Um"bril (?), n. A umbrere. [Obs.]

Um"brine (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Umbra, 2.

Um"brose` (?), a. [L. umbrosus, fr. umbra a shade.] Shady; umbrageous.

[Obs.]

Um*bros"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being umbrose; shadiness.

[Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Um*ho"fo (?), n. (Zoöl.) An African two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus, or

Rhinoceros, simus); — called also chukuru, and white rhinoceros.

||Um"laut (?), n. [G., from um about + laut sound.] (Philol.) The

||euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u,

||or especially i, in the syllable which formerly followed.

||

It is peculiar to the Teutonic languages, and was common in

Anglo-Saxon. In German the umlauted vowels resulting from a, o, u,

followed by old i, are written ä, ö, ü, or ae, oe, ue; as, männer or

maenner, men, from mann, man. Examples of forms resulting from umlaut

in English are geese pl. of goose, men pl. of man, etc.

Um"laut*ed, a. (Philol.) Having the umlaut; as, umlauted vowels.

There is so natural connection between umlauted forms and plurality.

Earle.

Um"pi*rage (?; 48), n. [From Umpire.] 1. The office of an umpire; the

power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide.

The mind umpirage of the federal Union.

E. Everett.

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