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county of Monmouth. It is situated on the river Usk, at its 
confluence with the rivulet Birdhin. It has been privileged 
with the elective franchise since 27lh of Henry VIll. In 
conjunction with Newport and Monmouth, it sends one 
member to parliament. It is governed by a bail iff or mayor, 
community and burgesses; 14 miles south-west of Mon¬ 
mouth, and 144 west-by-north of London. Population 844. 
Market on Friday, and three annual fairs, 
USK, a river which rises in Wales, on the west side of 
Brecknockshire, and watering the towns of Brecon, Crick- 
hewel, Abergavenny, Usk, and Caerleon, enters the Bristol 
Channel below Newport. It is noted for its trout in season, 
from March till July. 
USLA, a town of Hindostan, province of Bahar, district of 
Mongier, near which is a celebrated pass through a range of 
hills which intersect the district. Lat. 24. 57. N. long. 86. 
40. E. 
USLAR, a small town of the north of Germany, but in 
the south of Hanover, on the river Aale; 17 miles north- 
north-west of Gottingen. Population 1600. 
USMAN, a small town of the interior of European Russia, 
in the government of Tambov, on the river Usman; 93 miles 
west-south-west of Tambov. Population 2500. 
USPALLATA, the name of one of the largest and richest 
silver mines in Chili. The principal vein is nine feet in 
breadth, but it branches out upon both sides into several that 
are smaller, which extend to the neighbouring mountains, 
and are said to exceed 30 miles in length. This mine is 
found to increase in richness in proportion to its depth. 
USQUEBAUGH, s. [an IrisR and Erse word, which sig¬ 
nifies the water of life.] It is a compounded distilled spirit, 
being drawn on aromatics; and the Irish sort is particularly 
distinguished for its pleasant and mild flavour. The High¬ 
land sort is somewhat hotter; and, by corruption, in Scottish 
they call it whiskey. 
Usquebaugh to our feast in pails was brought up, 
An hundred at least. Swift. 
USSEL, a small town in the south-west of France, depart¬ 
ment of the Correze ; 34 miles north-east of Tulle, and 40 
east-by-north of Uzerche. 
USSELBY, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire; 2\ 
miles north-north-west of Market Raisen. 
USSOLIE, a small town of the east of European Russia, 
in the government of Simbirsk, on the small river Ussolka; 
60 miles east-north-east of Penza. 
USSON, a petty town in the interior of France; 4 miles 
south-east of Issoire. 
USSON, a small town in the interior of France, depart¬ 
ment of the Vienne. Population 1500. 
USTARITZ, a small town in the south of France; 6 miles 
south of Bayonne. 
USTAYANTHO, a lake of the United States, in New 
York, from which the river Delaware takes its rise. 
USTER, a town of Hindostan, province of Berar, belong¬ 
ing to the Nagpore Mahrattas. Lat. 21. 18. N. long. 75. 
52. E. 
USTER, a large village in the interior of Switzerland, in 
the canton of Zurich, near the lake of Greiffen. 
USTERIA [so named by VvUlldenow, in honour of Paulus 
Uster], in Botany, a genus of the class monandria, order 
monogynia. — Generic Character. Calyx: perianth one- 
leafed, four-toothed, permanent; segments four, obtuse, three 
of them very small ; the fourth much larger, lanceolate. 
Corolla: one-petalled, funnel-form; tube narrow, longer 
than the calyx; border four-toothed, acute, erect. Stamina: 
filament one, short, placed on the tube. Anther oblong. 
Pistil: germ oblong, superior. Style capillary, shorter than 
the corolla. Stigma bifid. Pericarp : capsule oblong, com¬ 
pressed, two-grooved, one-celled, two-valved. Seeds two, 
oblong, clothed with a thin membranaceous aril .—Essential 
Character. Calyx four-toothed, with one segment much 
larger than the rest. Corolla funnel-form, four-toothed. 
Capsule one-celled, two-seeded. Seeds arilled. 
Usteria Guineensis.—This is a shrub with opposite branches. 
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Leaves opposite, roundish-ovate, quite entire. Flowers in 
terminating panicles.—Native of Guinea. 
USTICA (the ancient Euonimo), a small island in the 
Mediterranean, belonging to Sicily. It is fertile in wine, 
olives, and cotton ; also in wheat; 34 miles north of Capo 
di Gallo, the nearest point of the Sicilian coast, and 42 north 
of Palermo. 
U'STION, [ustus, Lat.] The act of burning; the state of 
being burned. 
USTIUG, Voliki, or the Great, a city of the north of 
European Russia, in the government of Vologda, situated at 
the confluence of the Suchona and the Jug, which unite here, 
and form the Dwina. It is an archbishop’s see, and, though 
placed in a very inhospitable climate, where corn seldom 
comes to maturity, contains nearly 12,000 inhabitants; 210 
miles north-north-west of Viatka, and 440 east of St. Peters¬ 
burg!). Lat. 60. 56. N. long. 45. 40. E. 
USTIUSCHNA, a small town of the interior of European 
Russia, in the government of Novgorod, on the river Mo- 
loga ; 186 miles east of Novgorod. Population 2600. 
USTO'RIOUS, adj. [ustum, Lat.] Having the quality 
of burning.—The power of a burning-glass is by an ustori - 
ous quality in the mirror or glass, arising from a certain un¬ 
known substantial form. Watts. 
USTULA'TION, [us'tulatus, Lat.] Act of burning or 
searing.—It seems to lie in a kind of sindging and ustula - 
tion, such as rapid atfrictions do cause. Sir IF. Petty. 
U'SUAL, adj. [usuel , Fr.] Common; frequent; custo¬ 
mary ; frequently occurring. 
Could I the care of providence deserve, 
Heaven must destroy me, if it would preserve: 
And that’s my fate, or sure it would have sent 
Some usual evil for my punishment. Dryden. 
U'SUALLY, adv. Commonly; frequently; customarily. 
—Where men err against this method, it is usually on pur¬ 
pose, and to shew their learning. Swift. 
U'SUALNESS, s. Commonness; frequency.—It is only 
usualness or unusualness that makes the difference. Clarice. 
USUCA'PTION, s. [usus and capio, Lat.] In the civil 
law, the acquisition of the property of a thing, by possession 
and enjoyment thereof for a certain term of years, prescribed 
by law. Todd. 
U'SUFRUCT, s. [usus and fructus, Lat.] The tempo¬ 
rary use; enjoyment of the profits, without power to alien¬ 
ate.—The persons receiving the same have only the usufruct 
thereof, and not any fee or inheritance therein. Ay life. 
USUFRU'CTUARY, s. [usufructuarius, Lat.] One that 
has the use and temporary profit, not the property of a thing. 
—The parsons of parishes are not in law accounted proprie¬ 
tors, but only usufructuaries, as having no right of fee- 
simple vested in them. Ayliffe. 
USUMAS1NTLA, a river of Mexico, in the province of 
Tabasco, which enters the Atlantic ocean. 
USUPAMA, a river of Guiana, which rises west of the 
river Caroni, runs east, and unites itself with the Cuyuni and 
Yuruaria. 
To U'SURE, v. n. [usura, Lat.] To practise usury ; to 
take interest for money. 
Is this the balsam that the usuring senate 
Pours into captains’ wounds ? Shalcspeare. 
U'SURER, s. [usura, Lat.] One who puts money out 
at interest. Commonly used for one that takes exorbitant 
interest. 
Fie; thou sham’st thy shape, thy love, thy wit; 
Which, like an usurer, abounds in all. 
And usest none in that true use indeed, 
Which should bedeck thy shape, thy love, thy wit. 
Shakspearc. 
USU'RIOUS, adj. [usuaire, Fr.] Given to the practice 
of usury ; exorbitantly greedy of profit. 
For every hour that thou wilt spare me now, 
I will allow, 
Usurious god of love, twenty to thee, 
When with my brown my grey hairs equal be. Donne. 
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