n. [ L. clausura. See Closure. ] The act of shutting up or confining; confinement. [ R. ] Geddes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. fusura, fr. fundere, fusum. See Fuse, v. t. ] Act of fusing; fusion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
I usured not ne to me usured any man. Wyclif (Jer. xv. 10). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. ] Usury. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]
Foul usure and lucre of villainy. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. usurier, LL. usurarius. See Usury, and cf. Usurarious. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. Ex. xxii. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]
He was wont to call me usurer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]