Auln (?), n. An ell. [Obs.] See Aune.
Aul¶nage (?), Aul¶naÏger (?), } n. See Alnage and Alnager.
Aum (?), n. Same as Aam.
AuÏmail¶ (?), v. t. [OE. for amel, enamel.] To figure or variegate. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Aum¶bry (?), n. Same as Ambry.
Au¶meÏry (?), n. A form of Ambry, a closet; but confused with Almonry, as if a place for alms.
Aun¶cel (?), n. A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England.
Halliwell.
Aun¶cetÏry (?), n. Ancestry. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Ø Aune (?), n. [F. See Alnage.] A French cloth measure, of different parts of the country (at Paris, 0.95 of an English ell); Ð now superseded by the meter.
Aunt (?), n. [OF. ante, F. tante, L. amita father's sister. Cf. Amma.] 1. The sister of one's father or mother; Ð correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.
µ Aunt is sometimes applied as a title or term of endearment to a kind elderly woman not thus related.
2. An old woman; and old gossip. [Obs.]
Shak.
3. A bawd, or a prostitute. [Obs.]
Shak.
Aunt Sally, a puppet head placed on a pole and having a pipe in its mouth; also a game, which consists in trying to hit the pipe by throwing short bludgeons at it.
Aunt¶ter (?), n. Adventure; hap. [Obs.]
In aunters, perchance.
Aun¶ter, Aun¶tre } (?), v. t. [See Adventure.] To venture; to dare. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Aunt¶ie, Aunt¶y } (?), n. A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro women.
Aun¶trous (?), a. Adventurous. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Ø Au¶ra (?), n.; pl. Aur‘ (?). [L. aura air, akin to Gr. ?.] 1. Any subtile, invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing emanation from the pollen of flowers, etc.
2. (Med.) The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or limbs towards the head, a premonitory symptom of epilepsy or hysterics.
Electric ~, a supposed electric fluid, emanating from an electrified body, and forming a mass surrounding it, called the electric atmosphere. See Atmosphere, 2.
Au¶ral (?), a. [L. aura air.] Of or pertaining to the air, or to an aura.
Au¶ral, a. [L. auris ear.] Of or pertaining to the ear; as, aural medicine and surgery.
AuÏran·tiÏa¶ceous (?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the Aurantiace‘, an order of plants (formerly considered natural), of which the orange is the type.
Au¶rate (?), n. [L. auratus, p. p. of aurare to gild, fr. aurum gold: cf. F. aurate.] (Chem.) A combination of auric acid with a base; as, aurate or potassium.
Au¶raÏted (?), a. [See Aurate.] 1. Resembling or containing gold; goldÐcolored; gilded.
2.ÿ(Chem.) Combined with auric acid.
Au¶raÏted (?), a. Having ears. See Aurited.
Au¶reÏate (?), a. [L. aureatus, fr. aureus golden, fr. aurum gold.] Golden; gilded.
Skelton.
Ø AuÏre¶liÏa (?; 106), n. [NL., fr. L. aurum gold: cf. F. aur‚lie. Cf. Chrysalis.] (Zo”l.) (a) The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies. (b) A genus of jellyfishes. See Discophora.
AuÏre¶liÏan (?), a. Of or pertaining to the aurelia.
AuÏre¶liÏan, n. An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist.
Ø AuÏre¶oÏla (?), Au¶reÏole (?), } n. [F. aur‚ole, fr. L. aureola, (fem adj.) of gold (sc. corona crown), dim. of aureus. See Aureate, Oriole.] 1. (R. C. Theol.) A celestial crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil.
2. The circle of rays, or halo of light, with which painters surround the figure and represent the glory of Christ, saints, and others held in special reverence.
µ Limited to the head, it is strictly termed a nimbus; when it envelops the whole body, an aureola.
Fairholt.
3. A halo, actual or figurative.
The glorious aureole of light seen around the sun during total eclipses.
Proctor.
The aureole of young womanhood.
O. W. Holmes.
4.ÿ(Anat.) See Areola, 2.
Au¶ric (?), a. [L. aurum gold.] 1. Of or pertaining to gold.
2. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, gold; Ð said of those compounds of gold in which this element has its higher valence; as, auric oxide; auric chloride.
Au·riÏchal¶ceÏous (?), a. [L. aurichalcum, for orichalcum brass.] (Zo”l.) BrassÐcolored.
Au·riÏchal¶cite (?), n. [See Aurichalceous.] (Min.) A hydrous carbonate of copper and zinc, found in pale green or blue crystalline aggregations. It yields a kind of brass on reduction.
Au¶riÏcle (?), n. [L. auricula, dim. of auris ear. See Ear.] 1.ÿ(Anat.) (a) The external ear, or that part of the ear which is prominent from the head. (b) The chamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles; Ð so called from its resemblance to the auricle or external ear of some quadrupeds. See Heart.
2.ÿ(Zo”l.) An angular or earÐshaped lobe.
3. An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet.
Mansfield.
Au¶riÏcled (?), a.ÿHaving earÐshaped appendages or lobes; auriculate; as, auricled leaves.
Ø AuÏric¶uÏla (?), n.; pl. L. Auricul‘ (?), E. Auriculas (?). [L. auricula. See Auricle.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear'sÐear. (b) (b) A species of Hirneola (H. auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Jud‘, or Jew'sÐear.
P. Cyc.
2.ÿ(Zo”l.) (a) A genus of airÐbreathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish
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AuÏric¶uÏlar (?), a. [LL. auricularis: cf. F. auriculaire. See Auricle.] 1. Of or pertaining to the ear, or to the sense of hearing; as, auricular nerves. 2. Told in the ear, i.e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest. This next chapter is a penitent confession of the king, and the strangest … that ever was auricular. Milton. 3. Recognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as, auricular evidence. ½Auricular assurance.¸ Shak. 4. Received by the ear; known by report. ½Auricular traditions.¸ Bacon. 5. (Anat.) Pertaining to the auricles of the heart. Auricular finger, the little finger; so called because it can be readily introduced into the ear passage. Ø AuÏric·uÏla¶riÏa (?), n. pl. [Neut. pl., fr. LL. auricularis.] (Zo”l.) A kind of holothurian larva, with soft, blunt appendages. See Illustration in Appendix. AuÏric¶uÏlarÏly, adv. In an auricular manner. AuÏric¶uÏlars (?), n. pl. (Zo”l.) A circle of feathers surrounding the opening of the ear of birds. AuÏric¶uÏlate (?), AuÏric¶uÏla·ted (?), } a. [See Auricle.] (Biol.) Having ears or appendages like ears; eared. Esp.: (a) (Bot.)