Definition of use

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Use (v. t.) To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger..

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Circuses :: Circuses (pl. ) of Circu.
Mule :: Mule (n.) A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also jenny and mule-jenny..
Hall :: Hall (n.) A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London..
Ray :: Ray (n.) To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles..
Tempered :: Tempered (a.) Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such) a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword..
Fountain :: Fountain (n.) A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc..
Fred :: Fred (n.) Peace; -- a word used in composition, especially in proper names; as, Alfred; Frederic..
Walk :: Walk (v. t.) To cause to walk; to lead, drive, or ride with a slow pace; as to walk one's horses..
Chaotic :: Chaotic (a.) Resembling chaos; confused.
Beaver :: Beaver (n.) Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woolen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats..
Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy..
Mawmet :: Mawmet (n.) A puppet; a doll; originally, an idol, because in the Middle Ages it was generally believed that the Mohammedans worshiped images representing Mohammed..
She :: She (obj.) A woman; a female; -- used substantively.
Lower-case :: Lower-case (a.) Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; -- used to denote the small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals. See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3..
Hepar :: Hepar (n.) Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called also hepar sulphuris (/)..
Knitback :: Knitback (n.) The plant comfrey; -- so called from its use as a restorative.
Warehouse :: Warehouse (v. t.) To deposit or secure in a warehouse.
Percussion :: Percussion (n.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate..
Firlot :: Firlot (n.) A dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth part of a boll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat firlot was to the imperial bushel as 998 to 1000; the barley firlot as 1456 to 1000.
Hicksite :: Hicksite (n.) A member or follower of the liberal party, headed by Elias Hicks, which, because of a change of views respecting the divinity of Christ and the Atonement, seceded from the conservative portion of the Society of Friends in the United States, in 1827..
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