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Webster 1913 Edition

Ure

{

Ur

,

Ure

}
,
Noun.
(Zool.)
The urus.

Ure

,
Noun.
[OE.
ure
, OF.
oevre
,
ovre
,
ouvre
, work, F.
œuvre
, L.
opera
. See
Opera
,
Operate
, and cf.
Inure
,
Manure
.]
Use; practice; exercise.
[Obs.]
Fuller.
Let us be sure of this, to put the best in
ure

That lies in us.
Chapman.

Ure

,
Verb.
T.
To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice.
[Obs.]
The French soldiers . . . from their youth have been practiced and
ured
in feats of arms.
Sir T. More.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ure

URE

,
Noun.
Use; practice. [Obsolete, but retained in inure.]

Definition 2024

urë

urë

See also: ure, Ure, üre, and -ure

Albanian

Noun

urë f (indefinite plural ura, definite singular ura)

  1. bridge
  2. (technical) axletree
  3. (agricultural) wooden underpart of an ox-yoke frame
  4. (agricultural) sole, slade of a plow
  5. (architecture) ridgeboard (of roof), ridgepole
Synonyms
  • underpart of ox-yoke: urezë, urëz
  • sole, slade: urëz, pllak
  • ridgepole: kulmar
Derived terms
  • urezë, urëkalim, urëz, urëzoj

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *warā, from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- ‘boil, cook’ (compare Lithuanian vérdu, Serbo-Croatian váriti).

Noun

urë f (indefinite plural ura, definite singular ura)

  1. piece of burning wood used for light or fire
  2. firebrand, torch
Derived terms
  • urës, urëzak
Related terms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *warā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- ‘to cover’ (compare Messapic urios (pl.) ‘doors’, Oscan veru ‘door’, Old Norse vǫr ‘row of stones’, ver ‘dam’).

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