† uren.¹

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman *eure, = Old French uevre , euvre , evre (13th cent.; French œuvre ) < Latin opera opera n.²

Obsolete.

I. in ure:

a. In or into use, practice, or performance. Often with verbs, as bring, come, have, and esp. put (frequently c1510–1630). Also rarely with into.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > practice, exercise, or doing > practise or carry on [verb (transitive)] > exercise or put into practice (principle or quality)

kithec1330

usec1330

apply1395

execute14..

in urec1420

exercisea1513

to put into (also in) practice1553

reduce1581

to make practice of1623

exsert1665

exert1682

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > in use [phrase]

to (also in) noteOE

in usea1400

in urec1420

(a)

c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 1448 Whom folowyd Dethe, whych wold nat tary Hys feruent power there to put in vre.

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 215 And elder than oon yeer, no grayn in vre Thou putte, in drede hit die.

c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 76 Y^t this only lesson wel learned & busily putte in vre, must nedes leade vs to heauen.

?a1534 H. Medwall Nature i. sig. ciii He hath shewed me a praty whyle [= wile], If I may put yt in vre.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vi. 224 Euen as a Surgion..before in vre he put His violent Engines on the vicious member.

1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iii. x. 269 Would God men would be pleas'd to put this course in vre.

1682 ‘T. Rationalis’ New News from Bedlam Postscr. You have put his jealous Pen in Ure.

1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Jewish Antiq. xvi. i, in Wks. 444 That was the Course therefore, they resolved to put in Ure.

(b)1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Fi They maye be practised and brought in vre to diuers vses.1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 26 b Perchaunce they haue brought in ure both publikelie and priuatlie vices far more pernitious than this.a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 175 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) If hee dyed seised during that time, his wife shall not be indowed of the same land as came late in ure.1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 97 Martiall discipline he required most sharply, bringing again into ure and execution certaine..chastisements.(c)c1475 Partenay 3722 My goddoughter I may calle hir in vre. in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 112 The sitting of all Dukes, Earles, and Barons sonnes.., such things hathe beene well had in ure.c1530 Remedy of Love xxiii But this am I sure, Moche lyke thyng I haue had in vre.a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) xlv. 6 Trouth is trayed where craft is in vre.1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 21 What thing a man in tender age hath moost in vre.1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. vii. viii. 128 Neither had it any agreement with that which is in vre among vs.1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. v. 88 The staires of rugged stone, seldome in vre.

b. With dependent infinitive.

ΚΠ

1534 J. Heywood Play of Loue sig. Aii No tonge can attayne to put in vre Her to dyscryue.

1575 G. Gascoigne Glasse of Gouernem. 2nd Chorus sig. F Greate the paines, which teachers put in vre, To trade then still, in verteous qualities.

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. ii. sig. B8^v [To] dare put in vre To make Iehoua but a couerture, To shade ranck filth.

c. With reference to statutes, etc.: In or into effect, force, or operation. Chiefly with verbs, esp. put.

ΚΠ

1454–5 in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 23 All the Statutes..against Escheators shall be put in ure, and be of force.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxxxiii To the entente that they shulde see y^e sayde Proclamacion put in vre.

1539 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 597 My letters to the said Depute shall not nede to be put in ure.

1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha i. xviii. 165 Ye statute of Northampton..is now..put in vre for the punishment of Forcible Entries.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 420 They ment to bring..S. Edwards lawes and liberties againe, In ure.

1614 F. Bacon Draft of King's Speech in Wks. (1869) V. 30 His Majesty could wish the ancient statutes were put in ure.

c1670 T. Hobbes Dial. Com. Laws (1681) 141 That the Diocesan hath Jurisdiction of Hersesie, and that so it was put in ure in all Queen Elizabeths reign.

1701 F. Atterbury Additions to 1st Ed. Rights Eng. Convocation 48 They would not Enact, put in Ure, Promulge, or Execute any New Canons.

1707 G. Hickes Two Treat. ii. i. 240 Without any retrospection to old Principles, the King's Ecclesiastical Supremacy in Virtue of these Laws, was put in ure.

d. In remembrance or recollection. Only to have..in ure.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > have in one's mind, remember [verb (intransitive)]

monelOE

to have memory (of)a1275

recorda1382

remembera1393

mina1400

meana1425

to have‥in urec1450

to be remembereda1500

minda1500

retain1581

rememorate1606

reminisce1896

c1450 Harl. Contin. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 452 The kynge havynge not in ure of the seide promisse.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 347 The peple..sayethe..Gurmunde..to have made those dyches, hauenge not Turgesius in vre or in remembraunce.

e. In or into a state of prevalence or existence. Chiefly with verbs, as come, draw, put.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > [adverb] > into existence

upOE

in ure1470

a-sprout1880

on stream1965

1470 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 134 Towchinge the tyme whene the Mariage shalbe put in ure.

1477 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 500 For th'enconvenyence þat I have knowe late in vre in case lyke, and yit enduryth, in Kente.

a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 2 Like as when, rough winter spent, The pleasant spring straight draweth in ure.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xxii. 167 b What thyng Petur did, the same would the other disciples also haue dooen, if lyke necessitee had cum in vre.

1549 J. Proctor Fal of Late Arrian R iij b Touchynge the dispensacion of the flesh, and the misterye nowe in force and vre, Christ shalbe subiected vnto the father.

1638 R. Farley Lychnocausia H 3 This waxen torch is able to endure The winds, when Æolus puts them in ure.

2. Of persons, their faculties, etc.: In or into the regular exercise or practice of a particular pursuit. Usually with verbs, as fall, put, and chiefly (esp. c1580–1685) keep.

ΚΠ

(a)

c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 1173 Y haue shewed the, & brought þe in vre, to know þe Curtesie of court.

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 42/2 Himself had bene al his dayes in vre therw^t.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxvii To put his people in vre, that thei might bee the more ready to fight.

c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) ii. i. 77 Sondrie tymes came Lacy to quicken his laborers, full glad to se them fall in ure with any such exercise.

1594 H. Plat Jewell House 42 Till they have brought their hande in ure with the shape and fashion of the Letters.

1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Iii^v/3 To put himself in ure, s'accoûtumer.

(b)1539 H. Latimer Let. 2 Apr. in Serm. & Remains (1845) (modernized text) II. 416 I pray you, keep your hand in ure.1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. ix. sig. F.ii^v/1 Hee..by the Crosse doth keepe our patience in vre.1606 Bp. J. Hall Arte Diuine Medit. §xxxi. 163 The mind is by turnes depressed and lifted vp:..which order doeth best hold it in vre, and iust temper.1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiv. 880/2 To keepe in vre and exercise, the skill and valour of her English.1627 Bp. J. Hall Epist. iii. viii. 329 To keepe the heart in vre with God is the highest taske of a Christian.1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 254 He lies to keep his tongue in ure.1692 R. L'Estrange Fables 92 Keeping his hand in Ure with somewhat of Greater Value.

II. out of ure:

a. Out of use; disused; obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > not in use [phrase] > disused

out of ure1553

on the shelfa1577

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. vii. f. 117^v Our naturall tounge through the conuersacion of straung nacions is gonne out of vre.

1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. v. v. §1. 524 Al these thinges are woorne nowe out of vre, and nighe deade.

a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xiv, in Wks. (1662) 34 The mention of contrary orders worn so many ages since quite and clean out of ure.

b. Out of practice. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > unaccustomed to [phrase] > out of practice

one's hand is out1598

out of ure1625

out of practice1782

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 30 Which..maketh him practise Simulation in other things, lest his Hand should be out of vre.

III. Custom; labour.

4. Custom or habit on the part of persons; wont to do something. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun]

i-wunec888

wise971

gatec1175

lawc1175

manners?c1225

wone?c1225

usec1325

hauntc1330

use1340

rotec1350

consuetude1382

customancea1393

usancea1393

practicc1395

guisea1400

usagea1400

wonta1400

spacec1400

accustomancec1405

customheada1425

urec1425

wontsomenessc1425

accustomc1440

wonningc1440

practice1502

habitudec1598

habiture1598

habit1605

wonting1665

c1425 Cast. Persev. 3629 in Macro Plays 185 Þe vij dedis of mercy, who-so hadde vre to Fylle.

1511 Kalender of Shepherdes (new ed.) sig. Aiv I Nouember wyll not abyde behynde To shewe my kyndly worthynes and vre.

1557 F. Seager Schoole of Vertue in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 344 And sure it is taken by custome and vre, whyle yonge you be there is helpe and cure.

?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter cvii. 316 Ryght oft is hys vre: by loue to allure.

1599 J. Sylvester tr. J. Du Nesme Miracle Peace in Fraunce 30 Or (if you cannot leaue your wonted vre) Leaue (at the least) all mutinous alarmes.

5. Scottish. Work; labour. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil

workeOE

i-swincheOE

swenchOE

swote971

swingc1000

swinkOE

swinkinga1225

travailc1275

cark1330

sweatc1380

the sweat of (one's) brow (brows), facec1380

laboura1382

swengc1400

labouragec1470

toil1495

laborationa1500

tug1504

urea1510

carp1548

turmoil1569

moil1612

praelabour1663

fatigue1669

insudation1669

till?a1800

Kaffir work1848

graft1853

workfulness1854

collar-work1871

yakka1888

swot1899

heavy lifting1934

a1510 G. Douglas King Hart i. 2 King Hart, into his cumlie castell strang Closit about with craft and meikill vre.

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† uren.²

Etymology: Apparently representing Old English ór beginning, front, van, taken in the sense of ord point, front, beginning.

Scottish. Obsolete. rare.

The point of a weapon.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > blade of sword > point

ure1432

mameluke point1809

1432 Sc. Acts Parl., Jas. I (1814) II. 21 Gif he hurtis or defoulis with fellon assailȝeing with ege or vre, he sal remayn in preson.

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† uren.³

Forms: Also 1600s owre.

Etymology: < Old French ure (16th cent.), or < Latin ūrus urus n. Compare Old English úr, Old High German (Middle High German) ûr, Old Norse úrr.

Obsolete.

= urus n., aurochs n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun] > genus Bos > bos primigenius or aurochs

ure1565

urus1601

ure-ox1607

aurochs1768

urochs1839

urox1878

1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia vi. f. 163 Ures..are of bignes somwhat lesse than Elephantes, in kind and color and shape like a Bull.

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) iii. iv. ii. 29 As for the plowing with vres (which I suppose to be vnlikelie) and alkes.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iii. xxxii. 47 The swift Vre by Volgaes rolling flood.

1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 6 Urus Jubatus, the Owre.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Owre, a kind of wild Bull. (Hence in Bailey and some later Dicts.)]

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uren.⁴

/əː/

Forms: 1500s–1600s uris-, 1500s wyris-, uyerris-, 1600s vrs-, 1700s urs, erys, 1800s eris; 1700s– ure (1800s eure).

Etymology: < Old Norwegian øyrir (Norwegian øyre , øre ), = Middle Swedish and Swedish öre , Middle Danish and Danish øre , Icelandic eyrir , ounce of silver (also denoting a standard value and latterly a coin), < Latin aureus a gold solidus (taken at its value in silver); the original vowel remains unmutated in the Old Norse plural aurar . Compare ora n.¹ and ore n.⁴

Orkney and Shetland.

1. In genitive combinations (Old Norse øyris-, eyris-).

a. uris-land [ < Old Norse øyrisland, Middle Swedish örisland] , land giving the rent of one-eighth of a mark; an ounce-land. (From the feu-duty formerly paid to the superior.) Obsolete exc. Historical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > land worth specific amount per annum

pennylanda1300

pennyland1439

soudeec1450

pennyworth of land1499

penny1504

uris-land1534

uris-cop1609

librate1610

obolate1610

solidate1610

ure of land1774

ounceland1805

1534 in Orkney & Shetl. Rec. (1907) 64 Quhatsumevir that pertenis..to ws..wythin the half wyris land of Sabbaye.

1589 in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. (1890) 460/1 The landis of Trosnes extending to ane urisland.

1592 in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. (1892) 117/2 My 6 merk land and 2 uyerris land of Kildabuster.

1627 in A. Peterkin Rentals Earldom & Bishoprick of Orkney (1820) iii. 94 Lying in the vrs~lands off Brabister.

1772 G. Gifford in Low Orkney (1879) 144 Our Ure or Ursland..contains 18 Pennylands.

1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIV. 323 Every Erysland of 18 penny land had one [chapel] for matins and vespers.

1805 G. Barry Hist. Orkney ii. v. 220 The entries are first by islands and parishes,..and lastly by marklands, erislands [printed erls-] or ouncelands.

b. uris-cop [ < Old Norse øyris-, eyris-kaup] , = uris-land at sense 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > land worth specific amount per annum

pennylanda1300

pennyland1439

soudeec1450

pennyworth of land1499

penny1504

uris-land1534

uris-cop1609

librate1610

obolate1610

solidate1610

ure of land1774

ounceland1805

1609 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 128/2 6 lie uriscoppis in Glenna, cum lie quoyis.

1609 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 128/2 9 lie uriscoppis de Mo.

†c. uris-thift n. stolen goods to the value of an ounce of silver. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1602 Shetland Law Rep. in Scotsman (1886) 29 Jan. 7/1 Gif he beis apprehendit with the walor of an uristhift.

2. ure of land, = 1a [So Middle Swedish öre.]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > land worth specific amount per annum

pennylanda1300

pennyland1439

soudeec1450

pennyworth of land1499

penny1504

uris-land1534

uris-cop1609

librate1610

obolate1610

solidate1610

ure of land1774

ounceland1805

1624 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. (1894) 212/1 2 merc. 5 lie uris terrarum de Brabister.]

1799 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XXI. 278 In these parishes there are 1618 merks 4 ures of land.

1821 W. Scott Pirate I. i. 17 Scarce a merk—scarce even an ure of land.

1884 Scotsman 26 July 3/1 (Shetland advt.) Three Merks, One Ure and One-Third of an Ure of Land.

elliptical.1774 G. Gifford in Low Orkney (1879) 145 8 Ures make 1 Mark [of Land].1799 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XXI. 278 An ure is the eighth part of a merk.1822 S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Islands 179 (note) The division of a mark of land into Ures, appears to have been first introduced..in the year 1263.attributive.1814 J. Shirreff Gen. View Agric. Orkney 31 The lands in Orkney had been early divided into ure or ounce lands.1822 S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Islands 179 (note) [Hacon] divided the islands into Eurelands or Ouncelands.

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uren.⁵

Brit.

/ʊə/, U.S.

/ʊ(ə)r/, Scottish English

/ur/

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse úr.

Etymology: < Old Norse úr drizzling rain.

local. Scottish.

1. A damp mist.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun]

misteOE

roke1292

vapourc1386

nyle1481

stove1513

fumec1550

rouka1586

misting1604

steam1612

dampa1616

petty-fog1641

smoke1648

brume1694

muga1728

ure1818

nebule1869

nebula1894

moist1903

M1904

clag1940

1818 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Sept. 155/1 The mune be this was shinan clearly abune a' the ure.

a1824 in J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 333 Glowring at the azure sky, And loomy oceans ure.

2. An atmospheric haze, esp. of a coloured nature. Frequently dry ure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] > haze

haze1582

oama1728

mist1785

maze1813

dry urea1824

gauze1842

blight1848

slur1880

a1824 in J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 455 The east was blae, dry ure bespread the hills.

1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 455 Ure, a kind of coloured haze, which the sun-beams make in the summer time.

1875 J. Veitch Tweed 49 The dry ure glow of sky-enkindled flame.

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† urev.¹

Etymology: < Old French urer, ourer, orer < Latin ōrāre to pray.

Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To pray.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > prayer > pray [verb (intransitive)]

i-bid971

bidc1175

ure?c1225

prayc1300

to bid a beada1325

to say one's beadsa1325

tellc1450

to tell or count one's beads1641

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 211 Ofte leoue sustren ȝe schulen vri [?a1289 Scribe D prein] lesse forto Mare reden.

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† urev.²

Etymology: variant of eure v.

Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To have good fortune.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > have good fortune

light?c1225

urec1440

to fall on (also upon) one's feet1574

to fall on (also upon) one's legs1723

to strike it rich1834

to strike oil1860

to luck out1902

to hit the jackpot1910

to bottom on (also upon) gold1926

to strike lucky1951

to hit (also strike, etc.) pay dirt1953

to land on one's feet1958

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 845 In hillis is to cure To sette hem on the south, yf they schal vre.

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† urev.³

Etymology: < ure n.¹

Obsolete.

transitive. = inure v.¹ 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > do habitually [verb (transitive)] > accustom (a person)

weanc960

wonc1175

to teach to1297

usec1300

usec1405

accustom1422

wontc1440

custom?c1450

enure1489

inure1489

induce1490

habituate1530

ure1530

usage1530

trade1539

to trade up1556

exercise1558

flesh1591

habit?1615

habitate1621

occasion1684

usen1715

usen1861

ethize1876

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 769/2 And he be ones ured to it, he wyll do well ynoughe.

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Cvi The Frenche souldiours..haue byne practysed and vrede in feates of armes.

1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. B1 Thou must begin, Now to..vre thy shoulders to an Armors weight.

1598 Chaucers Dreame in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 356/1 And in my selfe I me assured That in my body I was well vred.

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> see also

also refers to : -uresuffix¹

also refers to : -uresuffix²

n.¹c1420

n.²1432

n.³1565

n.⁴1534

n.⁵1818

v.¹?c1225

v.²c1440

v.³1530

单词	ure
释义	† uren.¹ Etymology: < Anglo-Norman eure, = Old French uevre* , euvre , evre (13th cent.; French œuvre ) < Latin opera opera n.² Obsolete. I. in ure: 1. a. In or into use, practice, or performance. Often with verbs, as bring, come, have, and esp. put (frequently c1510–1630). Also rarely with into. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > practice, exercise, or doing > practise or carry on [verb (transitive)] > exercise or put into practice (principle or quality) kithec1330 usec1330 apply1395 execute14.. in urec1420 exercisea1513 to put into (also in) practice1553 reduce1581 to make practice of1623 exsert1665 exert1682 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > in use [phrase] to (also in) noteOE in usea1400 in urec1420 (a) c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 1448 Whom folowyd Dethe, whych wold nat tary Hys feruent power there to put in vre. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 215 And elder than oon yeer, no grayn in vre Thou putte, in drede hit die. c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 76 Y^t this only lesson wel learned & busily putte in vre, must nedes leade vs to heauen. ?a1534 H. Medwall Nature i. sig. ciii He hath shewed me a praty whyle [= wile], If I may put yt in vre. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vi. 224 Euen as a Surgion..before in vre he put His violent Engines on the vicious member. 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iii. x. 269 Would God men would be pleas'd to put this course in vre. 1682 ‘T. Rationalis’ New News from Bedlam Postscr. You have put his jealous Pen in Ure. 1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Jewish Antiq. xvi. i, in Wks. 444 That was the Course therefore, they resolved to put in Ure. (b)1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Fi They maye be practised and brought in vre to diuers vses.1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 26 b Perchaunce they haue brought in ure both publikelie and priuatlie vices far more pernitious than this.a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 175 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) If hee dyed seised during that time, his wife shall not be indowed of the same land as came late in ure.1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 97 Martiall discipline he required most sharply, bringing again into ure and execution certaine..chastisements.(c)c1475 Partenay 3722 My goddoughter I may calle hir in vre. in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 112 The sitting of all Dukes, Earles, and Barons sonnes.., such things hathe beene well had in ure.c1530 Remedy of Love xxiii But this am I sure, Moche lyke thyng I haue had in vre.a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) xlv. 6 Trouth is trayed where craft is in vre.1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 21 What thing a man in tender age hath moost in vre.1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. vii. viii. 128 Neither had it any agreement with that which is in vre among vs.1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. v. 88 The staires of rugged stone, seldome in vre. b. With dependent infinitive. ΚΠ 1534 J. Heywood Play of Loue sig. Aii No tonge can attayne to put in vre Her to dyscryue. 1575 G. Gascoigne Glasse of Gouernem. 2nd Chorus sig. F Greate the paines, which teachers put in vre, To trade then still, in verteous qualities. 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. ii. sig. B8^v [To] dare put in vre To make Iehoua but a couerture, To shade ranck filth. c. With reference to statutes, etc.: In or into effect, force, or operation. Chiefly with verbs, esp. put. ΚΠ 1454–5 in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 23 All the Statutes..against Escheators shall be put in ure, and be of force. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxxxiii To the entente that they shulde see y^e sayde Proclamacion put in vre. 1539 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 597 My letters to the said Depute shall not nede to be put in ure. 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha i. xviii. 165 Ye statute of Northampton..is now..put in vre for the punishment of Forcible Entries. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 420 They ment to bring..S. Edwards lawes and liberties againe, In ure. 1614 F. Bacon Draft of King's Speech in Wks. (1869) V. 30 His Majesty could wish the ancient statutes were put in ure. c1670 T. Hobbes Dial. Com. Laws (1681) 141 That the Diocesan hath Jurisdiction of Hersesie, and that so it was put in ure in all Queen Elizabeths reign. 1701 F. Atterbury Additions to 1st Ed. Rights Eng. Convocation 48 They would not Enact, put in Ure, Promulge, or Execute any New Canons. 1707 G. Hickes Two Treat. ii. i. 240 Without any retrospection to old Principles, the King's Ecclesiastical Supremacy in Virtue of these Laws, was put in ure. d. In remembrance or recollection. Only to have..in ure. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > have in one's mind, remember [verb (intransitive)] monelOE to have memory (of)a1275 recorda1382 remembera1393 mina1400 meana1425 to have‥in urec1450 to be remembereda1500 minda1500 retain1581 rememorate1606 reminisce1896 c1450 Harl. Contin. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 452 The kynge havynge not in ure of the seide promisse. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 347 The peple..sayethe..Gurmunde..to have made those dyches, hauenge not Turgesius in vre or in remembraunce. e. In or into a state of prevalence or existence. Chiefly with verbs, as come, draw, put. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > [adverb] > into existence upOE in ure1470 a-sprout1880 on stream1965 1470 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 134 Towchinge the tyme whene the Mariage shalbe put in ure. 1477 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 500 For th'enconvenyence þat I have knowe late in vre in case lyke, and yit enduryth, in Kente. a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 2 Like as when, rough winter spent, The pleasant spring straight draweth in ure. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xxii. 167 b What thyng Petur did, the same would the other disciples also haue dooen, if lyke necessitee had cum in vre. 1549 J. Proctor Fal of Late Arrian R iij b Touchynge the dispensacion of the flesh, and the misterye nowe in force and vre, Christ shalbe subiected vnto the father. 1638 R. Farley Lychnocausia H 3 This waxen torch is able to endure The winds, when Æolus puts them in ure. 2. Of persons, their faculties, etc.: In or into the regular exercise or practice of a particular pursuit. Usually with verbs, as fall, put, and chiefly (esp. c1580–1685) keep. ΚΠ (a) c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 1173 Y haue shewed the, & brought þe in vre, to know þe Curtesie of court. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 42/2 Himself had bene al his dayes in vre therw^t. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxvii To put his people in vre, that thei might bee the more ready to fight. c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) ii. i. 77 Sondrie tymes came Lacy to quicken his laborers, full glad to se them fall in ure with any such exercise. 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 42 Till they have brought their hande in ure with the shape and fashion of the Letters. 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Iii^v/3 To put himself in ure, s'accoûtumer. (b)1539 H. Latimer Let. 2 Apr. in Serm. & Remains (1845) (modernized text) II. 416 I pray you, keep your hand in ure.1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. ix. sig. F.ii^v/1 Hee..by the Crosse doth keepe our patience in vre.1606 Bp. J. Hall Arte Diuine Medit. §xxxi. 163 The mind is by turnes depressed and lifted vp:..which order doeth best hold it in vre, and iust temper.1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiv. 880/2 To keepe in vre and exercise, the skill and valour of her English.1627 Bp. J. Hall Epist. iii. viii. 329 To keepe the heart in vre with God is the highest taske of a Christian.1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 254 He lies to keep his tongue in ure.1692 R. L'Estrange Fables 92 Keeping his hand in Ure with somewhat of Greater Value. II. out of ure: 3. a. Out of use; disused; obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > not in use [phrase] > disused out of ure1553 on the shelfa1577 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. vii. f. 117^v Our naturall tounge through the conuersacion of straung nacions is gonne out of vre. 1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. v. v. §1. 524 Al these thinges are woorne nowe out of vre, and nighe deade. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xiv, in Wks. (1662) 34 The mention of contrary orders worn so many ages since quite and clean out of ure. b. Out of practice. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > unaccustomed to [phrase] > out of practice one's hand is out1598 out of ure1625 out of practice1782 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 30 Which..maketh him practise Simulation in other things, lest his Hand should be out of vre. III. Custom; labour. 4. Custom or habit on the part of persons; wont to do something. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] i-wunec888 wise971 gatec1175 lawc1175 manners?c1225 wone?c1225 usec1325 hauntc1330 use1340 rotec1350 consuetude1382 customancea1393 usancea1393 practicc1395 guisea1400 usagea1400 wonta1400 spacec1400 accustomancec1405 customheada1425 urec1425 wontsomenessc1425 accustomc1440 wonningc1440 practice1502 habitudec1598 habiture1598 habit1605 wonting1665 c1425 Cast. Persev. 3629 in Macro Plays 185 Þe vij dedis of mercy, who-so hadde vre to Fylle. 1511 Kalender of Shepherdes (new ed.) sig. Aiv I Nouember wyll not abyde behynde To shewe my kyndly worthynes and vre. 1557 F. Seager Schoole of Vertue in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 344 And sure it is taken by custome and vre, whyle yonge you be there is helpe and cure. ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter cvii. 316 Ryght oft is hys vre: by loue to allure. 1599 J. Sylvester tr. J. Du Nesme Miracle Peace in Fraunce 30 Or (if you cannot leaue your wonted vre) Leaue (at the least) all mutinous alarmes. 5. Scottish. Work; labour. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil workeOE i-swincheOE swenchOE swote971 swingc1000 swinkOE swinkinga1225 travailc1275 cark1330 sweatc1380 the sweat of (one's) brow (brows), facec1380 laboura1382 swengc1400 labouragec1470 toil1495 laborationa1500 tug1504 urea1510 carp1548 turmoil1569 moil1612 praelabour1663 fatigue1669 insudation1669 till?a1800 Kaffir work1848 graft1853 workfulness1854 collar-work1871 yakka1888 swot1899 heavy lifting1934 a1510 G. Douglas King Hart i. 2 King Hart, into his cumlie castell strang Closit about with craft and meikill vre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † uren.² Etymology: Apparently representing Old English ór beginning, front, van, taken in the sense of ord point, front, beginning. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. The point of a weapon. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > blade of sword > point ure1432 mameluke point1809 1432 Sc. Acts Parl., Jas. I (1814) II. 21 Gif he hurtis or defoulis with fellon assailȝeing with ege or vre, he sal remayn in preson. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † uren.³ Forms: Also 1600s owre. Etymology: < Old French ure (16th cent.), or < Latin ūrus urus n. Compare Old English úr, Old High German (Middle High German) ûr, Old Norse úrr. Obsolete. = urus n., aurochs n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun] > genus Bos > bos primigenius or aurochs ure1565 urus1601 ure-ox1607 aurochs1768 urochs1839 urox1878 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia vi. f. 163 Ures..are of bignes somwhat lesse than Elephantes, in kind and color and shape like a Bull. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) iii. iv. ii. 29 As for the plowing with vres (which I suppose to be vnlikelie) and alkes. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iii. xxxii. 47 The swift Vre by Volgaes rolling flood. 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 6 Urus Jubatus, the Owre. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Owre, a kind of wild Bull. (Hence in Bailey and some later Dicts.)] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). uren.⁴ /əː/ Forms: 1500s–1600s uris-, 1500s wyris-, uyerris-, 1600s vrs-, 1700s urs, erys, 1800s eris; 1700s– ure (1800s eure). Etymology: < Old Norwegian øyrir (Norwegian øyre , øre ), = Middle Swedish and Swedish öre , Middle Danish and Danish øre , Icelandic eyrir , ounce of silver (also denoting a standard value and latterly a coin), < Latin aureus a gold solidus (taken at its value in silver); the original vowel remains unmutated in the Old Norse plural aurar . Compare ora n.¹ and ore n.⁴ Orkney and Shetland. 1. In genitive combinations (Old Norse øyris-, eyris-). a. uris-land [ < Old Norse øyrisland, Middle Swedish örisland] , land giving the rent of one-eighth of a mark; an ounce-land. (From the feu-duty formerly paid to the superior.) Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > land worth specific amount per annum pennylanda1300 pennyland1439 soudeec1450 pennyworth of land1499 penny1504 uris-land1534 uris-cop1609 librate1610 obolate1610 solidate1610 ure of land1774 ounceland1805 1534 in Orkney & Shetl. Rec. (1907) 64 Quhatsumevir that pertenis..to ws..wythin the half wyris land of Sabbaye. 1589 in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. (1890) 460/1 The landis of Trosnes extending to ane urisland. 1592 in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. (1892) 117/2 My 6 merk land and 2 uyerris land of Kildabuster. 1627 in A. Peterkin Rentals Earldom & Bishoprick of Orkney (1820) iii. 94 Lying in the vrs~lands off Brabister. 1772 G. Gifford in Low Orkney (1879) 144 Our Ure or Ursland..contains 18 Pennylands. 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIV. 323 Every Erysland of 18 penny land had one [chapel] for matins and vespers. 1805 G. Barry Hist. Orkney ii. v. 220 The entries are first by islands and parishes,..and lastly by marklands, erislands [printed erls-] or ouncelands. b. uris-cop [ < Old Norse øyris-, eyris-kaup] , = uris-land at sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > land worth specific amount per annum pennylanda1300 pennyland1439 soudeec1450 pennyworth of land1499 penny1504 uris-land1534 uris-cop1609 librate1610 obolate1610 solidate1610 ure of land1774 ounceland1805 1609 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 128/2 6 lie uriscoppis in Glenna, cum lie quoyis. 1609 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 128/2 9 lie uriscoppis de Mo. †c. uris-thift n. stolen goods to the value of an ounce of silver. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1602 Shetland Law Rep. in Scotsman (1886) 29 Jan. 7/1 Gif he beis apprehendit with the walor of an uristhift. 2. ure of land, = 1a [So Middle Swedish öre.] ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > land worth specific amount per annum pennylanda1300 pennyland1439 soudeec1450 pennyworth of land1499 penny1504 uris-land1534 uris-cop1609 librate1610 obolate1610 solidate1610 ure of land1774 ounceland1805 1624 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. (1894) 212/1 2 merc. 5 lie uris terrarum de Brabister.] 1799 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XXI. 278 In these parishes there are 1618 merks 4 ures of land. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. i. 17 Scarce a merk—scarce even an ure of land. 1884 Scotsman 26 July 3/1 (Shetland advt.) Three Merks, One Ure and One-Third of an Ure of Land. elliptical.1774 G. Gifford in Low Orkney (1879) 145 8 Ures make 1 Mark [of Land].1799 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XXI. 278 An ure is the eighth part of a merk.1822 S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Islands 179 (note) The division of a mark of land into Ures, appears to have been first introduced..in the year 1263.attributive.1814 J. Shirreff Gen. View Agric. Orkney 31 The lands in Orkney had been early divided into ure or ounce lands.1822 S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Islands 179 (note) [Hacon] divided the islands into Eurelands or Ouncelands. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021). uren.⁵ Brit. /ʊə/, U.S. /ʊ(ə)r/, Scottish English /ur/ Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse úr. Etymology: < Old Norse úr drizzling rain. local. Scottish. 1. A damp mist. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] misteOE roke1292 vapourc1386 nyle1481 stove1513 fumec1550 rouka1586 misting1604 steam1612 dampa1616 petty-fog1641 smoke1648 brume1694 muga1728 ure1818 nebule1869 nebula1894 moist1903 M1904 clag1940 1818 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Sept. 155/1 The mune be this was shinan clearly abune a' the ure. a1824 in J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 333 Glowring at the azure sky, And loomy oceans ure. 2. An atmospheric haze, esp. of a coloured nature. Frequently dry ure. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] > haze haze1582 oama1728 mist1785 maze1813 dry urea1824 gauze1842 blight1848 slur1880 a1824 in J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 455 The east was blae, dry ure bespread the hills. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 455 Ure, a kind of coloured haze, which the sun-beams make in the summer time. 1875 J. Veitch Tweed 49 The dry ure glow of sky-enkindled flame. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † urev.¹ Etymology: < Old French urer, ourer, orer < Latin ōrāre to pray. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To pray. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > prayer > pray [verb (intransitive)] i-bid971 bidc1175 ure?c1225 prayc1300 to bid a beada1325 to say one's beadsa1325 tellc1450 to tell or count one's beads1641 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 211 Ofte leoue sustren ȝe schulen vri [?a1289 Scribe D prein] lesse forto Mare reden. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † urev.² Etymology: variant of eure v. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To have good fortune. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > have good fortune light?c1225 urec1440 to fall on (also upon) one's feet1574 to fall on (also upon) one's legs1723 to strike it rich1834 to strike oil1860 to luck out1902 to hit the jackpot1910 to bottom on (also upon) gold1926 to strike lucky1951 to hit (also strike, etc.) pay dirt1953 to land on one's feet1958 c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 845 In hillis is to cure To sette hem on the south, yf they schal vre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † urev.³ Etymology: < ure n.¹ Obsolete. transitive. = inure v.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > do habitually [verb (transitive)] > accustom (a person) weanc960 wonc1175 to teach to1297 usec1300 usec1405 accustom1422 wontc1440 custom?c1450 enure1489 inure1489 induce1490 habituate1530 ure1530 usage1530 trade1539 to trade up1556 exercise1558 flesh1591 habit?1615 habitate1621 occasion1684 usen1715 usen1861 ethize1876 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 769/2 And he be ones ured to it, he wyll do well ynoughe. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Cvi The Frenche souldiours..haue byne practysed and vrede in feates of armes. 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. B1 Thou must begin, Now to..vre thy shoulders to an Armors weight. View more context for this quotation 1598 Chaucers Dreame in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 356/1 And in my selfe I me assured That in my body I was well vred. 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