Webster's Dictionary 1828

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UPTRAIN

UPTRA'IN, verb transitive [up and train.] To train up; to educate. [Not in use.]

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UPTURN

UPTURN', verb transitive [up and turn.] To turn up; to throw up; as, to upturn the ground in plowing.

3081

UPWARD

UP'WARD, adjective [up and ward, Latin versus.]Directed to a higher place; as with upward eye; with upward speed.UP'WARD, noun The top. [Not in use.]

3082

UPWARDS

UP'WARDS, adverb1. Toward a higher place; opposed to downward.Upward I lift my eye.2. Toward heaven and God.Looking inward, we are struck dumb; looking upward, we speak and prev...

3083

UPWHIRL

UPWHIRL, verb intransitive upwhurl'. [up and whirl.] To rise upwards in a whirl; to whirl upwards.UPWHIRL', verb transitive To raise upwards in a whirling direction.

3084

UPWIND

UPWIND, verb transitive [up and wind.] To wind up.

3085

URAN-GLIMMER

URAN-GLIM'MER, noun An ore of uranium; uran-mica; chalcolite.

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URAN-OCHER

URAN-O'CHER, noun Pechblend, an ore of uranium, containing the metal in an oxydized state. It is brown, grayish, black, and brownish black; occurring massive globular, reniform,...

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URANITE

U'RANITE, noun An ore or phosphate of uranium, called also uran-glimmer, and uran-mica. It is of a lemon yellow gold color, or yellowish brown, sometimes of an apple green or em...

3088

URANITIC

URANIT'IC, adjective Pertaining to uranite, or resembling it.

3089

URANIUM

URA'NIUM, noun [Gr. heaven, or a planet so called.]A metal discovered in 1789 by Klaproth, in the mineral called pechblend. It is occasionally found native in uran-ocher and ura...

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URANOLOGY

URANOL'OGY, noun [Gr. heaven and discourse.]A discourse or treatise on the heavens.

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URBANE

UR'BANE, adjective [Latin urbanus, from urbs, a city.] Civil; courteous in manners; polite.

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URBANITY

URBAN'ITY, noun [Latin urbanitas, from urbs, a city.]1. That civility or courtesy of manners which is acquired by associating with well bred people; politeness; polished manners...

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URBANIZE

UR'BANIZE, verb transitive To render civil and courteous; to polish.

3094

URCEOLATE

UR'CEOLATE, adjective [Latin urceolus, urceus, a pitcher.In botany, shaped like a pitcher; swelling out like a pitcher; as a calyx or corol.

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URCHIN

UR'CHIN, noun1. A name given to the hedgehog.2. A name of slight anger given to a child; as, the little urchin cried.

3096

URE

URE, noun Use; practice. [Obsolete, but retained in inure.]

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UREA

U'REA, noun A substance obtained from urine.

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URETER

U'RETER, noun [Gr. See Urine.]A tube conveying the urine from the kidney to the bladder. There are two ureters, one on each side.

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URETHRA

URE'THRA, noun [Gr. See Urine.]The canal by which the urine is conducted from the bladder and discharged.

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URGE

URGE, verb intransitive [Latin urgeo. This belongs probably to the family of Gr. and Latin arceo.]1. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to apply force to, in almost any mann...

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URGE-WONDER

URGE-WONDER, noun A sort of grain.

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URGED

URG'ED, participle passive Pressed; impelled; importuned.

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URGENCY

URG'ENCY, noun1. Pressure; importunity; earnest solicitation; as the urgency of a request.2. Pressure of necessity; as the urgency of want or distress; the urgency of the occasion.

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URGENT

URG'ENT, adjective1. Pressing with importunity. Exodus 12:33.2. Pressing with necessity; violent; vehement; as an urgent case or occasion.

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URGENTLY

URG'ENTLY, adverb With pressing importunity; violently; vehemently; forcibly.