Utricularia
(||U*tric`u*la"ri*a) n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed
leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See Ascidium,
Utriculate
(U*tric"u*late) a. Resembling a bladder; swollen like a bladder; inflated; utricular. Dana.
Utriculoid
(U*tric"u*loid) a. [L. utriculus a little womb, a calycle + -oid.] Resembling a bladder; utricular; utriculate.
Dana.
Utriculus
(U*tric"u*lus) n. [L., a little womb or matrix, a calycle.] (Anat.) A little sac, or bag; a utricle; especially,
a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under Ear.
Utro-
(U"tro-) A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the uterus; as
in utro-ovarian.
Utter
(Ut"ter) a. [OE. utter, originally the same word as outer. See Out, and cf. Outer, Utmost.]
1. Outer. "Thine utter eyen." Chaucer. [Obs.] "By him a shirt and utter mantle laid." Chapman.
As doth an hidden moth
The inner garment fret, not th' utter touch.
Spenser. 2. Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer. [Obs.]
Through utter and through middle darkness borne.
Milton.
The very utter part pf Saint Adelmes point is five miles from Sandwich.
Holinshed. 3. Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter ruin; utter darkness.
They . . . are utter strangers to all those anxious thoughts which disquiet mankind.
Atterbury. 4. Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an utter refusal or denial. Clarendon.
Utter bar (Law), the whole body of junior barristers. See Outer bar, under 1st Outer. [Eng.] — Utter
barrister (Law), one recently admitted as barrister, who is accustomed to plead without, or outside, the
bar, as distinguished from the benchers, who are sometimes permitted to plead within the bar. [Eng.]
Cowell.
Utter
(Ut"ter), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Uttered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Uttering.] [OE. outren, freq. of outen to
utter, put out, AS. utian to put out, eject, fr. ut out. &radic198. See Out, and cf. Utter, a.]
1. To put forth or out; to reach out. [Obs.]
How bragly [proudly] it begins to bud,
And utter his tender head.
Spenser. 2. To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend. [Obs.]
Such mortal drugs I have, but Mantua's law
Is death to any he that utters them.
Shak.
They bring it home, and utter it commonly by the name of Newfoundland fish.
Abp. Abbot. 3. hence, to put in circulation, as money; to put off, as currency; to cause to pass in trade; — often used,
specifically, of the issue of counterfeit notes or coins, forged or fraudulent documents, and the like; as, to
utter coin or bank notes.
The whole kingdom should continue in a firm resolution never to receive or utter this fatal coin.
Swift.
