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complex acid obtained, as a yellow crystalline substance, from certain genera of lichens (Usnea, Parmelia, etc.).

lled spirit made in Ireland and Scotland; whisky. The Scottish returns being vested in grouse, white hares, pickled salmon, and usquebaugh. Sir W. Scott.

Ourselves. [Obs.] Wyclif. Piers Plowman. Chaucer.

The act of burning, or the state of being burned. [R.] Johnson.

Having the quality of burning. [R.] I. Watts.

Blackened as if burned.

Lascivious passion; concupiscence. [Obs.] It is not certain that they took the better part when they chose ustulation before marriage, expressly against the apostle. Jer. Taylor.

Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common. Consultation with oracles was a thing very usual and frequent in their times. Hooker. We can make friends of these usual enemies. Baxter. -- U"su*al*ly, adv. -- U"su*al*ness, n.…

The acquisition of the title or right to property by the uninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed by law; -- the same as prescription in common law.

The right of using and enjoying the profits of an estate or other thing belonging to another, without impairing the substance. Burrill.

A person who has the use of property and reaps the profits of it. Wharton.

Usurious. [Obs.] "Usurarious contracts." Jer. Taylor. Bp. Hall.

To practice usury; to charge unlawful interest. [Obs.] "The usuringb senate." Shak. I usured not ne to me usured any man. Wyclif (Jer. xv. 10).

f thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. Ex. xxii. 25.

Practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest for the use of money; as, a usurious person.

To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him. Alack, thou dost usurp authority. Shak. Another revolution, to get rid of this illegitimate and usurped government, wo…

Usurping; encroaching. [Obs.] Gauden.

The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the s…

Marked by usurpation; usurping. [R.]

Usurpation. [R.] "Beneath man's usurpature." R. Browning.