Raillery in the sauce of civil entertainment; and without some such
tincture of urbanity, good humor falters.
L'Estrange.
Syn. — Politeness; suavity; affability; courtesy.
Ur"ban*ize (?), v. t. To render urban, or urbane; to refine; to polish.
Howell.
||Ur*bic"o*læ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. urbs, urbis, a city + colere to
||inhabit.] (Zoöl.) An extensive family of butterflies, including those
||known as skippers (Hesperiadæ).
||
Ur*bic"o*lous (?), a. Of or pertaining to a city; urban. [R.]
Ur"ce*o*lar (û"s**lr), a. 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.
Ur"ce*ole (?), n. [See Urceolate.] (R. C. Ch.) A vessel for water for
washing the hands; also, one to hold wine or water.
||Ur*ce"o*lus (?), n.; pl. Urceoli (#). [L., a little pitcher.] (Bot.)
||Any urn-shaped organ of a plant.
||
Ur"chin (û"chn), 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.]