Urus, ū′rus, n. the Latin name of the wild ox, which in the time of Julius Cæsar was abundant in European forests—the Aurochs of the Germans, and the ancestor of the European domesticated cattle. [L.]
Urva, ur′va, n. the ichneumon of northern India.
Urved, urvd, adj. (her.) turned upward.—Also Ur′vant.
Us, us, pron. the objective case of we.—adv. Us′ward, toward us. [A.S.]
Usage, ū′zāj, n. act or mode of using: treatment: practice: custom.—ns. U′sager, one of the non-jurors who maintained 'the usages'—mixed chalices, oblation in prayer of consecration, and prayer for the dead. [Fr.,—Low L.,—L. usus.]
Use, ūz, v.t. to put to some purpose: to avail one's self of: to habituate: to treat or behave toward.—v.i. to be accustomed.—adj. U′sable, that may be used.—ns. U′sableness; U′see, one for whose use a suit is brought in another's name; U′ser.—Use one's self (Shak.), to behave; Use up, to consume, to exhaust, to tire out. [Fr. user—L. uti, usus, to use.]
Use, ūs, n. act of using or putting to a purpose: convenience: employment: need: advantage: practice: common occurrence: a distinctive form of public worship or service peculiar to a church, diocese, &c.: custom: interest for money.—n. Us′ance (obs.), use, usage, employment: (Shak.) usury, interest for money: the time allowed by usage for the payment of a bill of exchange.—adj. Use′ful, full of use or advantage: able to do good: serviceable.—adv. Use′fully.—n. Use′fulness.—adj. Use′less, having no use: answering no good purpose or the end proposed.—adv. Use′lessly.—n. Use′lessness.—n.pl. Us′es, a form of equitable ownership peculiar to English law by which one person enjoys the profits of lands, &c., the legal title to which is vested in another in trust.—Use and wont, the customary practice.—Have no use for (U.S.), to have no liking for; In use, in employment or practice; Made use of, to use, to employ; Of no use, useless; Of use, useful; Out of use, not used or employed. [L. usus—uti.]
Usher, ush′ėr, n. one who meets people at the door of a hall, &c., and conducts them to seats, an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers or to walk before a person of rank: an under-teacher or assistant.—v.t. to introduce: to forerun.—ns. Ush′erance; Ush′erdom, Ush′ership.—adjs. Ushē′rian; Ush′erless. [O. Fr. ussier (Fr. huissier)—L. ostiarius, a door-keeper—ostium, a door.]
Usitate, ū′zi-tāt, adj. according to custom.—adj. Usitā′tive, expressing usual action.
Usquebaugh, us′kwē-baw, n. whisky. [Ir. and Gael. uisgebeatha, uisge, water, beatha, life.]