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URUBAQUARA, a river which has its rise in the vast 
plains bordering the Amazons, and falls into that river be¬ 
tween the Curupatuba and Puru. 
URUBU, a village of Brazil, in the province of Todos 
Santos, on the shore of the great river the Rio Francisco. 
URUBU, a settlement of Brazil, in the province of Ser- 
gippa del Rey, on the shore of the Rio Francisco. 
URUBU, a river of South America, in the country bor¬ 
dering the Amazons, which runs south-south-east, and loses 
itself in the lake formed by the waters of that river. 
URUCANGUA, a river of Brazil, in the province of Rey, 
which runs east, and enters the Atlantic. 
URUGUAIFOSTA, a river of Brazil in the province of 
San Pablo, which runs north-north-west, and enters the 
Uruguay. 
URUGUAI-PITA, a river of Paraguay, which runs east, 
and enters, with a very abundant stream, into the Uruguay. 
URUGUAY, a province or extent of country of South 
America, bounded north by the province of Guaira in the 
government of Paraguay, south by the mouth of the river La 
Plata, east by the province and captainship of Rey in Brazil, 
and west by the river Parana. Its length from north-east to 
south-west is somewhat more than 200 leagues, and its width 
from east to west about 130, although in some parts it is 
narrower. It is divided by the river of its name into east 
and west. 
URUGUAY, a large, abundant, and navigable river of the 
province and government of Paraguay. It rises in lat. 26. 30. 
S., and collecting various other streams, traverses a vast 
bxtent of country to the south-east. It abounds in fish, and 
the country through which it passes is romantic, beautiful, 
and fertile. 
URUGUAY, a small river also of Paraguay, which runs 
east, and enters the Parana near the grand river Curituba. 
URUMEA, an extensive lake of Aderbijan, in Persia, 
about 300 miles in circuit. The water is salter than that of 
the sea ; no fish can live in it, and it emits a disagreeable 
sulphureous smell. 
URUMEA, a very ancient city of Persia, situated on the 
south-western bank of the lake to which it gives name; 90 
miles south-south-west of Tabreez. 
URUMPE, a river of South America, in the country bor¬ 
dering the Amazons, which rises between those of Madera 
and Anilore, and enters the former. 
URUPARATE, a river of South America, in the country 
bordering the Amazons, which falls into the Amazons be¬ 
tween the Yume and the Curutate. 
URUPI, a small river of South America, in the country 
bordering the Amazons, which runs east, and joins the Ama¬ 
zons just at its entrance into the sea. 
URUPIRA, a river of Guiana, which rises near the mis¬ 
sionary settlement o£ San Joseph de Otomayos, runs west, 
and enters the Orinoco close to the settlement of Los Angelos. 
URUPTA, a small river of Guiana, which runs north¬ 
west, and enters the Caroni. 
URUSSA, a small river of the country bordering on the 
Amazons, which enters that river. 
URUTA, a small river of Guiana, which runs north, and 
turning afterwards its course to the east, enters the Paraguay. 
URYP1N, a small town of European Russia, in the 
country of the Don Cossacks, with 1500 inhabitants. 
URZEDOW, or Ursendow, a small town in the south 
of Poland, on a lake of the same name; 95 miles south-south¬ 
east of Warsaw, and 23 south-west of Lublin. Population 
1200. 
URZUM, a small town in the east of European Russia, in 
the government of Viatka, on the river Urzumka; 88 miles 
south-by-east of Viatka. Population 1200. 
US, [M. Goth, and Germ, uns ; Su. Goth, oss.] The 
oblique case of we .—The Lord made not this covenant with 
our fathers, but with us, even us who are allof us here alive 
this day. Deut. 
U'SABLE, adj. That may be used. 
U'SAGE. s. [usage, Fr.] Treatment. 
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Neptune took unkindly to be bound. 
And Eurus never such hard usage found 
In hfs iEolian prison. Dryden. 
Custom; practice long continued.—Of things once re¬ 
ceived and confirmed by use, long usage is a law sufficient. 
In civil affairs, when there is no other law, custom itself doth 
stand for law. Hooker. —Manners; behaviour. Obsolete. 
A gentle nymph was found, 
High Astery, excelling all the crew. 
In courteous usage, and unstained hue. Spenser. 
U'SAGER, s. [usager, Fr.] One who has the use of any 
thing in trust for another. 
He consum’d the common treasury; 
Whereof he being the simple usager 
But for the state, not in propriety. 
Did alien to his minioDs. Daniel. 
USAN, said to be a contraction for Ulysses's haven, a 
village of Scotland, in Forfarshire, on the sea coast; 3 miles 
south-west of Montrose. 
U'SANCE, s. [ usance, Fr.] Use ; proper employment. 
What art thou. 
That here in desert hast thine habitance. 
And these rich heaps of wealth dost hide apart 
From the world’s eye, and from her right usance ?■ Spenser. 
Usury; interest paid for money. 
He lends out money gratis, and brings down 
The rate of usance. Shakspcare. 
[In bills of exchange.] A certain period of time, but dif¬ 
ferent in different countries. Mason. —An usance is said to 
be regularly a month; but it varies according to the custom 
of particular countries. Cunningham. 
USCIE, the name of four small towns of Austrian Poland, 
one in the circle of Czortkow, on the Dniester; one in that 
of Stanislawow; a third in that of Jaslo; and a fourth, called 
Uscie Solne, at the confluence of the small river Raba with 
the Vistula ; 27 miles east-by-north of Cracow. 
USCOCKS, a tribe of Sclavonian origin, settled on the 
banks of the river Gurk, in Austrian Dalmatia and Carniola. 
USCOKAN, a small island in the Eastern seas, near the 
south-west coast of Borneo. Lat. 6. 21. N. long. 116. 25. E. 
USCZK, a small town of Prussian Poland, on the Netz; 
45 miles north of Posen. Population 800. 
USE, s. [ usus , Lat.] The act of employing any thing to 
any purpose.—Things may, and must, differ in their use; but 
yet they are all to be used according to the will of God. 
Law. —Qualities that make a thing proper for any purpose. 
—Rice is of excellent use for illnesses of the stomach that 
proceed from cold or moist humours; a great digester and 
restorer of appetite. Temple. —Need of; occasion on which 
a thing can be employed. 
This will secure a father to my child ; 
That done, I have no farther use for life. Philips. 
Advantage received ; power of receiving advantage.— 
More figures in a picture than are necessary, our author calls 
figures to be let; because the picture has no use for them. 
Dryden. —Convenience ; help; usefulness. 
You shew us Rome was glorious, not profuse. 
And pompous buildings once were things of use. Pope. 
Usage; customary act.—That which those nations did 
use, having been also in use with others, the ancient Roman 
laws do forbid. Hooker. —Practice; habit. 
Sweetness, truth, and every grace. 
Which time and use are wont to teach, 
The eye may in a moment reach. 
And read distinctly in her face. Waller. 
Custom; common occurrence. 
O Csesar! these things are beyond all use, 
And I do fear them. Shakspearc. 
Interest; money paid for the use of money.—Most of the 
learned, Heathen and Christian, assert the taking of use to be 
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