Lexicon: urchin – usher

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urchin (-'s), n. [ONF herichon.]

Unfortunate youngster; poor child.

urge (-ed,-ing), v. [L. urgē-re, press, drive, compel.]

Impel; push.

urgency, n. [L. urgentia.]

Over eagerness; too persistent desire.

urgent, adj. [Fr. urgent.]

Insistent; critical; pressing; serious; needy; importunate; unseasonable.

urn, n. [L. urna, to burn.]

Funerary vessel; vase used to preserve ashes of the dead.

us, pron. [OE ús]

use, n. [AngFr and OFr us.] (webplay: further, hand, me).

Mission; purpose; objective; goal; function.

use (-ed,-s,-ing), v. [OFr user.] (webplay: book, name, stone, wont).

  1. Occupy the duration of; pass the time of; purposely employ during the season of.
  2. Handle; deal with; treat.
  3. Give away; share; fulfill a role; wear [as a wedding ring]; [fig.] consummate a marriage; experience intimacy.
  4. Phrase. “used to”: accustomed to; acclimated to; adjusted to; adapted to.

useless, adj. [see use, n.] (webplay: name, names).

Vain; unproductive; ineffectual; worthless.

usher (-s), n. [AFr usser.]

Doorman; forerunner; precursor; servant who attends the door of a court or a chamber; one who precedes or arrives before another.