ustulate (ustulat)

[L. ustulatus, pp. of ustulare, scorch, dim. of urere, burn.] Colored, or blackened, as if scorched or singed. ustulation (us-tu-lā'shon), n. [ Sindging and ustulation such as rapid affrictions do cause. Sir W. Petty , in Sprat's Hist. Royal Society, p. 297. [In the following quotation the word is used in a secondary sense, with special reference to 1 Cor. vii. 9. It is not certain that they took the better part when they chose ustulation before marriage, expre ly against the apostle. Jer. Taylor , Rule of Conscience, iii. 4.] 2t. In metal . , the operation of expelling one substance from another by heat, as sulphur sulphur and arsenic from ores in a muffle. Imp . Dict.3. In phar .: ( a ) The roasting or drying of moist substances so as to prepare them for pulverizing. ( b ) The burning of wine. usual (uzhö-al (uzhö-al), a. and n. [ Nece ity Taught us those arts not usual to our sex. Fletcher (and another ), Sea Voyage, v. 4. Albeit it be not usual with me, chiefly in the absence of a husband, to admit any entrance to strangers. B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, ii. 1. I was told that it was not usual to pay a kaphar in carPococke, Description of the East, II. 138. As usual, in such manner as is usual or common; as often happens; after the customary fashion. avans. IMG:content-1649.png:[blocks in formation]