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U, ou, oo,
U [(w)u:]
U, ou the twenty-first letter of the alphabet
ugg, ug, uggit, ugit,
ugg [ʌg]
v. To disgust, nauseate, annoy, upset, exasperate. To be sickened or nauseated, to feel repulsion. To vomit. To find offensive or repellent, dislike, feel disgust or horror at.
pt. pp. uggit adj. Upset, annoyed, disgusted.

n. Disgust, dislike, a sensation of nausea. An object of disgust, a person of disagreeable, disgusting manners.
uggertfu, ugertfu',
uggertfu ['ʌgərtfu, -fə, -fa, -fe]
adj. Dainty, fastidious.
uggin, ugin,
uggin [ʌgɪn]
adj. Disgusting, horrible, annoying.

From ugg.
uggsome, ugsome,
uggsome ['ʌgsʌm]
adj. Ugly, abhorrent.

From ugg.
uin, une, oon, ovven, een,
uin [øn, yn, ɪn]
n. An oven.

v. To bake in an oven.
uir, ure, üir, uer, ør, eer, ere,
uir [ør, yr, i:r]
n. Ore, clay with an admixture of iron, red gravelly earth, a colour, tinge or stain of a reddish or rusty hue.
uise, yaise, eese, yuize, yuise, yaze, yase, uize, uised, yaised, eesed, uist, est, uist, uises, yuises, eeses, ill-uise, ill-yaise, ill-eese, uisst, yaist, yais, ees't,
uise [jø:z, jy:z, je:z, N. i:z]
v. To use. With wi: to make someone familiar with, to habituate, accustom. To become inured to, accustomed to.
pt. pp. uised

For the n. see uiss.

Compounds and phrases etc.

ill-uise: v. ill-use
uised for tae: used to do something (with)
uised tae ['jøstø, 'jɪste:, N. 'isti: etc.]: used to, in the sense of something fulfilling a function
uised wi: used to, in the sense of being in the habit of or familiar with
uisge-beatha, usqubae, usquebae, usquebaugh, usquabae, usquebagh,
uisge-beatha [uʃkuba:]
n. Gael. Whisky.
uiss, yiss, eess, eese, yuiss, uisses, yisses, eesses, eeses, yuisses, uises, yaises, uisst, yisst, eest, ustae, uist, est, yissed, yaised, uised, us'd, yaist,
uiss [jøs, jɪs, N. is, jus]
n. Use. Followed by for or tae: need, occasion, reason. Custom, habit, practice.
pl. uisses

For the v. see uise.

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