Webster's Dictionary 1913

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U

U (ū), the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive form of the letter V, with which it was formerly used interchangeably, both letters being then used both as ...

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U-shaped

U″–shaped′ (?), a. Having the form of the letter U; specif. (Phys. Geog.), of valleys, resembling a broad U in cross profile.

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Uakari

Ua‐ka″ri (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Ouakari.

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Uberous

U″ber‐ous (?), a. [L. uber.] Fruitful; copious; abundant; plentiful. Sir T. Herbert.

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Uberty

U″ber‐ty (?), n. [L. ubertas.] Fruitfulness; copiousness; abundance; plenty. Florio.

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Ubeth

{ Ub‐eth″ (?), Un‐ethes″ (?) }, adv. With difficulty; scarcely. See Uneath. [Written also unethe, unneth, unnethe, unnethes, etc.] Chaucer.

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Ubication

{ U′bi‐ca″tion (?), U‐bi″e‐ty (?), } n. [NL. ubicatio, ubietas, fr. L. ubi where.] The quality or state of being in a place; local relation; position or location; whereness. Gla...

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Ubiquarian

U′bi‐qua″ri‐an (?), a. Ubiquitous.

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Ubiquist

{ U″bi‐quist (?), U‐biq′ui‐ta″ri‐an (?), } n. [L. ubique everywhere: cf. F. ubiquiste, ubiquitaire. See Ubiquity.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a school of Lutheran divines which held t...

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Ubiquitariness

U‐biq″ui‐ta‐ri‐ness (ū̍‐bĭk″wĭ‐tā̍‐rĭ‐nĕs), n. Quality or state of being ubiquitary, or ubiquitous. Fuller.

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Ubiquitary

U‐biq″ui‐ta‐ry (–tā̍‐ry̆), a. [L. ubique everywhere. See Ubiquitarian.] Ubiquitous. Howell.

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Ubiquitary (2)

U‐biq″ui‐ta‐ry, n.; pl.Ubiquitaries (�). 1. One who exists everywhere. B. Jonson.2. (Eccl. Hist.) A ubiquist. Bp. Hall.

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Ubiquitist

U‐biq″ui‐tist (–tĭst), n. Same as Ubiquist.

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Ubiquitous

U‐biq″ui‐tous (–tŭs), a. [See Ubiquity.] Existing or being everywhere, or in all places, at the same time; omnipresent. — U‐biq″ui‐tous‐ly, adv.In this sense is he ubiquitous. R...

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Ubiquity

U‐biq″ui‐ty (–ty̆), n. [L. ubique everywhere, fr. ubi where, perhaps for cubi, quobi (cf. alicubi anywhere), and if so akin to E. who: cf. F. ubiquité.] 1. Existence everywhere,...

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Uchees

U″chees (?), n. pl.(Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians belonging to the Creek confederation.

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Uckewallist

Uck′e‐wal″list (?), n.(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of rigid Anabaptists, which originated in 1637, and whose tenets were essentially the same as those of the Mennonists. In addit...

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Udal

U″dal (ū″dal), n. [Icel. ōðal allodium, an hereditary estate; akin to Sw. odal allodial, Dan. odel.] In Shetland and Orkney, a freehold; property held by udal, or allodial, right.

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Udal (2)

U″dal, a. Allodial; — a term used in Finland, Shetland, and Orkney. See Allodial. Burrill.

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Udal (3)

U″dal (?), n. & a.U″dal‐born′, U″dal‐er, U″dal‐man, etc. Vars. of Odal, etc. Obs. exc. in Shetland and the Orkney Islands, where udal designates land held in fee simple without ...

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Udaler

{ U″dal‐er (?), U″dal‐man (?), } n. In the Shetland and Orkney Islands, one who holds property by udal, or allodial, right. Sir W. Scott.

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Udder

Ud″der (?), n. [OE. uddir, AS. ūder; akin to D. uijer, G. euter, OHG. ūtar, ūtiro, Icel. jūgr, Sw. jufver, jur, Dan. yver, L. uber, Gr. οὑ̑θαρ, Skr. ūdhar. √216. Cf. Exuberant.]...

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Uddered

Ud″dered (?), a. Having an udder or udders.

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Udderless

Ud″der‐less, a. 1. Destitute or deprived of an udder.2. Hence, without mother's milk; motherless; as, udderless lambs. Keats.

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Udometer

U‐dom″e‐ter (?), n. [L. udus wet, moist + -meter.] (Meteor.) A rain gauge.

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Ugh

Ugh (o͝o), interj. An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder.

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Uglesome

Ug″le‐some (ŭg″'l‐sŭm), a. [√3. See Ugly.] Ugly. “Such an uglesome countenance.” Latimer.