usurpress 
USUrpresst (u-ziVprrs), . [X .<r/r + -e**.] utensil (u-ti-nVil. formerly ulso u'tcn-sil), . 
A tVnmle usurper. //<><//, Vocull Forrest, p. 19. 
- / , .. t v - 
, 0,1 -ir / ii / l,*i_,ii A i 
Usury (ii'/luj-ri), ii. [Karly mod. K. also um /// , 
< MK. iisurii , ii.tnri/i; < OF. -iixitrii; a, collateral 
form of <)!'. K.MI/V. interest, usury: see iisitr<:\ 
1. Originally, any preiniiim puid, or stipulated 
to be paid, for the use ol' money; interest. [Ob- 
solete or archaic.) 
Thou oughtcst therefore to have put my money to the 
rxi-haimcrs, and then, at my coming, I should have re- 
ceived mine own with umry. Mat. xxv. 27. 
[Kurly mod. K. nil ii.ti/i ; MK. n/i-nxi/1; <()!'.. 
.till-, !'. iixli-ii.-ii/i 'with .v erroneously inserted in 
imitation of < iF. n-l'l. n-iil. F. until, implement 
( ,ee h IK Hi III! Ill), or HX, Use I Sp. nti-it.iillii = Pg. 
iitriixiliit = It. utfiixili'td L. iili-iixili; usually in 
pi. iitrnxilin. a tiling,' tit for use, u utensil, neut. 
of uten.tili.-i, tit for use, useful, < uti, use: see 
ute 1 . Cf. utile.] An instrument or implement : 
as, utensils of war; now, more espeeiiilly. an in- 
strument or vessel in common use in a kitchen, 
2. An excessive or inordinate premium paid, or dairy, or the like, as distinguished from agri 
st ipuliiteil to be paid, for the use of money bor- 
rowed; uny such premium in excess of the rate 
established or permitted by law, which varies 
locally. 
I Bend you herwith the pylyon (or the male, and \. (or 
thi' liyer, whyche la utery, I tak God to rekord. 
cultural iiupli'iiiriii.i and mechanical tools. 
The Crucifixes and other I'lenMt were dUpos'd in order 
(or beginning the procesaion. 
Maundrelt, Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 72. 
I earnestly in treat you to get the utensil* tor observing 
the Quantities of Rain which fall at York, which will be 
an experiment exceedingly acceptable to every curious 
person. W. Dcrham, in Ellis's Lit Letters, p. S16. 
SjTO. Implement, Initmment, etc. See tool. 
Potion Lettert, III. 1 in. 
3. The practice of lending money at interest, or 
of taking interest for money lent; specifically, 
and now almost exclusively, the practice of Uteri,". 
taking exorbitant or excessive interest; the uterine (u'te-mi), o. [= F. <m = bp. Pg. 
taking of extortionate interest from the needy 
or extravagant. 
Their (the Jews'] only studies are Divinity and Physlck : 
their occupations, brokage and luurj/. 
Sandyi, Travallea (1652), p. 115. 
The root of the condemnation of utury was simply an 
error In political economy. Leclry, European Morals, 1. 94. 
usus (u'sus), it. [L.] Use; specifically, in 
Horn, law, the right to enjoy the use, fruits, and 
products of a thing personally, without trans- 
ferring them to others. It usually implied actual 
possession that is, the right to detain the thi UK ; but 
the legal possession was in the owner who held subject to 
usus. More specifically, usus was the lower form of civil 
marriage, in which the wife was regarded as coming Into 
the possession or under the hand of the husband, as if a 
daughter. Usus loquendi, usage In speaking; the es- 
tablished usage of a certain language or class of speakers. 
U. S. V. An abbreviation of United States Vol- 
unteers. 
usward (us'ward), adv. [< ux + -ward.] To- 
ward us. [Bare.] 
It. uterino, ? LL. utrrinus, born of the same 
mother, lit. of the (same) womb, < L. iiti-rux, 
womb: see uterus.] 1. Of or pertaining to 
the uterus or womb: as, uterine complaints. 
2. Born of the same mother, but by a different 
father. 
He [Francis Bacon) had a uterine brother, Anthony 
Bacon, who was a very great statesman, and much beyond 
his brother Francis (or the Politlquet. 
Aubrey, Lives (Francis R,. on). 
Uterine artery, a branch of the anterior division of the 
internal iliac artery, very tortuous in its course along the 
side of the uterus between the layers of the broad liga- 
inent, giving off numerous branches, which ramify on the 
anterior and posterior surfaces and In the substance of 
the uterus. Uterine cake. See platenta, l(o). Ute- 
rine gestation, plexus, sinus. See the nouns. Ute- 
rine sac, in ascmlans, the shortened and widened ovi- 
duct, containing the ovarian follicle and ovum. Its ovldu- 
cal part is applied to the wnll of the ovlcyst, or Incubatory 
pouch, while the other or inner half contains the ovum. 
Uterine souffle. Same as placenta! laitffle (which see, un- 
der pitueiital). Uterine tubes, tympanites, vellum. 
See the nouns. 
ut (St), n. "[See 'gamut.} In solmization, the uterocopulatory (u'te-ro-kop'u-la-to-ri), a 
syllable once generally used for the first tone Vaginal or copulatory, as certain sexual pas 
or key-note or the scale. It is now commonly 
superseded, except in France, by do. See sol- 
mization and do 4 . 
Uta (u'tft), 7i. [NL. (Baird and Girard, 1852), 
< Utah, one of the Territories of the United 
States.] A genus of very small American liz- 
sages of hermaphrodite gastropods : correlated 
with utcTodeferent. 
uterodeferent (u'te-ro-def'er-ent), a. Oviducal 
or deferent, as certain sexual passages of her- 
maphrodite gastropods: correlated with utero- 
copulatory. 
ards of the family Iguanidte, nearly related both u terogest'ation (u'te-ro-ies-ta'shon), 11. [< L. 
i 11 III tilt 1-/1/1/- l/f II nil t f\ ,W/'/'//H /)!'. Tli,.i . i -, i , . auiracnl .. _"*j _!_/ \ _ L_ J.I T *">,.,. 
to Holbrookw and to Sceloponu. There are several 
Uta tltgans. 
species, as IS. elegans, U. stansbtiriana, U. ornata, etc., 
inhabiting western regions of the United States, as from 
Utah southward. 
Utamania (u-ta-ma'ni-ii), n. [NL. (Leach, 
1816), also Utuinania.] A genus of Alcidse, 
whose type is the razor-billed auk, Alca or Uta- 
manitt torda, chiefly differing from Alca proper 
in having the wings sufficiently developed for 
flight. See cut under razorbill. 
utast, Utist (u'tas, u'tis), 7i. [Also utass, ntast ; 
< ME. uta,?, < OF. utes, utas, utus, utaves, oitieves, 
oitauvex, octaves, F. octaves, the octave of a fes- 
tival, pi. of octave, octave, = Sp. Pg. oetam = It. 
ottava, an octave; < L. octavo* (dies): see octave.] 
1. The octave of a festival, a legal term, or other 
particular occasion that is, the space of eight- 
days after it, or the last day of that space of 
time : as, the uta# of Saint Hilary. 
Quod Oawein, . . . "let vs sette the dayof spousalle;" 
and than toke the! day to-geder the vtas after, and com 
thus spekyuge in to the halle. 
Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), ill. 449. 
Utas of a feest, octaves. Palis/rave. 
Hence 2. Bustle; stir; unrestrained jollity 
or festivity, as during the octave of a festival. 
By the mass, here will tie old Utit; it will be an excel- 
lent stratagem. Shak. , 2 Hen. IV. . i i . i ". 
Ute (ut), 71. [Native name.] A member of a 
tribe of American Indians who belong to the 
Shoshoue family, and dwell in Utah, Colorado, 
and neighboring regions. 
teruH, uterus, T gestaiio(n-), gestation.] Ges- 
tation in the womb from conception to birth. 
uteromania (u'te-ro-ma'ni-S), n. Nymphoma- 
nia. 
Uterus (u'te-rus), n. ; pi. uteri (-ri). [= F. uterus 
= Sp. utefo = Pg. It. utero, < L. uterus, also 
uter and uterurn, the womb, belly ; cf . Gr. vorlpa, 
the womb: see hysteria.] 1. The womb; that 
part of the female sexual passage to which a ripe 
ovum is conveyed from the ovary, and in which 
it is detained in gestation until the fetus is ma- 
tured and expelled in parturition. It is a section of 
an oviduct, orifrinally a Milllerian duct, enlarged, thick- 
ened, united with its fellow of the opposite side, or other- 
wise modified, to serve as u resting-place for the ovum 
while this is developed to or toward maturity as an embryo 
or a fetus, whence it U then discharged through a cloaca or 
a vagina. The uterut is single in most Mmwdtlphui, and 
double In Didelphia and Ornilhudelphia. When united, 
Diagrammatic Section of Gravid Uterus of Human Female, showing 
disposition of the fetus and fetal appendages. 
M, uterus : f, its neck or cervix ; /, Fallopian tube ; <Jn, decidua 
uterina ; tts, decidua strotina ; dr, decidua reflexa, that part of the 
decidua uterina which is reflected over the ovum and consequently 
envelops the chorion ; eft, chorion, or outermost fetal envelop proper 
(originally the cell-wall of the ovum), lined by am, the amnkm, or in- 
nermost fetal envelop, in the cavity of which the fetus floats in the 
liquor aiiutii ; *, the already shrunken umbilical vesicle lyin*; be- 
ween the amnion and the chorion : at, allantois, forming the navel- 
, , 
. mbilical cord, and the fetal part of the placenta; . I, 
horionic villi, most of hii 
string. 
, 
ta : M. os tinea-, or mouth of the womb. 
. , 
ii h enter into the formation of the placet- 
Utetheisa 
hut incompletely, It < .HI-IM in, > .1 ni. i n '" <: nin, or two- 
horned vtomh. In Mid* th< n >MM- '' > uj i - iv M t that 
terminal part of UK oviduct hfn- th. - - -- >- di mi.. <l t" 
receive lu shell. Tin- HMH pregnanl human uterus is a 
pear-sha|Mrd organ aix-ut :i inrhe^ lou^, uitti i i't< !. H;it 
trued part above (the hody), and a II:UTK, i 
part below (the cervix). Within Is a cavity which uusts 
out Into the Kalloplan tube on each side above, and Ixl. ,w 
o|M-n i nto t he vagina. The cavity narrows as It puses Into 
'Ii . rvlx at the internal us, and continues downward as 
the cervical canal, to terminate at the external us uteri or 
os Illicit!. The uterus Is supported 1.) th- i ..I livani.nt, 
a transverse fold of perltomu m hi. h i mi.i.n > s it n each 
ulilc, and by accessory llgaiurnU. stn-h as tin' r. u i ' 
uterine, snd recto-uterine ligaments. It consists of a se- 
rous or peritonea! coat, a middle coat of smooth muscular 
nbers, forming most of Its thickness, and an epithelial 
lining. See also cut under peritoneum. 
2. In invertebrates, as rermes, a special 
tion of the oviduct, or sundry appenda^i 
the oviduct, which subserve a uterine fun.-- 
tion. llegenbaur, C'omp. Auat. (trans.), p. l-'J. 
See cuts under (/enuarium, Kh<ibil<ira>tti, ('cstoi- 
(tea,u.wl.\iiiiiitt>nl"i. 3. In l''uf/i. See peridi- 
n m Anteflectlon of the uterus. 8e anlefeetim 
Anteverslon of the uterus. ee antererrioti. Artor- 
Vlt88 Of the Uterus, pinnate folds of Hi,- i -i.n-, IMI M, 
brane of the cervix uteri. Bind uterus, a uterus hav- 
ing two IH .dies Instead of one: same as ulerut liieuinii. 
Bllocular uterus. 8ee utenu bUocvlaru.-*o4y of the 
uterus. Same as cvrpiu uteri (which see, under eorjmt). 
Cervix uteri SeecwnVr. Corpus uteri. Seecvrput. 
Delectus uteri, coini-lfU- COUKI niial absence of the 
uterus. Double-mouthed uterus. Same as uiem (.i- 
fora. Double uterus, uterus duplex. Same as utervi 
Jidelphyi.Tun&ua of the uterus, fundua uteri. See 
funjut. Qravld uterus, thi numb dnrinf pregnancy, 
containing the product of conception. Heart-shaped 
Uterus, uterus cordlformls, an Imperfect uterus lilcor- 
ills, the fundus being slightly depressed In the middle, so as 
to give the organ a heart-shaped appearance. Hernia 
of the uterus, a very rare condition in which the womb 
Is forced through the middle Hue of the abdi.minal wall 
or through the Inguinal or femoral ring ; hysterocele. 
Hour-glass contraction of the uterus, a circular con- 
traction of the internal os, occurring in rare instances 
immediately after childbirth, thus dividing the womb 
into two cavities, In the upper of which the placenta may 
be retained. Inertia of the Uterus, weak and ineffec- 
tive contractions of the uterus during childbirth. In- 
fantile Uterus, an undeveloped uterus. In utero. In 
the womb. Inversion of the uterus, an accident that 
sometimes, though rarely, occurs after delivery, in which 
the flabby uterus turns inside out. Involution Of the 
uterus, the process of restoration of the uterus to Its 
original sire after childbirth. This occurs through falty 
degeneration of the hypertrophled uterine muscle. Isth- 
mus Of the Uterus, a slight circular depression on the 
external surface of the womb, corresponding to the loca- 
tion of the internal os Neck of the uterus. 3ame as 
eerru; u(r (which see, under cernx). One-horned ute- 
rus. Name as uterus umconiu. OB Uteri, the mouth 
of the womb. Os uteri externum, the external os or 
mouth of the womb, forming the opening Into the vagina. 
OS Uteri internum, the internal os, at the junction of 
the cervix with the coriius of the womb. Pregnant 
Uterus. Same as itrarid utervn. Frocidentia Of the 
uterus, an exaggerated condition of prolapse, in which 
the organ passes through the vulvar orifice. Prolapse 
Of the uterus, a descent of the womb from its proper 
position, owing to relaxation of the parts normally sus- 
taining it. Puerperal uterus, the uterus after child- 
birth and before the completion of involution. Retrac- 
tores uteri. See retractor. Ret reflection of the 
uterus. See ref rn/ket ton. Eetroversion of the ute- 
rus. .See retroceninn. Rupture Of the Uterus, (a) 
A U'ar in the wall of the womb, taking: place during labor 
when there is an impediment to the descent of the child : 
a rare and usually fatal accident. (6) Same as heruia oj 
the uterut. Septate uterus. Same as u/ert< IMocv- 
larii. Sublnvolutlon of the uterus, delayed or incom- 
plete Involution of the uterus.- Two-chambered ute- 
rus. Same as ute run bilomlarit. Two-horned uterus. 
Same as uterut bitornu. Uterus blcornis, a two-honied 
womb, resulting from incomplete union of richt snd left 
oviducts. It is normal in various animals, abnormal in 
woman. Uterus biforis, a septate uterns in which the 
septum exists only at the external os, the cavity above 
being single. Uterus bilocularis, a uterus the cavity 
of which la divided Into two by a septum. It U distin- 
guished from uterus bicornls by there being no traces of 
a division on the surface of the organ. Uterus cordl- 
formls. See fieart-ihaped uterut. Uterus didelphys, 
or uterus dladelphys, a condition in which two separate 
organs, distinct in all their parts, exist. Also double ute- 
rut. Uterus masculinus. Ssme as prvgtatic reticle 
(which see, under pruitatic]. Also called frtcuiw maieu- 
linul, utricului hominit, utrirulu* urethrx, taflina mat- 
i-iilinn, rinu*pro*taticus t i/iu pvcvlans, and vtiricula 
prottatica. Uterus unicornis, a defective utenis re- 
sulting from absence or arrested development of one M ul - 
Icrian duct, in consequence of which but one lateral half 
of the uterus has been formed. 
Utetheisa (u-te-thi'sft), . [NL. (Httbner, 
1816).] A ge- 
nus of bom- 
bycid moths, 
of the fam- 
ily Lithosi- 
idte, contain- 
ing a few 
beautifully 
colored spe- 
cies Of mod- '"utttluisa Mlm. 
erate size, 
having the antenna; simple in both sexes. The 
genus Is represented In all quarters of the globe, I', jnd. 
