usquebaugh (uskweba)

[Sc. also usque bae, iskiebae; formerly usque bath, The Irish man for usque bath. Marston and Webster , The Malcontent, v. 1. In case of sickne , such bottles of usquebaugh , black cherry brandy, and strong-beer as made the old coach crack again. Vanbrugh , Journey to London, i. 1. Inspirin' bauld John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi' tippeny we fear nae evil; Wi' usquebae , we'll face the devil. Burns, Tam o' Shanter. U. S. S. An abbreviation (a) of United States Senate, and (b) of United States ship. u elvent, pron. pl. [ME. u elfe, u elven; u uk, n. We fille accorded by us selven two. Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 812. [Also oozook , ursuk ; Eskimo.] The bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus. See cut under Erignathus. Ustilagineæ (usti-la-jin'ē-ē), n. pl. [NL., to the gra es. The mycelium is widely spreading, but soon vanishes. The teleutospores are produced in the interior of mycelial branches, which often become gelatinized. The life-history begins with the production from the resting-spore of a promycelium which bears sporidlike gametes. These gametes conjugate in pairs, and directly, or by means of sporids, produce a new mycelium, which in turn bears the resting-spores in another host. Ustilago, Urocystis, and Tilletia are the most important genera. See Coniomycetes, smut, 3, Fungi. ustilagineous (usti-la-jin'ē-us), a. In bot., of or pertaining to the Ustilagineæ. Ustilaginous (us-ti-laj'i-nus), a. [ of much gelatinized swollen hyp he, and when mature smut, 3, maize- smut, chimney - sweep, 3, bunt, colly - brand, collar bags, coal - brand. 2. [l. c.] Smut. See smut , 3.