Webster's Dictionary 1913

2269

Uptrace

Up‐trace″ (?), v. t. To trace up or out.

2270

Uptrain

Up‐train″ (?), v. t. To train up; to educate. “Daughters which were well uptrained.” Spenser.

2271

Upturn

Up‐turn″ (?), v. t. To turn up; to direct upward; to throw up; as, to upturn the ground in plowing. “A sea of upturned faces.” D. Webster.So scented the grim feature, and upturn...

2272

Upupa

U″pu‐pa (?; 277), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of birds which includes the common hoopoe.

2273

Upwaft

Up‐waft″ (?), v. t. To waft upward. Cowper.

2274

Upward

{ Up″ward (?), Up″wards (?), } adv. [AS. upweardes. See Up-, and -wards.]1. In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin; ...

2275

Upward (2)

Up″ward, a. [AS. upweard. See Up, and -ward.] Directed toward a higher place; as, with upward eye; with upward course.

2276

Upward (3)

Up″ward, n. The upper part; the top.From the extremest upward of thy head. Shak.

2277

Upwhirl

Up‐whirl″ (?), v. t. & i. To rise upward in a whirl; to raise upward with a whirling motion.

2278

Upwind

Up‐wind″ (?), v. t. To wind up. Spenser.

2279

Upwreath

Up‐wreath″ (?), v. i. To rise with a curling motion; to curl upward, as smoke. Longfellow.

2280

Upyat

Up‐yat″ (?), obs.imp. of Upgive. Chaucer.

2281

Ur

{ Ur (?), Ure }, n.(Zoöl.) The urus.

2282

Urachus

‖U″ra‐chus (?), n.(Anat.) A cord or band of fibrous tissue extending from the bladder to the umbilicus.

2283

Uræmia

‖U‐ræ″mi‐a (?), n.(Med.) Accumulation in the blood of the principles of the urine, producing dangerous disease.

2284

Uræmic

U‐ræ″mic (?), a.(Med.) Of or pertaining to uræmia; as, uræmic convulsions.

2285

Uræum

‖U‐ræ″um (?), n. [NL., from Gr. � �, fr. � of the tail; cf. L. uraeus, adj.] (Zoöl.) The posterior half of an animal.

2286

Uræus

‖U‐ræ″us (?), n. [NL., fr. L. uraeus pertaining to a tail, Gr. �, fr. � tail.] (Egypt. Archæol.) A serpent, or serpent's head and neck, represented on the front of the headdress...

2287

Ural

U″ral (?), a. Pertaining to, or designating, the Urals, a mountain range between Europe and Asia.

2288

Ural-Altaic

U″ral–Al‐ta″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Urals and the Altai; as the Ural-Altaic, or Turanian, languages.

2289

Urali

U″ra‐li (?), n. [See Wourali.] See Curare.

2290

Uralian

{ U‐ra″li‐an (?), U‐ral″ic (?), } a. Of or relating to the Ural Mountains.

2291

Uralite

U″ral‐ite (?), n. [So called because first observed in the Ural Mountains.] (Min.) Amphibole resulting from the alternation of pyroxene by paramorphism. It is not uncommon in ma...

2292

Uralitization

U′ral‐i′ti‐za″tion (?), n.(Geol.) The change of pyroxene to amphibole by paramorphism.

2293

Uramil

U‐ram″il (?), n.(Chem.) Murexan.

2294

Uran-ocher

{ U″ran–o′cher, U″ran–o′chre } (?), n. [Cf. F. uranochre.] (Min.) (a) A yellow, earthy incrustation, consisting essentially of the oxide of uranium, but more or less impure.

2295

Uran-utan

U‐ran″–u‐tan′ (?), (Zoöl.) The orang-utang