uṣṇíh f. (fr. √ snih with ud, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 59]), N. of a Vedic metre (consisting of twenty-eight syllabic instants, viz. two Pādas with eight instants, and one with twelve; the varieties depend on the place of the twelve-syllabled Pāda), [RPrāt. 888 ff.]; [AV. xix, 21, 1]; [VS.]
a brick sacred to the above metre, [KātyŚr.]
N. of one of the Sun's horses, [VP.]