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Letter U



Udal \U"dal\ ([=u]"dal), n. & a. Udalborn \U"dal*born`\, Udaler \U"dal*er\, Udalman \U"dal*man\, etc.[Icel. [=o][eth]al allodium, an hereditary estate; akin to Sw. odal allodial, Dan. odel.] Vars. of Odal, etc.; property held by udal, or allodial, right -- Obs. exc. in Shetland and the Orkney Islands, where udal designates a freehold, land held in fee simple without any charter and free of any feudal character. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]See also: Odal more...
Udaler \U"dal*er\, Udalman \U"dal*man\, n. In the Shetland and Orkney Islands, one who holds property by udal, or allodial, right. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Udal \U"dal\ ([=u]"dal), n. & a. Udalborn \U"dal*born`\, Udaler \U"dal*er\, Udalman \U"dal*man\, etc.[Icel. [=o][eth]al allodium, an hereditary estate; akin to Sw. odal allodial, Dan. odel.] Vars. of Odal, etc.; property held by udal, or allodial, right -- Obs. exc. in Shetland and the Orkney Islands, where udal designates a freehold, land held in fee simple without any charter and more...
Udaler \U"dal*er\, Udalman \U"dal*man\, n. In the Shetland and Orkney Islands, one who holds property by udal, or allodial, right. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Udal \U"dal\ ([=u]"dal), n. & a. Udalborn \U"dal*born`\, Udaler \U"dal*er\, Udalman \U"dal*man\, etc.[Icel. [=o][eth]al allodium, an hereditary estate; akin to Sw. odal allodial, Dan. odel.] Vars. of Odal, etc.; property held by udal, or allodial, right -- Obs. exc. in Shetland and the Orkney Islands, where udal designates a freehold, land held in fee simple without any charter and more...
Udder \Ud"der\, n. [OE. uddir, AS. [=u]der; akin to D. uijer, G. euter, OHG. [=u]tar, [=u]tiro, Icel. j[=u]gr, Sw. jufver, jur, Dan. yver, L. uber, Gr. o"y^qar, Skr. [=u]dhar. [root]216. Cf. Exuberant.] 1. (Anat.) The glandular organ in which milk is secreted and stored; -- popularly called the bag in cows and other quadrupeds. See Mamma. [1913 Webster] A lioness, with udders all drawn dry. --Shak. more...
Uddered \Ud"dered\, a. Having an udder or udders. [1913 Webster] more...
Udderless \Ud"der*less\, a. 1. Destitute or deprived of an udder. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, without mother's milk; motherless; as, udderless lambs. [Poetic] --Keats. [1913 Webster] more...
Udometer \U*dom"e*ter\, n. [L. udus wet, moist + -meter.] (Meteor.) A rain gauge. [1913 Webster] more...