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URANOSCOPUS, in ieh,hyology, a g.nus belonging 'o
rhe orcttr of jugulares. The hcad is I¡ rge, rough, and
d eprdfed, the upp« jaw being (horter ,han the under
one
r-
,here are tive dcntated rays in the membrane of
Ihe gills; and ,he anus is in ,he middle o( ,he body.
There is but one fpecies, found in lhe Mediterrancan fea.
URBINO , • provinee of l,.ly, in ,he pope's ,erri,ory,
bounded by R o:nania .nd ,he gulph 01 Veniee on Ihe
north and eaH,
by
Ihe rnarquiratc of Ancona on the COllth,
. nd by T ufe. ny on Ihe wdl, being feven,y miles loog,
and (ron, twen,y
10
fir,y broad.
Urbino is
airo
the capital of this province.
URDE', or UROE'E, in h eraldry. A erofs .rdé feemSlo
be the Came wi,h wh., we o,berwiCe eaU ehleehe, or
chlechée. See
C H LECHi..
UR ENA, in bo,aDY, a genus of Ihe monadelphia polyan.
dria
c1ars.
The
calix
' is doublc, the exterior one con·
lifli;'g of five Cegmenls ¡ ,he eapCule h.s 6.. eell. con ·
tainin¡! one fced . There are three fpccies, all natives of
China.
URETERS, in analomy. See A NAToMv, p.
268.
URETHRA. in ana,omy. S.. ANAToMv,
P. 27 2.
URG EL,
a town
oE
Spain, in the province of Caulonia,
capital of the territory of UrgeJ, fitu ated on the river
Segra, feventy· 6ve miles north or Barcelona.
UR1, one of ,he ean'oos of Swi,zerlaDd ; bounded by ,ha,
of Switz, on
(he
north ; by Glaris aad the G rifons, on
,he eaa ¡ by U nderwald, 00 ,he fou,h; aDd by ,he
Canton of Bero ,
00
the wefl.
'URUvl
and TH UMMIM , among
the
~ncicot
Hebrews, a cer–
taio oracular maonoer of confulting God, which was done
by ,he high priea d rd fed in his rDbes, aDd having OD hi.
peéloral or breaU. plate.
Var ious have beeo
the
(eoliments of commentat·ors
concerning Ihe urim and thummim. j ofephus, and
(e~
veral others, maintain, that it meant the precious (tones
fel in ,he high. priefl's breaU.pla,e, whieh by extrlordi.
nary luUre made known ,he will of God 10
,hoCe
who
confulted him. S peneer believes ,hallhe urim and ,hum.
mim \Vere 'IVO Iinle golden fi gure. (hu, up in ,he petloral
as in apurre, which gave refponfes wilh an articulale
voice.
In
Ihon, there are as many opinions concerning
Ihe uri"" and IRummim as there are particular aUlhors
tha[
wrote ahoul Ihem . T he CafeO: opinion, according
10
BrouRhtOn, fetms
[Q
be, Ihat the words urim and thum–
mim}ignify fome divine virtue and power anneKed to the
bre.U. pla,e of ,he high prieU. by which an oraeulous . n·
fwer was obtained from God when he wa, con{uhed by
the high.pneO; and lhat Ihis was called urim and Ihu m–
mi",
tO
exprefs the cJearne{s aod perfeélion which theCe
oracular anfwcr s :a lways carried with lhem ; for urim fig.
ni6es Iight ,
::md
thummim per(eltion; the{e anfwcrs not
belOg impedcét and ólmblguous,
lik~
che heathenoracles,
bu! clear Olnd evidl·ot. 1 'he ufe made of the urim and
thummim
\Vas
tOcooru lt God ind fficult caCes relating to
tbe. v.hule Chte
01
Irrael ; and fOOlt:times in caCes relaring
to the king
Ihe
fanheorim, the gt'neri:ll of the army, or
fome other great perron:\ge.
URI NAL,
In
m(dlclOe. a
\',lfd
6,
10
receive and huid
l) _
rine, and ufen accCJrdinclv {or the convenience
oC
fick per_
Cons. h i. uf".IIy 01 glar.. and erook<d; and Cume.
times i,
tS
C.II.d wllh milk, 'o .ífwage ,he pain o(
,he
,gravc:1.
U R'NAL, .in
eht~iary.
i.
an oblong glaCs v<ífel, c10fed
{or m<tklOg {oJulIons, and ro called from its rc{emblance
'o ,he glaífe. i. whieh urine i. fe, 'o f«tle for ,he infpee.
,ion of ,be phyC.eian.
URINE, • Cerous and f.line Ouid, of a citron-coloDr fe
par.áted {rom th,e blood, and carried by the
emulgen~
u:
tenes to the kldneys, from whelilce it defcends lO the
bladder by the ul etcrs, aad is from lime tO time emitled
lheocc by Ihe canal of the urethra. See ANATOMY,
p. 268.
For ,he analyfi. of uriDe, fee CHE""TkY,
p.
'i7 ·
URN, a kind or.aCe. of. rouDdi(h form o bUI biggefl in
,he roiddle, like ,he eommon pilChers, oow reldo", uCed
but lO(he way
of
oroament over chimoey pieces.
in
buf~
feu,
6c.
The great ufe of uros among the ancients,
was to prererve Ihe ;\fhes of the dead ¡ (ter (hey were
burnt; for which reafon they were called cineraria, and
ruoz einerariz,. aDd were placed fometimes under the
tomb_Clone whereon the epitOlph wols CUI; and fometimes
io vauh, in lheir
OWD
houres. U rns were alfo u{ed
at
tbeír facrifices to put liquid chiogs in.
UROGALLUS, in omilhology. Se. TETRAO.
URSA. in al\ronomy. See ASTRoNoMv. p.
487.
URSULINES, in chureh.hiUory, ao order of nun., foon,L
ed originally by St Angela of Brefeia, in ,he year
fif.
teeo hundred Ihi,rty-feveD. and (o eaUettfrom S, Urfula,
10 whom ,hey were dediea'ed. Thoy obferve ,he rul..
o( S, AuguUine. and are ehieOy no,ed (or " king on Ihem
the education aod intlruftio·n of yOllng maids : their mo–
oaUeries are . kind offehool. where yOUDj¡ Iadies of ,he
befi families receiye their education .
URSUS. io 20010gy, a genus of quadrupeds belonging lo
Ihe order of fe"",. There are Gx for«ce,h in ,he upper
jaw ahem a'e1y hallow oo the infide, aDd fix i. Iheundcr
j aw. the ,\YO lateral onu being labated
¡
Ihe dog. ,ce'h
are CoJitOlry and copical; che grinden are 6ve or
fix;
che
congue is fmoOlh
j
the eyes are furnilhed
with
a
nitlica_
tiog membraoe; (he
nofe
is promioent; 20d there is
a
crooked bone io the peois. There are fogr {pecies,
ujz.
J.
The artlas. orwhite bear, with an .abrupt lail. He
is a
native of the Dortbern pans of Europe, and feeds up·
on berries. ¡o{eéis. and the bodies of dead cOlttle. He
is naturally
a Ittzy
aDimal ; but wheo enraged. he be ..
comes
agile
aod furiot1" llanding ereél and fighting with
his forefect. W hen Iying. he eona, ntly lick. hi. paw••
The rem. le admi.. ,he male abou, ,he endof'Ü<"tober, .nei
Ihe brings fon h
in
112
days. He never attacks a man,
UD–
lefs he be proyoked.
2.
The meles, has ,he lail of an
uniform colour ; the body is ..1h-coJoured above Olnd bl.lck
below, with a longitudinal blctck belt acrors the eyes Olnd
cars .
H~
is likewlfe
a
native of Ellropc. and dwells
io
wood. aDJ ,he c1ir.. or roek. . H e fecds upon egg' , in–
f.éI., ,he leaves of ,he Iathynu.,
6e.
ijn ,he nigh, he
pr<ys upon r.bblts,
cre.
and reldo", appea.. in ,be day.
H::
filuts hirnfch up in a den dug
in
the '1.rth dllring tbe
winln , and fucks
a
pellíclt: or bJ3dder fituOlte
a
,ove
the
anus.
3
The lator
I
has
an annul"r
t:lil.
and, bbck
b..
lt
acrofs the
~yes.
He
is
fou nd abO\Jt the {ea Ihores
uf
A–
meri"a. H e
rce~s
upon eggs. rowh fnail.
6 <.
4 T he
lufcus , ha.s
a
lonR tAil; and the body
IS
iron coloured.
H('
ic:
<l
n"tive nf Hudfoo's bayo
URTICA ,
in botttny.
ti
genus of Ihe mona:ei;t teu3Jldria
eI.fs. The e. Iox 9f ,he ntale eontitls of feur leav<., ,nd
. hOl