1000000031

u s

that of (he female of

1"'0

v~lvt's

;

oClchef

of thcm have

any coroll ..; the male has a cup-fiuped ncllanu m, and

lhe

{enlAle bears oncfmnóth fet:d. The fpc:ctes are 18 . th rcC'

of them nat\ves of Brit..in.

viz.

lhe

pilaCcra,

or Roman

riculc;

lhe

areos, or

Iclrcr

ocuJe; ¡nd the

dlOlca.

common oettll!.

USANCE.

ie commerce. is a

determínate

lime

fixcd for

lhe payrncot of bilis of eXl':he.n;;e. rcckoneJ t ither from

the

d.ay

of l he: bilis bcing Olcccpted, or

trom

tbe day of

thei,

d.ne

;

dnd

thus called becaufe rcgul.t.tcd

Ihe u·

fage and cuClom

toe

pLaces whcrcon

chey

:iIt:

dr..wn.

USE,

law, the profit or bcnefit of hlOds amI

tene:n~n{s

;

or a tfull and conlidence repoCed in a perron

foro

th(' hold–

ing of hnds,

6c.

thar:

whofe

ufc:

the

troll lS m..de

(ha))

rec~ive

lhe protlts.

1JSE DOM, ao iO,od of Pomerani., io G erm,oy, ÚIU.t<d

(he mouth of the river Odcr.

the Baltic·

f~a:

f.Jbjeél:

the kiog of Pru/fi,.

USHANT,

' 0

iO.nd

of F raoce, fifteeo miles

wdl

of the

coaH of Britany. at the entrance of the HritiCh channd.

USHER,

an officer, or fervant , who

has

the c,,-re ::lnd di·

re{tion of the door of

court

haH,

ch::lmber. or lhe

I.ke

.l/h. Moci rod,

th< eldel! of the gendemeo u/hen,

daily w<titers al coun, whofe duty

tobear the rod berore.

rhe king

lhe redt of SI G eorge, aod other f" lemnities.

U SK,

n ver of "'",ales, which nCes

0 0

{he wdt

of Breck–

nockChire, and runs fouth caH through that éOllntry and

M onnlOulhlftire, falling into lhe mouth of (he Severn .

USQYEBAUG H, a Ilroog compound liquor, chieBy

ta–

keo by way of dlO m.

There are feveral diffúent methods of makiog this

liquor ; bu, the followiog is etleemed ooe ofthe bel! : To

two g;:¡,lIons of brandy, or other fpirits , pur a pouod of

S panifh .liquorice, hal( a pound of ra¡fin! of the fuo, four

ounces

ca rr:llnts, lod duce of Aiced dalea

lhe tOps of

bitum, mint, favory , thyme, 3nd the (Ops of lhe flower!i

of rofel11ary. of eaeh tWO ounces ; cinnlmon and

m~ce.

well bruiCed.

nUlme~s.

aniCt:eds, and cori<tnder. recds,

brui(cd Iikewlfe. ofcach fourouocesj of citron, or lemoo,

and orange-peel, fcr ..ped, ef each an ounce: let alllherc

¡nfuCe fon y.eight hours in

warm place, o(ten fh ..klng

them together: then

k t

them (land in a coo1 place

lor

week: after which t he clear liquor

tO be dec=- oled off,

aod ro

to be put an equ:.1 quantity

of ocat

while POrt,

and a galloo of canary ; after which jt is

be fweetened

wi,h • ful!ieien, quaotity of double_re6ned fug.r.

US TION, in

pharm.ey.

,he preparing of

cert.\O

fu b(IAo–

cel by burniog Ihem .

USTULATION, a ",o,n ufed by pharroaeeu lie ",rilers, to

exprefs Ihe ro,,-ftiag or torrefyiog (lf humid or madi fub·

fi. nces

O"fer

gentlc fire, fo as

render them

fit

for

powderin~.

U Su ,'AP n ON, io lhe eivil l.w, is

acquintion of the

p ropeny of a thing, by a po{ft'ffioo ano enjoymeot Ihereof

for :t cerfain lerm of years prefcribed by law.

US UfRUIT, io the civil I.w, the ufe or eojoymeot of

an~

laods or (('oe :-nu; or the right of rect:l víng lile

(r~lu

and profils or

inhc::rirdnce, or other

th.ng,

wlthol.n a power

alienating or chang,ing the propeny

lhereof.

USURER o a perruo ch.rgeJ witl> a haoi, o, aa of uro,y.

::ice

U SU R V .

VOL .I I!. N°

99.

93 ' )

V U L

USU RIOUS

C O NT RAC T ,

is any bargaio or contral\:: wherc '"

by a man

obl'ged to pay 1I10le imerclt for Olooey .than

t h~

flHUte allows .

U SU R PATION, io I&IV, is an iojuriou. uflog or eojoy–

ment of a thing for contÍnuilnce

of ume,

that bclong ;

or nght tO another.

USU RY,

the general. denotes

,ain or profi t which

perlon mAke!

lus mvney. by lénding the rame: ; or it

i'S

an increare of (he principal, exalted ror the loaD thereof;

or the prlce

borrower gives for ,he u(e of 3 fum credit...

ed lO hlm by ,he k nJer, ealled .Iro inte,efl.

The \Vord urury is generally taken in an eviJ fenfe,

vir. .

for

unlawful profit whieh

perfoo

m" k~s

of his

mooey; in whtch renf: ir ¡s, thilt ufury

forb.e:lden by

the clvd and t'ccleC,aC\¡cal. and ( ven by the law of oature.

Sct:

L AW. T lt.

xxxiii.

; 7.

UTER IN E, fOOletblng

beloogin~

' o ,be "teras or womb

of a womao.

B rDlher

SiJler

UT t RINE, iD

Scots law. Sel!

LAW,

T lt.

x x'(ii.

UTERUS, io anatomy. Se< .A.ATOMY ,

274,

UTILE, a L atio term, figoifyiog profi table or ufeiul ; in

which fenfe

rometimes ured by

En~lifh

writers.

UTOXETER, a ma.ket-IOWD

Slalfu,dfhire. IWelvC.

mil.. fouth -eall of Stalford.

UTRECHT, the caplt.1 of a provioee of ,he rame name,

in the

unit~d

Netherlaods, fitUatea twenty three miles

roul h·eall of Amftadam.

UTRICULARI A. iD botaoy, a genu. of ,he diandria mo –

nogynia ctAfs. T he coroll a is ringent Olnd ed.learated;

the

e~ljx

confiCls of

l\VO

equdl leave& ; and the

caprul~or.

one cdl. There are live

fpecí~s,

two of them native,

Briuin,

viz.

the vulgaris, or common hooded miHoil;

and lhe minar, or le(fee hooded

mil

foil.

UVA

U R SI,

io botany. See

V J. CCI S·I UPo1.

UVEA,

anatomy. See

ANA,.OMY,

289.

VULCANO, or VOLCA",', io o>tural hiftory,

ouroiog

mOUntalO,

or one that vomils fonh fire, Balrie,

allu::s.

cinders.

&c.

As to the caufe ofvu)canos. it is found byexperience,

lhat there are {e"eral inftammable bodif! , which, beiog

mi'<.ed together in due proponíon.

will

kindJe into Bame

by ferment.uion alone, wu hout lhe help of any fiery par–

t leles. T hus

M .

L c: mt'ry having cOf"crcd up in {he

e3rth about f)rty pounds ot a mixtu·,e, compofed of equal

parts of fu lphur and filings of Iron. tempered with water;

arrer eight or nine hours time, the earlh where il lay

vOlluted

fl"mes. From ,his cxperiment we ree the

t rue callfe

uf the

rire

.JEtnol,

t'fuvius, anJ other burn...

ing mountains, which probably dre mltde

of fulphur

and fon¡e other

maua

proper

ft:rmenr wlth

it,

aud

take

fire .

VU LG:\.

TE, •

vory allcieot Latio tranOatioo of lhe B'ble,

and

the:

only one Ihe church of Rome aeknowledges

au.

1hfntic. See AtDL E.

VULNER .'\R

medicine. an epithet

givc:n

remedies

prOl'fr (or the cure of

wou"d~

aod

ulcers.

.V UL I'ES,

l'.e}'

x .

Se< CA.".

V UL ! UR, a

gtOU'

of b"ds. b. looging 'o the o,der of

at:Ctl".tI CS.

T ht hl "k "

tiralt, i\od cruo" l.d

lhe point.

th~

hColci

has

f~;tthers.

the forepan bcing ooly

n.,:

keu

(k ,,;

.nd the tooglle i. bifiJ . There are elglu1pe_

ei..,