Definition of usage

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Usage (n.) Long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure; custom; habitual use; method.

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Usage :: Usage (n.) Manners; conduct; behavior.
Appendant :: Appendant (v. t.) Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house..
Lady :: Lady (n.) A wife; -- not now in approved usage.
Usage :: Usage (n.) Long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure; custom; habitual use; method.
Odeon :: Odeon (n.) A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances..
Syntaxis :: Syntax (n.) That part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations, according to established usage in any language..
Knaveship :: Knaveship (n.) A small due, in meal, established by usage, which is paid to the under miller..
Legation :: Legation (n.) A legate, or envoy, and the persons associated with him in his mission; an embassy; or, in stricter usage, a diplomatic minister and his suite; a deputation..
Terrier :: Terrier (n.) In modern usage, a book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, or the like..
Wone :: Wone (a.) Custom; habit; wont; use; usage.
Orthographize :: Orthographize (v. t.) To spell correctly or according to usage; to correct in regard to spelling.
Polony :: Polony (n.) A kind of sausage made of meat partly cooked.
Day :: Day (n.) Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work..
Usage :: Usage (n.) Customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a particular sense or signification..
Dilapidated :: Dilapidated (a.) Decayed; fallen into partial ruin; injured by bad usage or neglect.
Ship :: Ship (v. t.) By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad..
Law :: Law (n.) In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist..
Fashion :: Fashion (n.) The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the fashion..
Entree :: Entree (n.) In French usage, a dish served at the beginning of dinner to give zest to the appetite; in English usage, a side dish, served with a joint, or between the courses, as a cutlet, scalloped oysters, etc..
Massacre :: Massacre (n.) The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day..
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