the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel in our alphabet—evolving amongst the Greeks as V, with the value of u. From V, the lapidary and capital form, the uncial and cursive forms U and u were developed, gradually V becoming appropriated as the symbol for the consonant, and the medial form u as the symbol for the vowel.
Uberous, ū′ber-us, adj. (Browning) yielding abundance, fruitful.—n. U′berty, fruitfulness. [L. uber.]
Ubiquity, ū-bik′wi-ti, n. existence everywhere at the same time: omnipresence.—ns. Ubī′ety, the state of being in a definite place, whereness: omnipresence; Ubiquitā′rian, one who believes in the relative omnipresence of the human nature of Christ, and accordingly in His actual necessary bodily presence in the Eucharist.—adj. omnipresent—also adj. and n. Ubiquā′rian (rare).—adjs. Ubiq′uitous, Ubiq′uitary, being everywhere.—adv. Ubiq′uitously. [Fr. ubiquité, formed from L. ubique, everywhere.]
Udal, ū′dal, adj. applied to land held solely by uninterrupted succession, under no feudal superior.—n. a freehold estate.—n. U′daller, a holder of such. [Ice. ódhal, a homestead.]
Udder, ud′ėr, n. the mammary glands of various animals, esp. cows, &c.—adjs. Udd′ered; Udd′erful; Udd′erless. [A.S. úder; cog. with Ger. euter; also conn. with L. uber, Gr. outhar.]
Udometer, ū-dom′e-tėr, n. a rain-gauge.—adj. Udomet′ric. [L. udus, wet, Gr. metron, a measure.]
Ug, ug, n. (prov.) a surfeit.—v.i. to feel a loathing.—v.t. to give a surfeit to. [Ice. uggr, fear.]
Ugh, uh, interj. an exclamation of repugnance.
Ugly, ug′li, adj. offensive to the eye: deformed: hateful: ill-natured: very severe, dangerous, as an ugly wound.—n. (coll.) an ugly person: a hood formerly worn by ladies as a shade for the eyes.—v.t. (rare) to make ugly.—n. Uglificā′tion.—v.t. Ug′lify, to make ugly.—adv. Ug′lily, in an ugly manner.—n. Ug′liness.—adj. Ug′some, hideous.—n. Ug′someness.—Ugly customer, a dangerous antagonist; Ugly man, the actual person who garrottes the victim in a confederacy of three, the others, the fore-stall and back-stall, covering his escape. [Ice. uggligr, frightful, uggr, fear; akin to Goth. ogan, A.S. oge, fear.]
Ugrian, ōō′gri-an, adj. pertaining to the Ugrians, a name used by Castrén for Ostiaks, Voguls, and Magyars belonging to the Ugro-Finnic division of the Ural-Altaic peoples.—Also Ug′ric.