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A tax; an impost. [Obs.] Johnson.

Long and well-proportioned; nicely made; pretty. [Obs.] "Her nose tretys." Chaucer.

A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land.

A narrow superstructure running from stem to stern on the upper deck of a steam cargo vessel having a rounded gunwale and sides curved inward convexly.

A whaleback steamer with a hatch coaming, usually about seven feet high, extending almost continuously fore and aft.

Furnished with a turret or turrets; specifically (Zoöl.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; -- said of certain spiral shells.

See Umber, 4.

A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.

To smooth after being fretted. [Obs.]

Not secret; not close; not trusty; indiscreet. [Obs.] "We are unsecret to ourselves." Shak.

Want of surety; uncertainty; insecurity; doubt. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

The duct which conveys the urine from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca. There are two ureters, one for each kidney.

Inflammation of the ureter. Dunglison.

dicine as a hypnotic. By extension, any one of the series of related substances of which urethane proper is the type.

The canal by which the urine is conducted from the bladder and discharged.

Of or pertaining to the urethra. Urethral fever (Med.), fever occurring as a consequence of operations upon the urethra.

Inflammation of the urethra.

An operation for the repair of an injury or a defect in the walls of the urethra. -- U*re`thro*plas"tic, a.

An instrument for viewing the interior of the urethra.

Examination of the urethra by means of the urethroscope.