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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Abbreviations

 

'ug v.

 

See hug

 

 

'uggin n.

 

See huggin

 

 

ullot n.

 

an owl; an owlet;

 

< F. hulotte (wood owl)

un a. & n.

 

one; also ane, yan, yah, yar

 

< OE. an

unbethink v.

 

to change one's mind; to rethink

 

< OE. ymbe +biþ e ncan

undergang n.

 

a tunnel; an underpass;

 

< OE. undergangan (to undergo)

underhand adv.

 

in hand; in the course of being done;

 

< OE. under + hand

’ unkers

 

See hunkers

 

 

unmenseful a.

 

unseemly, untidy; ill-mannered

 

< OE. un- (neg. pref.) + ME. menske (honourable, praiseworthy, beautiful) + OE. full (adj. suff.)

unsneck v.

 

to unlatch

 

orig. obscure

upgang n.

 

an ascending road; an upward track, path or way

 

??? < ON. uppgangr (going up, ascent)

urchin n.

 

a hedgehog; see also ochin, odshin

 

< ONF. herichon

us pron. & a.

 

us; our

 

< OE. us

us-sen pron.

 

ourselves

 

< ME. us + seluen

uzzle n.

 

a blackbird

 

< ME. osel, usel f. OE. ōsle (blackbird)