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Of or pertaining to uranography; as, an uranographic treatise.

A discourse or treatise on the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the study of the heavens; uranography.

To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.

That part of medicine which treats of urine. Dunglison.

The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; -- sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.

The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage. My brother Is prisoner to the bishop here, at whose hands He hath good usage and great liberty. Shak.

To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly. "I will use him well." Shak. How wouldst thou use me now Milton. Cato has used me ill. Addison.

The basis or principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they have acquired by their arms during the war. Brande & C.

e. This bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise. Atterbury. For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still. Goldsmith.

Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; -- said of elastic stockings, bandages. and the like.

To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Rendered sacred by religious or other associations; that should be regarded with awe and treated with reverence; as, the venerable walls of a temple or a church.

g an acrid, burning taste. It is sometimes used externally, as in ointments, in the local treatment of neuralgia and rheumatism. Called also veratria, and veratrina.

Either one of two pigments (called blue verditer, and green verditer) which are made by treating copper nitrate with calcium carbonate (in the form of lime, whiting, chalk, etc.) They consist of hydrated copper carbonates analogous to the minerals azurite and malachite. Verditer blue, a pale greenish blue color, like t…

One who treats of vermes, or worms; a helminthologist.

A discourse or treatise on worms; that part of zoölogy which treats of worms; helminthology. [R.]

Of or pertaining to the art of healing or treating the diseases of domestic animals, as oxen, horses, sheep, etc.; as, a veterinary writer or school.

To treat as vile; to despise. [Obs.] I do vilify your censure. Beau. & Fl.

To treat in a violent manner; to abuse. His wife Boadicea violated with stripes, his daughters with rape. Milton.

The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated. Specifically: --