which has the form of a tube.


word: Vaginated
definition:
Vaginated

Vaginate

{ Vag"i*nate (?), Vag"i*na`ted (?), }
a.
[See Vagina.]
Invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem, or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf.


word: Vaginervose
definition:
Vaginervose

Vag`i*ner*vose"
(?)
a.
[L. vagus wandering + E. nervose.]
(Bot.)
Having the nerves, or veins, placed in apparent disorder.


word: Vaginicola
definition:
Vaginicola

Vag`i*nic"o*la
(?)
prop. n.
[NL., from L. vagina sheath + colere to inhabit.]
(Zool.)
A genus of Infusoria which form minute vaselike or tubular cases in which they dwell.


word: Vaginismus
definition:
Vaginismus

Vag`i*nis"mus
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Med.)
A painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina, often rendering copulation impossible.


word: Vaginitis
definition:
Vaginitis

Vag`i*ni"tis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Vagina, and -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the vagina, or the genital canal, usually of its mucous lining membrane.


word: Vaginopennous
definition:
Vaginopennous

Vag`i*no*pen"nous
(?)
a.
[L. vagina a sheath + penna a feather, pl. pennae a wing.]
(Zool.)
Having elytra; sheath-winged.
[R.]


word: Vaginula
definition:
Vaginula

Va*gin"u*la
(?)
n.
[L., dim. of vagina sheath.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A little sheath, as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses.
(b)
One of the tubular florets in composite flowers.
Henslow.


word: Vagrancy
definition:
Vagrancy

Va"gran*cy
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering without a settled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism.

Threatened away into banishment and vagrancy.
Barrow.


word: Vagrant
definition:
Vagrant

Va"grant
(?)
a.
[Probably fr. OF. waucrant, wacrant, p. p. of waucrer, wacrer, walcrer, to wander (probably of Teutonic origin), but influenced by F. vagant, p. pr. of vaguer to stray, L. vagari.  Cf. Vagary.]

1.
Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.

That beauteous Emma vagrant courses took.
Prior.

While leading this vagrant and miserable life, Johnson fell in love.
Macaulay.

2.
Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation; as, a vagrant beggar.


word: Vagrant₂
definition:
Vagrant

Va"grant
n.
One who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond.

Vagrants and outlaws shall offend thy view.
Prior.


word: Vague
definition:
Vague

Vague
(vāg)
a.
[Compar. Vaguer (vāg"ẽr); superl. Vaguest.]
[F. vague, or L. vagus. See Vague, v. i.]

1.
Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.
[Archaic]
vague
Hayward.

She danced along with vague, regardless eyes.
Keats.

2.
Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition.

This faith is neither a mere fantasy of future glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling.
I. Taylor.

The poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort of vague revery, which he called thought.
Hawthorne.

3.
Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.

Some legend strange and vague.
Longfellow.

Vague year. See Sothiac year, under Sothiac.


word: Vague₂
definition:
Vague

Vague
n.
[Cf. F. vague.]
An indefinite expanse.
[R.]

The gray vague of unsympathizing sea.
Lowell.


word: Vague₃
definition:
Vague

Vague
v. i.
[F. vaguer, L. vagari, fr. vagus roaming.]
To wander; to roam; to stray.
[Obs.]
vague
Holland.


word: Vaguely
definition:
Vaguely

Vague"ly
adv.
In a vague manner.

What he vaguely hinted at, but dared not speak.
Hawthorne.


word: Vagus
definition:
Vagus

Va"gus
(?)
a.
[L., wandering.]
(Anat.)
Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve.
n. The vagus, or pneumogastric, nerve.


word: Vail₂
definition:
Vail

Vail
n.
[Aphetic form of avail, n.]

1.
Avails; profit; return; proceeds.
[Obs.]

My house is as 'twere the cave where the young outlaw hoards the stolen vails of his occupation.
Chapman.

2.
An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.
[Obs.]

3.
Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural.
[Written also vale.]
Dryden.


word: Vail₃
definition:
Vail

Vail
v. t.
[Aphetic form of avale. See Avale, Vale.]
[Written also vale, and veil.]
1.
To let fall; to allow or cause to sink.
[Obs.]

Vail your regard
Upon a wronged, I would fain have said, a maid!
Shak.

2.
To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like.

France must vail her lofty-plumed crest!
Shak.

Without vailing his bonnet or testifying any reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic.
Sir. W. Scott.


word: Vail₄
definition:
Vail

Vail
(vāl)
v. i.
To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like.
[Written also vale, and veil.]
[Obs.]

Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity.
South.


word: Vain
definition:
Vain

Vain
(vān)
a.
[Compar. Vainer (?); superl. Vainest.]
[F. vain, L. vanus empty, void, vain.  Cf. Vanish, Vanity, Vaunt to boast.]
1.
Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
vain
Shak.

Every man walketh in a vain show.
Ps. xxxix. 6.

Let no man deceive you with vain words.
Eph. v. 6.

Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye!
Shak.

Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy.
Milton.

2.
Destitute of force or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.

Bring no more vain oblations.
Isa. i. 13.

Vain is the force of man
To crush the pillars which the pile sustain.
Dryden.

3.
Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?
James ii. 20 (Rev. Ver.).

The minstrels played on every side,
Vain of their art.
Dryden.

4.
Showy; ostentatious.

Load some vain church with old theatric state.
Pope.


word: Vain₂
definition:
Vain

Vain
n.
Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.

For vain. See In vain. [Obs.] Shak. -- In vain, to no purpose; without effect; ineffectually. “ In vain doth valor bleed.” Milton. “ In vain they do worship me.” Matt. xv. 9. -- To take the name of God in vain, to use the name of God with levity or profaneness.


word: Vainglorious
definition:
Vainglorious

Vain`glo"ri*ous
(?)
a.
Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.
vainglorious
Sir M. Hale.
Vain`glo"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Vain`glo"ri*ous*ness, n.


word: Vainglory
definition:
Vainglory

Vain`glo"ry
(?)
n.
[Vain + glory.]
Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.

He had nothing of vainglory.
Bacon.

The man's undone forever; for if Hector break not his neck i' the combat, he'll break't himself in vainglory.
Shak.


word: Vair
definition:
Vair

Vair
(vâr)
n.
[F. vair, from OF. vair, a., L. varius various, variegated. See Various, and cf. Meniver.]
The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates.  It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue.
Fairholt.

No vair or ermine decked his garment.
Sir W. Scott.

Counter vair (Her.), a fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures.


word: Vairy
definition:
Vairy

Vair"y
(?)
a.
[F. vairé. See Vair, n.]
(Her.)
Charged with vair; variegated with shield-shaped figures. See Vair.


word: Vaishnava
definition:
Vaishnava

Vaish"na*va
(vīsh"nȧ*vȧ)
n.
[Skr. vaish&nsdot_;ava.]
(Hindu Myth.)
A worshiper of the god Vishnu in any of his incarnations.


word: Vaisya
definition:
Vaisya

Vais"ya
(?)
n.
[Skr. vaiçya.]
The third of the four great original castes among the Hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the mercantile class of Banyas. See the Note under Caste, 1.


word: Valance
definition:
Valance

Val"ance
(?)
n.
[Perhaps fr. OF. avalant descending, hanging down, p. pr. of avaler to go down, let down, descend (cf. Avalanche); but probably from the town of Valence in France.]

1.
Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor.
[Written also valence.]

Valance of Venice gold in needlework.
Shak.

2.
The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk, which covers the joint when the lid is closed.


word: Valance₂
definition:
Valance

Val"ance
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Valanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Valancing (?).]
To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.

His old fringed chair valanced around with party-colored worsted bobs.
Sterne.


word: Vale
definition:
Vale

Vale
(vāl)
n.
[OE. val, F. val, L. vallis; perhaps akin to Gr. 'e`los low ground, marsh meadow.  Cf. Avalanche, Vail to lower, Valley.]
A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley.
vale
Tennyson.

Beyond this vale of tears there is a life above.
Montgomery.

In those fair vales, by nature formed to please.
Harte.

&hand_; Vale is more commonly used in poetry, and valley in prose and common discourse.


word: Valediction
definition:
Valediction

Val`e*dic"tion
(?)
n.
[L., valedicere, valedictum, to say farewell; vale farewell (imperative of valere to be strong or well) + dicere to say. See Valiant, Diction.]
A farewell; a bidding farewell.
Donne.


word: Valedictorian
definition:
Valedictorian

Val`e*dic*to"ri*an
(?)
n.
One who pronounces a valedictory address; especially, in American colleges, the student who pronounces the valedictory of the graduating class at the annual commencement, usually the student who ranks first in scholarship.


word: Valedictory
definition:
Valedictory

Val`e*dic"to*ry
(?)
a.
Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.


word: Valedictory₂
definition:
Valedictory

Val`e*dic"to*ry
n.
pl. Valedictories (_;).
A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar.


word: Valence
definition:
Valence

Va"lence
(?)
n.
[From L. valens, -entis, p. pr. of valere to have power, to be strong. See Valiant.]
(Chem.)
The degree of combining power of an atom (or radical) as shown by the number of atoms of hydrogen (or of other monads, as chlorine, sodium, etc.) with which it will combine, or for which it can be substituted, or with which it can be compared; thus, an atom of hydrogen is a monad, and has a valence of one; the atoms of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon are respectively dyads, triads, and tetrads, and have a valence respectively of two, three, and four.

&hand_; The valence of certain elements varies in different compounds. Valence in degree may extend as high as seven or eight, as in the cases of iodine and osmium respectively. The doctrine of valence has been of fundamental importance in distinguishing the equivalence from the atomic weight, and is an essential factor in explaining the chemical structures of compounds.


word: Valencia
definition:
Valencia

Va*len"ci*a
(?)
n.
[Perhaps fr. Valence in France.]
A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton.
[Written also valentia.]


word: Valenciennes lace
definition:
Valenciennes lace

Va*len`ci*ennes" lace"
(?)
[F.; -- so called after the town of Valenciennes.]
A rich kind of lace made at Valenciennes, in France. Each piece is made throughout, ground and pattern, by the same person and with the same thread, the pattern being worked in the net.


word: Valency
definition:
Valency

Val"en*cy
(?)
n.
pl. Valencies (_;).
(Chem.)
(a)
See Valence.
(b)
A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.


word: Valentine
definition:
Valentine

Val"en*tine
(?)
n.
1.
A sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine's Day.

2.
A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day.

St. Valentine's Day, a day sacred to St. Valentine; the 14th of February. It was a very old notion, alluded to by Shakespeare, that on this day birds begin to mate. Hence, perhaps, arose the custom of sending love tokens at that time.


word: Valentinian
definition:
Valentinian

Val`en*tin"i*an
(?)
n.
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of a school of Judaizing Gnostics in the second century; -- so called from Valentinus, the founder.


word: Valeramide
definition:
Valeramide

Val`er*am"ide
(?)
n.
[Valeric + amide.]
(Chem.)
The acid amide derivative of valeric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.


word: Valerian
definition:
Valerian

Va*le"ri*an
(?)
n.
[LL. valeriana, perhaps from some person named Valerius, or fr. L. valere to be strong. powerful, on account of its medicinal virtues: cf. F.  valériane.]
(Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Valeriana. The root of the officinal valerian (Valeriana officinalis) has a strong smell, and is much used in medicine as an antispasmodic.

Greek valerian (Bot.), a plant (Polemonium caeruleum) with blue or white flowers, and leaves resembling those of the officinal valerian.


word: Valerianaceous
definition:
Valerianaceous

Va*le`ri*an*a"ceous
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of a natural order (Valerianaceae) of which the valerian is the type. The order includes also the corn salads and the oriental spikenard.


word: Valerianic
definition:
Valerianic

Va*le`ri*an"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, valerian root; specifically, designating an acid which is usually called valeric acid.


word: Valeric
definition:
Valeric

Va*ler"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also inactive valeric acid), C4H9CO2H, is obtained from valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese.

Active valeric acid, a metameric variety which turns the plane of polarization to the right, although formed by the oxidation of a levorotatory amyl alcohol.


word: Valeridine
definition:
Valeridine

Va*ler"i*dine
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A base, C10H19N, produced by heating valeric aldehyde with ammonia.  It is probably related to the conine alkaloids.


word: Valerin
definition:
Valerin

Val"er*in
(?)
n.
[Valeric + glycerin.]
(Chem.)
A salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter, dolphin oil, etc., and forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant odor.


word: Valeritrine
definition:
Valeritrine

Va*ler"i*trine
(?)
n.
[Valeric + tropine + -ine.]
(Chem.)
A base, C15H27N, produced together with valeridine, which it resembles.


word: Valero-
definition:
Valero-

Val"er*o-
(Chem.)
A combining form (also used adjectively) indicating derivation from, or relation to, valerian or some of its products, as valeric acid; as in valerolactone, a colorless oily liquid produced as the anhydride of an hydroxy valeric acid.


word: Valeryl
definition:
Valeryl

Val"er*yl
(?)
n.
[Valeric + -yl.]
(Chem.)
The hypothetical radical C5H9O, regarded as the essential nucleus of certain valeric acid derivatives.


word: Valet
definition:
Valet

Val"et
(văl"ĕt or văl"a̝; 277)
n.
[F. valet, OF. vallet, varlet, vaslet. See Varlet, and Vassal.]
1.
A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on a gentleman's person; a body servant.

2.
(Man.)
A kind of goad or stick with a point of iron.

&VerbarValet de chambre (_;) [F.], a body servant, or personal attendant.


word: Valetudinarian
definition:
Valetudinarian

Val`e*tu`di*na"ri*an
(?)
a.
[L. valetudinarius, from valetudo state of health, health, ill health, fr. valere to be strong or well: cf. F. valétudinaire. See Valiant.]
Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm.

My feeble health and valetudinarian stomach.
Coleridge.

The virtue which the world wants is a healthful virtue, not a valetudinarian virtue.
Macaulay.


word: Valetudinarian₂
definition:
Valetudinarian

Val`e*tu`di*na"ri*an
n.
A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health.

Valetudinarians must live where they can command and scold.
Swift.


word: Valetudinarianism
definition:
Valetudinarianism

Val`e*tu`di*na"ri*an*ism
(?)
n.
The condition of a valetudinarian; a state of feeble health; infirmity.


word: Valetudinary
definition:
Valetudinary

Val`e*tu"di*na*ry
(?)
a.
Infirm; sickly; valetudinarian.
Val`e*tu"di*na*ri*ness, n.

It renders the habit of society dangerously  valetudinary.
Burke.


word: Valhalla
definition:
Valhalla

Val*hal"la
(?)
n.
[Icel. valhöll, literally, hall of the slain; valr the slain (akin to AS. wæl, OHG. wal battlefield, wuol defeat, slaughter, AS. w&omacrl pestilence) + höll a royal hall. See Hall, and cf. Walhalla.]
[Written also walhalla.]

1.
(Scand. Myth.)
The palace of immortality, inhabited by the souls of heroes slain in battle.

2.
Fig.: A hall or temple adorned with statues and memorials of a nation's heroes; specifically, the Pantheon near Ratisbon, in Bavaria, consecrated to the illustrious dead of all Germany.


word: Valiancy
definition:
Valiancy

Valiance

{ Val"iance (?), Val"ian*cy (?), }
n.
[Cf. F. vaillance. See Valiant.]
The quality or state of being valiant; bravery; valor.
[Obs.]
valiance
Spenser.


word: Valiant
definition:
Valiant

Val"iant
(?)
a.
[OE. valiant, F. vaillant, OF. vaillant, valant, originally p. pr. of OF. & F. valoir to be worth, L. valere to be strong. See Wield, and cf. Avail, Convalesce, Equivalent, Prevail, Valid.]

1.
Vigorous in body; strong; powerful; as, a valiant fencer.
[Obs.]
Walton.

2.
Intrepid in danger; courageous; brave.

A valiant and most expert gentleman.
Shak.

And Saul said to David . . . be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles.
1 Sam. xviii. 17.

3.
Performed with valor or bravery; heroic.
valiant
Milton.

[The saints] have made such valiant confessions.
J. H. Newman.


word: Valid
definition:
Valid

Val"id
(?)
a.
[F. valide, L. validus strong, from valere to be strong. See Valiant.]

1.
Strong; powerful; efficient.
[Obs.]
valid
Milton.

2.
Having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth; capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not weak or defective; sound; good; efficacious; as, a valid argument; a valid objection.

An answer that is open to no valid exception.
I. Taylor.

3.
(Law)
Having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage.


word: Validate
definition:
Validate

Val"i*date
(?)
v. t.
[See Valid.]
To confirm; to render valid; to give legal force to.

The chamber of deputies . . . refusing to validate at once the election of an official candidate.
London Spectator.


word: Validity
definition:
Validity

Va*lid"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. validité, L. validitas strength.]

1.
The quality or state of being valid; strength; force; especially, power to convince; justness; soundness; as, the validity of an argument or proof; the validity of an objection.

2.
(Law)
Legal strength, force, or authority; that quality of a thing which renders it supportable in law, or equity; as, the validity of a will; the validity of a contract, claim, or title.

3.
Value.
[Obs.]
validity
Shak.


word: Valinch
definition:
Valinch

Val"inch
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. avaler to let down, drink up.  Cf. Avalanche.]
A tube for drawing liquors from a cask by the bunghole.
[Written also velinche.]


word: Valise
definition:
Valise

Va*lise"
(?)
n.
[F. valise; cf. It. valigia, Sp. balija, LL. valisia, valesia; of uncertain origin, perhaps through (assumed) LL.  vidulitia, from L. vidulus a leathern trunk; a knapsack.]
A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of other material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., of a traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau.


word: Valkyria
definition:
Valkyria

Val*kyr"i*a
(?)
n.
[Icel. valkyrja (akin to AS. wælcyrie); valr the slain + kj&omacrsa to choose. See Valhalla, and Choose.]
(Scand. Myth.)
One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and beautiful, who presided over battle and marked out those who were to be slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of heroes in Valhalla.  Now commonly written Valkyrie.
[Written also Valkyr, Valkyrie, Walkyrie and Walkyr.]


word: Valkyrian
definition:
Valkyrian

Val*kyr"i*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to the Valkyries; hence, relating to battle.
Valkyrian
Tennyson.


word: Vallar
definition:
Vallar

Val"lar
(?)
a.
[L. vallaris.]
Of or pertaining to a rampart.

Vallar crown (Rom. Antiq.), a circular gold crown with palisades, bestowed upon the soldier who first surmounted the rampart and broke into the enemy's camp.


word: Vallation
definition:
Vallation

Val*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. vallatio, fr. vallare to surround with a rampart, fr. vallum rampart. See Wall, n.]
A rampart or intrenchment.


word: Vallatory
definition:
Vallatory

Val"la*to*ry
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to a vallation; used for a vallation; as, vallatory reeds.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Vallecula
definition:
Vallecula

Val*lec"u*la
(?)
n.
pl. Valleculae (#).
[NL., dim. fr. L. vallis, valles, a valley.]

1.
(Anat.)
A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum.

2.
(Bot.)
One of the grooves, or hollows, between the ribs of the fruit of umbelliferous plants.


word: Vallet's pills
definition:
Vallet's pills

Val`let's pills"
(?)
[From Dr. Vallet of Paris.]
(Med.)
Pills containing sulphate of iron and carbonate of sodium, mixed with saccharine matter; -- called also Vallet's mass.


word: Valley
definition:
Valley

Val"ley
(?)
n.
pl. Valleys (#).
[OE. vale, valeie, OF. valée, valede, F. vallée, LL. vallata, L. vallis, valles. See Vale.]

1.
The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively.

The valley of the shadow of death.
Ps. xxiii. 4.

Sweet interchange
Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
Milton.

&hand_; Deep and narrow valleys with abrupt sides are usually the results of erosion by water, and are called gorges, ravines, canyons, gulches, etc.

2.
(Arch.)
(a)
The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reentrant angle.
(b)
The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof.

Valley board (Arch.), a board for the reception of the lead gutter in the valley of a roof. The valley board and lead gutter are not usual in the United States. -- Valley rafter, or Valley piece (Arch.), the rafter which supports the valley. -- Valley roof (Arch.), a roof having one or more valleys. See Valley, 2, above.


word: Vallum
definition:
Vallum

Val"lum
(?)
n.
pl. L.  Valla (#), E. Vallums (#).
[L. See Wall.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification.


word: Valonia
definition:
Valonia

Va*lo"ni*a
(?)
n.
[It. vallonia, vallonea, fr. NGr. balania`, balanidia`, the holm oak, bala`ni, balani`di, an acorn, Gr. ba`lanos.]

1.
The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Quercus vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains an abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers.

2.
[Perhaps named from its resemblance to an acorn.]
(Bot.)
A genus of marine green algae, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length.


word: Valor
definition:
Valor

Val"or
(?)
n.
[OE. valour, OF. valor, valur, valour, F. valeur, LL. valor, fr. L. valere to be strong, or worth. See Valiant.]
[Written also valour.]

1.
Value; worth.
[Obs.]
valor
Sir T. More.

2.
Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity.

For contemplation he and valor formed.
Milton.

When valor preys on reason,
It eats the sword it fights with.
Shak.

Fear to do base, unworthy things is valor.
B. Jonson.

3.
A brave man; a man of valor.
[R.]
Ld. Lytton.


word: Valorization
definition:
Valorization

Val`or*i*za"tion
(?)
n.
[Pg. valorizacão.]
Act or process of attempting to give an arbitrary market value or price to a commodity by governmental interference, as by maintaining a purchasing fund, making loans to producers to enable them to hold their products, etc.; -- used chiefly of such action by Brazil.


word: Valorous
definition:
Valorous

Val"or*ous
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. valeureux, LL. valorosus.]
Possessing or exhibiting valor; brave; courageous; valiant; intrepid.
Val"or*ous*ly, adv.


word: Valsalvian
definition:
Valsalvian

Val*sal"vi*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Valsalva, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.

Valsalvian experiment (Med.), the process of inflating the middle ear by closing the mouth and nostrils, and blowing so as to puff out the cheeks.


word: Valuable
definition:
Valuable

Val"u*a*ble
(?)
a.
1.
Having value or worth; possessing qualities which are useful and esteemed; precious; costly; as, a valuable horse; valuable land; a valuable cargo.

2.
Worthy; estimable; deserving esteem; as, a valuable friend; a valuable companion.

Valuable consideration (Law), an equivalent or compensation having value given for a thing purchased, as money, marriage, services, etc. Blackstone. Bouvier.


word: Valuable₂
definition:
Valuable

Val"u*a*ble
n.
A precious possession; a thing of value, especially a small thing, as an article of jewelry; -- used mostly in the plural.

The food and valuables they offer to the gods.
Tylor.


word: Valuation
definition:
Valuation

Val`u*a"tion
(?)
n.
1.
The act of valuing, or of estimating value or worth; the act of setting a price; estimation; appraisement; as, a valuation of lands for the purpose of taxation.

2.
Value set upon a thing; estimated value or worth; as, the goods sold for more than their valuation.

Since of your lives you set
So slight a valuation.
Shak.


word: Value
definition:
Value

Val"ue
(văl"ū)
n.
[OF. value, fr. valoir, p. p. valu, to be worth, fr. L. valere to be strong, to be worth. See Valiant.]
1.
The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; worth; excellence; utility; importance.

Ye are all physicians of no value.
Job xiii. 4.

Ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Matt. x. 31.

Caesar is well acquainted with your virtue,
And therefore sets this value on your life.
Addison.

Before events shall have decided on the value of the measures.
Marshall.

2.
(Trade & Polit. Econ.)
Worth estimated by any standard of purchasing power, especially by the market price, or the amount of money agreed upon as an equivalent to the utility and cost of anything.

An article may be possessed of the highest degree of utility, or power to minister to our wants and enjoyments, and may be universally made use of, without possessing exchangeable value.
M'Culloch.

Value is the power to command commodities generally.
A. L. Chapin (Johnson's Cys.).

Value is the generic term which expresses power in exchange.
F. A. Walker.

His design was not to pay him the value of his pictures, because they were above any price.
Dryden.

&hand_; In political economy, value is often distinguished as intrinsic and exchangeable. Intrinsic value is the same as utility or adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants of men. Exchangeable value is that in an article or product which disposes individuals to give for it some quantity of labor, or some other article or product obtainable by labor; as, pure air has an intrinsic value, but generally not an exchangeable value.

3.
Precise signification; import; as, the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument
Mitford.

4.
Esteem; regard.
Dryden.

My relation to the person was so near, and my value for him so great
Bp. Burnet.

5.
(Mus.)
The relative length or duration of a tone or note, answering to quantity in prosody; thus, a quarter note [_;] has the value of two eighth notes [_;].

6.
In an artistical composition, the character of any one part in its relation to other parts and to the whole; -- often used in the plural; as, the values are well given, or well maintained.

7.
Valor.
[Written also valew.]
[Obs.]
Spenser.

8.
(a)
That property of a color by which it is distinguished as bright or dark; luminosity.
(b)
Degree of lightness as conditioned by the presence of white or pale color, or their opposites.

9.
(Math.)
Any particular quantitative determination; as, a function's value for some special value of its argument.

10.
pl.
The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treatment from any mass or compound; specif., the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, or the like; as, the vein carries good values; the values on the hanging walls.

Value received, a phrase usually employed in a bill of exchange or a promissory note, to denote that a consideration has been given for it. Bouvier.


word: Value₂
definition:
Value

Val"ue
(văl"ū)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Valued (văl"ūd); p. pr. & vb. n. Valuing.]

1.
To estimate the value, or worth, of; to rate at a certain price; to appraise; to reckon with respect to number, power, importance, etc.

The mind doth value every moment.
Bacon.

The queen is valued thirty thousand strong.
Shak.

The king must take it ill,
That he's so slightly valued in his messenger.
Shak.

Neither of them valued their promises according to rules of honor or integrity.
Clarendon.

2.
To rate highly; to have in high esteem; to hold in respect and estimation; to appreciate; to prize; as, to value one for his works or his virtues.

Which of the dukes he values most.
Shak.

3.
To raise to estimation; to cause to have value, either real or apparent; to enhance in value.
[Obs.]

Some value themselves to their country by jealousies of the crown.
Sir W. Temple.

4.
To be worth; to be equal to in value.
[Obs.]

The peace between the French and us not values
The cost that did conclude it.
Shak.


word: Valued
definition:
Valued

Val"ued
(văl"ūd)
a.
Highly regarded; esteemed; prized; as, a valued contributor; a valued friend.


word: Valued policy
definition:
Valued policy

Val"ued pol"i*cy
(Fire Insurance)
A policy in which the value of the goods, property, or interest insured is specified; -- opposed to open policy.


word: Valued-policy law
definition:
Valued-policy law

Valued-policy law
(Fire Insurance)
A law requiring insurance companies to pay to the insured, in case of total loss, the full amount of the insurance, regardless of the actual value of the property at the time of the loss.


word: Valvata
definition:
Valvata

Val*va"ta
(?)
n.
[NL.; cf. L. valvatus having folding doors. See Valve.]
(Zool.)
A genus of small spiral fresh-water gastropods having an operculum.


word: Valvate
definition:
Valvate

Valv"ate
(?)
a.
[L. valvatus having folding doors.]

1.
Resembling, or serving as, a valve; consisting of, or opening by, a valve or valves; valvular.

2.
(Bot.)
(a)
Meeting at the edges without overlapping; -- said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in aestivation, and of leaves in vernation.
(b)
Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of capsules and some anthers.


word: Valve
definition:
Valve

Valve
(?)
n.
[L. valva the leaf, fold, or valve of a door: cf. F. valve.]

1.
A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door.

Swift through the valves the visionary fair
Repassed.
Pope.

Heavily closed, . . . the valves of the barn doors.
Longfellow.

2.
A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid.

&hand_; A valve may act automatically so as to be opened by the effort of a fluid to pass in one direction, and closed by the effort to pass in the other direction, as a clack valve; or it may be opened or closed by hand or by mechanism, as a screw valve, or a slide valve.

3.
(Anat.)
One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves.

4.
(Bot.)
(a)
One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts.
(b)
One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
(c)
A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry.

5.
(Zool.)
One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.

Air valve, Ball valve, Check valve, etc. See under Air. Ball, Check, etc. -- Double-beat valve, a kind of balance valve usually consisting of a movable, open-ended, turban-shaped shell provided with two faces of nearly equal diameters, one above another, which rest upon two corresponding seats when the valve is closed. -- Equilibrium valve. (a) A balance valve. See under Balance. (b) A valve for permitting air, steam, water, etc., to pass into or out of a chamber so as to establish or maintain equal pressure within and without. -- Valve chest (Mach.), a chamber in which a valve works; especially (Steam Engine), the steam chest; -- called in England valve box, and valve casing. See Steam chest, under Steam. -- Valve face (Mach.), that part of the surface of a valve which comes in contact with the valve seat. -- Valve gear, or Valve motion (Steam Engine), the system of parts by which motion is given to the valve or valves for the distribution of steam in the cylinder.  For an illustration of one form of valve gear, see Link motion. -- Valve seat. (Mach.) (a) The fixed surface on which a valve rests or against which it presses. (b) A part or piece on which such a surface is formed. -- Valve stem (Mach.), a rod attached to a valve, for moving it. -- Valve yoke (Mach.), a strap embracing a slide valve and connecting it to the valve stem.


word: Valvelet
definition:
Valvelet

Valve"let
(?)
n.
A little valve; a valvule; especially, one of the pieces which compose the outer covering of a pericarp.


word: Valvula
definition:
Valvula

Val"vu*la
(?)
n.
pl. Valvulae (#).
[NL., dim. fr. L. valva fold, valve of a door.]
(Anat.)
A little valve or fold; a valvelet; a valvule.


word: Valvular
definition:
Valvular

Valv"u*lar
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. valvulaire.]

1.
Of or pertaining to a valve or valves; specifically (Med.), of or pertaining to the valves of the heart; as, valvular disease.

2.
Containing valves; serving as a valve; opening by valves; valvate; as, a valvular capsule.


word: Valvule
definition:
Valvule

Valv"ule
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. valvule.]

1.
A little valve; a valvelet.

2.
(Zool.)
A small valvelike process.


word: Valylene
definition:
Valylene

Val"yl*ene
(?)
n.
[Valerian + -yl.]
(Chem.)
A volatile liquid hydrocarbon, C5H6, related to ethylene and acetylene, but possessing the property of unsaturation in the third degree.  It is the only known member of a distinct series of compounds.  It has a garlic odor.


word: Vambrace
definition:
Vambrace

Vam"brace
(?)
n.
[See Vantbrass.]
(Anc. Armor)
The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.


word: vamoose
definition:
vamoose

va*moose"
(vă*mōs")
v. i. & t.
[Sp. vamos let us go.]
To depart quickly; to depart from.
[Written also vamos, and vamose.]
[Slang, Eng. & U. S.]


word: vamose
definition:
vamose

va*mose"
(vȧ*m&omacrs")
v. i. & t.
[Sp. vamos let us go.]
To vamoose; -- an older spelling and pronunciation variant.
[Written also vamos, and vamoose.]
[Slang, Eng. & U. S.]


word: Vamp₂
definition:
Vamp

Vamp
n.
[OE. vampe, vaumpe, vauntpe, F. avantpied the forefoot, vamp; avant before, fore + pied foot, L. pes. See Advance, Van of an army, and Foot.]
1.
The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper.

2.
Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See Vamp, v. t.

3.
(Music)
A usually improvized Jazz accompaniment, consisting of simple chords in sucession.


word: Vamp₃
definition:
Vamp

Vamp
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Vamped (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Vamping.]
1.
To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often followed by up.

I had never much hopes of your vamped play.
Swift.

2.
To create with little skill; to concoct; to invent; -- usually with up; as, he vamped up an implausible excuse.


word: Vamper
definition:
Vamper

Vamp"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who vamps; one who pieces an old thing with something new; a cobbler.

2.
Same as 2nd vamp, n.


word: Vamper₂
definition:
Vamper

Vamp"er
v. i.
[Cf. Vaunt.]
To swagger; to make an ostentatious show.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Jamieson.


word: Vampire
definition:
Vampire

Vam"pire
(?)
n.
[F. vampire (cf. It. vampiro, G. & D. vampir), fr. Servian vampir.]
[Written also vampyre.]
1.
A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus causing their death.  This superstition was once prevalent in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730.  The vampire was often said to have the ability to transform itself into the form of a bat, as presented in the novel depicting the legend of Dracula published by Bram Stoker in 1897, which has inspired several movies.

The persons who turn vampires are generally wizards, witches, suicides, and persons who have come to a violent end, or have been cursed by their parents or by the church,
Encyc. Brit.

2.
Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker.

3.
(Zool.)
Either one of two or more species of South American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla; also called vampire bat.  These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong, sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle, and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep. They have a caecal appendage to the stomach, in which the blood with which they gorge themselves is stored.

4.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of harmless tropical American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially Vampyrus spectrum.  These bats feed upon insects and fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire.

Vampire bat (Zool.), a vampire, 3.


word: Vampirism
definition:
Vampirism

Vam"pir*ism
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. vampirisme.]

1.
Belief in the existence of vampires.

2.
The actions of a vampire; the practice of bloodsucking.

3.
Fig.: The practice of extortion.
Carlyle.


word: Vamplate
definition:
Vamplate

Vam"plate`
(?)
n.
[F. avant before, fore + E. plate.]
A round plate of iron on the shaft of a tilting spear, to protect the hand.
[Written also vamplet.]


word: Van
definition:
Van

Van
(?)
n.
[Abbrev. fr. vanguard.]
The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also, the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing or in battle.

Standards and gonfalons, twixt van and rear,
Stream in the air.
Milton.


word: Van₄
definition:
Van

Van
n.
[Abbreviated from caravan.]

1.
A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.
[Eng.]

2.
A large covered wagon for moving furniture, etc., also for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition.

3.
A closed railway car for baggage. See the Note under Car, 2.
[Eng.]


word: Van₅
definition:
Van

Van
n.
[L. vannus a van, or fan for winnowing grain: cf. F. van.   Cf. Fan, Van a wing Winnow.]

1.
A fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing grain.

2.
[OF. vanne, F. vanneau beam feather (cf. It. vanno a wing) fr. L. vannus. See Etymology above.]
A wing with which the air is beaten.
[Archaic]
vans
Milton.

He wheeled in air, and stretched his vans in vain;
His vans no longer could his flight sustain.
Dryden.


word: Van₆
definition:
Van

Van
v. t.
[Cf. F. vanner to winnow, to fan. See Van a winnowing machine.]
To fan, or to cleanse by fanning; to winnow.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Vanadate
definition:
Vanadate

Van"a*date
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. vanadate.]
(Chem.)
A salt of vanadic acid.
[Formerly also vanadiate.]


word: Vanadic
definition:
Vanadic

Va*nad"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, vanadium; containing vanadium; specifically, designating those compounds in which vanadium has a relatively higher valence as contrasted with the vanadous compounds; as, vanadic oxide.

Vanadic acid (Chem.), an acid analogous to phosphoric acid, not known in the free state but forming a well-known series of salts.


word: Vanadinite
definition:
Vanadinite

Va*nad"i*nite
(?)
n.
(Min.)
A mineral occurring in yellowish, brownish, and ruby-red hexagonal crystals.  It consists of lead vanadate with a small proportion of lead chloride.


word: Vanadious
definition:
Vanadious

Va*na"di*ous
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or containing, vanadium; specifically, designating those compounds in which vanadium has a lower valence as contrasted with the vanadic compounds; as, vanadious acid.  Usually written vanadous.
[Sometimes written also vanadous.]


word: Vanadite
definition:
Vanadite

Van"a*dite
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A salt of vanadious acid, analogous to a nitrite or a phosphite.


word: Vanadium
definition:
Vanadium

Va*na"di*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Icel. Vanadīs, a surname of the Scandinavian goddess Freya.]
(Chem.)
A rare element of the nitrogen-phosphorus group, found combined, in vanadates, in certain minerals, and reduced as an infusible, grayish-white metallic powder. It is intermediate between the metals and the non-metals, having both basic and acid properties. Symbol V (or Vd, rarely). Atomic weight 50.94 (C12=12.000).


word: Vanadium bronze
definition:
Vanadium bronze

Va*na"di*um bronze`
(?)
(Chem.)
A yellow pigment consisting of a compound of vanadium.


word: Vanadous
definition:
Vanadous

Van"a*dous
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to vanadium; obtained from vanadium; -- said of an acid containing one equivalent of vanadium and two of oxygen; specifically, designating those compounds in which vanadium has a lower valence as contrasted with the vanadic compounds; as, vanadous acid
[Sometimes written also vanadious.]


word: Vanadyl
definition:
Vanadyl

Van"a*dyl
(?)
n.
[Vanadium + -yl.]
(Chem.)
The hypothetical radical VO, regarded as a characteristic residue of certain vanadium compounds.


word: Van-courier
definition:
Van-courier

Van"-cou`ri*er
(?)
n.
[F. avant-courrier.  See Avant, Van of an army, and Courier, and cf. Avant-courier, Vaunt-courier.]
One sent in advance; an avant-courier; a precursor.


word: Vandal
definition:
Vandal

Van"dal
(?)
n.
[L. Vandalus, Vandalius; of Teutonic origin, and probably originally signifying, a wanderer.  Cf. Wander.]

1.
(Anc. Hist.)
One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous and fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome in the 5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art and literature.

2.
Hence, one who willfully destroys or defaces any work of art or literature, or anything valluable.

The Vandals of our isle,
Sworn foes to sense and law.
Cowper.


word: Vandalic
definition:
Vandalic

Vandal

{ Van"dal (?), Van*dal"ic (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to the Vandals; resembling the Vandals in barbarism and destructiveness.


word: Vandalism
definition:
Vandalism

Van"dal*ism
(?)
n.
The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction or defacement of any object of beauty or value.


word: Vandyke
definition:
Vandyke

Van*dyke"
(văn*dīk")
a.
Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke.
Vandyke
Macaulay.
[Written also Vandyck.]

Vandyke brown (Paint.), a pigment of a deep semitransparent brown color, supposed to be the color used by Vandyke in his pictures. -- Vandyke collar or Vandyke cape, a broad collar or cape of linen and lace with a deep pointed or scalloped edge, worn lying on the shoulders; -- so called from its appearance in pictures by Vandyke. -- Vandyke edge, an edge having ornamental triangular points.


word: Vandyke₂
definition:
Vandyke

Van*dyke"
prop. n.
A picture by Vandyke.  Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge.
[Written also Vandyck.]


word: Vandyke₃
definition:
Vandyke

Van*dyke"
v. t.
To fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a Vandyke.
[R.]
[Written also Vandyck.]


word: Vandyke beard
definition:
Vandyke beard

Van*dyke" beard`
A trim, pointed beard, such as those often seen in pictures by Vandyke.


word: Vane
definition:
Vane

Vane
(vān)
n.
[OE. & Prov. E. fane weathercock, banner, AS. fana a banner, flag; akin to D. vaan, G. fahne, OHG. fano cloth, gund fano flag, Icel. fāni, Sw. fana, Dan. fane, Goth. fana cloth, L. pannus, and perhaps to Gr. ph^nos a web, phni`on a bobbin, spool.  Cf. Fanon, Pane a compartment, panel.]

1.
A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock.  It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely.

Aye undiscreet, and changing as a vane.
Chaucer.

2.
Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc.

3.
(Zool.)
The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.

4.
One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc.

Vane of a leveling staff. (Surv.) Same as Target, 3.


word: Vanessa
definition:
Vanessa

Van*es"sa
(văn*ĕs"sȧ)
n.
[Probably from Swift's poem of Cadenus and Vanessa. See Vanessa, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of handsomely colored butterflies belonging to Vanessa and allied genera. Many of these species have the edges of the wings irregularly scalloped.


word: Vanfoss
definition:
Vanfoss

Van"foss`
(văn"f&obreve_;s`)
n.
[F. avant-fossé; avant before + fossé ditch.  Cf. Fosse.]
(Fort.)
A ditch on the outside of the counterscarp, usually full of water.


word: Vang
definition:
Vang

Vang
(?)
n.
[D. vangen to catch, seize. See Fang.]
(Naut.)
A rope to steady the peak of a gaff.


word: Vanglo
definition:
Vanglo

Van"glo
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
Benne (Sesamum orientale); also, its seeds; -- so called in the West Indies.


word: Vanguard
definition:
Vanguard

Van"guard`
(?)
n.
[For vantguard, avantguard, F. avant-garde; avant before, fore + garde guard. See Avant, Ab-,Ante-, and Guard, and cf. Advance, Vamp, Van of an army, Vaward.]
(Mil.)
The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard; the van.


word: Vanilla
definition:
Vanilla

Va*nil"la
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Sp. vainilla, dim. of Sp. vaina a sheath, a pod, L. vagina; because its grains, or seeds, are contained in little pods.]

1.
(Bot.)
A genus of climbing orchidaceous plants, natives of tropical America.

2.
The long podlike capsules of Vanilla planifolia, and Vanilla claviculata, remarkable for their delicate and agreeable odor, for the volatile, odoriferous oil extracted from them; also, the flavoring extract made from the capsules, extensively used in confectionery, perfumery, etc.

&hand_; As a medicine, vanilla is supposed to possess powers analogous to valerian, while, at the same time, it is far more grateful.

Cuban vanilla, a sweet-scented West Indian composite shrub (Eupatorium Dalea). -- Vanilla bean, the long capsule of the vanilla plant. -- Vanilla grass. Same as Holy grass, under Holy.


word: Vanillic
definition:
Vanillic

Va*nil"lic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, vanilla or vanillin; resembling vanillin; specifically, designating an alcohol and an acid respectively, vanillin being the intermediate aldehyde.


word: Vanillin
definition:
Vanillin

Va*nil"lin
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A white crystalline aldehyde having a burning taste and characteristic odor of vanilla. It is extracted from vanilla pods, and is also obtained by the decomposition of coniferin, and by the oxidation of eugenol.


word: Vanillyl
definition:
Vanillyl

Va*nil"lyl
(?)
n.
[Vanillic + -yl.]
(Chem.)
The hypothetical radical characteristic of vanillic alcohol.


word: Vaniloquence
definition:
Vaniloquence

Va*nil"o*quence
(?)
n.
[L. vaniloquentia; vanus vain + loquentia talk, loqui to speak.]
Vain or foolish talk.
[Obs.]


word: Vanish
definition:
Vanish

Van"ish
(văn"ĭsh)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Vanished (văn"ĭsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Vanishing.]
[OE. vanissen, OF. vanir (in comp.): cf. OF. envanir, esvanir, esvanuïr, F. s'évanouir; fr. L. vanus empty, vain; cf. L. vanescere, evanescere, to vanish. See Vain, and cf. Evanescent,-ish.]

1.
To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight of spectators on land.

The horse vanished . . . out of sight.
Chaucer.

Go; vanish into air; away!
Shak.

The champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning.
Sir W. Scott.

Gliding from the twilight past to vanish among realities.
Hawthorne.

2.
To be annihilated or lost; to pass away.
vanish
Milton.


word: Vanish₂
definition:
Vanish

Van"ish
(văn"ĭsh)
n.
(Phon.)
The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with a vanish of oo as in foot.
Rush.

&hand_; The vanish is included by Mr. Bell under the general term glide.


word: Vanishing
definition:
Vanishing

Van"ish*ing
(?)
a. & n. from Vanish, v.

Vanishing fraction (Math.), a fraction which reduces to the form 0/0 for a particular value of the variable which enters it, usually in consequence of the existence of a common factor in both terms of the fraction, which factor becomes 0 for this particular value of the variable. Math. Dict. -- Vanishing line (Persp.), the intersection of the parallel of any original plane and the picture; one of the lines converging to the vanishing point. -- Vanishing point (Persp.), the point to which all parallel lines in the same plane tend in the representation. Gwilt. -- Vanishing stress (Phon.), stress of voice upon the closing portion of a syllable. Rush.


word: Vanity
definition:
Vanity

Van"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Vanities (#).
[OE. vanite, F. vanité, L. vanitas, fr. vanus empty, vain. See Vain.]

1.
The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
Eccl. i. 2.

Here I may well show the vanity of that which is reported in the story of Walsingham.
Sir J. Davies.

2.
An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.

The exquisitely sensitive vanity of Garrick was galled.
Macaulay.

3.
That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher.
Eccl. i. 2.

Vanity possesseth many who are desirous to know the certainty of things to come.
Sir P. Sidney.

[Sin] with vanity had filled the works of men.
Milton.

Think not, when woman's transient breath is fled,
That all her vanities at once are dead;
Succeeding vanities she still regards.
Pope.

4.
One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5.

You . . . take vanity the puppet's part.
Shak.

5.
same as dressing table.

6.
A cabinet built around a bathroom sink, usually with a countertop and sometimes drawers.


word: Vanity box
definition:
Vanity box

Van"i*ty box
A small box, usually jeweled or of precious metal and worn on a chain, containing a mirror, powder puff, and other small toilet articles for a woman.


word: Vanjas
definition:
Vanjas

Van"jas
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The Australian pied crow shrike (Strepera graculina). It is glossy bluish black, with the under tail coverts and the tips and bases of the tail feathers white.


word: Vanquish
definition:
Vanquish

Van"quish
(vă&nsmacr_;"kwĭsh)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Vanquished (vă&nsmacr_;"kwĭsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Vanquishing.]
[OE. venquishen, venquissen, venkisen, F. vaincre, pret. vainquis, OF. veintre, pret. venqui, venquis (cf. an OF. infin. vainquir), fr. L. vincere; akin to AS. wīg war, battle, wīgend a warrior, wīgan to contend, fight, OHG. wīgant a warrior, wīgan to fight, Icel. vīg battle, Goth. weihan to fight, contend.  Cf. Convince, Evict, Invincible, Victor.]
1.
To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.
Hakluyt.

They . . . vanquished the rebels in all encounters.
Clarendon.

2.
Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to put down; to refute.

This bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise.
Atterbury.

For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still.
Goldsmith.


word: Vanquish₂
definition:
Vanquish

Van"quish
n.
(Far.)
A disease in sheep, in which they pine away.
[Written also vinquish.]


word: Vanquishment
definition:
Vanquishment

Van"quish*ment
(?)
n.
The act of vanquishing, or the state of being vanquished.
Bp. Hall.


word: Vansire
definition:
Vansire

Van"sire
(?)
n.
[The native name: cf. F. vansire.]
(Zool.)
An ichneumon (Herpestes galera) native of Southern Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white. Called also vondsira, and marsh ichneumon.


word: Vantage
definition:
Vantage

Van"tage
(vȧn"ta̝j; 48)
n.
[Aphetic form of OE. avantage, fr. F. avantage. See Advantage.]
1.
Superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.
[R.]

O happy vantage of a kneeling knee!
Shak.

2.
A position offering a superior view of a scene or situation; -- used literally and figuratively; as, from the vantage of hindsight;  also called vantage point.

3.
(Tennis)
The first point scored after deuce; advantage{5}.
[Brit.]

&hand_; When the server wins this point, it is called vantage in; when the receiver, or striker out, wins, it is called vantage out.

To have at vantage, to have the advantage of; to be in a more favorable condition than. “He had them at vantage, being tired and harassed with a long march.” Bacon. -- Vantage ground, superiority of state or place; the place or condition which gives one an advantage over another. “The vantage ground of truth.”  Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
It is these things that give him his actual standing, and it is from this vantage ground that he looks around him. I. Taylor.


word: Vantbrass
definition:
Vantbrass

Vantbrace

{ Vant"brace (vȧnt"brās), Vant"brass (vȧnt"brȧs), }
n.
[F. avant fore + bras arm: cf. F. brassard armor for the arm, brace, forearm.  Cf. Vambrace.]
(Anc. Armor)
Armor for the arm; vambrace.
Milton.


word: Vant-courier
definition:
Vant-courier

Vant"-cou`ri*er
(vȧnt"kō`rĭ*ẽr)
n.
An avant-courier. See Van-courier.
[Obs.]
Holland.


word: Van't Hoff's law
definition:
Van't Hoff's law

Van't Hoff's law
(?)
[After J. H. van't Hoff, Dutch physical chemist.]
(Phys. Chem.)
The generalization that: when a system is in equilibrium, of the two opposed interactions the endothermic is promoted by raising the temperature, the exothermic by lowering it.


word: Vap
definition:
Vap

Vap
(văp)
n.
[See Vapid.]
That which is vapid, insipid, or lifeless; especially, the lifeless part of liquor or wine.
[Obs.]

In vain it is to wash a goblet, if you mean to put into it nothing but the dead lees and vap of wine.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Vapid
definition:
Vapid

Vap"id
(văp"ĭd)
a.
[L. vapidus having lost its life and spirit, vapid; akin to vappa vapid wine, vapor vapor. See Vapor.]
Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid; flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid speech; a vapid state of the blood.

A cheap, bloodless reformation, a guiltless liberty, appear flat and vapid to their taste.
Burke.


word: Vapor
definition:
Vapor

Va"por
(?)
n.
[OE. vapour, OF. vapour, vapor, vapeur, F. vapeur, L. vapor; probably for cvapor, and akin to Gr. _; smoke, _; to breathe forth, Lith. kvepti to breathe, smell, Russ. kopote fine soot.  Cf. Vapid.]
[Written also vapour.]

1.
(Physics)
Any substance in the gaseous, or aeriform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid.

&hand_; The term vapor is sometimes used in a more extended sense, as identical with gas; and the difference between the two is not so much one of kind as of degree, the latter being applied to all permanently elastic fluids except atmospheric air, the former to those elastic fluids which lose that condition at ordinary temperatures. The atmosphere contains more or less vapor of water, a portion of which, on a reduction of temperature, becomes condensed into liquid water in the form of rain or dew. The vapor of water produced by boiling, especially in its economic relations, is called steam.

Vapor is any substance in the gaseous condition at the maximum of density consistent with that condition. This is the strict and proper meaning of the word vapor.
Nichol.

2.
In a loose and popular sense, any visible diffused substance floating in the atmosphere and impairing its transparency, as smoke, fog, etc.

The vapour which that fro the earth glood [glided].
Chaucer.

Fire and hail; snow and vapors; stormy wind fulfilling his word.
Ps. cxlviii. 8.

3.
Wind; flatulence.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

4.
Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.

For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
James iv. 14.

5.
pl.
An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues.
vapors
Pope.

6.
(Pharm.)
A medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapor.
Brit. Pharm.

Vapor bath. (a) A bath in vapor; the application of vapor to the body, or part of it, in a close place; also, the place itself. (b) (Chem.) A small metallic drying oven, usually of copper, for drying and heating filter papers, precipitates, etc.; -- called also air bath. A modified form is provided with a jacket in the outside partition for holding water, or other volatile liquid, by which the temperature may be limited exactly to the required degree. -- Vapor burner, a burner for burning a vaporized hydrocarbon. -- Vapor density (Chem.), the relative weight of gases and vapors as compared with some specific standard, usually hydrogen, but sometimes air. The vapor density of gases and vaporizable substances as compared with hydrogen, when multiplied by two, or when compared with air and multiplied by 28.8, gives the molecular weight. -- Vapor engine, an engine worked by the expansive force of a vapor, esp. a vapor other than steam.


word: Vapor₂
definition:
Vapor

Va"por
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Vapored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vaporing.]
[From Vapor, n.: cf. L. vaporare.]
[Written also vapour.]

1.
To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate.

2.
To emit vapor or fumes.
[R.]

Running waters vapor not so much as standing waters.
Bacon.

3.
To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag.

Poets used to vapor much after this manner.
Milton.

We vapor and say, By this time Matthews has beaten them.
Walpole.


word: Vapor₃
definition:
Vapor

Va"por
v. t.
To send off in vapor, or as if in vapor; as, to vapor away a heated fluid.
[Written also vapour.]

He'd laugh to see one throw his heart away,
Another, sighing, vapor forth his soul.
B. Jonson.


word: Vaporable
definition:
Vaporable

Vap"o*ra*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being converted into vapor by the agency of heat; vaporizable.


word: Vaporate
definition:
Vaporate

Vap"o*rate
(?)
v. i.
[L. vaporare, vaporatum. See Vapor.]
To emit vapor; to evaporate.
[R.]


word: Vaporation
definition:
Vaporation

Vap`o*ra"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. vaporation, L. vaporatio.]
The act or process of converting into vapor, or of passing off in vapor; evaporation.
[R.]


word: Vapored
definition:
Vapored

Va"pored
(?)
a.
1.
Wet with vapors; moist.

2.
Affected with the vapors. See Vapor, n., 5.


word: Vapor galvanizing
definition:
Vapor galvanizing

Va"por gal"va*niz`ing
(Metal.)
A process for coating metal (usually iron or steel) surfaces with zinc by exposing them to the vapor of zinc instead of, as in ordinary galvanizing, to molten zinc; -- called also Sherardizing. Vapor galvanizing is accomplished by heating the articles to be galvanized together with zinc dust in an air tight receptacle to a temperature of about 600° F., which is 188° below the melting point of zinc, or by exposing the articles to vapor from molten zinc in a separate receptacle, using hydrogen or other reducing gas to prevent oxidation.


word: Vaporiferous
definition:
Vaporiferous

Vap`o*rif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. vaporifer; vapor + ferre to bear.]
Conveying or producing vapor.


word: Vaporific
definition:
Vaporific

Vap`o*rif"ic
(?)
a.
[L. vapor vapor + facere to make.]
(Chem.)
Producing vapor; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor; thus, volatile fluids are vaporific; heat is a vaporific agent.


word: Vaporiform
definition:
Vaporiform

Va*por"i*form
(?)
a.
Existing in a vaporous form or state; as, steam is a vaporiform substance.


word: Vaporimeter
definition:
Vaporimeter

Vap`o*rim"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Vapor + -meter.]
An instrument for measuring the volume or the tension of any vapor; specifically, an instrument of this sort used as an alcoholometer in testing spirituous liquors.


word: Vaporish
definition:
Vaporish

Va"por*ish
a.
1.
Full of vapors; vaporous.

2.
Hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic; peevish; humorsome.

Pallas grew vap'rish once and odd.
Pope.


word: Vaporizable
definition:
Vaporizable

Vap"o*ri`za*ble
(văp"o̝*rī`zȧ*b'l or vā"pẽr*ī`zȧ*b'l; 110)
a.
Capable of being vaporized, or converted into vapor.


word: Vaporization
definition:
Vaporization

Vap`o*ri*za"tion
(văp`o̝*rī*zȧ"shŭn or vā`pẽr*ī*zȧ"shŭn)
n.
[Cf. F. vaporisation.]
The act or process of vaporizing, or the state of being converted into vapor; the artificial formation of vapor; specifically, the conversion of water into steam, as in a steam boiler.


word: Vaporize
definition:
Vaporize

Vap"o*rize
(văp"o̝*rīz or vā"pẽr*īz)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Vaporized (-rīzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Vaporizing (-rī`zĭng).]
[Cf. F. vaporiser.]
To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.

Vaporizing surface. (Steam Boilers) See Evaporating surface, under Evaporate, v. t.


word: Vaporous
definition:
Vaporous

Va"por*ous
(vā"pẽr*ŭs`)
a.
[L. vaporosus: cf. F. vaporeux.]

1.
Having the form or nature of vapor.
Holland.

2.
Full of vapors or exhalations.
Shak.

The warmer and more vaporous air of the valleys.
Derham.

3.
Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent.
Bacon.

The food which is most vaporous and perspirable is the most easily digested.
Arbuthnot.

4.
Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical.

Such vaporous speculations were inevitable.
Carlyle.


word: Vapor tension
definition:
Vapor tension

Vapor pressure

{ Vapor pressure or Vapor tension  }
(Physics)
The pressure or tension of a confined body of vapor of a chemical substance in equilibrium with the solid or liquid form of the substance.  The pressure of a given saturated vapor is a function of the temperature only, and may be measured by introducing a small quantity of the substance into a barometer and noting the depression of the column of mercury.


word: Vapulation
definition:
Vapulation

Vap`u*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. vapulare to be flogged.]
The act of beating or whipping.
[Obs.]


word: Vaquero
definition:
Vaquero

Va*que"ro
(vä*ka̝"ro̝)
n.
[Sp., cowherd, fr. vaca a cow, L. vacca.  Cf. Vacher.]
One who has charge of cattle, horses, etc.; a herdsman; a cowboy.
[Southwestern U. S.]


word: Vara
definition:
Vara

Va"ra
(?)
n.
[Sp. See 1st Vare.]
A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches.
Johnson's Cyc.


word: Varangian
definition:
Varangian

Va*ran"gi*an
(?)
n.
One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in Russia in the 9th century; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a later date, the imperial bodyguard at Constantinople.


word: Varanus
definition:
Varanus

Va*ra"nus
(?)
prop. n.
[NL., fr. Ar. uaran, uaral; cf. F. varan, from the Arabic.]
(Zool.)
A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and Africa.  It includes the monitors. See Monitor, 3.


word: Vare
definition:
Vare

Vare
(?)
n.
[Sp. vara staff, wand, L. vara forked pole.]
A wand or staff of authority or justice.
[Obs.]

His hand a vare of justice did uphold.
Dryden.


word: Vare₂
definition:
Vare

Vare
n.
(Zool.)
A weasel.
[Prov. Eng.]

Vare widgeon (Zool.), a female or young male of the smew; a weasel duck; -- so called from the resemblance of the head to that of a vare, or weasel. [Prov. Eng.]


word: Varec
definition:
Varec

Var"ec
(?)
n.
[F. varech; of Teutonic origin. See Wrack seaweed, wreck.]
The calcined ashes of any coarse seaweed used for the manufacture of soda and iodine; also, the seaweed itself; fucus; wrack.


word: Vargueno
definition:
Vargueno

Var*gue"no
(vär*gā"n&omacr)
n.
[Said to be fr. Vargas, name of a village in Spain.]
(Art)
A decorative cabinet, of a form originating in Spain, the body being rectangular and supported on legs or an ornamental framework and the front opening downwards on hinges to serve as a writing desk.


word: Vari
definition:
Vari

Va"ri
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. vari.]
(Zool.)
The ringtailed lemur (Lemur catta) of Madagascar. Its long tail is annulated with black and white.


word: Variability
definition:
Variability

Va`ri*a*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. variabilité.]
1.
The quality or state of being variable; variableness.

2.
(Biol.)
The power possessed by living organisms, both animal and vegetable, of adapting themselves to modifications or changes in their environment, thus possibly giving rise to ultimate variation of structure or function.


word: Variable
definition:
Variable

Va"ri*a*ble
(?)
a.
[L. variabilis: cf. F. variable.]
1.
Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.

2.
Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable.

Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
Shak.

His heart, I know, how variable and vain!
Milton.

Variable exhaust (Steam Eng.), a blast pipe with an adjustable opening. -- Variable quantity (Math.), a variable. -- Variable-rate mortgage (Finance), a mortgage whose percentage interest rate varies depending on some agreed standard, such as the prime rate; -- used often in financing the purchase of a home.  Such a mortgage usually has a lower initial interest rate than a fixed-rate mortgage, and this permits buyers of a home to finance the purchase a house of higher price than would be possible with a fixed-rate loan. -- Variable stars (Astron.), fixed stars which vary in their brightness, usually in more or less uniform periods.


word: Variable₂
definition:
Variable

Va"ri*a*ble
n.
1.
That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change.

2.
(Math.)
A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y are variables.

3.
(Naut.)
(a)
A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
(b)
pl.
Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.

Independent variable (Math.), that one of two or more variables, connected with each other in any way whatever, to which changes are supposed to be given at will. Thus, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, if arbitrary changes are supposed to be given to x, then x is the independent variable, and y is called a function of x.  There may be two or more independent variables in an equation or problem.   Cf. Dependent variable, under Dependent.


word: Variableness
definition:
Variableness

Va"ri*a*ble*ness
n.
The quality or state of being variable; variability.
James i. 17.


word: Variance
definition:
Variance

Va"ri*ance
(?)
n.
[L. variantia.]
1.
The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.

2.
Difference that produces dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.

That which is the strength of their amity shall prove the immediate author of their variance.
Shak.

3.
(Law)
A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof.
Bouvier.

4.
(Statistics)
The expected value of the square of the deviation from the mean of a randomly distributed variable; the second moment about the mean.  This is also the square of the standard deviation.

At variance, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or controversy; at enmity.  “What cause brought him so soon at variance with himself?”  Milton.


word: Variant
definition:
Variant

Va"ri*ant
(?)
a.
[L. varians, p. pr. of variare to change: cf. F. variant. See Vary.]
1.
Varying in form, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.

2.
Changeable; changing; fickle.
[Obs.]

He is so variant, he abit [abides] nowhere.
Chaucer.


word: Variant₂
definition:
Variant

Va"ri*ant
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. variante.]
Something which differs in form from another thing, though really the same; as, a variant from a type in natural history; a variant of a story or a word.


word: Variate
definition:
Variate

Va"ri*ate
(?)
v. t. & i.
[L. variatus, p. p. of variare. See Vary.]
To alter; to make different; to vary.


word: Variation
definition:
Variation

Va`ri*a"tion
(?)
n.
[OE. variatioun, F. variation, L. variatio. See Vary.]
1.
The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alteration; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a variation of color in different lights; a variation in size; variation of language.

The essences of things are conceived not capable of any such variation.
Locke.

2.
Extent to which a thing varies; amount of departure from a position or state; amount or rate of change.

3.
(Gram.)
Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc.

4.
(Mus.)
Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the essential features of the original shall still preserve their identity.

5.
(Alg.)
One of the different arrangements which can be made of any number of quantities taking a certain number of them together.

Annual variation (Astron.), the yearly change in the right ascension or declination of a star, produced by the combined effects of the precession of the equinoxes and the proper motion of the star. -- Calculus of variations. See under Calculus. -- Variation compass. See under Compass. -- Variation of the moon (Astron.), an inequality of the moon's motion, depending on the angular distance of the moon from the sun. It is greater at the octants, and zero at the quadratures. -- Variation of the needle (Geog. & Naut.), the angle included between the true and magnetic meridians of a place; the deviation of the direction of a magnetic needle from the true north and south line; -- called also declination of the needle.


word: Varicocele
definition:
Varicocele

Var"i*co*cele
(?)
n.
[Varix a dilated vein + Gr. _; tumor: cf. F. varicocèle.]
(Med.)
A varicose enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord; also, a like enlargement of the veins of the scrotum.


word: Varicose
definition:
Varicose

Var"i*cose`
(?; 277)
a.
[L. varicosus, from varix, -icis, a dilated vein; cf. varus bent, stretched, crooked.]
1.
Irregularly swollen or enlarged; affected with, or containing, varices, or varicosities; of or pertaining to varices, or varicosities; as, a varicose nerve fiber; a varicose vein; varicose ulcers.

2.
(Med.)
Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; -- said of elastic stockings, bandages, and the like.


word: Varicosis
definition:
Varicosis

Var`i*cos"is
(?)
n.
[NL. See Varix, and -osis.]
(Med.)
The formation of varices; varicosity.


word: Varicosity
definition:
Varicosity

Var`i*cos"i*ty
(?)
n.
1.
The quality or state of being varicose.

2.
An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers.


word: Varied
definition:
Varied

Va"ried
(?)
a.
Changed; altered; various; diversified; as, a varied experience; varied interests; varied scenery.
Va"ried*ly, adv.

The varied fields of science, ever new.
Cowper.


word: Variegate
definition:
Variegate

Va"ri*e*gate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Variegated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Variegating.]
[L. variegatus, p. p. of variegare to variegate; varius various + agere to move, make. See Various, and Agent.]
To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors.

The shells are filled with a white spar, which variegates and adds to the beauty of the stone.
Woodward.


word: Variegated
definition:
Variegated

Va"ri*e*ga`ted
(?)
a.
Having marks or patches of different colors; as, variegated leaves, or flowers.

Ladies like variegated tulips show.
Pope.


word: Variegation
definition:
Variegation

Va`ri*e*ga"tion
(?)
n.
The act of variegating or diversifying, or the state of being diversified, by different colors; diversity of colors.


word: Varier
definition:
Varier

Va"ri*er
(?)
n.
[From Vary.]
A wanderer; one who strays in search of variety.
[Poetic]

Pious variers from the church.
Tennyson.


word: Varietal
definition:
Varietal

Va*ri"e*tal
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to a variety; characterizing a variety; constituting a variety, in distinction from an individual or species.

Perplexed in determining what differences to consider as specific, and what as varietal.
Darwin.


word: Varietas
definition:
Varietas

Va*ri"e*tas
(?)
n.
[L.]
A variety; -- used in giving scientific names, and often abbreviated to var.


word: Variety
definition:
Variety

Va*ri"e*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Varieties (#).
[L. varietas: cf. F. variété. See Various.]

1.
The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.

Variety is nothing else but a continued novelty.
South.

The variety of colors depends upon the composition of light.
Sir I. Newton.

For earth hath this variety from heaven.
Milton.

There is a variety in the tempers of good men.
Atterbury.

2.
That which is various.
Specifically:

He . . . wants more time to do that variety of good which his soul thirsts after.
Law.

&hand_; Varieties usually differ from species in that any two, however unlike, will generally propagate indefinitely (unless they are in their nature unfertile, as some varieties of rose and other cultivated plants); in being a result of climate, food, or other extrinsic conditions or influences, but generally by a sudden, rather than a gradual, development; and in tending in many cases to lose their distinctive peculiarities when the individuals are left to a state of nature, and especially if restored to the conditions that are natural to typical individuals of the species. Many varieties of domesticated animals and of cultivated plants have been directly produced by man.

&hand_; These may be viewed as variations from the typical species in its most perfect and purest form, or, as is more commonly the case, all the forms, including the latter, may rank as Varieties. Thus, the sapphire is a blue variety, and the ruby a red variety, of corundum; again, calcite has many Varieties differing in form and structure, as Iceland spar, dogtooth spar, satin spar, and also others characterized by the presence of small quantities of magnesia, iron, manganese, etc.  Still again, there are varieties of granite differing in structure, as graphic granite, porphyritic granite, and other varieties differing in composition, as albitic granite, hornblendic, or syenitic, granite, etc.

3.
(Theaters)
Such entertainment as in given in variety shows; the production of, or performance in, variety shows.
[Cant]

Geographical variety (Biol.), a variety of any species which is coincident with a geographical region, and is usually dependent upon, or caused by, peculiarities of climate. -- Variety hybrid (Biol.), a cross between two individuals of different varieties of the same species; a mongrel.

All sorts are here that all the earth yields!
Variety without end.
Milton.

But see in all corporeal nature's scene,
What changes, what diversities, have been!
Blackmore.


word: Variety show
definition:
Variety show

Variety show
A stage entertainment, live or televised, of successive separate performances, usually songs, dances, acrobatic feats, dramatic sketches, exhibitions of trained animals, or any specialties. When performed live in a theater, it was often called a vaudeville show, but when television became a dominant form of entertainment live vaudeville performances almost completely ceased.


word: Variety store
definition:
Variety store

Variety store
a retail store selling a wide variety of items, especially of low price, as in a five and ten.


word: Varify
definition:
Varify

Va"ri*fy
(?)
v. t.
[L. varius various + -fy.]
To make different; to vary; to variegate.
[R.]
Sylvester.


word: Variole
definition:
Variole

Va"ri*ole
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. variole smallpox. See Variola.]
1.
A foveola.

2.
(Geol.)
A spherule of a variolite.


word: Variolite
definition:
Variolite

Va"ri*o*lite
(?)
n.
[L. varius various + -lite: cf. F. variolite.]
(Geol.)
A kind of diorite or diabase containing imbedded whitish spherules, which give the rock a spotted appearance.


word: Variolitic
definition:
Variolitic

Va`ri*o*lit"ic
(?)
a.
[From Variola.]

1.
Thickly marked with small, round specks; spotted.

2.
(Geol.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, variolite.


word: Varioloid
definition:
Varioloid

Va"ri*o*loid
(?; 277)
a.
[Variola + -oid: cf. F. varioloïde.]
(Med.)
Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid.


word: Varioloid₂
definition:
Varioloid

Va"ri*o*loid
n.
[Cf. F. varioloïde. See Varioloid, a.]
(Med.)
The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination.

&hand_; It is almost always a milder disease than smallpox, and this circumstance, with its shorter duration, exhibits the salutary effects of previous vaccination or inoculation.
Dunglison.


word: Variolous
definition:
Variolous

Va*ri"o*lous
(?)
a.
[LL. variolosus, fr. variola the smallpox: cf. F. varioleux.]
(Med.)
Of or pertaining to the smallpox; having pits, or sunken impressions, like those of the smallpox; variolar; variolic.


word: Variometer
definition:
Variometer

Va`ri*om"e*ter
(?)
n.
[L. varius various + -meter.]
(Elec.)
An instrument for comparing magnetic forces, esp. in the earth's magnetic field.


word: Variorum
definition:
Variorum

Va`ri*o"rum
(?)
a.
[L., abbrev. fr. cum notis variorum with notes of various persons.]
Containing notes by different persons; -- applied to a publication; as, a variorum edition of a book.


word: Various
definition:
Various

Va"ri*ous
(?)
a.
[L. varius.  Cf. Vair.]

1.
Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names; various occupations; various colors.

So many and so various laws are given.
Milton.

A wit as various, gay, grave, sage, or wild.
Byron.

2.
Changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable.

A man so various, that he seemed to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome.
Dryden.

The names of mixed modes . . . are very various.
Locke.

3.
Variegated; diversified; not monotonous.

A happy rural seat of various view.
Milton.


word: Variscite
definition:
Variscite

Var"is*cite
(?)
n.
[So called from Variscia in Germany.]
(Min.)
An apple-green mineral occurring in reniform masses. It is a hydrous phosphate of alumina.


word: Varisse
definition:
Varisse

Va*risse"
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. varice varix. Cf. Varix.]
(Far.)
An imperfection on the inside of the hind leg in horses, different from a curb, but at the same height, and often growing to an unsightly size.


word: Varix
definition:
Varix

Va"rix
(vā"rĭks)
n.
pl. Varices (văr"ĭ*sēz).
[L.]

1.
(Med.)
A uneven, permanent dilatation of a vein.

&hand_; Varices are owing to local retardation of the venous circulation, and in some cases to relaxation of the parietes of the veins. They are very common in the superficial veins of the lower limbs.
Dunglison.

2.
(Zool.)
One of the prominent ridges or ribs extending across each of the whorls of certain univalve shells.

&hand_; The varices usually indicate stages of growth, each one showing a former position of the outer lip of the aperture.


word: Varlet
definition:
Varlet

Var"let
(?)
n.
[OF. varlet, vaslet, vallet, servant, young man, young noble, dim. of vassal. See Vassal, and cf. Valet.]

1.
A servant, especially to a knight; an attendant; a valet; a footman.
[Obs.]
Spenser. Tusser.

2.
Hence, a low fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal; as, an impudent varlet.

What a brazen-faced varlet art thou !
Shak.

3.
In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack.
[Obs.]


word: Varletry
definition:
Varletry

Var"let*ry
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. valeterie the young unmarried nobles.]
The rabble; the crowd; the mob.

Shall they hoist me up,
And show me to the shouting varletry
Of censuring Rome.
Shak.


word: Varnish
definition:
Varnish

Var"nish
(?)
n.
[OE. vernish, F. vernis, LL. vernicium; akin to F. vernir to varnish, fr. (assumed) LL. vitrinire to glaze, from LL. vitrinus glassy, fr. L. vitrum glass. See Vitreous.]

1.
A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or less degree, the influences of air and moisture.

&hand_; According to the sorts of solvents employed, the ordinary kinds of varnish are divided into three classes: spirit, turpentine, and oil varnishes.
Encyc. Brit

2.
That which resembles varnish, either naturally or artificially; a glossy appearance.

The varnish of the holly and ivy.
Macaulay.

3.
An artificial covering to give a fair appearance to any act or conduct; outside show; gloss.

And set a double varnish on the fame
The Frenchman gave you.
Shak.

Varnish tree (Bot.), a tree or shrub from the juice or resin of which varnish is made, as some species of the genus Rhus, especially Rhus vernicifera of Japan. The black varnish of Burmah is obtained from the Melanorrhœa usitatissima, a tall East Indian tree of the Cashew family. See Copal, and Mastic.


word: Varnish₂
definition:
Varnish

Var"nish
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Varnished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Varnishing.]
[Cf. F. vernir, vernisser. See Varnish, n.]

1.
To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid which produces, when dry, a hard, glossy surface; as, to varnish a table; to varnish a painting.

2.
To cover or conceal with something that gives a fair appearance; to give a fair coloring to by words; to gloss over; to palliate; as, to varnish guilt.
varnish
Shak.

Close ambition, varnished o'er with zeal.
Milton.

Cato's voice was ne'er employed
To clear the guilty and to varnish crimes.
Addison.


word: Varnisher
definition:
Varnisher

Var"nish*er
(?)
n.
1.
One who varnishes; one whose occupation is to varnish.

2.
One who disguises or palliates; one who gives a fair external appearance.
Pope.


word: Varsity
definition:
Varsity

Var"si*ty
(?)
n.
1.
Colloquial contraction of University.
[Brit.]

2.
the team with the best players of a school or club, being the main representative of the organization in competitive play between schools or organizations.  In schools, contrasted with junior varsity.  Also used attributively, as, the varsity football team.


word: Varsovienne
definition:
Varsovienne

Var`so`vienne"
(?)
n.
[F., prop. fem. of varsovien pertaining to Warsaw, fr. Varsovie Warsaw, Pol. Warszawa.]
(a)
A kind of Polish dance.
(b)
Music for such a dance or having its slow triple time characteristic strong accent beginning every second measure.


word: Vartabed
definition:
Vartabed

Var"ta*bed
(?)
n.
[Armen., a doctor, master, preceptor.]
(Eccl.)
A doctor or teacher in the Armenian church. Members of this order of ecclesiastics frequently have charge of dioceses, with episcopal functions.


word: Varuna
definition:
Varuna

Va*ru"na
(vȧ*r&usuml_;"nȧ)
n.
[Skr. Varu&nsdot_;a.]
(Hindu Myth.)
The god of the waters; the Indian Neptune. He is regarded as regent of the west, and lord of punishment, and is represented as riding on a sea monster, holding in his hand a snaky cord or noose with which to bind offenders, under water.


word: Varus
definition:
Varus

Va"rus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L., bent, grown inwards.]
(Med.)
A deformity in which the foot is turned inward. See Talipes.


word: Varvel
definition:
Varvel

Var"vel
(?)
n.
[F. vervelle.]
In falconry, one of the rings secured to the ends of the jesses.
[Written also vervel.]


word: Varveled
definition:
Varveled

Var"veled
(?)
a.
Having varvels, or rings.
[Written also varvelled, and vervelled.]

&hand_; In heraldry, when the jesses attached to the legs of hawks hang loose, or have pendent ends with rings at the tips, the blazon is a hawk (or a hawk's leg) jessed and varveled.


word: Vary
definition:
Vary

Va"ry
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Varied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Varying.]
[OE. varien, F. varier, L. variare, fr. varius various. See Various, and cf. Variate.]

1.
To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties, proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions.

Shall we vary our device at will,
Even as new occasion appears?
Spenser.

2.
To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.

Gods, that never change their state,
Vary oft their love and hate.
Waller.

We are to vary the customs according to the time and country where the scene of action lies.
Dryden.

3.
To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversify; to variegate.

God hath varied their inclinations.
Sir T. Browne.

God hath here
Varied his bounty so with new delights.
Milton.

4.
(Mus.)
To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4.


word: Vary₂
definition:
Vary

Va"ry
(?)
v. i.
1.
To alter, or be altered, in any manner; to suffer a partial change; to become different; to be modified; as, colors vary in different lights.

That each from other differs, first confess;
Next, that he varies from himself no less.
Pope.

2.
To differ, or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as, the laws of France vary from those of England.

3.
To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one mathematical quantity varies inversely as another.

While fear and anger, with alternate grace,
Pant in her breast, and vary in her face.
Addison.

4.
To deviate; to depart; to swerve; -- followed by from; as, to vary from the law, or from reason.
 Locke.

5.
To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension; as, men vary in opinion.

The rich jewel which we vary for.
Webster (1623).


word: Varying
definition:
Varying

Va"ry*ing
a. & n. from Vary.

Varying hare (Zool.), any hare or rabbit which becomes white in winter, especially the common hare of the Northern United States and Canada.


word: Vas
definition:
Vas

Vas
(?)
n.
pl. Vasa (#).
[L., a vessel. See Vase.]
(Anat.)
A vessel; a duct.

&VerbarVas deferens; pl. Vasa deferentia. [L. vas vessel + deferens carrying down.] (Anat.) The excretory duct of a testicle; a spermatic duct.


word: Vascular
definition:
Vascular

Vas"cu*lar
(?)
a.
[L. vasculum a small vessel, dim. of vas vessel: cf. F. vasculaire. See Vase, and cf. Vessel.]

1.
(Biol.)
(a)
Consisting of, or containing, vessels as an essential part of a structure; full of vessels; specifically (Bot.), pertaining to, or containing, special ducts, or tubes, for the circulation of sap.
(b)
Operating by means of, or made up of an arrangement of, vessels; as, the vascular system in animals, including the arteries, veins, capillaries, lacteals, etc.
(c)
Of or pertaining to the vessels of animal and vegetable bodies; as, the vascular functions.

2.
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to the higher division of plants, that is, the phaenogamous plants, all of which are vascular, in distinction from the cryptogams, which to a large extent are cellular only.

Vascular plants (Bot.), plants composed in part of vascular tissue, as all flowering plants and the higher cryptogamous plants, or those of the class Pteridophyta.  Cf. Cellular plants, under Cellular. -- Vascular system (Bot.), the body of associated ducts and woody fiber; the fibrovascular part of plants. -- Vascular tissue (Bot.), vegetable tissue composed partly of ducts, or sap tubes. -- Water vascular system (Zool.), a system of vessels in annelids, nemerteans, and many other invertebrates, containing a circulating fluid analogous to blood, but not of the same composition. In annelids the fluid which they contain is usually red, but in some it is green, in others yellow, or whitish.


word: Vascularity
definition:
Vascularity

Vas`cu*lar"i*ty
(văs`k&uuptack_;*lăr"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Vascularities (văs`k&uuptack_;*lăr"ĭ*tĭz).
(Biol.)
The quality or state of being vascular.


word: Vascularization
definition:
Vascularization

Vas`cu*lar*i*za"tion
(văs`k&uuptack_;*lẽr*ĭ*zā"shŭn)
n.
(Physiol.)
The process of becoming vascular, or the condition of being vascular; as, the vascularization of cartilege.


word: Vasculose
definition:
Vasculose

Vas"cu*lose`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
One of the substances of which vegetable tissue is composed, differing from cellulose in respect to its solubility in certain media.


word: Vasculum
definition:
Vasculum

Vas"cu*lum
(?)
n.
pl. Vascula (#).
[L., a small vessel.]
1.
(Bot.)
Same as Ascidium, n., 1.

2.
A tin box, commonly cylindrical or flattened, used in collecting plants.


word: Vase
definition:
Vase

Vase
(vās or väz; 277)
n.
[F. vase; cf. Sp. & It. vaso; fr. L.  vas, vasum.  Cf. Vascular, Vessel.]
1.
A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for sacrificial uses; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament; as, a porcelain vase; a gold vase; a Grecian vase.  See Illust. of Portland vase, under Portland.

No chargers then were wrought in burnished gold,
Nor silver vases took the forming mold.
Pope.

2.
(Arch.)
(a)
A vessel similar to that described in the first definition above, or the representation of one in a solid block of stone, or the like, used for an ornament, as on a terrace or in a garden. See Illust. of Niche.
(b)
The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and drum.

&hand_; Until the time of Walker (1791), vase was made to rhyme with base, case, etc., and it is still commonly so pronounced in the United States.  Walker made it to rhyme with phrase, maze, etc.  Of modern English practice, Mr. A. J. Ellis (1874) says: “Vase has four pronunciations in English: v&asuml_;z, which I most commonly say, is going out of use, väz I hear most frequently, vāz very rarely, and vās I only know from Cull's marking.  On the analogy of case, however, it should be the regular sound.”
  The Merriam-Webster's 10th Colletgiate Dictionary says:  “U. S. oftenest vās; Canada usu. and U. S. also vāz; Canada also & U. S. sometimes väz.”
   One wit has noted that “a väz is a vāz that costs more than $100.”, suggesting that the former is considered a higher-class pronunciation.

3.
(Bot.)
The calyx of a plant.


word: Vase clock
definition:
Vase clock

Vase clock
(Art)
A clock whose decorative case has the general form of a vase, esp. one in which there is no ordinary dial, but in which a part of a vase revolves while a single stationary indicator serves as a hand.


word: Vasectomy
definition:
Vasectomy

Vas*ec"to*my
(văs*ĕk"to̝*m&ybreve_;)
n.
[Vas + -ecmoty.]
(Surg.)
Resection or excision of the vas deferens.


word: Vaseline
definition:
Vaseline

Vas"e*line
(?)
n.
[Said by the manufacturer to be derived from G. wasser water + Gr. 'e`laion olive oil.]
A yellowish translucent substance, almost odorless and tasteless, obtained as a residue in the purification of crude petroleum, and consisting essentially of a mixture of several of the higher members of the paraffin series. It is used as an unguent, and for various purposes in the arts. See the Note under Petrolatum.
[Written also vaselin.]


word: Vasiform
definition:
Vasiform

Vas"i*form
(?)
a.
[L. vas a vessel + -form.]
(Biol.)
Having the form of a vessel, or duct.

Vasiform tissue (Bot.), tissue containing vessels, or ducts.


word: Vasoconstrictor
definition:
Vasoconstrictor

Vas`o*con*strict"or
(?)
a.
(Physiol.)
Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes constriction of the blood vessels to which they go.  These nerves are also called vasohypertonic.


word: Vasoconstrictor₂
definition:
Vasoconstrictor

Vas`o*con*strict"or
(?)
n.
(Medicine, Physiology)
A substance which causes constriction of the blood vessels.  Such substances are used in medicine to raise abnormally low blood pressure.


word: Vasodentine
definition:
Vasodentine

Vas`o*den"tine
(?)
n.
[L. vas a vessel + E. dentine.]
(Anat.)
A modified form of dentine, which is permeated by blood capillaries; vascular dentine.


word: Vasodilator
definition:
Vasodilator

Vas`o*di*lat"or
(?)
a.
[L. vas a vessel + dilator.]
(Physiol.)
Causing dilation or relaxation of the blood vessels; as, the vasodilator nerves, stimulation of which causes dilation of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vaso-inhibitory, and vasohypotonic nerves, since their stimulation causes relaxation and rest.


word: Vasodilator₂
definition:
Vasodilator

Vas`o*di*lat"or
(?)
n.
[L. vas a vessel + dilator.]
(Medicine & Physiology)
A substance which causes dilation of blood vessels.


word: Vasoformative
definition:
Vasoformative

Vas`o*form"a*tive
(?)
a.
[L. vas a vessel + formative.]
(Physiol.)
Concerned in the development and formation of blood vessels and blood corpuscles; as, the vasoformative cells.


word: Vasomotor
definition:
Vasomotor

Vas`o*mo"tor
(?)
a.
[L. vas a vessel + motor that which moves fr. movere to move.]
(Physiol.)
Causing movement in the walls of vessels; as, the vasomotor mechanisms; the vasomotor nerves, a system of nerves distributed over the muscular coats of the blood vessels.

Vasomotor center, the chief dominating or general center which supplies all the unstriped muscles of the arterial system with motor nerves, situated in a part of the medulla oblongata; a center of reflex action by the working of which afferent impulses are changed into efferent, -- vasomotor impulses leading either to dilation or constriction of the blood vessels.


word: Vassal
definition:
Vassal

Vas"sal
(?)
n.
[F., fr. LL. vassallus, vassus; of Celtic origin; cf. W. & Corn. gwas a youth, page, servant, Arm. gwaz a man, a male.  Cf. Valet, Varlet, Vavasor.]

1.
(Feud. Law)
The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of a superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant.
Burrill.

2.
A subject; a dependent; a servant; a bondman; a slave.
vassals
Milton.

Rear vassal, the vassal of a vassal; an arriere vassal.


word: Vassalage
definition:
Vassalage

Vas"sal*age
(?)
n.
[OE. vassalage, F. vasselage, LL. vassallaticum.]

1.
The state of being a vassal, or feudatory.

2.
Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks.

3.
A territory held in vassalage.
vassalages
Milman.

4.
Vassals, collectively; vassalry.
[R.]
Shak.

5.
Valorous service, such as that performed by a vassal; valor; prowess; courage.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Vast
definition:
Vast

Vast
(vȧst)
a.
[Compar. Vaster (vȧst"ẽr); superl. Vastest.]
[L. vastus empty, waste, enormous, immense: cf. F. vaste. See Waste, and cf. Devastate.]

1.
Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
[Obs.]

The empty, vast, and wandering air.
Shak.

2.
Of great extent; very spacious or large; also, huge in bulk; immense; enormous; as, the vast ocean; vast mountains; the vast empire of Russia.

Through the vast and boundless deep.
Milton.

3.
Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount; as, a vast army; a vast sum of money.

4.
Very great in force; mighty; as, vast labor.

5.
Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern.


word: Vast₂
definition:
Vast

Vast
n.
A waste region; boundless space; immensity.
vast
Pope.

Michael bid sound
The archangel trumpet. Through the vast of heaven
It sounded.
Milton.


word: Vastation
definition:
Vastation

Vas*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. vastatio, fr. vastare to lay waste, fr. vastus empty, waste.]
A laying waste; waste; depopulation; devastation.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Vastidity
definition:
Vastidity

Vas*tid"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. vastité, L. vastitas.]
Vastness; immensity.
[Obs.]
vastidity
Shak.


word: Vastitude
definition:
Vastitude

Vas"ti*tude
(?)
n.
[L. vastitudo.]
1.
Vastness; immense extent.
[R.]

2.
Destruction; vastation.
[Obs.]
Joye.


word: Vasty
definition:
Vasty

Vas"ty
(?)
a.
[From Vast.]
Vast; immense.
[R.]

I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
Shak.


word: Vasum
definition:
Vasum

Va"sum
(?)
n.
[L., a vase. See Vase.]
(Zool.)
A genus including several species of large marine gastropods having massive pyriform shells, with conspicuous folds on the columella.


word: Vat
definition:
Vat

Vat
(văt)
n.
[A dialectic form for fat, OE. fat, AS. fæt; akin to D. vat, OS. fat, G. fass, OHG. faz, Icel. & Sw. fat, Dan. fad, Lith. půdas a pot, and probably to G. fassen to seize, to contain, OHG. fazz&omacrn, D. vatten.   Cf. Fat a vat.]

1.
A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding liquors in an immature state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning leather, or the like.

Let him produce his vats and tubs, in opposition to heaps of arms and standards.
Addison.

2.
A measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.

&hand_; The old Dutch grain vat averaged 0.762 Winchester bushel. The old London coal vat contained 9 bushels. The solid-measurement vat of Amsterdam contains 40 cubic feet; the wine vat, 241.57 imperial gallons, and the vat for olive oil, 225.45 imperial gallons.

3.
(Metal.)
(a)
A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in.
(b)
A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.

4.
(R. C. Ch.)
A vessel for holding holy water.


word: Vat₂
definition:
Vat

Vat
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Vatted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vatting.]
To put or transfer into a vat.


word: Vatical
definition:
Vatical

Vat"ic*al
(?)
a.
[L. vates a prophet.]
Of or pertaining to a prophet; prophetical.
Bp. Hall.


word: Vatican
definition:
Vatican

Vat"i*can
(?)
n.
[L. Vaticanus, mons, or collis, Vaticanus, the Vatican hill, in Rome, on the western bank of the Tiber: cf. F. Vatican, It. Vaticano.]
A magnificent assemblage of buildings at Rome, near the church of St. Peter, including the pope's palace, a museum, a library, a famous chapel, etc.

&hand_; The word is often used to indicate the papal authority.

Thunders of the Vatican, the anathemas, or denunciations, of the pope.


word: Vatican Council
definition:
Vatican Council

Vat"i*can Coun"cil
(R. C. Ch.)
The council held under Pope Pius IX. in Vatican at Rome, in 1870, which promulgated the dogma of papal infallibility.


word: Vaticanism
definition:
Vaticanism

Vat"i*can*ism
(?)
n.
The doctrine of papal supremacy; extreme views in support of the authority of the pope; ultramontanism; -- a term used only by persons who are not Roman Catholics.


word: Vaticide
definition:
Vaticide

Vat"i*cide
(?)
n.
[L. vates a prophet + caedere to kill.]
The murder, or the murderer, of a prophet.
vaticide
Pope.


word: Vaticinal
definition:
Vaticinal

Va*tic"i*nal
(?)
a.
[See Vaticinate.]
Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic.
T. Warton.


word: Vaticinate
definition:
Vaticinate

Va*tic"i*nate
(?)
v. i. & t.
[L. vaticinatus, p. p. of vaticinari to prophesy, fr. vaticinus prophetical, fr. vates a prophet.]
To prophesy; to foretell; to practice prediction; to utter prophecies.


word: Vaticination
definition:
Vaticination

Va*tic`i*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. vaticinatio.]
Prediction; prophecy.

It is not a false utterance; it is a true, though an impetuous, vaticination.
I. Taylor.


word: Vaudeville
definition:
Vaudeville

Vaude"ville
(?)
n.
[F., fr. Vau-de-vire, a village in Normandy, where Olivier Basselin, at the end of the 14th century, composed such songs.]
[Written also vaudevil.]

1.
A kind of song of a lively character, frequently embodying a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air in couplets with a refrain; a street song; a topical song.

2.
A theatrical piece, usually a comedy, the dialogue of which is intermingled with light or satirical songs, set to familiar airs.

The early vaudeville, which is the forerunner of the opera bouffe, was light, graceful, and piquant.
Johnson's Cyc.

3.
a variety show when performed live in a theater (see above); as, to play in vaudeville; a vaudeville actor.


word: Vaudois
definition:
Vaudois

Vau*dois"
(v&omacr*dwä")
n. sing. & pl.
[F.]
1.
An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of the Swiss canton of Vaud.

2.
A modern name of the Waldenses.


word: Vault
definition:
Vault

Vault
(v&asuml_;lt; see Note, below)
n.
[OE. voute, OF. voute, volte, F. voûte, LL. volta, for voluta, volutio, fr. L. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn about. See Voluble, and cf. Vault a leap, Volt a turn, Volute.]

1.
(Arch.)
An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.

The long-drawn aisle and fretted vault.
Gray.

2.
An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, used for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar.
vaults
Milton.

The silent vaults of death.
Sandys.

To banish rats that haunt our vault.
Swift.

3.
The canopy of heaven; the sky.

That heaven's vault should crack.
Shak.

4.
[F. volte, It. volta, originally, a turn, and the same word as volta an arch. See the Etymology above.]
A leap or bound.
(a)
(Man.)
The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.
(b)
A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like.

&hand_; The l in this word was formerly often suppressed in pronunciation.

Barrel vault, Cradle vault, Cylindrical vault, or Wagon vault (Arch.), a kind of vault having two parallel abutments, and the same section or profile at all points.  It may be rampant, as over a staircase (see Rampant vault, under Rampant), or curved in plan, as around the apse of a church. -- Coved vault. (Arch.) See under 1st Cove, v. t. -- Groined vault (Arch.), a vault having groins, that is, one in which different cylindrical surfaces intersect one another, as distinguished from a barrel, or wagon, vault. -- Rampant vault. (Arch.) See under Rampant. -- Ribbed vault (Arch.), a vault differing from others in having solid ribs which bear the weight of the vaulted surface. True Gothic vaults are of this character. -- Vault light, a partly glazed plate inserted in a pavement or ceiling to admit light to a vault below.


word: Vault₂
definition:
Vault

Vault
(v&asuml_;lt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Vaulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Vaulting.]
[OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F. voûter. See Vault an arch.]

1.
To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, to vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court.

The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
[See Vault, v. i.]
To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence.

I will vault credit, and affect high pleasures.
Webster (1623).


word: Vault₃
definition:
Vault

Vault
v. i.
[Cf. OF. volter, F. voltiger, It. voltare to turn. See Vault, n., 4.]

1.
To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.

Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself.
Shak.

Leaning on his lance, he vaulted on a tree.
Dryden.

Lucan vaulted upon Pegasus with all the heat and intrepidity of youth.
Addison.

2.
To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.


word: Vaulted
definition:
Vaulted

Vault"ed
a.
1.
Arched; concave; as, a vaulted roof.

2.
Covered with an arch, or vault.

3.
(Bot.)
Arched like the roof of the mouth, as the upper lip of many ringent flowers.


word: Vaulting
definition:
Vaulting

Vault"ing
n.
1.
The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction.

2.
Act of one who vaults or leaps.


word: Vaunt
definition:
Vaunt

Vaunt
(vänt or v&asuml_;nt; 277)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Vaunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Vaunting.]
[F. vanter, LL. vanitare, fr. L.  vanus vain. See Vain.]
To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag.

Pride, which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what he is, does incline him to disvalue what he has.
Gov. of Tongue.


word: Vaunt₂
definition:
Vaunt

Vaunt
v. t.
To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.  In the latter sense, the term usually used is flaunt.

Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.
1 Cor. xiii. 4.

My vanquisher, spoiled of his vaunted spoil.
Milton.


word: Vaunt₃
definition:
Vaunt

Vaunt
n.
A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag.

The spirits beneath, whom I seduced
With other promises and other vaunts.
Milton.


word: Vaunt₅
definition:
Vaunt

Vaunt
v. t.
[See Avant, Advance.]
To put forward; to display.
[Obs.]
Vaunted
Spenser.

And what so else his person most may vaunt.
Spenser.


word: Vauntful
definition:
Vauntful

Vaunt"ful
(?)
a.
Given to vaunting or boasting; vainly ostentatious; boastful; vainglorious.


word: Vauntmure
definition:
Vauntmure

Vaunt"mure`
(?)
n.
[F. avant-mur. See Vanguard, and Mure.]
(Fort.)
A false wall; a work raised in front of the main wall.
[Written also vaimure, and vamure.]
Camden.


word: Vauquelinite
definition:
Vauquelinite

Vauque"lin*ite
(?)
n.
[So called after the French chemist Vauquelin, who died in 1829: cf. F. vauquelinite.]
(Min.)
Chromate of copper and lead, of various shades of green.


word: Vavasor
definition:
Vavasor

Vav"a*sor
(?)
n.
[OE. vavasour, OF. vavassor, vavassour, F. vavasseur, LL. vavassor, probably contr. from vassus vassorum vassal of the vassals. See Vassal.]
(Feud. Law)
The vassal or tenant of a baron; one who held under a baron, and who also had tenants under him; one in dignity next to a baron; a title of dignity next to a baron.
Burrill.
vavasour
Chaucer.
[Also written vavasour, vavassor, valvasor, etc.]

Vavasours subdivide again to vassals, exchanging land and cattle, human or otherwise, against fealty.
Motley.


word: Vavasory
definition:
Vavasory

Vav"a*so*ry
(?)
n.
[F. vavassorie.]
(Feud. Law)
The quality or tenure of the fee held by a vavasor; also, the lands held by a vavasor.


word: Vaward
definition:
Vaward

Va"ward`
(?)
n.
[For vanward, equivalent to vanguard. See Vanguard, Ward guard.]
The fore part; van.
[Obs.]

Since we have the vaward of the day.
Shak.


word: Vaza parrot
definition:
Vaza parrot

Va"za par`rot
(?)
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of parrots of the genus Coracopsis, native of Madagascar; -- called also vasa parrot.


word: Veadar
definition:
Veadar

Ve"a*dar
(?)
n.
The thirteenth, or intercalary, month of the Jewish ecclesiastical calendar, which is added about every third year.


word: Veal
definition:
Veal

Veal
(vēl)
n.
[OE. veel, OF. veel, F. veau, L. vitellus, dim. of vitulus a calf; akin to E. wether. See Wether, and cf. Vellum, Vituline.]
The flesh of a calf when killed and used for food.


word: Vectitation
definition:
Vectitation

Vec`ti*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. vectitatus borne about, fr. vectare, v. intens. fr. vehere, vectum, to carry.]
The act of carrying, or state of being carried.
[Obs.]


word: Vector
definition:
Vector

Vec"tor
(?)
n.
[L., a bearer, carrier. fr. vehere, vectum, to carry.]
1.
Same as Radius vector.

2.
(Math.)
A directed quantity, as a straight line, a force, or a velocity.  Vectors are said to be equal when their directions are the same and their magnitudes equal.  Cf. Scalar.

&hand_; In a triangle, either side is the vector sum of the other two sides taken in proper order; the process finding the vector sum of two or more vectors is vector addition (see under Addition).


word: Vecture
definition:
Vecture

Vec"ture
(?)
n.
[L. vectura, from vehere, vectum, to carry.  Cf. Vettura, Voiture.]
The act of carrying; conveyance; carriage.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Veda
definition:
Veda

Ve"da
(vā"dȧor vē"dȧ; 277)
n.
[Skr. vēda, properly, knowledge, from vid to know. See Wit.]
The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature.

&hand_; The language of the Vedas is usually called Vedic Sanskrit, as distinguished from the later and more settled form called classical Sanskrit.


word: Vedanta
definition:
Vedanta

Ve*dan"ta
(?)
n.
[Skr. Vēdanta.]
A system of philosophy among the Hindus, founded on scattered texts of the Vedas, and thence termed the “Anta,” or end or substance.
Balfour (Cyc. of India.)


word: Veddahs
definition:
Veddahs

Ved"dahs
(vĕd"dȧz)
n. pl.
A primitive people of Ceylon.
[Written also Weddars.]
Encyc Brit.


word: Vedette
definition:
Vedette

Ve*dette"
(?)
n.
[F. vedette, It. vedetta, for veletta (influenced by vedere to see, L. videre), from It. veglia watch, L. vigilia. See Vigil.]
A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger; a vidette.


word: Vedro
definition:
Vedro

Ve"dro
(?)
n.
[Russ., pail.]
A Russian liquid measure, equal to 3.249 gallons of U. S. standard measure, or 2.706 imperial gallons.
McElrath.


word: Veer
definition:
Veer

Veer
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Veered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Veering.]
[F. virer (cf. Sp. virar, birar), LL. virare; perhaps fr. L. vibrare to brandish, vibrate (cf. Vibrate); or cf. L. viriae armlets, bracelets, viriola a little bracelet (cf. Ferrule).  Cf. Environ.]
To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north.
veering
Wordsworth.

And as he leads, the following navy veers.
Dryden.

an ordinary community which is hostile or friendly as passion or as interest may veer about.
Burke.

To veer and haul (Naut.), to vary the course or direction; -- said of the wind, which veers aft and hauls forward. The wind is also said to veer when it shifts with the sun.


word: Veer₂
definition:
Veer

Veer
v. t.
To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel.

To veer and haul (Naut.), to pull tight and slacken alternately. Totten. -- To veer away or To veer out (Naut.), to let out; to slacken and let run; to pay out; as, to veer away the cable; to veer out a rope.


word: Veery
definition:
Veery

Veer"y
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
An American thrush (Turdus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada. It is light tawny brown above. The breast is pale buff, thickly spotted with brown. Called also Wilson's thrush.

Sometimes I hear the veery's clarion.
Thoreau.


word: Vega
definition:
Vega

Ve"ga
(vē"gȧ)
n.
(Astron.)
[Ar. wāgi', properly, falling: cf. F. Wéga.]
A brilliant star of the first magnitude, the brightest of those constituting the constellation Lyra.


word: Vega₂
definition:
Vega

Ve"ga
(?)
n.
[Sp.]
An open tract of ground; a plain, esp. one which is moist and fertile, as those used for tobacco fields.
[Sp. Amer. & Phil. Islands]


word: vegan
definition:
vegan

ve"gan
(vē"gŭn or vēj"ŭn)
n.
A vegetarian who does not eat any animal products, not even fish, eggs, or milk.


word: Vegetability
definition:
Vegetability

Veg`e*ta*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being vegetable.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Vegetable
definition:
Vegetable

Veg`e*ta*ble
(?)
a.
[F. végétable growing, capable of growing, formerly also, as a noun, a vegetable, from L. vegetabilis enlivening, from vegetare to enliven, invigorate, quicken, vegetus enlivened, vigorous, active, vegere to quicken, arouse, to be lively, akin to vigere to be lively, to thrive, vigil watchful, awake, and probably to E. wake, v. See Vigil, Wake, v.]

1.
Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc.

Blooming ambrosial fruit
Of vegetable gold.
Milton.

2.
Consisting of, or comprising, plants; as, the vegetable kingdom.

Vegetable alkali (Chem.), an alkaloid. -- Vegetable brimstone. (Bot.) See Vegetable sulphur, below. -- Vegetable butter (Bot.), a name of several kinds of concrete vegetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the Pentadesma butyracea, a tree of the order Guttiferae, also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa (Theobroma). -- Vegetable flannel, a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down or fiber obtained from the leaves of the Pinus sylvestris. -- Vegetable ivory. See Ivory nut, under Ivory. -- Vegetable jelly. See Pectin. -- Vegetable kingdom. (Nat. Hist.) See the last Phrase, below. -- Vegetable leather. (a) (Bot.) A shrubby West Indian spurge (Euphorbia punicea), with leathery foliage and crimson bracts. (b) See Vegetable leather, under Leather. -- Vegetable marrow (Bot.), an egg-shaped gourd, commonly eight to ten inches long.  It is noted for the very tender quality of its flesh, and is a favorite culinary vegetable in England.  It has been said to be of Persian origin, but is now thought to have been derived from a form of the American pumpkin. -- Vegetable oyster (Bot.), the oyster plant. See under Oyster. -- Vegetable parchment, papyrine. -- Vegetable sheep (Bot.), a white woolly plant (Raoulia eximia) of New Zealand, which grows in the form of large fleecy cushions on the mountains. -- Vegetable silk, a cottonlike, fibrous material obtained from the coating of the seeds of a Brazilian tree (Chorisia speciosa).  It is used for various purposes, as for stuffing cushions, and the like, but is incapable of being spun on account of a want of cohesion among the fibers. -- Vegetable sponge. See 1st Loof. -- Vegetable sulphur, the fine and highly inflammable spores of the club moss (Lycopodium clavatum); witch meal. -- Vegetable tallow, a substance resembling tallow, obtained from various plants; as, Chinese vegetable tallow, obtained from the seeds of the tallow tree. Indian vegetable tallow is a name sometimes given to piney tallow. -- Vegetable wax, a waxy excretion on the leaves or fruits of certain plants, as the bayberry.

Vegetable kingdom (Nat. Hist.), that primary division of living things which includes all plants. The classes of the vegetable kingdom have been grouped differently by various botanists. The following is one of the best of the many arrangements of the principal subdivisions.
[1913 Webster]

I. Phaenogamia (called also Phanerogamia). Plants having distinct flowers and true seeds. { 1. Dicotyledons (called also Exogens). -- Seeds with two or more cotyledons.  Stems with the pith, woody fiber, and bark concentrically arranged.  Divided into two subclasses: Angiosperms, having the woody fiber interspersed with dotted or annular ducts, and the seeds contained in a true ovary; Gymnosperms, having few or no ducts in the woody fiber, and the seeds naked.  2. Monocotyledons (called also Endogens). -- Seeds with single cotyledon. Stems with slender bundles of woody fiber not concentrically arranged, and with no true bark.}
[1913 Webster]
II. Cryptogamia. Plants without true flowers, and reproduced by minute spores of various kinds, or by simple cell division. { 1. Acrogens. -- Plants usually with distinct stems and leaves, existing in two alternate conditions, one of which is nonsexual and sporophoric, the other sexual and oophoric.  Divided into Vascular Acrogens, or Pteridophyta, having the sporophoric plant conspicuous and consisting partly of vascular tissue, as in Ferns, Lycopods, and Equiseta, and Cellular Acrogens, or Bryophyta, having the sexual plant most conspicuous, but destitute of vascular tissue, as in Mosses and Scale Mosses. 2. Thallogens. -- Plants without distinct stem and leaves, consisting of a simple or branched mass of cellular tissue, or reduced to a single cell.  Reproduction effected variously. Divided into Algae, which contain chlorophyll or its equivalent, and which live upon air and water, and Fungi, which contain no chlorophyll, and live on organic matter. (Lichens are now believed to be fungi parasitic on included algae.}


&hand_; Many botanists divide the Phaenogamia primarily into Gymnosperms and Angiosperms, and the latter into Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons. Others consider Pteridophyta and Bryophyta to be separate classes. Thallogens are variously divided by different writers, and the places for diatoms, slime molds, and stoneworts are altogether uncertain.
[1913 Webster]
   For definitions, see these names in the Vocabulary.


word: Vegetable₂
definition:
Vegetable

Veg"e*ta*ble
(?)
n.
1.
(Biol.)
A plant. See Plant.

2.
A plant used or cultivated for food for man or domestic animals, as the cabbage, turnip, potato, bean, dandelion, etc.; also, the edible part of such a plant, as prepared for market or the table.

3.
A person who has permanently lost consciousness, due to damage to the brain, but remains alive; sometimes continued life requires support by machinery such as breathing tubes.  Such a person is said to be in a vegetative state.

&hand_; Vegetables and fruits are sometimes loosely distinguished by the usual need of cooking the former for the use of man, while the latter may be eaten raw; but the distinction often fails, as in the case of quinces, barberries, and other fruits, and lettuce, celery, and other vegetables.  Tomatoes if cooked are vegetables, if eaten raw are fruits.


word: Vegetal
definition:
Vegetal

Veg"e*tal
(?)
a.
[F. végétal. See Vegetable.]

1.
Of or pertaining to vegetables, or the vegetable kingdom; of the nature of a vegetable; vegetable.

All creatures vegetal, sensible, and rational.
Burton.

2.
(Biol.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, that class of vital phenomena, such as digestion, absorption, assimilation, secretion, excretion, circulation, generation, etc., which are common to plants and animals, in distinction from sensation and volition, which are peculiar to animals.


word: Vegetality
definition:
Vegetality

Veg`e*tal"i*ty
(?)
n.
1.
The quality or state of being vegetal, or vegetable.
[R.]

2.
(Biol.)
The quality or state of being vegetal, or exhibiting those physiological phenomena which are common to plants and animals. See Vegetal, a., 2.


word: Vegetarian
definition:
Vegetarian

Veg`e*ta"ri*an
(?)
n.
One who holds that vegetables and fruits are the only proper food for man.  Strict vegetarians eat no meat, eggs, or milk, and are sometimes referred tro as vegans.


word: Vegetarianism
definition:
Vegetarianism

Veg`e*ta"ri*an*ism
(?)
n.
The theory or practice of living upon vegetables and fruits.


word: Vegetate
definition:
Vegetate

Veg"e*tate
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Vegetated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vegetating.]
[L. vegetatus, p. p. of vegetare to enliven. See Vegetable.]

1.
To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start into growth; to sprout; to germinate.

See dying vegetables life sustain,
See life dissolving vegetate again.
Pope.

2.
Fig.: To lead a life too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow.
Cowper.

Persons who . . . would have vegetated stupidly in the places where fortune had fixed them.
Jeffrey.

3.
(Med.)
To grow exuberantly; to produce fleshy or warty outgrowths; as, a vegetating papule.


word: Vegetation
definition:
Vegetation

Veg`e*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. végétation, L. vegetatio an enlivening. See Vegetable.]

1.
The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

2.
The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, luxuriant vegetation.

3.
(Med.)
An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart.

Vegetation of salts (Old Chem.), a crystalline growth of an arborescent form.


word: Vegetative
definition:
Vegetative

Veg"e*ta*tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. végétatif.]

1.
Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating.

2.
Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil.

3.
(Biol.)
Having relation to growth or nutrition; partaking of simple growth and enlargement of the systems of nutrition, apart from the sensorial or distinctively animal functions; vegetal.


word: Vegete
definition:
Vegete

Ve*gete"
(?)
a.
[L. vegetus. See Vegetable.]
Lively; active; sprightly; vigorous.
[Obs.]

Even her body was made airy and vegete.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Vegetive
definition:
Vegetive

Veg"e*tive
(?)
a.
[See Vegetate, and Vegetative.]
Having the nature of a plant; vegetable; as, vegetive life.
[R.]
Tusser.


word: Vegetive₂
definition:
Vegetive

Veg"e*tive
n.
A vegetable.
[Obs.]

The blest infusions
That dwell in vegetives, in metals, stones.
Shak.


word: Vegeto-animal
definition:
Vegeto-animal

Veg"e*to-an"i*mal
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
Partaking of the nature both of vegetable and animal matter; -- a term sometimes applied to vegetable albumen and gluten, from their resemblance to similar animal products.


word: Vegetous
definition:
Vegetous

Veg"e*tous
(?)
a.
[L. vegetus. See Vegete.]
Vigorous; lively; active; vegete.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Vehemence
definition:
Vehemence

Ve"he*mence
(?)
n.
[L. vehementia: cf. F. véhémence.]

1.
The quality or state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; as, the vehemence of the wind; to speak with vehemence.

2.
Violent ardor; great heat; animated fervor; as, the vehemence of love, anger, or other passions.

I . . . tremble at his vehemence of temper.
Addison.


word: Vehement
definition:
Vehement

Ve"he*ment
(?)
a.
[L. vehemens, the first part of which is perhaps akin to vehere to carry, and the second mens mind: cf. F. véhément.  Cf. Vehicle, and Mental.]

1.
Acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, a vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat.

2.
Very ardent; very eager or urgent; very fervent; passionate; as, a vehement affection or passion.
Vehement
Shak.
Vehement
Milton.


word: Vehicle
definition:
Vehicle

Ve"hi*cle
(?)
n.
[L. vehiculum, fr. vehere to carry; akin to E. way, wain. See Way, n., and cf. Convex, Inveigh, Veil, Vex.]

1.
That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land.

2.
That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy.

A simple style forms the best vehicle of thought to a popular assembly.
Wirt.

3.
(Pharm.)
A substance in which medicine is taken.

4.
(Paint.)
Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it.

&hand_; Water is used in fresco and in water-color painting, the colors being consolidated with gum arabic; size is used in distemper painting. In oil painting, the fixed oils of linseed, nut, and poppy, are used; in encaustic, wax is the vehicle.
Fairholt.

5.
(Chem.)
A liquid used to spread sensitive salts upon glass and paper for use in photography.


word: Vehicular
definition:
Vehicular

Ve*hic"u*lar
(?)
a.
[L. vehicularis: cf. F. véhiculaire.]
Of or pertaining to a vehicle; serving as a vehicle; as, a vehicular contrivance.


word: Vehiculate
definition:
Vehiculate

Ve*hic"u*late
v. t. & i.
To convey by means of a vehicle; to ride in a vehicle.
Carlyle.


word: Vehme
definition:
Vehme

Vehm

{ &VerbarVehm, &VerbarVehme  }
(?)
n.
pl. Vehme (#)
[See Vehmgericht.]
A vehmic court.


word: Vehmgericht
definition:
Vehmgericht

Vehm"ge*richt
(?)
n.
pl. Vehmgerichte (#)
[G. vefm, fehm criminal tribunal + gerichte court, judgment. Cf. Vehmic.]
A vehmic court.


word: Vehmic
definition:
Vehmic

Veh"mic
(vē"mĭk or  vā"mĭk; 277)
a.
[G. vehm, fehm, fehme, a secret tribunal of punishment, MHG. veime, veme: cf. F. vehmique.]
Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain secret tribunals which flourished in Germany from the end of the 12th century to the middle of the 16th, usurping many of the functions of the governments which were too weak to maintain law and order, and inspiring dread in all who came within their jurisdiction.
Encyc. Brit.


word: Veil
definition:
Veil

Veil
(vāl)
n.
[OE. veile, OF. veile, F. voile, L. velum a sail, covering, curtain, veil, probably fr. vehere to bear, carry, and thus originally, that which bears the ship on. See Vehicle, and cf. Reveal.]
[Written also vail.]

1.
Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.

The veil of the temple was rent in twain.
Matt. xxvii. 51.

She, as a veil down to the slender waist,
Her unadornéd golden tresses wore.
Milton.

2.
A cover; a disguise; a mask; a pretense.

[I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page.
Shak.

3.
(Bot.)
(a)
The calyptra of mosses.
(b)
A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.

4.
(Eccl.)
A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.

5.
(Zool.)
Same as Velum, 3.

To take the veil (Eccl.), to receive or be covered with, a veil, as a nun, in token of retirement from the world; to become a nun.


word: Veil₂
definition:
Veil

Veil
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Veiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Veiling.]
[Cf. OF. veler, F. voiler, L. velarc. See Veil, n.]
[Written also vail.]

1.
To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.

Her face was veiled; yet to my fancied sight,
Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined.
Milton.

2.
Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.

To keep your great pretenses veiled.
Shak.


word: Vein
definition:
Vein

Vein
(?)
n.
[OE. veine, F. veine, L. vena.]
1.
(Anat.)
One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.

2.
(Bot.)
One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.

3.
(Zool.)
One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation.

4.
(Geol. or Mining)
A narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling inclined or vertical fissures not corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike; -- often limited, in the language of miners, to a mineral vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains useful minerals or ores.

5.
A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
veins
Milton.

Let the glass of the prisms be free from veins.
Sir I. Newton.

6.
A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation.

7.
A train of associations, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course; as, reasoning in the same vein.

He can open a vein of true and noble thinking.
Swift.

8.
Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein.
Shak.

Certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins.
Bacon.

Invoke the Muses, and improve my vein.
Waller.


word: Vein₂
definition:
Vein

Vein
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Veined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Veining.]
To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.
Tennyson.


word: Veined
definition:
Veined

Veined
(?)
a.
1.
Full of veins; streaked; variegated; as, veined marble.
Veined
Ford.

2.
(Bot.)
Having fibrovascular threads extending throughout the lamina; as, a veined leaf.


word: Veinous
definition:
Veinous

Vein"ous
(?)
a.
Marked with veins; veined; veiny.

The excellent old gentleman's nails are long and leaden, and his hands lean and veinous.
Dickens.


word: Veinstone
definition:
Veinstone

Vein"stone`
(?)
n.
(Mining)
The valueless nonmetalliferous mineral or rock material which surrounds the ores in a vein, as quartz, calcite, barite, fluor spar, etc.; gangue; matrix; -- called also veinstuff.


word: Velar
definition:
Velar

Ve"lar
(?)
a.
[See Velum.]

1.
Of or pertaining to a velum; esp. (Anat.) of or pertaining to the soft palate.

2.
(Phon.)
Having the place of articulation on the soft palate; guttural; as, the velar consonants, such as k and hard g.


word: Velarium
definition:
Velarium

Ve*la"ri*um
(?)
n.
pl. Velaria (#).
[L., a covering.]
(Zool.)
The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora.


word: Velate
definition:
Velate

Ve"late
(?)
a.
[L. velatus, p. p. of velare to veil. See Veil.]
(Bot.)
Having a veil; veiled.


word: Veldt
definition:
Veldt

Veldt
(?)
n.
[D. veld. Cf. Field, n.]
A region or tract of land; esp., the open field, thinly forested or with bushes and shrubs; grass country.
[South Africa]


word: Veldt sore
definition:
Veldt sore

Veldt sore
(Med.)
An infective sore mostly on the hands and feet, often contracted in walking on the veldt and apparently due to a specific microorganism.


word: Velella
definition:
Velella

Ve*lel"la
(?)
n.
[NL., dim. from L. velum a veil, a sail.]
(Zool.)
Any species of oceanic Siphonophora belonging to the genus Velella.

&hand_; These creatures are brilliantly colored and float at the surface of the sea. They have an oblong, disklike body, supported by a thin chitinous plate, from which rises a thin diagonal crest which acts as a sail. The feeding and reproductive zooids hang down from the under side of the disk.


word: Veliferous
definition:
Veliferous

Ve*lif"er*ous
(ve̝*lĭf"ẽr*ŭs)
a.
[L. velifer; velum a sail + ferre to bear.]
Carrying or bearing sails.
[Obs.]
Veliferous
Evelyn.


word: Veliger
definition:
Veliger

Vel"i*ger
(vĕl"ĭ*jẽr)
n.
[NL., fr. L.  velum a veil + gerere bear.]
(Zool.)
Any larval gastropod or bivalve mollusk in the stage when it is furnished with one or two ciliated membranes for swimming.


word: Velitation
definition:
Velitation

Vel`i*ta"tion
(vĕl`ĭ*tā"shŭn)
n.
[L. velitatio, fr. velitari, velitatus, to skirmish, from veles, -itis, a light-armed soldier.]
A dispute or contest; a slight contest; a skirmish.
[R.]
Sir M. Hale.

After a short velitation we parted.
Evelyn.


word: Velivolant
definition:
Velivolant

Ve*liv"o*lant
(?)
a.
[L. velivolans; velum a sail + volare to fly.]
Flying with sails; passing under full sail.
[R.]


word: Vell
definition:
Vell

Vell
(?)
n.
[Cf. L. vellus the skin of a sheep with the wool on it, a fleece, a hide or pelt, or E. fell a hide.]
The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Velleity
definition:
Velleity

Vel*le"i*ty
(?)
n.
[F. velléité (cf. It. velleità), fr. L. velle to will, to be willing.]
The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition.
Locke.


word: Vellicate
definition:
Vellicate

Vel"li*cate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Vellicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vellicating.]
[L. vellicatus, p. p. of vellicare to twitch, fr. vellere to pluck, pull.]
To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.

Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve in its extremity, are not very dangerous.
Arbuthnot.


word: Vellication
definition:
Vellication

Vel`li*ca"tion
(?)
[L. vellicatio.]
1.
The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch.

2.
(Med.)
A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face.


word: Vellicative
definition:
Vellicative

Vel"li*ca*tive
(?)
a.
Having the power of vellicating, plucking, or twitching; causing vellication.


word: Vellon
definition:
Vellon

Vel*lon"
(?)
n.
[Sp.]
A word occurring in the phrase real vellon. See the Note under 1st Real.


word: Vellum
definition:
Vellum

Vel"lum
(?)
n.
[OE. velim, F. vélin, fr. L. vitulinus of a calf, fr. vitulus a calf. See Veal.]
A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, and rendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books.

Vellum cloth, a fine kind of cotton fabric, made very transparent, and used as a tracing cloth.


word: Velocimeter
definition:
Velocimeter

Vel`o*cim"e*ter
(?)
n.
[L. velox, -ocis, rapid + -meter.]
An apparatus for measuring speed, as of machinery or vessels, but especially of projectiles.


word: Velocipede
definition:
Velocipede

Ve*loc"i*pede
(?)
n.
[L. velox, -ocis, swift + pes, pedis, a foot. See Velocity, and Foot.]
A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle.


word: Velocity
definition:
Velocity

Ve*loc"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Velocities (#).
[L. velocitas, from velox, -ocis, swift, quick; perhaps akin to volare to fly (see Volatile): cf. F. vélocité.]

1.
Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity; as, the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or comet in its orbit or course; the velocity of a cannon ball; the velocity of light.

&hand_; In such phrases, velocity is more generally used than celerity.  We apply celerity to animals; as, a horse or an ostrich runs with celerity; but bodies moving in the air or in ethereal space move with greater or less velocity, not celerity. This usage is arbitrary, and perhaps not universal.

2.
(Mech.)
Rate of motion; the relation of motion to time, measured by the number of units of space passed over by a moving body or point in a unit of time, usually the number of feet passed over in a second. See the Note under Speed.

Angular velocity. See under Angular. -- Initial velocity, the velocity of a moving body at starting; especially, the velocity of a projectile as it leaves the mouth of a firearm from which it is discharged. -- Relative velocity, the velocity with which a body approaches or recedes from another body, whether both are moving or only one. -- Uniform velocity, velocity in which the same number of units of space are described in each successive unit of time. -- Variable velocity, velocity in which the space described varies from instant to instant, either increasing or decreasing; -- in the former case called accelerated velocity, in the latter, retarded velocity; the acceleration or retardation itself being also either uniform or variable. -- Virtual velocity. See under Virtual.

&hand_; In variable velocity, the velocity, strictly, at any given instant, is the rate of motion at that instant, and is expressed by the units of space, which, if the velocity at that instant were continued uniform during a unit of time, would be described in the unit of time; thus, the velocity of a falling body at a given instant is the number of feet which, if the motion which the body has at that instant were continued uniformly for one second, it would pass through in the second. The scientific sense of velocity differs from the popular sense in being applied to all rates of motion, however slow, while the latter implies more or less rapidity or quickness of motion.


word: Velours
definition:
Velours

Ve*lours"
(?)
n.
[F. See Velure.]
One of many textile fabrics having a pile like that of velvet.


word: Sauce veloute
definition:
Sauce veloute

Veloute

{ &VerbarVe*lou`té" (?), n., or Sauce velouté (?) }
[F. velouté, lit., velvety.]
(Cookery)
A white sauce or stock made by boiling down ham, veal, beef, fowl, bouillon, etc., then adding soup stock, seasoning, vegetables, and thickening, and again boiling and straining.


word: Velum
definition:
Velum

Ve"lum
(?)
n.
pl. Vela (#).
[L., an awning, a veil. See Veil.]

1.
(Anat.)
A curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate.

2.
(Bot.)
(a)
See Veil, n., 3 (b).
(b)
A thin membrane surrounding the sporocarps of quillworts Isoetes).

3.
(Zool.)
A veil-like organ or part.
(a)
The circular membrane that partially incloses the space beneath the umbrella of hydroid medusae.
(b)
A delicate funnel-like membrane around the flagellum of certain Infusoria. See Illust. a of Protozoa.


word: Velure
definition:
Velure

Vel"ure
(?)
n.
[F. velours, OF. velous, from L. villosus hairy. See Velvet.]
1.
Velvet.
[Obs.]
velure
Shak.

2.
A substance resembling velvet.


word: Velutina
definition:
Velutina

Vel`u*ti"na
(?)
n.
[NL. See Velvet.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of marine gastropods belonging to Velutina and allied genera.


word: Velutinous
definition:
Velutinous

Ve*lu"ti*nous
(?)
a.
[It. velluto velvet. See Velvet.]
(Bot.)
Having the surface covered with a fine and dense silky pubescence; velvety; as, a velutinous leaf.


word: Velvet
definition:
Velvet

Vel"vet
(?)
n.
[OE. velouette, veluet, velwet; cf. OF. velluau, LL. velluetum, vellutum, It. velluto, Sp. velludo; all fr. (assumed) LL. villutus shaggy, fr L. villus shaggy hair; akin to vellus a fleece, and E. wool. See Wool, and cf. Villous.]

1.
A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads.  Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back, or with other soft fibers such as nylon, acetate, or rayon.

2.
The soft and highly vascular deciduous skin which envelops and nourishes the antlers of deer during their rapid growth.

3.
Something likened to velvet{1} in being soft or luxurious; as, a lawn of velvet.

Cotton velvet, an imitation of velvet, made of cotton. -- Velvet cork, the best kind of cork bark, supple, elastic, and not woody or porous. -- Velvet crab (Zool.), a European crab (Portunus puber).  When adult the black carapace is covered with a velvety pile.  Called also lady crab, and velvet fiddler. -- Velvet dock (Bot.), the common mullein. -- Velvet duck. (Zool.) (a) A large European sea duck, or scoter (Oidemia fusca).  The adult male is glossy, velvety black, with a white speculum on each wing, and a white patch behind each eye. (b) The American whitewinged scoter. See Scoter. -- Velvet flower (Bot.), love-lies-bleeding. See under Love. -- Velvet grass (Bot.), a tall grass (Holcus lanatus) with velvety stem and leaves; -- called also soft grass. -- Velvet runner (Zool.), the water rail; -- so called from its quiet, stealthy manner of running. [Prov. Eng.] -- Velvet scoter. (Zool.) Same as Velvet duck, above. -- Velvet sponge. (Zool.) See under Sponge.  -- in velvet having a coating of velvet{2} over the antlers; in the annual stage where the antlers are still growing; -- of deer. 


word: Velveteen
definition:
Velveteen

Vel`vet*een"
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. velvantine. See Velvet.]
A kind of cloth, usually cotton, made in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet.


word: Velvetleaf
definition:
Velvetleaf

Vel"vet*leaf`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the Abutilon Avicennae, the Cissampelos Pareira, and the Lavatera arborea, and even the common mullein.


word: Vena
definition:
Vena

Ve"na
(?)
n.
pl. Venae (#).
[L. See Vein.]
A vein.

Vena cava; pl. Venae cavae. [L., literally, hollow vein.] (Anat.) Any one of the great systemic veins connected directly with the heart.-- Vena contracta. [L., literally, contracted vein.] (Hydraulics) The contracted portion of a liquid jet at and near the orifice from which it issues. -- Vena portae; pl. Venae portae. [L., literally, vein of the entrance.] (Anat.) The portal vein of the liver. See under Portal.


word: Venal
definition:
Venal

Ve"nal
(vē"nal)
a.
[L. vena a vein.]
Of or pertaining to veins; venous; as, venal blood.
[R.]


word: Venal₂
definition:
Venal

Ve"nal
a.
[L. venalis, from venus sale; akin to Gr. 'w^nos price, Skr. vasna: cf. F. vénal.]
Capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration; made matter of trade or barter; held for sale; salable; mercenary; purchasable; hireling; as, venal services.
venal
Macaulay.

The venal cry and prepared vote of a passive senate.
Burke.

Thus needy wits a vile revenue made,
And verse became a mercenary trade.
Dryden.

This verse be thine, my friend, nor thou refuse
This, from no venal or ungrateful muse.
Pope.


word: Venality
definition:
Venality

Ve*nal"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. venalitas: cf. F. vénalité.]
The quality or state of being venal, or purchasable; mercenariness; prostitution of talents, offices, or services, for money or reward; as, the venality of a corrupt court; the venality of an official.

Complaints of Roman venality became louder.
Milton.


word: Venantes
definition:
Venantes

Ve*nan"tes
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. venans, p. pr. of venari to hunt.]
(Zool.)
The hunting spiders, which run after, or leap upon, their prey.


word: Venary
definition:
Venary

Ven"a*ry
(?)
a.
[LL. venarius, fr. L. venari, p. p. venatus, to hunt.]
Of or, pertaining to hunting.


word: Venatical
definition:
Venatical

Venatic

{Ve*nat"ic (?), Ve*nat"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. venaticus, fr. venatus hunting, fr. venari, p. p. venatus, to hunt.]
Of or pertaining to hunting; used in hunting.
[R.]
Venatical
Howell.


word: Venation
definition:
Venation

Ve*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. vena a vein.]
The arrangement or system of veins, as in the wing of an insect, or in the leaves of a plant. See Illust. in Appendix.


word: Venation₂
definition:
Venation

Ve*na"tion
n.
[L. venatio, fr. venari, p. p. venatus, to hunt. See Venison.]
The act or art of hunting, or the state of being hunted.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Vend
definition:
Vend

Vend
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Vended; p. pr. & vb. n. Vending.]
[F. vendre, L. vendere, from venum dare; venus sale + dare to give. See 2d Venal, Date, time.]
To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; to make an object of trade; to dispose of by sale; to sell; as, to vend goods; to vend vegetables.

&hand_; Vend differs from barter. We vend for money; we barter for commodities. Vend is used chiefly of wares, merchandise, or other small articles, not of lands and tenements.


word: Vend₂
definition:
Vend

Vend
n.
1.
The act of vending or selling; a sale.

2.
The total sales of coal from a colliery.
[Eng.]


word: Vendace
definition:
Vendace

Ven"dace
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A European lake whitefish (Coregonus Willughbii, or Coregonus Vandesius) native of certain lakes in Scotland and England.  It is regarded as a delicate food fish.  Called also vendis.


word: Vendee
definition:
Vendee

Vend*ee"
(?)
n.
The person to whom a thing is vended, or sold; -- the correlative of vendor.


word: Vendemiaire
definition:
Vendemiaire

Ven`dé`miaire"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. vindemia vintage.]
The first month of the French republican calendar, dating from September 22, 1792.

&hand_; This calendar was substituted for the ordinary calendar, dating from the Christian era, by a decree of the National Convention in 1793. The 22d of September, 1792, which had been fixed upon as the day of the foundation of the republic, was also the date of the new calendar. In this calendar, the year, which began at midnight of the day of the autumnal equinox, was divided into twelve months of thirty days, with five additional days for festivals, and every fourth year six. Each month was divided into three decades of ten days each, the week being abolished. The names of the months in their order were, Vendémiaire, Brumaire, Frimaire Nivose, Pluviose, Ventose, Germinal, Floréal, Prairial, Messidor, Thermidor (sometimes called Fervidor), and Fructidor. This calendar was abolished December 31, 1805, and the ordinary one restored January 1, 1806.


word: Vender
definition:
Vender

Vend"er
(?)
n.
[From Vend: cf. F. vendeur, OF. vendeor.  Cf. Vendor.]
One who vends; one who transfers the exclusive right of possessing a thing, either his own, or that of another as his agent, for a price or pecuniary equivalent; a seller; a vendor.


word: Vendetta
definition:
Vendetta

Ven*det"ta
(?)
n.
[It.]
1.
A blood feud; private revenge for the murder of a kinsman.

2.
Any feud or contention that is bitter and prolonged; however, the deep enmity may be held by only one party to the dispute; as, the former Mayor nurtured a lifelong vendetta against the candidate who defeated him.


word: Vendible
definition:
Vendible

Vend"i*ble
(?)
a.
[L. vendibilis: cf. OF. vendible, F. vendable.]
Capable of being vended, or sold; that may be sold; salable.

The regulating of prices of things vendible.
Bacon.

&hand_; Vendible differs from marketable; the latter signifies proper or fit for market, according to the laws or customs of a place. Vendible has no reference to such legal fitness.


