ulna 
ulna (ul'na), it.; pi. ulna (-ne). [NL.,< L. ulna 
= Gr. u'Aivti, elbow: see elO-.~] 1. The inner 
one of the two bones of the forearm, between 
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scars are concentrically arranged, which become more or ultima (ul'ti-ma), . and n. [L., fern, of ulti- 
.. .- Jj_l , i ,i i ,1 a\,aia IUTV UW1I LIIU UUJCVili Ut IlIUUll Uir?U HOOHM I ill Illlli;: 1< )-M I 
the elbow and the wrist, the other being the botanists; hut the most generally received opinion is that 
radius; the bone which makes a strict hinge- " " 
joint at the elbow with the humerus, and about 
which the radius revolves in pronation and 
less obscure, or are entirely obliterated, with the growth 
of the plant. The nature and function of these peculiar 
scars have been the object of much discussion among fossil 
botanists; but the most generally received opinion is that 
they were the points of attachment of masses of inflores- 
cence, which consisted of sessile cones formed of imbri- 
cated scales in a manner similar to a fir-cone. Uiodendron 
max, superl. of niter, that is beyond or on the 
other side: see ultimate,'] I. . Most remote; 
furthest; final; last Ultima ratio, the last reason 
or argument. Ultima ratio regum, the last reason of 
kings; resort to arms or war. Ultima Thule. SeelTAu/e. 
II. . In (/ram., the hist syllable of a word. 
wiin me raums revolves m pronauon ana is a witlelv distributed irenns in Eurone ami Ampri ami *j r- i 
supination, when the ulna reaches to the wrist ve?y chlracteristk oi ' U,e lower Son of tl'e Carbon",! ultimata, n. / Latin plural of ultimatum. 
and these movements are practicable. The ulna erous series. 
is commonly the smaller one of the two bones, especially Ulonatat (u-lo-na'ta), n. pi. 
below, where its end is little more than a pivot for rota- 
tion of the wrist, the hand being almost entirely borne 
upon the end of the radius. In many animals the ulna is 
reduced by shortening, and in some it appears merely as 
a process of the radius, ankylosed upon the proximal end 
of the latter, as in bats, and in hoofed quadrupeds gen- 
erally. In man, in animals generally which use their fore 
paws as hands, and in birds it is perfect, and extends 
[NL. (Fabricius, 
1793): formation uncertain ; perhaps < Gr. aihuv, 
a hollow, a narrow space.] A group of man- 
dibulate insects, in the system of Fabricius, 
composed of the genera. Acrytlium, Gryllus, Trux- 
ulis, Forficula, Blatta, Mantis, Acheta, and Lo- 
custa : an obsolete synonym of Ortltoptera. 
the whole length of the forearm. Its proximal end has~a Ulophocinae (u"lo-fo-si'ne), . pi. [NL., < Gr. 
large sigmoid cavity for articulation with the humerus, oi/lof, woolly, + ipuiir/, a seal, + -inee."\ A sec- 
^.S.S'^^tt^^o?!^^^ ti0 ",: P [.OtariU* containing the true fur-seals, 
ulna, forming the greatest convexity of the back of the as distinguished irom the Tnchojtltoctnie or 
elbow. See cuts under carpus, Catarrhina, Elephantine hair-seals of the same family. Also Oulopho- 
cime. See cut under fur-seal. 
forearm, pinion, Plesiosaurus, and shoulder. 
i or marginal vein of ulophocine (u'lo-fo-sin), a. Of or pertaining to 
. Holiday. 3. A unit the Ulnphocitue'. 
of length; acubit; anell. 4. Inc7<tfi.,thehy- ulorrhagia (u-lo-ra'ji-a), n. Same as oulor- 
percoracoid. Owen Oblique line (or ridge) of the rhanu. 
ultimate (ul'ti-mat), . [= Sp. Pg. ultimado, 
< ML. ultimatus, furthest, last, pp. of L. ulti- 
mare, come to an end, < vltimus, last, final, su- 
perl. of niter, that is on the other side: see ul- 
tra-.] 1. Furthest; most remote in place. 
Looking over the ultimate sea. 
Bret Uarte, The Two Ships. 
2. Last; the last of a series of three or more 
members, especially of a series in which an in- 
quiry is traced from one member to another: as, 
the ultimate signification of a phrase; an ulti- 
mate principle ; an ultimate fact. Ultimate applies 
to the last of a series of events in time, as well as to other 
series. In special cases it is synonymous with final, except 
ulna. See oblique. Tubercle of the ulna. Sets tubercle. TJlothri-x- (u ' lo - thrikq^ n TNT fTriitirintr 
ulnad (ul'nad) adv. [< ulna + -*.] Toward ?$$. &, ^ife, >1 ft+VS*- S^ 
l "?T, H,l UlM; tOWard the Ul - ?--. 9f confervoid & typ'ica'l V the orir 
Vlotrichaceie. 
Ulotrichacese (u"lo-tri-ka'se-e), n.pl. [NL., < 
Ulothrix (-trich-) + -aceee."\ ' A small order of 
confervoid algse, typified by the genus Ulothrix. 
They are aquatic or terrestrial green or yellowish-green 
plants, each composed of an unbranched filament of short 
nar aspect of the forearm, 
ulnaget (ul'naj), . Same as alnage. 
ulnagert (ul'naj-er), . Same as alnager. 
ulnar (ul'nar), a. [< NL. ulnaris, < L. ulna, 
ulna: see ulna.] 1. Of or pertaining to the 
ulna. 2. Of or pertaining to that side of the 
fore limb upon which the ulna is situated : as, 
the ulnar border of the forearm ; the ulnar bone 
of the wrist (see ulnarc) : opposed to radial. 
Anterior ulnar vein. See vein. Common ulnar vein. 
See vein. Ulnar artery, the larger of the two vessels re- Ulotrichi (u-lot'ri-ki), n. pi. [NL., pi. of ulot- 
of the hand! where'iTfonns' the superficial palmar arc marv groups into which the races of men are di- 
Besides numerous muscular branches, it gives off the an- vided by Bory de Saint- Vincent, the other being 
the Liotrichi. The Ulotrichi are those with crisp or 
woolly hair. The color of the skin varies from yellow- 
brown to the blackest known ; the hair and eyes are nor- 
mally dark ; the skull is dolichocephalic, with a few ex- 
ceptions among the Andaman islanders. The negroes and 
Bushmen of ultra-Saharic Africa and the Negritos are 
and so emphasizes ultimate. But more frequently the se- 
ries to which ultimate refers is a regressive one, so that it 
is quite opposed to final. Thus, ultimate cause means the 
original cause beyond which no causation can be traced ; 
but final cause is the end toward which action is directed. 
Worst is my port, 
My harbour, and my ultimate repose. 
Milton, P. R., Hi. 210. 
What are we? and whence came we? What shall be 
Our ultimate existence? 'Byron, Don Juan, vi. 63. 
Those ultimate truths and those universal laws of 
thought which we cannot rationally contradict. Coleridge. 
[Science! is teaching the world that the ultimate court 
cells that are usually broader than they are long. of appeal is observation and experiment, and not author- 
ulotrichan (u-lot'ri-kan), n. and a. [< Ulotri- "y- Huxley, Lay Sermons, p. 118. 
I. n. A member of the Ulotrichi. 
Ulotrichous. 
rent), the interosseous, and the anterior and posterior ulnar 
carpals. Ulnar carpal arteries, two small branches, 
the anterior and the posterior, given off from the ulnar 
artery at the wrist to the anterior and posterior surfaces. 
Ulnar nerve, a large branch of the brachial plexus, from 
the inner cord, distributed to the elbow-joint, ulnocarpal 
members of this group. 
naris, or dorsal cutaneous branch, to the skin of the wrist 
and hand, the palmaris superflcialis to the palmaris brevis 
. [< NL. ulotrichus, 
^ (jr - ovAo f> woolly, + Opi$ (TP<X-), hair.] Having 
crisp woolly hair ; belonging to the Ulotrichi. 
of 
A bone of the wrist, that one of the proximal 
carpal bones which is upon the ulnar side, in 
man the cuneiform: opposed to radiale. See 
cuts under Artiodaetyla, carpus, hand, Perisso- 
dactyla, and Plesiosaunis.2. In ornitli., that 
one of the two free carpal bones which is upon 
the ulnar side (the other being the radiale), not 
necessarily with the implication that it is the 
cuneiform of a mammal. See cut under pinion. 
ulnocarpal (ul-no-kar'pal), a. Common to the 
ulna and the carpus : asj an ulnocarpal articu- 
lation. 
ulnometacarpal (ul-no-met-a-kar'pal), a. Of 
or pertaining to the ulna and the metacarpus : 
specifying certain muscles of a bird's wing. 
Also ulnimetacarpal. 
of frieze cloth in Ulster. The peculiarity of the coat 
is that it is cut almost straight for both sexes, reaching very 
nearly to the feet, and is sometimes girded with a belt ; it 
often has a hood or cape. 
Over my shoulders was a drenched Leopard skin be- 
neath which could be seen my travel-stained, much-worn 
'- overcoat, O'Donovan, Jlerv, xvi. 
Any great building seems to me, while I look at it, the 
ultimate expression. //. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 79. 
There is no doubt a real difficulty here ; and the short- 
est way of dealing with it would be to confess it insoluble 
and ultimate. W. James, Mind, XII. 27. 
3. In entom., specifically noting a stage of the 
second larva, after the third molt, of those in- 
sects which undergo hypermetamorphosis, as 
the blister-beetles (Mefoidse). It succeeds the 
scarabeeidoid stage, and is followed by the co- 
arctate larvaPrime and ultimate ratios. See 
ratio. Ultimate abstraction, the consideration of any- 
thing in BO far as it is described in its definition, without 
reference to any other circumstance. Ultimate analy- 
sis, In chem., the resolution of a substance into its abso- 
lute elements : opposed to proximate analysis, or the reso- 
lution of a substance into its constituent compounds. 
Ultimate cause, a primary cause. 
Mr. Adams had a great mind, quick, comprehensive, 
analytical, not easily satisfied save with ultimate causes. 
Theo. Parker, Historic Americans, John Adams, vi. 
Ultimate element, an indecomposable element. Ulti- 
mate end, an end to which no other is ulterior. Ulti- 
mate fact, a fact not capable of being explained, ren- 
dered intelligible, or in any way subjected to reason ; a 
brute fact. Ultimate principle, a first principle. 
Ultimate significate, in nominalittic logic, an individual 
.^ 
lorm of tenant-right (in 
' Ltster < e " a " t-nght custom) established by 
eui ltm in the province of Ulster in Ireland, 
and ^cognized by the statutes of 1870 (33 and 
34 Viet., c. 46) and 1881 (44 and 45 Viet., c. 49) 
It is regarded as including the right of a yearly tenant to 
continue his occupancy so long as the rent, or a fair rent 
adjusted in view of the value of the land exclusive of 
buildings, is paid, to dispose of his tenancy to a suitable 
successor, and to require compensation if the landlord 
between which and the individuals there is no lower spe- 
cies; a lowest species. =Syn. 2. Eventual, Conclusive, etc. 
arises from the ulna and is 
into a metacarpal bone. Two such 
are distinguished as ulnometacarpalis 
(ul'ti-mat), v. i.; pret. and pp. ulti- 
mated, ppr. ultimating. [< ML. ultimatum, pp. of 
L. ultimare, come to an end, be at the last: see 
ultimate, a.] To result finally; end. [Rare.] 
Believing that they [the socialistic tendencies of our 
time] must ultimate, if successful, in an increase of ego- 
ism and restriction of individual liberty. 
Pop. Sci. Mo., XXXI. 664. 
ultimately (ul'ti-mat-li), adv. As an ultimate 
or final result ; at last ; in the end or outcome ; 
Uiodendron 
, TNT < r 
' 
, _ ,, ... state or 
character of being ultimate ; a final or defini- 
tive condition. 
To have in it a certain completeness, ultimateness, and 
Ult. An abbreviation of ultimo. The Ce f Uur y- XXVIII. 63C. 
Ulterior (ul-te'ri-or), a. and n. ' [= F. ulUrieur ultimationt (ul-ti-ma'shon), . [= It. ultimii- 
= Sp. Pg. ulterior = It. ulteriore, < L. ulterior zimle .! a.s ultimate + -ion.'] A last offer or cou- 
1 ""-r, that is beyond. Cf. ultra-} cession; an ultimatum. 
or situated beyond or on the Il0rd Bolingbroke was likewise authorized to know the 
in v line m- VinnnrlQ,.,, _ o -v* real ultimation of France. 
i>wift, Hist. Four last Years of Queen Anne. (Latham.) 
future or in the backgTOundT'be'yon'd'what ultimatum (ul-ti-ma'tum),.; pi. ultimatums or 
is seen or avowed; remote: as, what iiliertnr uwmata (-tumz, -ta). [= F. ultimatum. < NL. 
measures will be adopted is uncertain. 
The ulterior accomplishment of that part of it [Scrip- 
""'<* Boyle, Works, II. 130. 
healed), 
plants, closely allied to Lepidodendron^a,iiA'l>y 
some authors considered as belonging to or bp ;%- 
^SsS^SSS^ f^^^SiS^JS^tSSfefSf^Vt 
paratively smaU, and do not vary mucMn dimensions not 1S 8een Or a wed; remote: as, what ulterior ' 
being much larger upon trunks of great size than upon I *- - ci -^ * - 
H5fcS"ftJ??Jff. rhomboidal in shaped 
When a thing has served an end to the uttermost, it is 
wholly new for an ulterior service. Emenon, Nature, v. 
concave disk-like depressions, of large size, round or oval 
in shape, and increasing in dimensions with the growth of 
the plant from below upward. These large scars, or disks 
8 they are sometimes called, are arranged in vertical rows >- - 
mating on each side of the stem, and are marked in the Ulteriorly (ul-te'ri-or-li), adv. 
>r by a small mammilla, around which scales or leaf- manner ; more distantly rem 
II. n. The further side; the remote part. 
Coleridf/e. [Rare.] 
In an ulterior 
remote! v. 
ultimatum, a final statement, neut. of ML. nlti- 
matus, final, ultimate : see ultimate, a.] A final 
proposal or statement of conditions; especially, 
in diplomatic negotiations, the final terms of 
one of the parties, the rejection of which may 
involve an immediate rupture of diplomatic re- 
lations and even lead to a declaration of war. 
He delivered to the mediators an ultimatum, importing 
that he adhered to the treaties of Westphalia and Nime- 
8 ue "- SnuMett, Hist. Bug., i. 5. 
