URUS, [=u]'rus, _n._ the Latin name of the wild ox, which in the time of
Julius Cæsar was abundant in European forests--the _Aurochs_ of the
Germans, and the ancestor of the European domesticated cattle. [L.]
URVA, ur'va, _n._ the ichneumon of northern India.
URVED, urvd, _adj._ (_her._) turned upward.--Also UR'VANT.
US, us, _pron._ the objective case of _we_.--_adv._ US'WARD, toward us.
[A.S.]
USAGE, [=u]'z[=a]j, _n._ act or mode of using: treatment: practice:
custom.--_ns._ U'SAGER, one of the non-jurors who maintained 'the
usages'--mixed chalices, oblation in prayer of consecration, and prayer for
the dead. [Fr.,--Low L.,--L. _usus_.]
USE, [=u]z, _v.t._ to put to some purpose: to avail one's self of: to
habituate: to treat or behave toward.--_v.i._ to be accustomed.--_adj._
U'SABLE, that may be used.--_ns._ U'SABLENESS; U'SEE, one for whose use a
suit is brought in another's name; U'SER.--USE ONE'S SELF (_Shak._), to
behave; USE UP, to consume, to exhaust, to tire out. [Fr. _user_--L. _uti_,
_usus_, to use.]
USE, [=u]s, _n._ act of using or putting to a purpose: convenience:
employment: need: advantage: practice: common occurrence: a distinctive
form of public worship or service peculiar to a church, diocese, &c.:
custom: interest for money.--_n._ US'ANCE (_obs._), use, usage, employment:
(_Shak._) usury, interest for money: the time allowed by usage for the
payment of a bill of exchange.--_adj._ USE'FUL, full of use or advantage:
able to do good: serviceable.--_adv._ USE'FULLY.--_n._ USE'FULNESS.--_adj._
USE'LESS, having no use: answering no good purpose or the end
proposed.--_adv._ USE'LESSLY.--_n._ USE'LESSNESS.--_n.pl._ US'ES, a form of
equitable ownership peculiar to English law by which one person enjoys the
profits of lands, &c., the legal title to which is vested in another in
trust.--USE AND WONT, the customary practice.--HAVE NO USE FOR (_U.S._), to
have no liking for; IN USE, in employment or practice; MADE USE OF, to use,
to employ; OF NO USE, useless; OF USE, useful; OUT OF USE, not used or
employed. [L. _usus_--_uti_.]
USHER, ush'[.e]r, _n._ one who meets people at the door of a hall, &c., and
conducts them to seats, an officer whose business it is to introduce
strangers or to walk before a person of rank: an under-teacher or
assistant.--_v.t._ to introduce: to forerun.--_ns._ USH'ERANCE; USH'ERDOM,
USH'ERSHIP.--_adjs._ USH[=E]'RIAN; USH'ERLESS. [O. Fr. _ussier_ (Fr.
_huissier_)--L. _ostiarius_, a door-keeper--_ostium_, a door.]
USITATE, [=u]'zi-t[=a]t, _adj._ according to custom.--_adj._ USIT[=A]'TIVE,
expressing usual action.
USQUEBAUGH, us'kw[=e]-baw, _n._ whisky. [Ir. and Gael. _uisgebeatha_,
_uisge_, water, _beatha_, life.]
USTILAGO, us-ti-l[=a]'g[=o], _n._ a genus of parasitic fungi, causing
_smut_.--_adj._ USTILAGIN'EOUS.
USTION, us'ti-on, _n._ the act of burning, cauterisation by
burning.--_adjs._ UST[=O]'RIOUS, burning; US'TULATE, coloured by
burning.--_n._ USTUL[=A]'TION, burning.
USUAL, [=u]'zh[=u]-al, _adj._ in use: occurring in ordinary use:
common.--_adv._ U'SUALLY.--_n._ U'SUALNESS. [L. _usualis_.]
USUCAPTION, [=u]-z[=u]-kap'shun, _n._ (_law_) the acquisition of property
in anything by possession and enjoyment for a certain term of years.--_n._
USUC[=A]'PIENT, one who has acquired rights by usucaption.--_v.t._
U'SUCAPT, to acquire so.--_adj._ USUCAPT'IBLE. [L. _usus_, use,
_cap[)e]re_, _captum_, to take.]
USUFRUCT, [=u]'z[=u]-frukt; _n._ the use and profit, but not the property,
of a thing: liferent.--_v.t._ to hold in usufruct.--_adj._
USUFRUC'TUARY.--_n._ one who holds property for use by usufruct. [L.
_usus-fructus_--_usus_, use, _fructus_, fruit.]
USURP, [=u]-zurp', _v.t._ to take possession of by force without
right.--_n._ USURP[=A]'TION, act of usurping: unlawful seizure and
possession: intrusion into an office.--_adj._ USUR'PATORY.--_ns._
USUR'P[=A]TRIX, a female usurper; USUR'PATURE, usurpation.--_adv._
USUR'PEDLY.--_n._ USUR'PER.--_adj._ USUR'PING.--_adv._ USUR'PINGLY.
[Fr.,--L. _usurp[=a]re_, perh. contr. from _usu-rap[)e]re_, to seize to
one's own use--_usus_, use, _rap[)e]re_, to seize; or from _usum
rump[)e]re_, to break a use.]
USURY, [=u]'zh[=u]-ri, _n._ the taking of iniquitous or illegal interest on
a loan, formerly interest of any kind on money lent.--_v.i._ U'SURE
(_Shak._), to practise usury.--_n._ U'SURER (_orig._, and in _B._), any
money-lender for interest: one who practises usury.--_adj._
US[=U]'RIOUS.--_adv._ US[=U]'RIOUSLY.--_n._ US[=U]'RIOUSNESS. [L.
_usura_--_uti_, _usus_, to use.]