utterer 
(i) One who puts into circulation : as, an utterer of base 
coin, (c) One who pronounces, speaks, discloses, or pub- 
lishes. 
Things are m;ide credible, either by the known condi- 
tion and quality of the utterer, or by the manifest likeli- 
hood of truth which they have in themselves. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, ii. 4. 
utterestt (ut'er-est), a. superl. [< ME. uttereste 
(= OFries. utersta = OHG. iizarosto, G. dus- 
serst), superl. of AS. ut, etc., out: see out, and 
cf. utter, and outerest, of which utterest is a 
doublet.] Outermost; extremest; utmost. 
The utteregte hark [of trees] is put ayenis destemperaunce 
of the hevene. Chaucer, Boethius, iii. prose 11. 
uttering (ut'er-ing), . [< ME. vttring (= G. 
iiusseruiKj = Sw. Dan. yttring) ; verbal n. of 
utter, t'.] 1. Publishing; circulation. 
I was minded for a while to have intermitted the utter- 
ing of my writings. 
Spenser, Works, App. ii., Letter to G. H. 
2. Utterance. 
Utterless (ut'er-les), a. [< utter + -less.'] That 
cannot be uttered or expressed in words; un- 
utterable; inexpressible. [Bare.] 
He means to load 
His tongue with the full weight of Utterless thought. 
Keats. 
utterly (ut'er-li), adv. [< ME. utterly, utrely, 
utterli, utterlicke, utterlike (= MLG. uterlik = 
MHG. uzerlich, G. dusserlich) ; < utter + -ly%. 
Cf. onterly, of which utterly is a doublet.] In 
an utter manner ; to the full ex tent; fully; per- 
fectly; totally; altogether. 
Yet most ye knowe a thynge that is be hynd, 
Touchyng the queue, whiche is to yow vukynd 
And vtteriy ontrew in euery thyng. 
Generi/des(E. E. T. S.), 1. 120. 
Seudyth me utterly word, for I wolle not melle of it ellys 
thus avysed. Paston Letters, I. 155. 
Hay all the wrongs that you have done to me 
Be utterly forgotten in my death. 
Beau, and Fl., Maid's Tragedy, il. 1. 
Uttermoret (ut'er-mor), . [< utter + -more.'] 
Outer; further; utter. 
And cast yee out the vnprofltable seruauut, and send 
yee hym in to vtterinore derknessis. Wyclif, Mat. xxv. 30. 
uttermost (ut'er-most), a. and . [< ME. vt- 
termest, uttermaste, uttirmest, < utter + double 
superl. suffix -m-est: see utter and -most, and 
cf. utmost.'] I. a. superl. Extreme; being in 
the furthest, greatest, or highest degree; ut- 
most. 
The vttiremeste ende of all the kynne. 
York Plays, p. 886. 
It [Rome] should be extended to the uttermost confines 
of the habitable world. Coryat, Crudities, I. 147. 
His accounts lie all ready, correct in black-ou-white, to 
the uttermost farthing. Carlyle, French Rev., III. ii. 8. 
II. n. The extreme limit; the utmost; the 
highest, greatest, or furthest ; the utmost power 
or extent. 
In the powers and faculties of our souls God requireth 
the uttermost which our unfeigned affection towards him 
is able to yield. Huolrer, Eccles. Polity, v. 6. 
He is able also to save them to the utlertnoxt that come 
unto God by him. Heb. vii. 25. 
utterness (ut'er-nes), n. The character of be- 
ing utter or extreme ; extremity. 
Uttrent, v. t. A Middle English variant of utter. 
Chaucer. 
U-tube (u'tub), M. A glass tube in the shape 
of the letter U, employed in the laboratory 
chiefly for washing or desiccating gases. 
utum (u'tum), . [Cingalese name.] A small 
brown owl, Eetupa ceylonensis. 
utwitht, adv. and prep. A Middle English form 
of outwith. 
uva (u'va), w. [NL., < L. uva, a grape, also a 
cluster of grapes, a bunch, also the soft palate, 
the uvula.] In bot., a name given to such suc- 
culent indehiscent fruits as have a central pla- 
centa. 
Uvaria (u-va'ri-a), . [NL. (Linneeus, 1737), 
so called with ref. to the berries, < L. uva, a 
grape.] A genus of plants, type of the tribe 
Urariex in the order AnonaeeiB. They are charac- 
terized by having flowers with valvate sepals, numerous 
appendaged stamens, many carpels, and many ovules ; the 
receptacle and sometimes the stamens are truncate. The 
genus includes about 44 species, natives of tropical Asia 
and Africa. They are climbing or sarmentose shrubs, with 
hairy stems and leaves, and bisexual flowers, usually op- 
posite the leaves. The corolla is frequently brown, green- 
ish, or purple, and often densely velvety. The flowers of 
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several species of India are very fragrant and somewhat 
showy, reaching in U. dulcis 2 inches and in U. purpurea 
3 inches in diameter. The aromatic roots of U. Jfarum, a 
large woody climber with shining leaves and scarlet fruit, 
are used in India as a febrifuge, and by distillation yield a 
fragrant greenish oil. Some produce an edible fruit, as U. 
Zeylanica and U. macrophijlla of India. U. Ca/ra, with 
laurel-like leaves, and fleshy berries resembling cherries, 
occurs in Natal, and two other extra-limital species are 
Australian. U. mrgata and U. laurifolia, two West In- 
dian trees known as' lancewood, once classed here, are now 
referred to the genus Oxandra ; and many other former 
American species are now assigned to Oualteria. Com- 
pare also Unona and Asimiiia. 
Uvarieae (u-va-ri'e-e). n. pi. [NL. (Bentham 
and Hooker, 1862)', < Uvaria + -ex.~\ A tribe 
of polypetalous plants, of the order Anonacex, 
characterized by flowers with flattened and 
usually spreading petals all or the inner ones 
imbricated and by densely crowded stamens 
with connective so dilated at the apex as to 
conceal the anther-cells. It includes 13 genera, all 
tropical, of which Uvaria is the type. The only other 
large genera, Gualteria and Duguetia, are American ; the 
others are principally East Indian, with 4 monotypic gen- 
era in Borneo. 
uvarovite (6-var'o-vit), n. [Named after S. S. 
Uvnrov, a Russian statesman and author (1785- 
1855).] Chrome-garnet, an emerald-green va- 
rietv of garnet containing chromium sesqui- 
oxid. Also written uwarowite, ouvarovite. 
UVate (u'vat), n. [< uva + -ate 1 .] A conserve 
made of grapes, tiimmonds. 
uva-ursi (u'va-er"si), n. See bearberry, 1. 
uvea (u've-aj, n. [NL., < L. uva, a grape, a 
cluster of grapes: see uva.] 1. The vascular 
tunic of the eye ; the iris, ciliary body, and 
choroid taken collectively. Also called tunica 
uvea and uveal tract. 2. The dark choroid coat 
of the eye. See cut under eye 1 . 
uveal (u've-al), a. [< uvea + -al.~\ Of or re- 
lating to thV'uvea. Uveal tract. Same as uvea, 1. 
We may regard the iris as the anterior termination of 
the ciliary body and choroid, the whole forming, in reality, 
one tissue, the uveal tract. Wells, Diseases of Eye, p. 144. 
UV60US (u've-us), a. [< L. uva, a grape, a 
cluster of grapes (see uva), + -e-ous."] 1. Re- 
sembling a grape or a bunch of grapes. Imp. 
Diet. 2. In anat., same as uveal. 
The uKeous coat or iris of the eye liuth a musculous 
power, and can dilate and contract that round hole in it 
called the pupil or sight of the eye. 
Ray, Works of Creation, ii. 
UVTOU, n. See uphroe. 
uvula (u'vu-la), n. [NL., dim. of L. uva, the 
uvula, a particular use of uva, a grape, a cluster 
of grapes: see o.] 1. A small free conical 
body, projecting downward and backward from 
the middle of the pendulous margin of the soft 
palate, composed of the uvular muscles covered 
by mucous membrane. See cuts under tonsil 
and mouth. 2. A prominent section of the 
inferior vermiform process of the cerebellum, 
in advance of the pyramid, between the two 
lateral lobes known as the amygdalse or ton- 
sils : so called from being likened to the uvula 
of the palate. 3. A slight projection of mu- 
cous membrane from the bladder into the cystic 
orifice of the urethra ; the uvula vesicse, luette 
vesicale, or uvula of the bladder Azygos uvulae. 
Same as musculus uvulee. Musculus uvulae, the muscle 
that forms, with its fellow, the fleshy part of the uvula. 
It arises from the posterior nasal spine. Also called uvu- 
larii. Uvula-spoon, a surgical instrument like a spoon, 
designed to be held just under the uvula, for the purpose 
of conveying any substance into the cavity behind. Vesi- 
cal uvula, the uvula vesicse. See def. 8. 
uvular (u'yu-lar), a. [< uvula + -arS.] 1. Of 
or pertaining to the uvula : as, uvular mucous 
membrane; uvular movements. 2. Made with 
the uvula : said of r when produced by vibra- 
tion of the uvula instead of by that of the 
tongue-tip, as commonly in parts of France 
and Germany and elsewhere. 
E must be regarded here as a partial assimilation of 
the i to the following uvular r. 
Amer. Jour. Philol., VIII. 285. 
Uvular muscle. Same as musculus uvula. See uvula. 
uvulares, n. Plural of uvularis. 
Uvularia (u-vu-la'ri-ii), n. [NL. (Linnsaus, 
1737); used earlier, by Brunfels, 1530, for the re- 
lated Rusi-us Hypoglossum, and by Bock, 1552, 
fora Campanula); so called from the pendulous 
flower, < NL. uvula, the soft palate : see uvula."} 
A genus of liliaceous plants, type of the tribe 
Uvulariene. They are characterized by having a slightly 
uzzle 
branched stem, and terminal pendulous flowers with erect 
and connivent or finally spreading segments. The 5 spe- 
cies are all natives of the eastern and central United States, 
2 of them southern, the others extending into Canada. 
They are delicate 
plants growing from 
a thick or creeping 
rootstock, with erect 
stems, at first wrap- 
ped below in a few 
dry sheaths, above 
bearing alternate 
sessile or perfoliate 
ovate and lanceolate 
leaves. The solitary 
or twin flowers hang 
from recurving ped- 
icels, and are fol- 
lowed by triangular- 
ovoid capsules. They 
are known as bell- 
wort, especially the 
perfoliate species, U. 
perfoliata and IT. 
grandiflora, which 
are widely distrib- 
uted. The sessile- 
leafed species, U. sex- 
xilifolia, puberulu, 
and Floridana, are 
now by some sepa- 
0%*? See rig!! fl '"* '"%&%?"' (U """" a 
under sessile, per. flow<:r 4 stajn( . n . istil . frtlit . 
fohate, and stoma, 
Uvularieae (u*vu-la-ri'e-e), n. pi. [NL. (End- 
licher, 1842), < I'vularia + -ex.] A tribe of lili- 
aceous plants, characterized by bulbless, leafy, 
herbaceous or climbing stems with alternate 
sessile or clasping leaves, extrorsely dehiscent 
anthers, and usually a loculicidal capsule, it 
includes 9 genera, of which Uvularia is the type. One 
other genus, Disporum, long known as Prosartex, occurs 
in America ; the others are natives of Asia or Australia, 
or especially of South Africa, as Gloriosa. 
UVUlaris (u-vu-la'ris), )i.;'pl. uvulares (-rez). 
[NL., < L. uvula, uvula : see uvula.] The azy- 
gous muscle of the uvula ; the azygos uvulse. 
uvularly (u'vu-lar-li), adv. With thickness of 
voice or utterance, as when the uvula is too 
long. [Rare.] 
Number Two laughed (very uvularly), and the skirmish- 
ers followed suit. Dickens, Uncommercial Traveller, iii. 
UVUlatome (u'vu-la-tom), n. [< "L.uvula, uvula, 
+ Gr. -rofiof, < rkfiveiv, raftelv, cut.] An in- 
strument for cutting off the lower part of the 
uvula. 
UWarowite, n. Same as uvarovite. 
uxorial (uk-so'ri-al), a. [< L. uxor, a wife, + 
-i-al.] 1 . Of or pertaining to a wife or married 
woman ; peculiar to or befitting a wife. 
Favorinus . . . calls this said stata forma the beauty of 
wives, the uxorial beauty. Bulwei; My Novel, iv. 
2. Same as uxorious. 
Riccabocca . . . melted into absolute uxorial imbecil- 
ity at the sight of that mute distress. 
Bulwer, My Novel, vi. 
[Rare in both uses.] 
uxoricidal (uk-so'ri-sl-dal), a. [< uxoricide 2 + 
-a/.] Of or pertaining to uxoricide ; tending to 
uxoricide. Cornhill Mag. 
uxoricide 1 (uk-so'ri-sid), . [< ii.uxor, a wife, 
+ -cida, < ceedere, kill.] One who slays his wife. 
uxoricide'' 2 (uk-po'ri-sid), n. [< L. uxor, a wife, 
+ -cidium, <cden; slay.] The killing of a wife 
by her husband. 
uxorious (uk-so'ri-us), a. [< L. uxorius, of or 
pertaining to a wife, < uxor, a wife.] Exces- 
sively or foolishly fond of a wife ; doting on a 
wife. , 
Toward his queen he was nothing uxorimu, nor scarce 
indulgent. Bacon. 
uxoriously (uk-so'ri-us-li), adv. In an uxorious 
manner ; with foolish or doting fondness for a 
wife. 
If thou art thus uxoriously inclin'd 
To bear thy bondage with a willing mind, 
Prepare thy neck. Dryden, tr. of Juvenal, vi. 292. 
uxoriousness (uk-so'ri-us-nes), . The state 
or character of being uxorious ; connubial do- 
tage ; foolish fondness for a wife. 
Uzbeg, Usbeg (uz'-, us'beg), n. [Tatar.] A 
member of a Turkish race, of mixed origin, 
resident in central Asia. 
uzzard (uz'ard), . A dialectal form of izz 
Ha/liu-ell. 
uzzle (uz'l), . A dialectal form of ouzel. 
