Uckewallist 
Uckewallist (uk-e-wol'ist), H. [< Ucl-e JPallis 
(or H'aVef-), of Friesland, + -int.} A member 
of a Mennonite sect which held that Judiis and 
the muf deters of Christ will probably be saved 
because of their ignorance. 
llda (o'da), n. [Hind, utld, purple.] A peculiar 
purplish brown used in the decoration of Hin- 
du pottery; also, certain glazed ware painted 
with it. 
udal (u'dal), . and n. [Also odal ; < Icel. otlutl 
= Norw. "odel, allodium, patrimony, = OHG. uo- 
dil, nodal, oclliil, farm, homestead, = OS. uodJiil, 
odliil, otliil = AS. ethel, hereditary possession, 
home: see allodium, atltcl, and OdeJstltmg.J I. 
a. Noting that right in land which prevailed in 
northern Europe before the introduction of the 
feudal system. Udal tenure still prevails in Orkney 
and Shetland. Tins tenure, which was completed by un- 
disturbed possession provable by witnesses, has been held 
by the Scotch Court of Session to be the same as allodial. 
Also odal. 
The homestead of the original settler, . . . with the 
share of arable and appurtenant common rights, bore 
among the northern nations the name of Odal, or Edhel. 
Stnbbs, Const. Hist., 24. 
II. n. An allodium; a freehold, 
udaler, udaller (u'dal-er), . [< udal + -c/-i.] 
One who holds property by udal right ; a free- 
holder without feudal dependencies. Also 
odaller. 
The Udallers are the allodial possessors of Zetland, who 
hold their possessions under the old Norwegian law, in- 
stead of the feudal tenures introduced among them from 
Scotland. Scott, Pirate, i., note. 
udalman (u'dal-man), n. ; pi. udalmen (-men). 
Same as udaler. 
udder (ud'er), n. [< ME. "udder, uddi/r, iddijr, 
< AS. uder (Mr-) = OFries. uder = MD. uydcr, 
uder, later uider, uir, D. uijer = OHG. fitar, 
MHG. inter, iiter, G. euter = Icel.jugr (for *jiidr) 
= Sw. jitfver, jur (> E. dial, yure) = Dan. yver = 
Gael. Ir. uth = L. ubcr (for *ndher) = Gr. oi<0ap 
(obffar-), JEolic ov<t>a/> = Skt. udhar, udkan, ud- 
der: root unknown. Cf.uberous, exuberant, etc.] 
The mammary glands of cattle and various other 
animals, especially when large and baggy and 
with more than one teat, as two or four; the 
milk-bag. Single glands with one nipple apiece 
are more frequently called teat or dug. 
A lioness, with udders all drawn dry, 
Lay couching, head on ground. 
Shak., As you Like it, iv. 3. 115. 
udder-cloud (ud'er-kloud), n. A cloud consist- 
ing of a group of udder-shaped festoons falling 
from cumulus or strato-cumulus clouds, partic- 
ularly in the immediate rear of summer storms. 
Also called rain-balls. 
uddered (ud'erd), a. [< udder + -erf 2 .] Hav- 
ing an udder or udders: as, "the udder'd cow," 
(lay, Shepherd's Week, Tuesday. 
udderful(ud'er-ful),a. [< udder + -//.] Hav- 
ing a full udder. G. Meredith, The Egoist, Prel. 
udderless (ud'er-les), a. [< udder + -less.] 
Having no udder to suck ; hence, without food, 
or motherless, as a young animal. [Rare.] 
Gentle girls who foster up 
Udderless lambs. Keats, Endymion, i. 
udometer (u-dom'e-ter), n. [= F. udometre = 
Sp. uddmetro, < L. udu.i, moist, damp (for *ri- 
dus, < *uvere, be wet or humid, ppr. wens, wet: 
see humid), + Gr. /ilrpov, measure.] A plu- 
viometer; a rain-gage. See cut under pluvi- 
ometer. 
udometric (u-do-met'rik), a. [< udometer + -ic.] 
Pertaining to or made by means of a udometer. 
'udsbloodt, interj. See 'sblood. 
Uds blood, I'll lay him cross upon his coxscomb next 
day. DeUer and Webster, Northward Ho, 11. 1. 
'udsfoott, interj. See 'sfoot. 
'Udsfoot, I am monstrous angry with myself! 
Beau, and Ft., Coxcomb, iv. 8. 
Ug (ug), n. [Also ugg; < ME. ugge, < Icel. uggr, 
fear, akin to ogn (= Goth, ogan), fear, terror, 
ayi (= Goth, agis = AS. ege), terror: see awe 1 . 
Hence ug, i:, ugly, ugsome.} If. Fear; horror. 
2. A surfeit. [Prov. Eng.] 
Ug (ug), v. i. [Also ugg; < ME. uggen, < Icel. 
ugga, fear,< uggr, fear: see ug, .] 1. To fear; 
feel horror; shudder with horror. Prompt. 
Pan., p. 509. [Prov. Eng.] 2. To feel re- 
pugnance. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] 
And thare was so mekille folke dede in that bataile that 
the sone wexe eclipte, and withdrewe his lighte, uqyande 
for to see so mekille scheddynge of blude. 
MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 10. (Halliwell.) 
For tha paynes ar so felle and harde, 
Als yhe sal here be redd eftyrwarde, 
That ilk man may ujye bothe yhowng and awlde 
That heres thaime be reherced and tawlde. 
Hampole, MS. Bowes, p. 189. (UalliweU.) 
heuen was vphalt, hot vgly ther vnder. 
ayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2078. 
6568 
Uggingt (ug'ing), H. [ME. ugginf/; verbal n. of 
ug, c.J Horror. 
Uggur-oil (ug'er-oil), n. [< tiggur, < Hind, agar, 
wood of aloes, < Skt. aguru, agallochum: see 
agalloclium.'] An Oriental perfume oil distilled 
from agallochum. 
Ugh (u), interj. An expression of horror or aver- 
sion, usually accompanied by a shudder. 
Uglesomet (ug'l-sum), a. [Formerly also uggle- 
some; also dial, uglysoine; < ugly + -some. Cf. 
ugsome."} Ugly : as, an ughsome countenance. 
La-timer, 7th Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1549. 
Her body being straight waies changed into blew and 
black colours most ugglesome to behold. 
Stubbes, Anatomie of Abuses (1595), p. 43. 
Uglincation (ngli-fi-ka'shon), n. [< uglify (see 
-fication).'] The process of uglifying or disfigur- 
ing. Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, ix. 
[Humorous.] 
Uglify (ug'li-fi), v. t. ; pret. and pp. uglified, ppr. 
uglifying. [< ugly + -/'/.] To make ugly; dis- 
figure. 
It defourmeth and uglyfyeth the skinne. 
Touchstone o.f Complexions, p. 117. (Dames.) 
She [Mrs. Crewe] is certainly, in my eyes, the most com- 
pletely a beauty of any woman I ever saw. . . . She ugli- 
fies everything near her. Mme. D'ArUay, Diary, III. 417. 
A protest against that uglifying process by which women 
are coaxed into resignation to old age and death. 
New Princeton Jlev., I. 107. 
Uglily (ug'li-li), adi'. In an ugly manner; with 
deformity. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iii. 
Ugliness (ug'li-nes), n. [< ME. uglines, uglyiies, 
uggelynesse; < ugly + -ness.] The property or 
character of being ugly, in any sense. 
Vice In its own pure native ugliness. Crabbe. 
The features of his countenance were irregular, even to 
ugliness. Scott, Quentin Durward, viii. 
= Syn. See ugly. 
Tly (ug'li), . and n. [Early mod. E. also oiigly; 
ME. ugly, uggely, uglike, < Icel. uggligr, fear- 
ful, to be dreaded, < uggr, fear, + -ligr = E. -ly l : 
see ug, n., and -lij*. Cf. Icel. ygligr, terrible, < 
ygr, fierce.] I. a. 1. Unpleasing or repulsive 
:n appearance; offensive to the sight; of very 
disagreeable aspect. 
Theh 
Sir Gawa, 
Full vgly and ful ill is it, 
That was ful faire and fresshe before. 
York Plays, p. 83. 
O, I have pass'd a miserable night, 
So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams ! 
Shall., Rich. III., L 4. 8. 
My house was considered the ugliest in the county, but 
all admitted it was one of the most comfortable. 
Sydney Smith, in Lady Holland, vii. 
2. Morally repulsive or deformed ; hideous ; 
base; vile. 
How base and ugly 
Ingratitude appears, with all her profits ! 
Fletcher (and another), False One, Iv. 3. 
The supervisor represents the very ugliest side of federal 
supremacy ; he belongs to the least liked branch of the 
civil service. W. Wilson, Cong. Gov., I. 
3. Disagreeable; offensive; suggestive of or 
threatening evil ; associated with disadvantage 
or danger: as, an ugly rumor of defeat. 
Thay wern wakened al wrank that therin won lenged, 
Of on the vglolsesl vnhap that euer on erd suffred. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 892. 
Up came their murderous deeds of old, 
The grisly story Chaucer told, 
And many an ugly tale beside. 
0. W. Holmes, At the Pantomime. 
An ugly thrill spread from the spot he touched. 
X. L. Stevenson, Will o' the Mill. 
It was as ugly a little promenade as I ever undertook. 
J. W. De Forest, Harpers Mag., XXXV. 341. 
4. Ill-natured; cross-grained; quarrelsome; ill- 
conditioned. [U. S.] 
He was jest the crassest, ugliest critter that ever ye see, 
and he was ugly jest for the sake o' ugliness. 
H. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 196. 
5. Threatening painful or fatal consequences; 
dangerous: as, an ugly blow; an ugly cut. An 
ugly customer, a troublesome or dangerous person. [Col- 
loq.) 
He must have been a hard hitter if he boxed as he 
preached what "The Fancy" would call "an ugly cus- 
tomer." Dr. J. Brown, Rab and His Friends, p. 8. 
The Ugly man, of three persons concerned in garroting, 
the one who actually commits the crime, and whose es- 
cape is covered by the pals known as fore-stall and back- 
stall. Also called nasty man. [Thieves' slang ] = Syn. 1. 
Unsightly, homely, ill favored, hard-favored, hideous. 4. 
Cross, sulky, morose, ill-tempered, crabbed. 
II. n.; pi. uglies (-liz). 1. An ugly person. 
[Colloq.] 
There were all the beauties, and all the diamonds, and 
not a few of the uglies of London. 
Walpole, Letters. II. 422. 
Ujimyia 
2. A shade for the eyes worn as an appendage 
to the bonnet by women about the middle of 
the nineteenth century. It was generally of 
the character of a calash, but smaller. See 
sinixhade (b). 
"Cab-heads, hoods, what do you call 'em?" he asked 
of Miss Kicklebury. Indeed, she and her sister wore a 
couple of those blue silk over-bonnets which have lately 
become the fashion. . . . "Those hoods," she said "we 
call those hoods Uylivs I " 
Thackeray, Kickleburys on the Rhine. 
Plug Ugly. A plug-ugly. 
uglyt (ug'li), v. t. i<vgly,a.'] To make ugly; 
disfigure; uglify. [Rare.] 
It is impossible I should love him ; for his vices all ugly 
him over, as I may say. Richardson, Pamela, I. 220. 
Ugrian (6'gri-an), a. [From the name of a 
Finnish tribe.] Noting the Fiuno-Hungarian 
group of languages, comprising the tongues of 
the Lapps, Finns, and Magyars or Hungarians. 
It is a branch of the Ural-Altaic family. 
Ugric (6'grik), a. Same as Ugrian. 
Ugro-Altaic (o'gro-al-ta' ; 'ik), a. Same as I'rtil- 
.l/liiic. See Altaic. A'ature, XXXIV. 41. 
Ugsome (ug'sum), a. [< ME. ugsom ; < ug, n., 
-f- -some.~] Ugly; hideous; disgusting; loath- 
some. [Obsolete or provincial.] 
An ugsom noyse, that noyet the pepull, 
With wepyng and waile wo to beholde. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 13734. 
Since she has kiss'd your ugsome mouth, 
She never shall kiss mine. 
Sir Hugh le Blond (Child's Ballads, III. 206). 
Ugsomeness (ug'sum-nes), . The state of be- 
ing ugsome ; ugliness. Sp. Fisher, Seven Peni- 
tential Psalms. Ps. xxxviii. [Now only pro- 
vincial.] 
uhlan, Ulan (6'lan or u'lan), n. [= F. ithlaii, 
Iiulan, houlan,<. G. ulilan, uhlane, ulane, a lancer, 
< Pol. ulan, hulan (barred 1) = Bohem. ulan, 
hulan, a lancer, uhlan, < Turk, oglan, oglan, 
oghlan, in popular pron. olan, a son, boy, lad, 
servant, < Tatar oglan, a son, child (formerly 
used as a title of princes) ; of. Turk, og^ll, ogul, 
oglil, < Tatar ogul, a son.] A soldier mounted 
and armed with a lance, and wearing a kind of 
semi-Oriental dress with loose hanging sleeves 
and very baggy trousers : originally known in 
the eastern countries of Europe. Uhlans were 
armed with a curved simitar besides the lance. Under 
Marshal Saxe, a corps of uhlans was temporarily estab- 
lished in the French army. At the present time the name 
is given to light cavalry aimed with the lance ; the Prus- 
sian uhlans are especially renowned. 
Uigurian (wi-go'ri-an), a. Of or pertaining to 
a tribe of the Turkish race called Uigurs. Encyc. 
Brit., XVI. 750. 
uintahite (u-in'ta-hit), i. [< Vintan (see def.) 
+ -i'te 2 .] A native hydrocarbon resembling 
asphaltum, found in considerable deposits in 
the Uintah Mountains in Utah. It is black, lus- 
trous, breaks with a conchoidal fracture, fuses in a candle- 
flame, and burns, giving a bright flame, like sealing-wax. 
It has also been called yUsonite. 
Uintatheriidae (u-in''ta-the-ri'i-de), n.pl. [NL., 
< Uintatherium + -i<?.] A family of fossil pe- 
rissodaetyl mammals of huge size, from the low- 
er Tertiary formations of the western United 
States, representing an order Dinocerata, wide- 
ly distinct from any of the existing perissodac- 
tyls : named from the genus Vintatherium. See 
cut under Dinoceras. 
Uintatherium (u-in-ta-the'ri-um), n. [NL. 
(Leidy, 1872), < DfettoA (the Uintah Mountains 
in Utah) + Gr. %/ov, a wild beast.] 1. The 
typical genus of Vintatheriidee, originally based 
on fragmentary material, and now believed to 
be synonymous with Dinoceras of same osten- 
sible date. 2. [I.e.'] An animal of this genus. 
UJi (o'ji), n. [< Jap. uji, maggot.] A disease of 
the silkworm of commerce, occurring in Japan, 
due to the attacks of a tachinid fly, Cjimyia (or 
I.<sl-:<i) scricaritt. See Fjimyia. 
uji-fly (o'ji-fli), n. A dipterous insect of the 
tachinid genus Ujimyia (or Leskia), U. seri- 
caria, whose larva is the silkworm-parasite of 
Japan. 
Ujimyia (u-ji-mi'i-a), . [NL. (Rondani, 1870, 
as Ugiinyia), < Jap. uji, maggot, + Gr. uvla, fly.] 
A genus of tachinid flies, perhaps synony- 
mous with Les- 
kia. erected for 
the nji-fly of 
Japan, V. seri- 
mrin. This fly is 
said by Sasaki to 
possess the abnor- 
mal habit of depos- 
iting its eggs upon 
the mulberry-leaf, 
Which is then eaten Uji-Hy (.Ujimyia stricaria}, natural size. 
