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Gunboat of the United States Navy
January 1943, Brisk headed for Boston in company with Might by way of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Upon her arrival at the Boston Navy Yard, Brisk underwent repairs
USS_Brisk
France USS SC-34 USS SC-35 USS SC-36 USS SC-37 USS SC-38 USS SC-39 USS SC-40 USS SC-41 USS SC-42 USS SC-43 USS SC-44 USS SC-45 USS SC-46 USS SC-47 USS SC-48
List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy
List_of_patrol_vessels_of_the_United_States_Navy
pages. USS A-1 (SS-2, SP-1370) USS A-2 (SS-3) USS A-3 (SS-4) USS A-4 (SS-5) USS A-5 (SS-6) USS A-6 (SS-7) USS A-7 (SS-8) USS AA-1 (SS-52/SF-1) USS AA-2
List of United States Navy ships: A–B
List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_A–B
World War II British corvette class
December 1942 to USN as USS Brisk. Honesty Kingston Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Kingston, Ontario 28 September 1942 Formerly USS Caprice. Transferred to RN
Flower-class_corvette
1841, launched 15 June 1942. Transferred to the United States as USS Brisk. Honesty; ex-USS Caprice, built by Kingston, Canada, ordered 6 October 1841, launched
List of Flower-class corvettes
List_of_Flower-class_corvettes
German World War II submarine
jammed as the ship was turning to ram her target. Another escort vessel, USS Brisk (PG-89), fired one shell from her No.1 gun and missed the U-boat by about
German_submarine_U-521
1942 American type of warship
Sold 22 Sept 1945 USS Brisk PG-89 HMS Flax K284 Kingston Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Kingston 6 Dec 1942 6 Dec 1942 Sold 18 Oct 1946 USS Haste PG-92 HMS Mandrake
American Flower-class corvette
American_Flower-class_corvette
United States Navy submarine (1961–63)
USS Thresher (SSN-593) was the lead boat of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines in the United States Navy. She was the U.S. Navy's second submarine
USS_Thresher_(SSN-593)
Canadian shipbuilder and ship repair company (1910 - 1968)
renamed Aalesund 1967: renamed Lars Nyvoll 1978: renamed Jan Mayen 23 USS Brisk / HMS Flax U.S. Navy / Royal Navy Corvette 980d 1942 1947: renamed HMS
Kingston_Shipyards
Naval battle during the War of 1812
USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere was a battle between an American and British ship during the War of 1812, about 400 miles (640 km) southeast of Halifax
USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere
USS_Constitution_vs_HMS_Guerriere
1813 naval battle of the War of 1812
The capture of USS Chesapeake, also known as the Battle of Boston Harbor, was fought on 1 June 1813, between the Royal Navy frigate HMS Shannon and the
Capture_of_USS_Chesapeake
Gunboat of the United States Navy
USS Tyler was originally a merchant steamboat named A. O. Tyler, a commercial side-wheel steamboat with twin stacks and covered paddles positioned aft
USS_Tyler
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer
June, she rescued 31 American soldiers from the sinking LCT-2498. During a brisk engagement with German batteries in the Bombardment of Cherbourg on 25 June
USS_Barton_(DD-722)
United States Navy Commodore
During his military career, he commanded the warships USS Argus, USS Chesapeake, USS President, and USS Constitution. During the War of 1812, Hull, commanding
Isaac_Hull
USS Henry T. Allen was a Harris class attack transport in service with the United States Army from 1940 to 1941. She was then transferred to the United
USS_Henry_T._Allen
Clemson-class destroyer
USS Whipple (DD- 217/AG-117), a Clemson-class destroyer was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of Commodore Abraham Whipple (1733–1819)
USS_Whipple_(DD-217)
USS Hancock was a 6-gun schooner of the Continental Navy. She was named for patriot and presiding officer of the Continental Congress, John Hancock. Congress
USS_Hancock_(1775)
Buckley-class destroyer escort
USS Amesbury (DE-66/APD-46), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant (jg) Stanton Morgan Amesbury
USS_Amesbury
Tender of the United States Navy
USS Buffalo was a block sloop in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. Buffalo was built in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, under the supervision
USS_Buffalo_(1813)
Tugboat of the United States Navy
USS Wompatuck (YT-27) was an armed tug in commission in the United States Navy from 1898 to 1931. Early in her naval career, she saw combat in the Spanish–American
USS_Wompatuck
Gunboat of the United States Navy
noted: The officers and crew behaved with great coolness, though under a brisk fire of musketry. The naval attack, directed from Ivy, resulted in Sherman's
USS_Ivy
Submarine of the United States
USS Lizardfish (SS-373), a Balao-class submarine, was a boat of the United States Navy named for the lizardfish, a slender marine fish having a scaly
USS_Lizardfish
Modified Flower-class corvette
Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy and the United States Navy (as USS Intensity (PG-93)) before being transferred to Panama where she served as
HMS_Milfoil
Flower-class corvette
United States Navy as part of the reverse Lend Lease arrangement and renamed USS Temptress, the name ship of the Temptress-class gunboats. With the end of
HMS_Veronica_(K37)
Gunboat of the United States Navy
The first USS Annapolis (PG-10/IX-1) was a gunboat in the United States Navy. She was named for Annapolis, Maryland. Annapolis was laid down on 18 April
USS_Annapolis_(PG-10)
Gunboat of the United States Navy
USS Action (PG-86) was the lead ship of the Action-class patrol boats acquired by the United States Navy for the task of patrolling American coastal waters
USS_Action
American side-wheel steamer gunboat
The first USS Miami was a side-wheel steamer, double-ender gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Miami was launched by Philadelphia
USS_Miami_(1861)
Flower-class corvette
United States Navy as part of the Reverse Lend-Lease arrangement and renamed USS Spry, one of the Temptress-class gunboats. With the end of hostilities she
HMS_Hibiscus_(K24)
Gunboat of the United States Navy
USS Katahdin was a Unadilla-class gunboat built for the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. Katahdin was outfitted as a gunboat with cannon and rifled
USS_Katahdin_(1861)
Gunboat of the United States Navy
USS Haste (PG-92), was one of a group of Canadian corvettes turned over to the United States Navy and crewed by the Coast Guard. She was laid down as
USS_Haste
Minesweeper of the United States Navy
USS Velocity (AM-128) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in
USS_Velocity_(AM-128)
John C. Butler-class destroyer escort
USS Alvin C. Cockrell (DE-366) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 and from 1951 to 1968
USS_Alvin_C._Cockrell
Schooner of the US Navy, in service from 1813 to 1814
USS Carolina, a schooner, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the British colony that became the states of North Carolina and
USS_Carolina_(1812)
Temptress-class patrol gunboat (Flower-class corvette in U.S. service)
USS Surprise (PG-63), the fourth American naval ship of the name, was a Temptress-class patrol gunboat during World War II. She was built as the British
USS_Surprise_(PG-63)
Flower-class corvette
United States Navy during the Second World War, with the latter navy as USS Courage. She then spent several years under a succession of names in civilian
HMS_Heartsease_(K15)
Cargo ship of the United States Navy
USS Alcona (AK-157) was an Alamosa-class cargo ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering troops
USS_Alcona
Gunboat of the United States Navy
USS Pert (PG-95), the second United States Navy ship of that name, was one of eight Canadian-built corvettes turned over to the U.S. Navy for operation
USS_Pert
Tugboat of the United States Navy
B. Young reversed course and touched at Vineyard Haven harbor to do a brisk business in her illicit liquor. Later, the day before Christmas of 1921
USS_Acushnet
American astronaut (1930–2012)
the Korean War, flying the Grumman F9F Panther from the aircraft carrier USS Essex. After the war, he completed his bachelor's degree at Purdue and became
Neil_Armstrong
Flower-class corvette
War II. In 1942 she was lent to the United States Navy and commissioned as USS Impulse. Returned to the Royal Navy in 1945, Begonia was stricken and sold
HMS_Begonia_(K66)
United States Navy admiral (1887–1947)
aviation while serving on the destroyers USS Whipple and USS Stewart. Mitscher was in charge of the engine room on USS Stewart when orders to transfer to the
Marc_Mitscher
commanded the sloop-of-war USS Warren from 1854 to 1856, the steam tug USS John Hancock in 1856, and the screw sloop USS Wyoming from 1861 to 1864, in
David_McDougal
Modified Flower-class corvette
domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here. USS Tact (PG-98) Photo gallery of HMS Smilax at NavSource Naval History
HMS_Smilax
1912 maritime disaster
extinguished on 13 April. The weather improved significantly during the day, from brisk winds and moderate seas in the morning to a crystal-clear calm by evening
Sinking_of_the_Titanic
Steregushchiy-class Russian warship
Boikiy (Russian: Бойкий, lit. 'Brisk') is a Steregushchy-class corvette of the Russian Navy, the third ship of that class. The ship launched on 15 April
Russian_corvette_Boikiy
Modified Flower-class corvette
Arabis Arbutus United States Navy Action class Action Alacrity Beacon Brisk Caprice Clash Haste Intensity Might Pert Prudent Splendor Tact Vim Vitality
HMS_Linaria
Flower-class corvette
United States Navy as part of the reverse Lend Lease arrangement and renamed USS Tenacity, one of the Temptress-class gunboats. With the end of hostilities
HMS_Candytuft_(K09)
British naval officer (1802–1856)
joined the 10-gun brig-sloop HMS Brisk, whose previous commander had drowned at Sheerness two weeks earlier. He commanded Brisk on the North Sea Station until
Lord_Adolphus_FitzClarence
Headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense
Pentagon in less than ten minutes, though the optimal route may involve a brisk walk, routing through the open-air central courtyard, or both. The complex
The_Pentagon
Gunboat of the United States Navy
USS Might (PG-94) was laid down as Canadian corvette CN-312 by Morton Engineering and Drydock Co., Ltd., Quebec, Canada, on 28 November 1941 and launched
USS_Might
Flower-class corvette
Arabis. She was transferred to the United States Navy in 1942, serving as USS Saucy. Returned to the United Kingdom in 1945, she was recommissioned into
HMS_Arabis_(K73)
British passenger liner that sank in 1912
coast of Ireland. It was a partly cloudy but relatively warm day, with a brisk wind. Again, the dock facilities were not suitable for a ship of Titanic's
Titanic
American aviation pioneer (1897–1937)
a quick refuel stop into a test of endurance. When dawn broke clear and brisk over Newfoundland on June 17, and weather reports suggested marginally favorable
Amelia_Earhart
Gunboat of the United States Navy
USS Alacrity (PG-87) was an Action-class patrol boat acquired by the United States Navy for the task of patrolling American coastal waters during World
USS_Alacrity_(PG-87)
Gunboat of the United States Navy
USS Prudent (PG–96), originally ordered as HMS Privet, was an Action-class patrol gunboat in the United States Navy. Prudent was laid down by the Morton
USS_Prudent
British Royal Navy suppression of the Atlantic slave trade
while deployed with the African Squadron include USS Yorktown, USS Constellation, and the second USS Constellation, which captured Cora on 26 September
Blockade_of_Africa
Seagoing steam ships
flotilla, wrote to the war department: "Blockade running seems almost as brisk as ever, the new class of blockade runners are very fast and sometimes come
Blockade runners of the American Civil War
Blockade_runners_of_the_American_Civil_War
Austrian-American actress and inventor (1914–2000)
little Hedy was learning English, when Spencer turned to me and said, briskly, 'Get me a taxi.' I obligingly arose and started to walk toward the sound‐stage
Hedy_Lamarr
American gay rights activist (1930–1978)
Alica; Rocha, Veronica (May 23, 2014). "Harvey Milk stamp draws crowds, brisk sales in San Francisco". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on
Harvey_Milk
Theatre of war of European Axis and Soviet Union blocs
Operation Winter Storm, with three transferred panzer divisions, got going briskly from Kotelnikovo towards the Aksai river but became bogged down 65 km (40 mi)
Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)
American action police procedural television series
one a score of 74% based on 23 reviews. The site's consensus calls it: "A brisk, slick reboot of an old favorite, Hawaii Five-0's picturesque locales and
Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)
Hawaii_Five-0_(2010_TV_series)
Modified Flower-class corvette
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here. USS Vitality (PG-100) Photo gallery of HMS Willowherb at NavSource Naval History
HMS_Willowherb
2001 multinational military operation
original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2017. Barbers too were doing brisk business as young men with trimmed beards and bare faces walked the streets
United States invasion of Afghanistan
United_States_invasion_of_Afghanistan
1854 extreme clipper
British screw sloop-of-war HMS Brisk captured Emanuela with 846 slaves aboard, in the Mozambique Channel. At 11:30 am Brisk, under Captain Algernon de Horsey
Sunny_South_(clipper)
original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2015. Willshaw, Fred (2009). "USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)". NavSource. Retrieved 24 April 2009. Harjula, Mirko
List of maritime disasters in World War I
List_of_maritime_disasters_in_World_War_I
six weeks into his second term. Since his inauguration, he has worked briskly to try to radically reshape the government and has signed dozens of executive
False or misleading statements by Donald Trump (second term)
False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump_(second_term)
First Lady of the United States from 1809 to 1817
and Madison, who at 43 was a longstanding bachelor 17 years her senior. A brisk courtship followed, and by August she had accepted his marriage proposal
Dolley_Madison
Flower-class corvette
United States Navy as part of the Reverse Lend-Lease arrangement and renamed USS Fury, one of the Temptress-class gunboats. With the end of hostilities she
HMS_Larkspur_(K82)
Belarusian-born Israeli haredi rabbi (1878–1953)
trip was to study from Rabbi Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik of Brisk, who taught in Brisk after leaving Volozhin Yeshiva until his death in 5652 (1892)
Avrohom_Yeshaya_Karelitz
2012 video game
as at least one large store in the capital of Islamabad was still making brisk sales of both games and pirated versions of the game are also easily available
Medal_of_Honor:_Warfighter
1864 engagement of the American Civil War
Tulifinny: USS St Louis, USS Pawnee, USS Canandaigua, USS Flag, USS New Hampshire, USS Sonoma, USS Mingoe, USS Pontiac, USS Saratoga, USS James Adger, USS Cimarron
Battle_of_Tulifinny
1979 American science fiction film
of the series' best. The DVD Journal's Mark Bourne said it showcased "a brisker, more attractive version of the movie" that was "as good as it might have
Star_Trek:_The_Motion_Picture
City in California, United States
now easily accessible by land and by sea, and subsequent development was brisk. Santa Barbara had a system of street railways that operated from 1875 through
Santa_Barbara,_California
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
camped in the back country. The duo talked late into the night, slept in the brisk open air of Glacier Point, and were dusted by a fresh snowfall in the morning
John_Muir
Steam tanker built in 1917–1918
p. 19. Retrieved 19 January 2019 – via Newspapers.com. "Kerosene Trade Brisk". The San Francisco Examiner. 3 February 1922. p. 15. Retrieved 19 January
SS_Sylvan_Arrow
United States Marine (1870–1922)
plain sight of the vessel, but in danger of falling shells as well as a brisk enemy fire, and signaled for the bombardment to be stopped. War correspondent
John_H._Quick
2008 film
Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave it a B− grade, calling the animation "brisk and sweet, even if the script veers toward fussy and lame in this tot-level
Fly Me to the Moon (2008 film)
Fly_Me_to_the_Moon_(2008_film)
1962 British film by Wendy Toye
Wendy Toye, one of Britain's few women directors, has helmed the pic with brisk gaiety but Arthur Dales' screenplay never adds up to a really cohesive yarn
We_Joined_the_Navy
Modified Flower-class corvette
The second USS Caprice (PG-90), formerly CN-308, was launched 28 September 1942, by Kingston Shipbuilding Co., Kingston, Ontario, Canada, for the United
HMS_Honesty
Modified Flower-class corvette in the British Royal Navy
Arabis Arbutus United States Navy Action class Action Alacrity Beacon Brisk Caprice Clash Haste Intensity Might Pert Prudent Splendor Tact Vim Vitality
HMS_Rosebay
Flower-class corvette
Arabis Arbutus United States Navy Action class Action Alacrity Beacon Brisk Caprice Clash Haste Intensity Might Pert Prudent Splendor Tact Vim Vitality
HMS_Salvia_(K97)
Modified Flower-class corvette
The ships were intended for transfer to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease. USS Vim (Hull number PG-99) was one of four corvettes ordered on 6 December 1941
HMS_Statice
Flower-class corvette
United States Navy as part of the Reverse Lend-Lease arrangement and renamed USS Restless, one of the Temptress-class gunboats. With the end of hostilities
HMS_Periwinkle
1935 film by Frank Borzage
milltary service theme, a forte now on the Warner's lot, gets a thorough and brisk golng over in Shipmates Forever. It has most of the ingredlents of previous
Shipmates_Forever
was captured. Manuela, built as clipper ship Sunny South, captured by HMS Brisk in Mozambique Channel with over 800 slaves aboard. Marie Séraphique, French
List_of_slave_ships
Flower-class corvette
United States Navy as part of the reverse Lend Lease arrangement and renamed USS Ready, one of the Temptress-class gunboats. With the end of hostilities she
HMS_Calendula
Imperial Japanese Navy B1 type submarine
kept the fires under control. In fact, had the winds been sufficiently brisk to stoke widespread forest fires, the lightweight Glen may have had difficulty
Japanese_submarine_I-25
Class of frigates built for Soviet/Russian navy
abroad). Soviet Krivak-class frigate Bezzavetnyy collides with the US cruiser USS Yorktown in the 1988 incident Soviet Krivak I-class guided-missile frigate
Krivak-class_frigate
Flower-class corvette
10 Nov: USS Abarenda, USS Alhena, USS Argonne, USS Aries, USS Cacapon, USS Cebu, HMS Hydra, USS Kyne, USS Lyman, USS Mindanao, USS Oberrender, USS Petrof
HMCS_Shawinigan_(K136)
Naval branch of the Portuguese Armed Forces
the Atlantic (including the planned British operations Alloy, Shrapnell, Brisk, Thruster, Springboard and Lifebelt, the US Operation Grey and the German
Portuguese_Navy
Walke's former command, Tyler, engaged the Southern ironclad. During the brisk opening exchange, Carondelet suffered heavy damage and was forced out of
Henry_A._Walke
States and the British Canada were all resolved peacefully, and trade was brisk. Secretary of State William H. Seward, the primary architect of the Union's
United Kingdom and the American Civil War
United_Kingdom_and_the_American_Civil_War
Allied conference during WWII
reported to Eden, This long walk, or rather trot, for he [Stalin] had to be brisk in order to keep pace with Mr. Churchill, is, I understand, without precedent
Moscow_Conference_(1942)
United States Navy officer (1782–1851)
Epervier off Cape Canaveral, Florida. Peacock emerged victorious from a brisk 45-minute exchange with Epervier, killing 8 and wounding 15 of her crew
Lewis Warrington (United States Navy officer)
Lewis_Warrington_(United_States_Navy_officer)
Flower-class corvette
Arabis Arbutus United States Navy Action class Action Alacrity Beacon Brisk Caprice Clash Haste Intensity Might Pert Prudent Splendor Tact Vim Vitality
HMS_Hollyhock_(K64)
First naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War
Margaretta. After escaping the Machias men, Margaretta was forced to jibe into brisk winds, which resulted in the main boom and gaff breaking away, crippling
Battle_of_Machias
WW2 Army Unit
Division in late March. By that time the Germans were falling back at a brisk pace, with the tankers pursuing them as quickly as they could. 778th Tank
778th_Tank_Battalion
Passenger steamship that sank after a collision south of the Isle of Wight
Le Havre in northern France, escorted by the Acorn-class destroyer HMS Brisk. Mendi's complement was a mixture characteristic of many UK merchant ships
SS_Mendi
Flower-class corvette
47 men on board the U-567 were killed. On 8 November 1942, she escorted USS Leedstown (AP-73) from the Mediterranean after she had been attacked by German
HMS_Samphire
Flower-class corvette
Arabis Arbutus United States Navy Action class Action Alacrity Beacon Brisk Caprice Clash Haste Intensity Might Pert Prudent Splendor Tact Vim Vitality
HMS_Polyanthus_(K47)
USS BRISK
USS BRISK
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, French, German, Swedish
Bear
Male
English
Short form of English Russell, RUSS means "little red one."
Male
German
German form of Roman Latin Ursus, URS means "bear."
Girl/Female
Indian, Japanese, Sanskrit
Dawn
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Voice; Use
Girl/Female
British, English
Happy
Boy/Male
Australian, Latin
Worthy of Respect
Male
German
German form of Latin Bartolomaeus, BARTOLOMÄUS means "son of Talmai."
Male
Egyptian
, a son of Rameses II.
Boy/Male
English American French
Form of Rufus: Red-haired.
Male
Norse
Old Norse legend name of a dwarf who almost married Thor's daughter Thrud, ALVÃSS means "all wise."
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Sun Rays
Boy/Male
Australian, Italian
Intelligent
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a cooper or else a nickname for a rotund, fat man, from Middle English, Old French busse ‘cask’, ‘barrel’ (of unknown origin). The word was also used in Middle English for a type of ship, and the surname may perhaps have been given to someone who sailed in one. The byname seems to occur already in Domesday Book, where a Siward Buss, and a John and Richard Buss are recorded at Brasted in Kent.German and Swiss German : from a pet form of the personal name Burkhard (see Burkhart).Danish : variant of Buus.
Female
Egyptian
, Turn of Heaven, Conductor of the Gods.
Male
Egyptian
, a king of Egypt; Khufu.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Rouse.German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with hrÅd ‘renown’.German (of Slavic origin) : from Old Slavic rusu ‘reddish’, ‘blond’, hence a nickname or an ethnic name meaning ‘Russian’.Swiss German : topographic name for someone who lived by a scree, Middle High German ru(o)zze.In some instances the name referred to personal or business connections with Russia, the country of the Reussen, from Middle High German Riusse.
Boy/Male
Egyptian
Smoke.
Boy/Male
Arabic
Saffron
Boy/Male
Biblical
An ass.
USS BRISK
USS BRISK
Girl/Female
Indian
Built; Construction; Creative Art; All Creation
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Irish, Jamaican
Father of Glory; Glory of the Father
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
Golden Creeper
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Honour of the Religion
Girl/Female
Biblical
A cow, increasing.
Girl/Female
Indian
The beautiful woman, Beautiful jewel
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
The Brighting Stars of Sky; To Accept
Boy/Male
Tamil
A river in paradise, Ascending
Girl/Female
Arabic
Princess; Lady
Boy/Male
English American
Supplanter.
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n.
One who uses, or sustains the use of, the veto.
n.
A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed.
v. t.
To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.
v. t.
To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly.
v. i.
To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to," and "used to."
v. t.
The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.
v. t.
Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
v. t.
The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
v. t.
Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.
v. t.
A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
v. t.
To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.
v. t.
Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.
v. t.
The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use.
v. i.
To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; -- sometimes followed by of.
n.
A state of confusion or disorder; -- prob. variant of mess, but influenced by muss, a scramble.
v. t.
The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.
v. t.
To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.
v. t.
Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.