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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Ur \Ur\, Ure \Ure\, n. (Zool.)
   The urus.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Ure \Ure\, n. [OE. ure, OF. oevre, ovre, ouvre, work, F.
   [oe]uvre, L. opera. See Opera, Operate, and cf. Inure,
   Manure.]
   Use; practice; exercise. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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         Let us be sure of this, to put the best in ure
         That lies in us.                         --Chapman.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Ure \Ure\, v. t.
   To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice.
   [Obs.]
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         The French soldiers . . . from their youth have been
         practiced and ured in feats of arms.     --Sir T. More.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Urus \U"rus\, n. [L.; of Teutonic origin. See Aurochs.]
   (Zool.)
   A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal
   (Bos urus or Bos primigenius) anciently abundant in
   Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of
   Julius Caesar. It had very large horns, and was hardly
   capable of domestication. Called also, ur, ure, and
   tur.
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