Ure

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ur \Ur\, Ure \Ure\, n. (Zool.)
     The urus.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Ure \Ure\, n. [OE. ure, OF. oevre, ovre, ouvre, work, F.
     [oe]uvre, L. opera. See {Opera}, {Operate}, and cf. {Inure},
     {Manure}.]
     Use; practice; exercise. [Obs.] --Fuller.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Let us be sure of this, to put the best in ure
           That lies in us.                         --Chapman.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ure \Ure\, v. t.
     To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice.
     [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The French soldiers . . . from their youth have been
           practiced and ured in feats of arms.     --Sir T. More.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Urus \U"rus\, n. [L.; of Teutonic origin. See {Aurochs}.]
     (Zool.)
     A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal
     ({Bos urus} or {Bos primigenius}) anciently abundant in
     Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of
     Julius Caesar. It had very large horns, and was hardly
     capable of domestication. Called also, {ur}, {ure}, and
     {tur}.
     [1913 Webster]