URGER
URG'ER, noun One who urges; one who importunes.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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URGING
URG'ING, participle present tense1. Pressing; driving; impelling.2.adjective Pressing with solicitations; importunate.
URIC
U'RIC, adjective In chimistry, the uric acid, called also lithic acid, is obtained from urinary calculi.
URIM
U'RIM, noun [Heb.] The urim and Thummim, among the Israelites, signify lights and perfections. These were a kind of ornament belonging to the habit of the high priest, in virtue...
URINAL
U'RINAL, noun [Latin urinalis, from urina, urine.]1. A bottle in which urine is kept for inspection.2. A vessel for containing urine.3. In chimistry, an oblong glass vessel, use...
URINARIUM
URINA'RIUM, noun In agriculture, a reservoir or place for the reception of urine, etc. for manure.
URINARY
U'RINARY, adjective [from urine.] Pertaining to urine; as the urinary bladder; urinary calculi; urinary abscesses.
URINATIVE
U'RINATIVE, adjective Provoking urine.
URINATOR
URINA'TOR, noun [Latin from urino, to dive.] A diver; one who plunges and sinks in water in search of something, as for pearls.
URINE
U'RINE, noun [Latin urina; Gr.]An animal fluid or liquor secreted by the kidneys, whence it is conveyed into the bladder by the ureters, and through the urethra discharged. The ...
URINOUS
U'RINOUS, adjective Pertaining to urine, or partaking of its qualities.
URN
URN, noun [Latin urna.]1. A kind of vase of a roundish form, largest in the middle; used as an ornament.2. A vessel for water.3. A vessel in which the ashes of the dead were for...
UROSCOPY
UROS'COPY, noun [Gr.] Inspection of urine.
URRY
UR'RY, noun A sort of blue or black clay, lying near a vein of coal.
URSA
UR'SA, noun [Latin] The bear, a constellation, the greater and lesser bear, near the north pole.
URSIFORM
UR'SIFORMadjective [Latin ursa, bear, and form.] In the shape of a bear.
URSINE
UR'SINE, adjective [Latin ursinus.] Pertaining to or resembling a bear.
URSULINE
UR'SULINE, adjective Denoting an order of nuns who observe the rule of St. Austin; so called from their institutress, St. Ursula.
URU
'URU, noun The name in India of a fragrant aloe-wood.
URUS
U'RUS,URE, noun [Latin urus] The wild bull.
US
US, pronoun objective case of we.Give us this day our daily bread.
USAGE
U'SAGE, n s as z. [See Use.]1. Treatment; an action or series of actions performed by one person towards another, or which directly affect him; as good usage; ill usage; hard us...
USAGER
U'SAGER, noun s as z. One who has the use of any thing in trust for another. [Not in use.]
USANCE
U'SANCE, noun s as z.1. Use; proper employment.2. Usury; interest paid for money.3. In commerce, a determinate time fixed for the payment of bills of exchange, reckoned either f...
USE
USE, noun [Latin urus.]1. The act of handling or employing in any manner, and for any purpose, but especially for a profitable purpose; as the use of a pen in writing; the use o...
USED
U'SED, participle passive s as z. Employed; occupied; treated.
USEFUL
U'SEFUL, adjective Producing or having power to produce good; beneficial; profitable; helpful towards advancing any purpose; as vessels and instruments useful in a family; books...