Chapter 1819

&hand; The uterus is simply an enlargement of the oviduct, and in the lower mammals there is one on each side, but in the higher forms the two become more or less completely united into one. In many male mammals there is a small vesicle, opening into the urinogenital canal, which corresponds to the uterus of the female and is called the male uterus , or [NL.] uterus masculinus .

2. (Zo\'94l.) A receptacle, or pouch, connected with the oviducts of many invertebrates in which the eggs are retained until they hatch or until the embryos develop more or less. See Illust . of Hermaphrodite in Append.

Utes <Xpage=1589>

Utes (?) , n. pl. ; sing. Ute . (Ethnol.) An extensive tribe of North American Indians of the Shoshone stock, inhabiting Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and adjacent regions. They are subdivided into several subordinate tribes, some of which are among the most degraded of North American Indians.

Utia <Xpage=1589>

U"ti*a (?) , n. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) Any species of large West Indian rodents of the genus Capromys , or Utia . In general appearance and habits they resemble rats, but they are as large as rabbits.

Utica <Xpage=1589>

U"ti*ca (?) , a. [So called from Utica , in New York.] (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a subdivision of the Trenton Period of the Lower Silurian, characterized in the State of New York by beds of shale.

Utile <Xpage=1589>

U"tile (?) , a. [L. utilis , fr. uti to use: cf. F. utile . See Use , v. t. ] Profitable; useful. [Obs.]

Utilitarian <Xpage=1589>

U*til`i*ta"ri*an (?) , a. [See Utility .]

1. Of or pertaining to utility; consisting in utility; <?/iming at utility as distinguished from beauty, ornament, etc.; sometimes, reproachfully, evincing, or characterized by, a regard for utility of a lower kind, or marked by a sordid spirit; as, utilitarian narrowness; a utilitarian indifference to art .

2. Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society .

J. S. Mill.

Utilitarian <Xpage=1589>

U*til`i*ta"ri*an (?) , n. One who holds the doctrine of utilitarianism.

The utilitarians are for merging all the particular virtues into one, and would substitute in their place the greatest usefulness, as the alone principle to which every question respecting the morality of actions should be referred. Chalmers.

But what is a utilitarian ? Simply one who prefers the useful to the useless; and who does not? Sir W. Hamilton.

Utilitarianism <Xpage=1589>

U*til`i*ta"ri*an*ism (?) , n. 1. The doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political institutions.

Bentham.

2. The doctrine that virtue is founded in utility, or that virtue is defined and enforced by its tendency to promote the highest happiness of the universe.

J. S. Mill.

3. The doctrine that utility is the sole standard of morality, so that the rectitude of an action is determined by its usefulness.

Utility <Xpage=1589>

U*til"i*ty (?) , n. [OE. utilite , F. utilit\'82 , L. utilitas , fr. utilis useful. See Utile .]

1. The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the utility of the sciences; the utility of medicines .

The utility of the enterprises was, however, so great and obvious that all opposition proved useless. Macaulay.

2. (Polit. Econ.) Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value , 2.

Value in use is utility , and nothing else, and in political economy should be called by that name and no other. F. A. Walker.

3. Happiness; the greatest good, or happiness, of the greatest number, -- the foundation of utilitarianism.

J. S. Mill.

Syn. -- Usefulness; advantageous; benefit; profit; avail; service. -- Utility , Usefulness . Usefulness has an Anglo-Saxon prefix, utility is Latin; and hence the former is used chiefly of things in the concrete , while the latter is employed more in a general and abstract sense. Thus, we speak of the utility of an invention, and the usefulness of the thing invented; of the utility of an institution, and the usefulness of an individual. So beauty and utility (not usefulness ) are brought into comparison. Still, the words are often used interchangeably.

Utilizable <Xpage=1589>

U"til*i`za*ble (?) , a. Capable of being utilized; as, the utilizable products of the gas works .

Utilization <Xpage=1589>

U`til*i*za"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. utilization .] The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.

Utilize <Xpage=1589>

U"til*ize (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Utilized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Utilizing (?) .] [Cf. F. utiliser .] To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities .

In former ages, the mile-long corridors, with their numerous alcoves, might have been utilized as . . . dungeons. Hawthorne.

Uti possidetis <Xpage=1589>

U`ti pos`si*de"tis (?) . [L., as you possess.]

1. (Internat. Law) The basis or principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they have acquired by their arms during the war.

Brande & C.

2. (Roman Law) A species of interdict granted to one who was in possession of an immovable thing, in order that he might be declared the legal possessor.

Burrill.

Utis <Xpage=1589>

U"tis (?) , n. See Utas . [Obs.]

Utlary <Xpage=1589>

Ut"la*ry (?) , n. Outlawry. [Obs.]

Camden.

Utmost <Xpage=1589>

Ut"most` (?) , a. [OE. utmeste , utemest , AS. <?/temest , a superlative fr. <?/te out. <?/<?/<?/<?/. See Out , and cf. Aftermost , Outmost , Uttermost .]

1. Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge .

Spenser.

We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is the utmost town in France. Evelyn.

Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath. Herbert.

2. Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness .

He shall answer . . . to his utmost peril. Shak.

Six or seven thousand is their utmost power. Shak.

Utmost <Xpage=1589>

Ut"most` , n. The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost ; try your utmost .

We have tried the utmost of our friends. Shak.

Utopia <Xpage=1589>

U*to"pi*a (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. not + <?/ a place.]

1. An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called Utopia , as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics, laws, and the like. See Utopia , in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

2. Hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.

Utopian <Xpage=1589>

U*to"pi*an (?) , a. Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian projects; Utopian happiness .

Utopian <Xpage=1589>

U*to"pi*an , n. An inhabitant of Utopia; hence, one who believes in the perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an optimist.

Hooker.

Utopianism <Xpage=1589>

U*to"pi*an*ism (?) , n. The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian; impracticable schemes of human perfection; optimism.

Utopianist <Xpage=1589>

U*to"pi*an*ist , n. An Utopian; an optimist.

Utopical <Xpage=1589>

U*to"pic*al (?) , a. Utopian; ideal. [Obs.] " Utopical perfection."

Bp. Hall.

Utopist <Xpage=1589>

U*to"pist (?) , n. A Utopian.

Utraquist <Xpage=1589>

U"tra*quist (?) , n. [L. uterque , fem. utraque , both.] One who receives the eucharist in both kinds; esp., one of a body of Hussites who in the 15th century fought for the right to do this. Called also Calixtines .

Utricle <Xpage=1589>

U"tri*cle (?) , n. [L. utriculus a little womb, a calycle, dim. of uter , utris , a bag or bottle made of an animal's hide: cf. F. utricule .]

1. A little sac or vesicle, as the air cell of fucus, or seaweed.

2. (Physiol.) A microscopic cell in the structure of an egg, animal, or plant.

3. (Bot.) A small, thin-walled, one-seeded fruit, as of goosefoot.

Gray.

4. (Anat.) A utriculus.

Utricular <Xpage=1589>

U*tric"u*lar (?) , a. [Cf. F. utriculaire .]

1. Of or pertaining to a utricle, or utriculus; containing, or furnished with, a utricle or utricles; utriculate; as, a utricular plant .

2. Resembling a utricle or bag, whether large or minute; -- said especially with reference to the condition of certain substances, as sulphur, selenium, etc., when condensed from the vaporous state and deposited upon cold bodies, in which case they assume the form of small globules filled with liquid.

Utricularia <Xpage=1589>

U*tric`u*la"ri*a (?) , n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See Ascidium ,

Utriculate <Xpage=1589>

U*tric"u*late (?) , a. Resembling a bladder; swollen like a bladder; inflated; utricular.

Dana.

Utriculoid <Xpage=1589>

U*tric"u*loid (?) , a. [L. utriculus a little womb, a calycle + -oid .] Resembling a bladder; utricular; utriculate.

Dana.

Utriculus <Xpage=1589>

U*tric"u*lus (?) , n. [L., a little womb or matrix, a calycle.] (Anat.) A little sac, or bag; a utricle; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under Ear .

Utro <Xpage=1589>

U"tro - (<?/). A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with , or relation to , the uterus ; as in utro -ovarian.

Utter <Xpage=1589>

Ut"ter (?) , a. [OE. utter , originally the same word as outer . See Out , and cf. Outer , Utmost .]

1. Outer. "Thine utter eyen." Chaucer . [Obs.] "By him a shirt and utter mantle laid."

Chapman.

As doth an hidden moth The inner garment fret, not th' utter touch. Spenser.

2. Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer. [Obs.]

Through utter and through middle darkness borne. Milton.

The very utter part pf Saint Adelmes point is five miles from Sandwich. Holinshed.

3. Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter ruin; utter darkness .

They . . . are utter strangers to all those anxious thoughts which disquiet mankind. Atterbury.

4. Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an utter refusal or denial .

Clarendon.

Utter bar (Law) , the whole body of junior barristers. See Outer bar , under 1st Outer . [Eng.] -- Utter barrister (Law) , one recently admitted as barrister, who is accustomed to plead without, or outside, the bar, as distinguished from the benchers , who are sometimes permitted to plead within the bar. [Eng.]

Cowell.

Utter <Xpage=1589>

Ut"ter , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Uttered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Uttering .] [OE. outren , freq. of outen to utter, put out, AS. &umac;tian to put out, eject, fr. &umac;t out. &root;198. See Out , and cf. Utter , a. ]

1. To put forth or out; to reach out. [Obs.]

How bragly [proudly] it begins to bud, And utter his tender head. Spenser.

2. To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend. [Obs.]

Such mortal drugs I have, but Mantua's law Is death to any he that utters them. Shak.

They bring it home, and utter it commonly by the name of Newfoundland fish. Abp. Abbot.

3. hence, to put in circulation, as money; to put off, as currency; to cause to pass in trade; -- often used, specifically, of the issue of counterfeit notes or coins, forged or fraudulent documents, and the like; as, to utter coin or bank notes .

The whole kingdom should continue in a firm resolution never to receive or utter this fatal coin. Swift.

4. To give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to speak; to pronounce. "Sweet as from blest, uttering joy."

Milton.

The words I utter Let none think flattery, for they 'll find 'em truth. Shak.

And the last words he uttered called me cruel. Addison.

Syn. -- To deliver; give forth; issue; liberate; discharge; pronounce. See Deliver .

Utterable <Xpage=1589>

Ut"ter*a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being uttered.

Utterance <Xpage=1589>

Ut"ter*ance (?) , n. 1. The act of uttering. Specifically: --

(a) Sale by offering to the public. [Obs.]

Bacon.

(b) Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes .

(c) Vocal expression; articulation; speech.

At length gave utterance to these words. Milton.

2. Power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance .

They . . . began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance . Acts ii. 4.

O, how unlike To that large utterance of the early gods! Keats.

Utterance <Xpage=1589>

Ut"ter*ance , n. [F. outrance . See Outrance .] The last extremity; the end; death; outrance. [Obs.]

Annibal forced those captives whom he had taken of our men to skirmish one against another to the utterance . Holland.

Utterer <Xpage=1589>

Ut"ter*er (?) , n. One who utters.

Spenser.

Utterest <Xpage=1589>

Ut"ter*est , obs. superl. of Utter . Uttermost.

To the utterest proof of her courage. Chaucer.

Utterless <Xpage=1589>

Ut"ter*less , a. Incapable of being uttered. [Obs.]

A clamoring debate of utterless things. Milton.

Utterly <Xpage=1589>

Ut"ter*ly , adv. In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as, utterly ruined; it is utterly vain .

Uttermore <Xpage=1589>

Ut"ter*more` (?) , a. [Cf. Uttermost .] Further; outer; utter. [Obs. & R.]

Holland.

Uttermost <Xpage=1589>

Ut"ter*most (?) , a. [From Utter , a. ; cf. Utmost , and Outermost .] Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end . "In this uttermost distress."

Milton.

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Uttermost <Xpage=1590>

Ut"ter*most` (?) , n. The utmost; the highest or greatest degree; the farthest extent.

Tennyson.

Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him. Heb. vii. 25.

He cannot have sufficient honor done unto him; but the uttermost we can do, we must. Hooker.

Utterness <Xpage=1590>

Ut"ter*ness , n. The quality or state of being utter, or extreme; extremity; utmost; uttermost. [R.]

Uva <Xpage=1590>

U"va (?) , n. [L., a grape.] (Bot.) A small pulpy or juicy fruit containing several seeds and having a thin skin, as a grape.

Uvate <Xpage=1590>

U"vate (?) , n. [L. uva grape.] A conserve made of grapes.

Uva-ursi <Xpage=1590>

U`va-ur"si (?) , n. [NL., fr. L. uva grape + ursus bear.] (Bot.) The bearberry.

Uvea <Xpage=1590>

U"ve*a (?) , n. [NL., fr. L. uva grape.] (Anat.) The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; -- sometimes applied to the whole iris together with the choroid coat.

Uveous <Xpage=1590>

U"ve*ous (?) , a. [See Uvea .] Resembling a grape.

Uvic <Xpage=1590>

U"vic (?) , a. [L. uva grape.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, grapes; specifically, designating an organic acid, C7H8O3 (also called pyrotritartaric acid ), obtained as a white crystalline substance by the decomposition of tartaric and pyrotartaric acids.

Uvitic <Xpage=1590>

U*vit"ic (?) , a. [From L. uva a grape. So called because it may be produced indirectly from tartaric acid, which is found in the grape.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, CH3C6H3(CO2H)2 , obtained as a white crystalline substance by the partial oxidation of mesitylene; -- called also mesitic acid .

Uvitonic <Xpage=1590>

U`vi*ton"ic (?) , a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by the action of ammonia on pyrotartaric acid.

Uvrou <Xpage=1590>

U"vrou (?) , n. See Euphroe .

Uvula <Xpage=1590>

U"vu*la (?) , n. [NL., dim of L. uva a grape, the uvula.] (Anat.) The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.

&hand; The term is also applied to a somewhat similar lobe on the under side of the cerebellum and to another on the inner surface of the neck of the bladder.

Uvular <Xpage=1590>

U"vu*lar (?) , a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a uvula.

Uvulatome <Xpage=1590>

U"vu*la*tome (?) , n. [ Uvula + Gr. <?/ to cut.] (Surg.) An instrument for removing the uvula.

Uvulatomy <Xpage=1590>

U`vu*lat"o*my (?) , n. (Surg.) The operation of removing the uvula.

Uwarowite <Xpage=1590>

U*wa"ro*wite (?) , n. (Min.) Ouvarovite.

Uxorial <Xpage=1590>

Ux*o"ri*al (?) , a. [See Uxorious .] Dotingly fond of, or servilely submissive to, a wife; uxorious; also, becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife. [R.]

The speech [of Zipporah, Ex. iv. 25] is not a speech of reproach or indignation, but of uxorial endearment. Geddes.

Uxoricidal <Xpage=1590>

Ux*or"i*ci`dal (?) , a. Of or pertaining to uxoricide; tending to uxoricide.

Uxoricide <Xpage=1590>

Ux*or"i*cide (?) , n. [L. uxor wife + caedere to kill.]

1. The murder of a wife by her husband.

2. One who murders his wife.

Uxorious <Xpage=1590>