Webster's Dictionary 1913

7291

Auriculate

{ Au‐ric″u‐late (�), Au‐ric″u‐la′ted (�), } a. [See Auricle.] (Biol.) Having ears or appendages like ears; eared. Esp.: (a) (Bot.) Having lobes or appendages like the ear; shape...

7292

Auriferous

Au‐rif″er‐ous (�), a. [L. aurifer; aurum gold + ferre to bear: cf. F. aurifère.] Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold.Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays.Thomso...

7293

Auriflamme

Au″ri‐flamme (�), n. See Oriflamme.

7294

Auriform

Au″ri‐form (�), a. [L. auris ear + -form.] Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped.

7295

Auriga

‖Au‐ri″ga (�), n.(Anat.) The Charioteer, or Wagoner, a constellation in the northern hemisphere, situated between Perseus and Gemini. It contains the bright star Capella.

7296

Aurigal

Au‐ri″gal (�), a. [L. aurigalis.] Of or pertaining to a chariot.

7297

Aurigation

Au′ri‐ga″tion (�), n. [L. aurigatio, fr. aurigare to be a charioteer, fr. auriga.] The act of driving a chariot or a carriage. De Quincey.

7298

Aurigraphy

Au‐rig″ra‐phy (�), n. [L. aurum gold + -graphy.] The art of writing with or in gold.

7299

Aurilave

Au′ri‐lave (?), n. [L. auris ear + lavare to wash.] An instrument for cleansing the ear, consisting of a small piece of sponge on an ivory or bone handle.

7300

Aurin

Au″rin (a̤″rĭn), n. [L. aurum gold.] (Chem.) A red coloring matter derived from phenol; — called also, in commerce, yellow corallin.

7301

Auriphrygiate

Au′ri‐phryg″i‐ate (a̤′rĭ‐frĭ″jĭ‐ā̍t), a. [LL. auriphrigiatus; L. aurum gold + LL. phrygiare to adorn with Phrygian needlework, or with embroidery; perhaps corrupted from some ot...

7302

Auripigment

Au′ri‐pig″ment (a̤′rĭ‐pĭg″ment), n. See Orpiment.

7303

Auriscalp

Au″ri‐scalp (a̤″rĭ‐skălp), n. [L. auris ear + scalpere to scrape.] An earpick.

7304

Auriscope

Au″ri‐scope (–skōp), n. [L. auris + -scope.] (Med.) An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.

7305

Auriscopy

Au‐ris″co‐py (a̤‐rĭs″kō̍‐py̆), n. Examination of the ear by the aid of the auriscope.

7306

Aurist

Au″rist (a̤″rĭst), n. [L. auris ear.] One skilled in treating and curing disorders of the ear.

7307

Aurited

Au″ri‐ted (�), a. [L. auritus, fr. auris ear.] (Zoöl.) Having lobes like the ear; auriculate.

7308

Aurivorous

Au‐riv″o‐rous (�), a. [L. aurum gold + vorare to devour.] Gold-devouring. H. Walpole.

7309

Aurocephalous

Au′ro‐ceph″a‐lous (�), a. [Aurum + cephalous.] (Zoöl.) Having a gold-colored head.

7310

Aurochloride

Au′ro‐chlo″ride (�), n. [Aurum + chloride.] (Chem.) The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; — called also chloraurate.

7311

Aurochs

Au″rochs (a̤″rŏks), n. [G. auerochs, OHG. ūrohso; ūr (cf. AS. ūr) + ohso ox, G. ochs. Cf. Owre, Ox.] (Zoöl.) The European bison (Bison bonasus, orEuropæus), once widely distribu...

7312

Aurocyanide

Au′ro‐cy″a‐nide (�), n. [Aurum + cyanide.] (Chem.) A double cyanide of gold and some other metal or radical; — called also cyanaurate.

7313

Aurora

Au‐ro″ra (�), n.; pl. E. Auroras (�), L. (rarely used) Auroræ (�). [L. aurora, for ausosa, akin to Gr. �, �, dawn, Skr. ushas, and E. east.] 1. The rising light of the morning; ...

7314

Auroral

Au‐ro″ral (�), a. Belonging to, or resembling, the aurora (the dawn or the northern lights); rosy.Her cheeks suffused with an auroral blush.Longfellow.

7315

Aurous

Au″rous (�), a. 1. Containing gold.2. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, gold; — said of those compounds of gold in which this element has its lower valence; as, aurous oxide.

7316

Aurum

‖Au″rum (�), n. Gold.Aurum fulminans (�). See Fulminate. — Aurum mosaicum (�). See Mosaic.

7317

Auscult

Aus‐cult″ (�), v. i. & t. To auscultate.