ULLAGE
UL'LAGE, noun In commerce, the wantage of casks of liquor, or what a cask wants of being full.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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UL'LAGE, noun In commerce, the wantage of casks of liquor, or what a cask wants of being full.
UL'MIN, noun [Latin ulmus, elm.] A substance obtained from the elm tree, of very singular properties. It resembles gum, but is hard of a black color, and considerably bitter. In...
ULNAGE. [See Alnage, Aunage.]
UL'NAR, adjective [Latin ulna.] Pertaining to the ulna or cubit; as the ulnar nerve.
ULTE'RIOR, adjective [Latin comparative.]1. Further; as ulterior demands; ulterior propositions. What ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain.2. In geography, being or si...
UL'TIMATE, adjective [Latin ultimus, furthest.]1. Furthest; most remote; extreme. We have not yet arrived at the ultimate point of progression.2. Final; being that to which all ...
UL'TIMATELY, adverb Finally; at last; in the end of last consequence. Afflictions often tend to correct immoral habits, and ultimately prove blessings.
ULTIMA'TUM, noun [Latin]1..In diplomacy, the final propositions, conditions or terms offered as the basis of a treaty; the most favorable terms that a negotiator can offer, and ...
ULTIM'ITY, noun the last stage or consequence. [Little used.]
ULTRAMARINE, adjective [Latin ultra, beyond, and marinus, marine.]Situated or being beyond the sea.ULTRAMARINE, noun [supra.]1. a beautiful and durable sky-blue; a color formed ...
ULTRAMON'TANE, adjective [Latin ultra and montanus, from mons, mountain.]Being beyond the mountain. Thus France, with regard to Italy, is an ultramontane country.Bouffin is the ...
ULTRAMUN'DANE, adjective [Latin ultra and mundus, world.]Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system.
ULTRO'NEOUS, adjective [Latin ultro, of one's own accord.] Spontaneous; voluntary. [Not used.]
U'LULATE, verb intransitive [Latin ululo, to howl.] to how, as a dog or wolf.
ULULA'TION, noun a howling, as of the wolf or dog.
UM'BEL, noun [Latin umbella, a screen or fan.]In botany, a particular mode of inflorescence or flowering, which consists of a number of flower-stalks or rays, nearly equal in le...
UM'BELLAR, adjective Pertaining to an umbel; having the form of an umbel.
UM'BELLATE,UM'BELLATED, adjective Bearing umbels; consisting of an umbel; growing on an umbel; as umbellate plants or flowers.
UM'BELLET,UMBEL'LICLE, noun A little or partial umbel.
UMBELLIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin umbella and fero, to bear.]Producing the inflorescence called an umbel; bearing umbels; as umbelliferous plants.
UM'BER, noun In natural history, an ore of iron, a fossil of a brown, yellowish, or blackish brown color, so called from Ombria in Italy, where it was first obtained. It is used...
UM'BERED, adjective [Latin umbra, a shade.]1. Shaded; clouded.2. [from umber.] Painted with umber.
UMBIL'IC, noun [infra.] The navel; the center.
UMBIL'ICAL, adjective [Latin umbilicus, the navel.] Pertaining to the navel; as umbilical vessels; umbilical region.Umbilical points, in mathematics, the same as foci.Umbilical ...
UMBIL'ICATE,UMBIL'ICATED, adjective Navel-shaped; formed in the middle like a navel; as a flower, fruit, or leaf.
UMBIL'ICATED, a. Navel-shaped; formed in the middle like a navel; as a flower, fruit, or leaf.
UM'BLES, noun The entrails of a deer.