English Dictionary: usual | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ugly \Ug"ly\, a. [Compar. {Uglier}; superl. {Ugliest}.] [Icel. uggligr fearful, dreadful; uggr fear (akin to ugga to fear) + -ligr (akin to E. -ly, like). [?][?]. Cf. {Awe}.] 1. Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed. The ugly view of his deformed crimes. --Spenser. Like the toad, ugly and venomous. --Shak. O, I have passed a miserable night, So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams. --Shak. 2. Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly. [Colloq. U. S.] 3. Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ugly \Ug"ly\, n. A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. [Colloq. Eng.] --C. Kingsley. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ugly \Ug"ly\, v. t. To make ugly. [R.] --Richardson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Usual \U"su*al\, a. [L. usualis, from usus use: cf. F. usuel. See {Use}, n.] Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common. Consultation with oracles was a thing very usual and frequent in their times. --Hooker. We can make friends of these usual enemies. --Baxter. -- {U"su*al*ly}, adv. -- {U"su*al*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Usual \U"su*al\, a. [L. usualis, from usus use: cf. F. usuel. See {Use}, n.] Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common. Consultation with oracles was a thing very usual and frequent in their times. --Hooker. We can make friends of these usual enemies. --Baxter. -- {U"su*al*ly}, adv. -- {U"su*al*ness}, n. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
USL 1. Query language, close to natural English. 2. User System Language. Bellcore, "Operations Technology Generic Requirements: User System Interface", TR-825. 3. Unix System Laboratories: the software subsidiary of {AT&T}, responsible for {Unix} {System V} and related software. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Ucal the name of a person to whom Agur's words are addressed (Prov. 30:1). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Uzal a wanderer, a descendant of Joktan (Gen. 10:27; 1 Chr. 1:21), the founder apparently of one of the Arab tribes; the name also probably of the province they occupied and of their chief city. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Uzziel strength of God. (1.) One of the sons of Kohath, and uncle of Aaron (Ex. 6:18; Lev. 10:4). (2.) A Simeonite captain (1 Chr. 4:39-43). (3.) A son of Bela, and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:7). (4.) One of the sons of Heman (1 Chr. 25:4); called also Azareel (18). (5.) A son of Jeduthan (2 Chr. 29:14). (6.) The son of Harhaiah (Neh. 3:8). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Ucal, power, prevalency | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Uzal, wandering |