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umbrageousness of this tree, he comparelh to the dark and 
shadowed life of man ; through which the sun of justice 
being not able to pierce, we have all remained in the shadow 
of death, till it pleased Christ to climb the tree of the cross, 
for our enlightening and redemption. Ralegh. 
U'MBRATED, adj. \umbratus , Lat.] Shadowed. 
Bul/olcar. Not in use. But we employ adumbrate. 
UMBRA'TICAL, or Umbra'tic, adj. [ umbraiicus , 
Lat.] Shadowy; typical —By virtue of our Saviour’s 
most true and perfect sacrifice, those umbratic representa¬ 
tions, instituted of old by God, did obtain their substance, 
validity and effect. Barrow. —Within doors ; keeping at 
home.—I can see whole volumes dispatched by the um~ 
bratical doctors on all sides : but draw these forth into the 
just lists; let them appear sub dio, and they are changed 
with the place, like bodies bred in the shade ; they cannot 
suffer the sun or a shower, nor bear the open air. B. Jon- 
son. 
UMBRA'TILE, adj. [umbra tills, Lat.] Unsubstantial; 
unreal. Mr. Mason observes, that Dr. Johnson’s definition 
and accent of this word are wrong : the former is, “ being 
in the shade,” which Mr. Mason changes into “ passing 
like a shadow,” with an example from Evelyn; the latter 
is on the second syllable, which, however harsh, appears to 
have been so pronounced in our old poetry; and therefore 
Mr. Mason might have been less dogmatical as to the accent 
on the first. Todd. 
Shadows have their figure, motion. 
And their umbratil action from the real 
Posture and motion of the body’s act. B. Jonson. 
Natural hieroglyphics of our fugitive, umbratile, 
anxious, and transitory life. Evelyn. 
UMBRA'TIOUS, adj. [See the third sense of Um¬ 
brage.] Captious; suspicious; disposed to take umbrage. 
Not in use. —He [Essex] had to wrestle with a queen’s 
declining or rather with her very setting age; which, 
besides other respects, is commonly even of itself the more 
umbratious and apprehensive, as for the most part all 
horizons are charged with certain vapours towards their 
evening. Wotton. 
U'MBREL, Umbrf.'li.a, or Umbre'llo, s. [from 
umbra, Lat.] A skreen used in hot countries to keep otf 
the sun, and in others to bear off the rain.—I can carry 
your umbrella, and fan your ladyship. Dryden. 
UMBRIATICO, a considerable town of Italy, in the 
south-west of the kingdom of Naples, in Calabria Citra, 
situated near the small river Lipuda, about six miles from 
the coast of the gulf of Tarento. It is the see of a bishop, 
and is said to contain between 9000 and 10,000 inhabitants; 
35 miles east of Cosenza, and 42 north-north-west of Squil- 
lace. Lat. 39. 27. N. long. 17. 6 E. 
UMBRI'ERE, 5. [from umbrare, Lat.] The visor of 
a helmet.—See Visor. 
But the brave mayd would not disarmed be. 
But only vented up her umbriere. 
And so did let her goodly visage to appeare. Spenser. 
UMBRO'SITY, s. [umbrosus, Lat.] Shadiness; ex¬ 
clusion of light.—Oiled paper beeometh more transparent, 
and admits the visible rays with much less umbrosity. 
Brown. 
UMBYALA, a town of Hindostan, province of Gujerat, 
belonging to the British. Lat. 23. 14 N. long. 73. 6. E. 
UMDOON, a station of the caravans in the Nubian desert; 
10 miles north of Chiggre. 
UMEA, a sea-port of Sweden, in West Bothnia, the capital 
of a province of the same name. Lat. 63. 49. 46. N. long. 
20. 4. E. 
UMEA-LAEN, one of the laens or provinces of Sweden, 
according to the latest division. It comprises West Bothnia, 
and almost all Swedish Lapland, having an area of nearly 
65,000 square miles; but its population hardly exceeds 
76,000. 
UMENAK, an island on the west coast of East Green¬ 
land. Lat. 60. 35. N. long. 45. 30. W. 
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UMENAK, an island on the south-west coast of East 
Greenland. Lat. 59. 43. N. long. 43. 20. W. 
UMANZ, a small island in the Baltic, on the west side of 
the island of Rugen. Lat. 54. 30. N. long. 13. 14. E. 
UMMEDEDA, the name given to a considerable mass 
of ruins in the territory of Siwah, in Northern Africa. They 
have been generally supposed to be those of the celebrated 
shrine of Jupiter Ammon. 
UMMENDORF, a village and castle of Prussian Saxony. 
Population 800 ; 24 miles west of Magdeburg. 
UMMERAPOORA, the present capital of the Birman 
empire. This city stands on the shores of a romantic lake, 
seven miles in length, by one and a half in breadth, and at 
a short distance from the left bank of the Irrawuddy river. 
It is a fortified town, regularly laid out as an exact square. 
The city of Ummerapoora, being situated on a plain in the 
the vicinity of a ridge of hills, and nearly surrounded by 
water, is unhealthy for strangers; and many finer situations 
might have been chosen on the high banks of the Irrawuddy; 
but the Birmans prefer having their houses built over the 
water, which saves them an establishment of scavengers, and 
enables them at once to enter their boats; the only mode of 
conveyance they esteem. It is said to contain 20,000 houses, 
and, when the court resided there, to have had a population 
of 150,000. Lat. 21. 55. N. long. 96. 7. E. 
UMMESOGEIR, or Umseqir, a small village in the 
heart of the Lybian desert, on the caravan route from Egypt 
to Fezzan. It is built on a rock, and contains only about 
30 men able to bear arms; 20 miles east of Siwah. 
UMNABAD, or Aminabad, a town of Hindostan, pro¬ 
vince of Bejapoor, now belonging to the British. Lat. 18. 
51. N. long. 74. 27. E. 
UMPFENBACH, a large village of Germany, in Bavarian 
Franconia, on the Maine. 
U'MPIRAGE, s. Arbitration; friendly decision of a 
controversy.—If my umpirage may stand, I award an 
eternal silence to both parts. Bp. Hall. 
U'MPIRE, s. [from the Latin impar. To this Latin 
word umpire has indeed been long referred. “ An umpire 
—one who is chosen by two, four, or any even number of 
arbitrators (on their being equally divided on their award) 
to give his casting vote: it is a variation of impar for odd." 
Cle/and, Voc. 156.] 
Just death, kind umpire of men’s miseries, 
With sweet enlargement doth dismiss me hence. 
Shakspeare. 
To U'MPIRE, v. a. To decide as an umpire; to arbi¬ 
trate; to settle.—No king of Spain, nor bishop of Rome, 
shall umpire, nor promote, any beneficiary or feodatory 
king, as they designed to do. Bacon. 
UMRUT, a town of Hindostan, province of Arungabad, 
belonging to the British. Lat. 20. 40. N. long. 73. 18. E. 
UMSTADT, a town of Germany, in Hesse-Darmstadt, in 
the district of the Odenwald, with 2500 inhabitants; 12 
miles east of Darmstadt. Little Umstadt, in the vicinity, has 
800 inhabitants. 
UN, a Saxon privative or negative particle answering to 
in of the Latins, and a of the Greeks, on Dutch. It is placed 
almost at will before adjectives and adverbs. All the instan¬ 
ces of this kind ot composition cannot therefore be inserted. 
UNA, a settlement of Brazil, in the province of San 
Vicente, on the coast between the bay of this name and the 
island of San Sebastian. 
UNABA'SHED, adj. Not shamed; not confused by 
modesty. 
Earless on high, stood unabash'd Defoe, 
And Tutchin flagrant from the scourge below. Pope. 
UNABA'TED, adj. Undimislied. 
Behold a princess—playing here the slave. 
To keep her husband’s greatness unabated. Btaum. and FI. 
UNABI'LITY, or Una'bleness, s. Want of ability.— 
What can be imputed but their sloth or unability? Milton. 
UNA'BLE, adj. Not having ability. With to before a 
verb, and for before a noun. 
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