Chapter 1815

Sir J. Cheke.

Upstream <Xpage=1585>

Up*stream" (?) , adv. Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.

Upstreet <Xpage=1585>

Up*street" (?) , adv. Toward the higher part of a street; as, to walk upstreet .

G. W. Gable.

Upstroke <Xpage=1585>

Up"stroke` (?) , n. An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by a writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of the writer, or a line corresponding to the part of a letter thus made.

Some upstroke of an Alpha and Omega. Mrs. Browning.

Upsun <Xpage=1585>

Up"sun` (?) , n. (Scots Law) The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset.

Upswarm <Xpage=1585>

Up*swarm" (?) , v. i. & i. To rise, or cause to rise, in a swarm or swarms. [R.]

Shak. Cowper.

Upsway <Xpage=1585>

Up*sway" (?) , v. t. To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club . [R.]

Sir W. Scott.

Upswell <Xpage=1585>

Up*swell" (?) , v. i. To swell or rise up.

Upsyturvy <Xpage=1585>

Up"sy*tur"vy (?) , adv. [Cf. Upside down , under Upside , and Topsy-turvy .] Upside down; topsy-turvy. [Obs.]

Robert Greene.

Uptails all <Xpage=1585>

Up"tails` all" (?) . 1. An old game at cards. [Obs.]

2. Revelers; roysterers. [Obs.]

Decker.

3. Revelry; confusion; frolic. [Obs.]

Herrick.

Uptake <Xpage=1585>

Up*take" (?) , v. t. To take into the hand; to take up; to help. [Obs.]

Wyclif. Spenser.

Uptake <Xpage=1585>

Up"take` (?) , n. (Steam Boilers)

1. The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.

2. Understanding; apprehension. [Scot.]

Sir W. Scott.

Uptear <Xpage=1585>

Up*tear" (?) , v. t. To tear up.

Milton.

Upthrow <Xpage=1585>

Up*throw" (?) , v. t. To throw up.

Drayton.

Upthrow <Xpage=1585>

Up"throw` (?) , n. (Mining) See Throw , n. , 9.

Upthunder <Xpage=1585>

Up*thun"der (?) , v. i. To send up a noise like thunder. [R.]

Coleridge.

Uptie <Xpage=1585>

Up*tie" (?) , v. t. To tie up.

Spenser.

Uptill <Xpage=1585>

Up*till" (?) , prep. To; against. [Obs. & R.]

She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Leaned her breast uptill a thorn. Shak.

Uptown <Xpage=1585>

Up*town" (?) , adv. To or in the upper part of a town; as, to go uptown . [Colloq. U. S.]

Uptown <Xpage=1585>

Up"town` (?) , a. Situated in, or belonging to, the upper part of a town or city; as, a uptown street, shop, etc.; uptown society. [Colloq. U. S.]

Uptrace <Xpage=1585>

Up*trace" (?) , v. t. To trace up or out.

Uptrain <Xpage=1585>

Up*train" (?) , v. t. To train up; to educate. [Obs.] "Daughters which were well uptrained ."

Spenser.

Up-train <Xpage=1585>

Up"-train` (?) . 1. A train going in the direction of the metropolis or the main terminus. [Eng.]

2. A train going in the direction conventionally called up . [U.S.]

Upturn <Xpage=1585>

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 upturned His nostril wide into the murky air. Milton.

Upupa <Xpage=1585>

U"pu*pa (?; 277) , n. [L., the hoopoe.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of birds which includes the common hoopoe.

Upwaft <Xpage=1585>

Up*waft" (?) , v. t. To waft upward.

Cowper.

Upward, Upwards <Xpage=1585>

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; -- opposed to downward ; as, to tend or roll upward .

I. Watts.

Looking inward, we are stricken dumb; looking upward , we speak and prevail. Hooker.

2. In the upper parts; above.

Dagon his name, sea monster, upward man, And down ward fish. Milton.

3. Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.

From twenty years old and upward . Num. i. 3.

Upward of , &or; Upwards of , more than; above.

I have been your wife in this obedience Upward of twenty years. Shak.

Upward <Xpage=1585>

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

Upward <Xpage=1585>

Up"ward , n. The upper part; the top. [Obs.]

From the extremest upward of thy head. Shak.

Upwhirl <Xpage=1585>

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

Upwind <Xpage=1585>

Up*wind" (?) , v. t. To wind up.

Spenser.

Upwreath <Xpage=1585>

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

Longfellow.

Upyat <Xpage=1585>

Up*yat" (?) , obs. imp. of Upgive .

Chaucer.

Ur, Ure <Xpage=1585>

Ur (?) , Ure , n. (Zo\'94l.) The urus.

Urachus <Xpage=1585>

U"ra*chus (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ urine + <?/ to hold.] (Anat.) A cord or band of fibrous tissue extending from the bladder to the umbilicus.

Ur\'91mia <Xpage=1585>

U*r\'91"mi*a (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ urine + <?/ blood.] (Med.) Accumulation in the blood of the principles of the urine, producing dangerous disease.

Ur\'91mic <Xpage=1585>

U*r\'91"mic (?) , a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to ur\'91mia; as, ur\'91mic convulsions .

Ur\'91um <Xpage=1585>

U*r\'91"um (?) , n. [NL., from Gr. <?/ <?/, fr. <?/ of the tail; cf. L. uraeus , adj.] (Zo\'94l.) The posterior half of an animal.

Ural <Xpage=1585>

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

Ural-Altaic <Xpage=1585>

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

Urali <Xpage=1585>

U"ra*li (?) , n. [See Wourali .] See Curare .

Uralian, Uralic <Xpage=1585>

U*ra"li*an (?) , U*ral"ic (?) , a. Of or relating to the Ural Mountains.

Uralite <Xpage=1585>

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 massive eruptive rocks.

Uralitization <Xpage=1585>

U`ral*i`ti*za"tion (?) , n. (Geol.) The change of pyroxene to amphibole by paramorphism.

Uramil <Xpage=1585>

U*ram"il (?) , n. (Chem.) Murexan.

Uranate <Xpage=1585>

U"ra*nate (?) , n. (Chem.) A salt of uranic acid.

Urania <Xpage=1585>

U*ra"ni*a (?) , n. [L., from Gr. <?/, i. e., the Heavenly, fr. <?/ heavenly, fr. <?/ heaven.]

1. (Class. Myth.) One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of large, brilliantly colored moths native of the West Indies and South America. Their bright colored and tailed hind wings and their diurnal flight cause them to closely resemble butterflies.

Uranian <Xpage=1585>

U*ra"ni*an (?) , a. (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the planet Uranus; as, the Uranian year .

Uranic <Xpage=1585>

U*ran"ic (?) , a. 1. Of or pertaining to the heavens; celestial; astronomical.

On I know not what telluric or uranic principles. Carlyle.

2. (Chem.) Pertaining to, resembling, or containing uranium; specifically, designating those compounds in which uranium has a valence relatively higher than in uranous compounds.

Uranin <Xpage=1585>

U"ra*nin (?) , n. (Chem.) An alkaline salt of fluorescein, obtained as a brownish red substance, which is used as a dye; -- so called from the peculiar yellowish green fluorescence (resembling that of uranium glass) of its solutions. See Fluorescein .

Uraninite <Xpage=1585>

U*ran"i*nite (?) , n. (Min.) A mineral consisting chiefly of uranium oxide with some lead, thorium, etc., occurring in black octahedrons, also in masses with a pitchlike luster; pitchblende.

Uraniscoplasty <Xpage=1585>

U`ra*nis"co*plas`ty (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ top of a tent, plate (fr. <?/ sky) + -plasty .] (Surg.) The process of forming an artificial palate.

Uraniscoraphy, Uraniscorrhaphy <Xpage=1585>

U`ra*nis*cor"a*phy , U`ra*nis*cor"rha*phy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ the top of a tent, the palate (fr. <?/ sky) + <?/ a seam.] (Surg.) Suture of the palate. See Staphyloraphy .

Uranite <Xpage=1585>

U"ra*nite (?) , n. [Cf. G. uranit , F. uranite .] (Min.) A general term for the uranium phosphates, autunite, or lime uranite, and torbernite, or copper uranite.

Uranitic <Xpage=1585>

U`ra*nit"ic (?) , a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to uranium; containing uranium.

Uranium <Xpage=1585>

U*ra"ni*um (?) , n. [NL., from Uranus the planet. See Uranus .] (Chem.) An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239. \'3c--radioactive, U-235 isotope is used in atomic fission, in bombs or power plants --\'3e

&hand; Uranium was discovered in the state of an oxide by Klaproth in 1789, and so named in honor of Herschel's discovery of the planet Uranus in 1781.

Uran-ocher, Uran-ochre <Xpage=1585>

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. <-- #sic. No (b) appeared in the original. -->

Uranographic, Uranographical <Xpage=1585>

U`ra*no*graph"ic (?) , U`ra*no*graph"ic*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to uranography; as, an uranographic treatise .

Uranographist <Xpage=1585>

U`ra*nog"ra*phist (?) , n. One practiced in uranography.

Uranography <Xpage=1585>

U`ra*nog"ra*phy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/; <?/ heaven + <?/ to write.] A description or plan of the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the construction of celestial maps, globes, etc.; uranology.

Uranolite <Xpage=1585>

U*ran"o*lite (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ heaven + -lite .] A meteorite or a\'89rolite. [Obs.]

Hutton.

Uranology <Xpage=1585>

U`ra*nol"o*gy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ heaven + -logy .] A discourse or treatise on the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the study of the heavens; uranography.

Uranometria <Xpage=1585>

U`ra*nom`e*tri"a (?) , n. [NL.] A uranometry.

Uranometry <Xpage=1585>

U`ra*nom"e*try (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ heaven + -metry .] (Astron.) A chart or catalogue of fixed stars, especially of stars visible to the naked eye.

Uranoplasty <Xpage=1585>

U"ra*no*plas`ty (?) , n. [See Uraniscoplasty .] (Surg.) The plastic operation for closing a fissure in the hard palate.

Uranoscopy <Xpage=1585>

U`ra*nos"co*py (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ + -scopy .] Observation of the heavens or heavenly bodies.

Uranoso- <Xpage=1585>

U`ra*no"so- (<?/) , a. (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) from uranium ; -- used in naming certain complex compounds; as in uranoso -uranic oxide, uranoso -uranic sulphate .

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Uranous <Xpage=1586>

U"ra*nous (&umac;"r&adot;*n&ucr;s) , a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, uranium; designating those compounds in which uranium has a lower valence as contrasted with the uranic compounds.

Uranus <Xpage=1586>

U"ra*nus (-n&ucr;s) , n. [L. Uranus , Gr. O'yrano`s Uranus, o'yrano`s heaven, sky. Cf. Uranium .]

1. (Gr. Myth.) The son or husband of Gaia (Earth), and father of Chronos (Time) and the Titans.

2. (Astron.) One of the primary planets. It is about 1,800,000,000 miles from the sun, about 36,000 miles in diameter, and its period of revolution round the sun is nearly 84 of our years.

&hand; This planet has also been called Herschel , from Sir William Herschel, who discovered it in 1781, and who named it Georgium Sidus , in honor of George III., then King of England.

Uran-utan <Xpage=1586>

U*ran"-u*tan` (?) , (Zo\'94l.) The orang-utang

Uranyl <Xpage=1586>

U"ra*nyl (?) , n. [ Uran ium + -yl .] (Chem.) The radical UO2 , conveniently regarded as a residue of many uranium compounds.

Urao <Xpage=1586>

U*ra"o (?) , n. [Sp.] (Min.) See Trona .

Urare, Urari <Xpage=1586>

U*ra"re (?) , U*ra"ri , n. See Curare .

Urate <Xpage=1586>

U"rate (?) , n. [Cf. F. urate .] (Physiol. Chem.) A salt of uric acid; as, sodium urate ; ammonium urate .

Uratic <Xpage=1586>

U*rat"ic (?) , (Physiol. Chem.) Of or containing urates; as, uratic calculi .

Urban <Xpage=1586>

Ur"ban (?) , a. [L. urbanus belonging to the <?/ity or town, refined, polished, fr. urbs , urbis , a city: cf. F. urbain . Cf. Urbane .]

1. Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population .

2. Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners .

Urban servitude . See Predial servitude , under Servitude .

Urbane <Xpage=1586>

Ur*bane" (?) , a. [See Urban .] Courteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant.

Urbaniste <Xpage=1586>

Ur"ban*iste (?) , n. (Bot.) A large and delicious pear or Flemish origin.

Urbanity <Xpage=1586>

Ur*ban"i*ty (?) , n. [L. urbanitas ; cf. F. urbanit\'82 .]

1. The quality or state of being urbane; civility or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement.

The marquis did the honors of his house with the urbanity of his country. W. Irving.

2. Polite wit; facetiousness. [Obs.]

Dryden.

Raillery in the sauce of civil entertainment; and without some such tincture of urbanity , good humor falters. L'Estrange.

Syn. -- Politeness; suavity; affability; courtesy.

Urbanize <Xpage=1586>

Ur"ban*ize (?) , v. t. To render urban, or urbane; to refine; to polish.

Howell.

Urbicol\'91 <Xpage=1586>

Ur*bic"o*l\'91 (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. L. urbs , urbis , a city + colere to inhabit.] (Zo\'94l.) An extensive family of butterflies, including those known as skippers ( Hesperiad\'91 ).

Urbicolous <Xpage=1586>

Ur*bic"o*lous (?) , a. Of or pertaining to a city; urban. [R.]

Urceolar <Xpage=1586>

Ur"ce*o*lar (?) , a. Urceolate.

Urcelate <Xpage=1586>

Ur"ce*late (?) , a. [L. urceolus , dim. of urceus a pitcher or waterpot.] (Nat. Hist.) Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contrasted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla.

Urceole <Xpage=1586>

Ur"ce*ole (?) , n. [See Urceolate .] (R. C. Ch.) A vessel for water for washing the hands; also, one to hold wine or water.

Urceolus <Xpage=1586>

Ur*ce"o*lus (?) , n. ; pl. Urceoli (#) . [L., a little pitcher.] (Bot.) Any urn-shaped organ of a plant.

Urchin <Xpage=1586>

Ur"chin (?) , n. [OE. urchon , irchon , a hedgehog, OF. ire&cced;on , eri&cced;on , heri<?/on , herichon , F. h\'82risson , a derivative fr. L. ericius , from er a hedgehog, for her ; akin to Gr. <?/. Cf. Herisson .]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A hedgehog.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A sea urchin. See Sea urchin .

3. A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog. "We 'll dress [them] like urchins , ouphes, and fairies."

Shak.

4. A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy.

And the urchins that stand with their thievish eyes Forever on watch ran off each with a prize. W. Howitt.

You did indeed dissemble, you urchin you; but where's the girl that won't dissemble for an husband? Goldsmith.

5. One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders, arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog.

Knight.

Urchin fish (Zo\'94l.) , a diodon.

Urchin <Xpage=1586>

Ur"chin , a. Rough; pricking; piercing. [R.] "Helping all urchin blasts."

Milton.

Urchon <Xpage=1586>

Ur"chon (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The urchin, or hedgehog.

Urdu <Xpage=1586>

Ur"du (?) , n. [Hind. urd&umac; .] The language more generally called Hindoostanee .

Ure <Xpage=1586>

Ure (?) , n. [OE. ure , OF. oevre , ovre , ouvre , work, F. &oe;uvre , L. opera . See Opera , Operate , and cf. Inure , Manure .] Use; practice; exercise. [Obs.]

Fuller.

Let us be sure of this, to put the best in ure That lies in us. Chapman.

Ure <Xpage=1586>

Ure , v. t. To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice. [Obs.]

The French soldiers . . . from their youth have been practiced and ured in feats of arms. Sir T. More.

Urea <Xpage=1586>