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unlawful; yet the divines of the reformed church beyond 
the seas, do generally affirm it to be lawful. South. 
To USE, v. a. [usus , Lat.] To employ to any purpose. 
You're welcome, 
Most learned rev’rend Sir, into our kingdom; 
Use us and it. Shakspeare. 
To accustom; to habituate. 
I’ve hitherto been used to think 
A blind officious zeal to serve my king. 
The ruling principle. Addison. 
To treat.—Why dost thou use me thus ? I know thee not. 
Shakspeare. —To practise customarily.-—[Tie hospitality one 
to another, without grudging. 1 Pet. —To behave: with the 
reciprocal pronoun. Out of use. —Pray forgive me, if I have 
us'd myself unmannerly. Shakspeare. 
To USE, v. n. To be accustomed; to practise custom¬ 
arily.—They use to place him that shall be their captain 
upon a stone, always reserved for that purpose, and placed 
commonly upon a hill. Spenser.—' To be customarily in any 
manner; to be wont.—Fears use to be represented in such 
an imaginary fashion, as they rather dazzle men’s eyes than 
open them. Bacon .—To frequent; to inhabit. Obsolete. 
Ye vallies low, where the mild whispers use 
Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks. Milton. 
USEDOM, an island of Prussia, in Pomerania, formed by 
the Baltic and several inland waters, in particular the Great 
and Little Haff. Its area is 150 square miles; its population 
between 11,000 and 12,000. It contains two small towns and 
several villages. 
USEDOM, a small town of Prussia, in the island of the 
same name; 40 miles north-west of Stettin, and 11 east of 
Anclam. Lat. 53. 47. 24. N. long. 14. 9. 40. E. Population 
1000. 
U'SEFUL, adj. Convenient; profitable to any end ; 
conducive or helpful to any purpose; valuable for use.— 
Providence would only enter mankind into the useful know¬ 
ledge of her treasures, leaving the rest to employ our industry. 
More. 
U'SEFULLY, adv. In such a manner as to help forward 
some end.—In this account they must constitute two at least, 
male and female, in every species ; which chance could not 
have made so very nearly alike, without copying, nor so use- 
full?/ differing without contrivance. Bentley. 
USEFULNESS, s. Conduciveness or helpfulness to some 
end.—The grandeur of the commonwealth shews itself chiefly 
in works that were necessary or convenient. On the con¬ 
trary, the magnificence of Rome, under the emperors, was 
rather for ostentation than any real usefulness. Addison. 
U'SELESS, adj. Answering no purpose; having no end. 
So have I seen the lost clouds pour 
Into the sea an useless show’r; 
And the vext sailors curse the rain. 
For which poor shepherds pray’d in vain. Waller. 
U'SELESSLY, adv. Without the quality of answering 
any purpose.—In a sauntering humour, some, out of custom, 
let a good part of their lives run uselessly away, without 
business or recreation. Locke. 
U'SELESSNESS, s. Unfitness to any end.—He made a 
learned discourse on the trouble, uselessness, and indecency 
of foxes wearing tails. L'Estrange. —He would convince 
them of the vanity and uselessness of that learning, which 
makes not the possessor a better man. South. 
USEMA1N, a village in the north-east of France, depart¬ 
ment of the Meurthe. It has some iron manufactures. 
USEN, Great and Little, two rivers in the east of 
European Russia, in the government of Saratov, which falls 
into the lake Kamysch-Samara. Both are large, and abound 
in fish, particularly carp and pike. 
U'SER, s. One who uses.—Such things, which, by im¬ 
parting the delight to others, makes the user thereof wel¬ 
come, as music, dancing, hunting, feasting, riding. Sidney. 
—That wind-like user of his feet, faire Thetis’ progenie. 
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Chapman. —My lord received from the countess of Warwick, 
a lady powerful in the court, and indeed a virtuous user of 
her power, the best advice that was ever given. Wotton. 
USHANT, or Ouessant, a small island on the north-west 
coast of France, belonging to the department of Finisterre. 
It is well known to seafaring men, but is only 10 miles in 
circuit, with a surface of 16 square miles. Its population, 
amounting to 1700, inhabit the village of St. Michel and 
several hamlets. They are employed in tillage, pasturage, 
and fishing. Lat. 48. 28. 8. N. long. 5. 3. 6. W. 
USHANT, or Ouessant, a small island in tire Pacific 
ocean, discovered in 1768, by M. Bougainville, near the 
coast of New Guinea. Lat. 11. 5. S. long. 146. 33. E. 
USIIENICK POINT, a cape on the east coast of Lewis. 
Lat. 57. 56. N. long. 6. 25. W. 
U'SHER, s. [huissier , Fr.; husher, old Engl. “A gentle 
husher." Spenser. This is also the correct spelling : the 
word being originally from huis, Fr., a door.] One whose 
business is to introduce strangers, or walk before a person of 
high rank. 
The wife of Antony 
Should have an army for an usher, and 
The neighs of horse to tell her approach 
Long ere she did appear. Shakspeare. 
An under-teacher; one who introduces young scholars to 
higher learning. 
Though grammar’s profits less than rhetoric’s are, 
Yet ev’n in those his usher claims a share. Dryden. 
To U’SHER, v. a. To introduce as a forerunner or har¬ 
binger ; to forerun. 
No sun shall ever usher forth my honours, 
Or gild again the noble troops that waited 
Upon my smiles. Shakspeare. 
USHER (James), archbishop of Armagh, and primate of 
Ireland, was born at Dublin, January 4, 1580-1, he led a 
very active life, busily engaged in the political and religious 
controversies of the time. 
Publications of archbishop Usher:—De Ecclesiarum Chris- 
tianarum Successione et Statu, 1613; The Religion of the 
ancient Irish and Britons, 1622 ; Gotteschalci et Pnedes- 
tinariae Controversies ab eo Motae Historia, 1631 ; Veterum 
Epistolarum Hibernicarum Sylloge, 1632; Immanuel, or the 
Mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God, 1638; De 
Ecclesiarum Britannicarum Primordiis, 1639; A Discourse 
on the Origin of Bishops and Metropolitans, 1641 ; A Geo¬ 
graphical and Historical Disquisition on the Lydian or 
Proconsular Asia, 1641 ; Polycarpi et Ignatii Epistolee, &c., 
1644; Appendix Ignatiana, 1647 ; Diatriba de Roman® 
Ecclesiee Symbolo Apostolico aliisque Fidei Formulis, 1647 ; 
De Macedonum et Asianorum Anno Solari, 1648; Annalium 
Pars prior, 1650; Epistola ad Ludov. Capellum de Textus 
Hebraici variantibus Lectionibus, 1652; Annalium Pars pos¬ 
terior, 1654; De Greeca Septuaginta Interpretum Versione 
Syntagma, 1655.—Posthumous: Various Tracts, edited by 
Dr. Bernard, 1657 ; Chronologia Sacra, edited by Dr. Bar- 
low, ] 660 ; The Power of the Prince, and Obedience of the 
Subject, written 1641, printed after the Restoration ; Historia 
Dogmatica Controversy inter Orlhodoxos et Pontificios de 
Scripturis et Sacris Vernaculis Accessere: Dissertationes duee, 
1690. 
USIACUSI, a settlement of New Granada, in the pro¬ 
vince of Carthagena, on the shore of the channel which runs 
from the swamp of Turbaco into the sea. 
USIDSCHA, an inland town in the north of European 
Turkey, in Romania, sandgiacat of Semendria; 70 miles 
south-south-west of Belgrade. 
USINGEN, a small town of the west of Germany, in the 
duchy of Nassau, and the former residence of the duke; 26 
miles north-north-east of Mentz. Population 1300. 
USITZA, a small town of the south-west of European 
Russia, in Podolia, on the Dniester; 30 miles east-south-east 
of Kaminiec. 
USK, a market and borough town of England, in the 
county 
