ure

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ur \Ur\, Ure \Ure\, n. (Zool.)
   The urus.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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         Let us be sure of this, to put the best in ure
         That lies in us.                         --Chapman.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ure \Ure\, v. t.
   To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice.
   [Obs.]
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         The French soldiers . . . from their youth have been
         practiced and ured in feats of arms.     --Sir T. More.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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}.
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