English Dictionary: Ure | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ur \Ur\, Ure \Ure\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The urus. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ure \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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ure \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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Urus \[d8]U"rus\, n. [L.; of Teutonic origin. See {Aurochs}.] (Zo[94]l.) A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal ({Bos urus [or] primigenius}) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius C[91]sar. It had very large horns, and was hardly capable of domestication. Called also, {ur}, {ure}, and {tur}. |