AURIPIGMENTUM
AURIPIGMENTUM. [See Orpiment.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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AURISCALP
AU'RISCALP, noun [Latin auris, ear, and scalpo, to scrape.]An instrument to clean the ears; used also in operations of surgery on the ear.
AURIST
AU'RIST, noun [Latin auris, ear.] One skilled in disorders of the ear, or who professes to cure them.
AUROCHS
AU'ROCHS, noun A species of ox, whose bones are found in gravel and alluvial soil.
AURORA
AURO'RA, noun [Latin aurora; Heb. light and to raise.]1. The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day, or morning twilight.2. The goddess of the morning, or twilight deified...
AURORAL
AURO'RAL, adjective Belonging to the aurora, or to the northern lights; resembling the twilight.
AUSCULTATION
AUSCULTA'TION, noun [Latin from antiq. ause, Gr. the ear, and cultus, from colo, to use or exercise.]1. The act of listening, or hearkening to.2. In medicine, a method of distin...
AUSPICATE
AU'SPICATE, verb transitive [Latin asupicor.]1. To give a favorable turn to; a sense taken from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before they u...
AUSPICE
AU'SPICE, AU'SPICES, noun [Latin auspicium, of avis, a bird, and specio, to inspect.]
AUSPICES
AU'SPICE, AU'SPICES, noun [Latin auspicium, of avis, a bird, and specio, to inspect.]1. The omens of an undertaking, drawn from birds; the same as augury, which see.2. Protectio...
AUSPICIOUS
AUSPI'CIOUS, adjective [See auspice.]1. Having omens of success, or favorable appearances; as an auspicious beginning.2. Prosperous; fortunate; applied to persons; as auspicious...
AUSPICIOUSLY
AUSPI'CIOUSLY, adverb With favorable omens; happily; prosperously; favorably; propitiously.
AUSPICIOUSNESS
AUSPI'CIOUSNESS, noun A state of fair promise; prosperity.
AUSTER
AUS'TER, noun [Latin] The south wind.
AUSTERE
AUSTE'RE, adjective [Latin Austerus.1. Severe; harsh; rigid; stern; applied to persons; as an austere master; an austere look.2. Sour; harsh; rough to the taste; applied to thin...
AUSTERELY
AUSTE'RELY, adverb Severely; rigidly; harshly.
AUSTERENESS
AUSTE'RENESS, noun1. Severity in manners; harshness; austerity.2. Roughness in taste.
AUSTERITY
AUSTER'ITY, noun [Latin austeritas.] Severity of manners or life; rigor; strictness; harsh discipline. It is particularly applied to the mortifications of a monastic life, which...
AUSTRAL
AUS'TRAL, adjective [Latin australis, from auster, the south wind, or south.]Southern; lying or being in the south; as austral land; austral signs.
AUSTRALASIA
AUSTRALA'SIA, noun [austral and Asia.] A name given to the countries situated to the south of Asia; comprehending New Holland, New Guinea, New Zealand, etc.
AUSTRIAN
AUS'TRIAN, adjective [from Austria. This word is formed with the Latin termination, ia, country.]Pertaining to Austria, a circle or district of Germany, and an empire, lying on ...
AUSTRINE
AUS'TRINE, adjective [Latin austrinus, from auster, south.]South; southerly; southern.
AUSTROMANCY
AUS'TROMANCY, noun [from auster, the south wind, and Gr. divination.]Soothsaying, or prediction of future events, from observations of the winds.Auterfoits, a word composed of t...
AUTHENTIC
AUTHEN'TIC,AUTHEN'TICAL, adjective [Low Latin authenticus, from the Gr. from an author or maker; one who does any thing by his own right; also one who kills himself. The first s...
AUTHENTICAL
AUTHEN'TICAL, a. [Low L. authenticus, from the Gr. from an author or maker; one who does any thing by his own right; also one who kills himself. The first syllable is from Gr. w...
AUTHENTICALLY
AUTHEN'TICALLY, adverb In an authentic manner; with the requisite or genuine authority.
AUTHENTICALNESS
AUTHEN'TICALNESS, noun The quality of being authentic; genuineness; the quality of being of good authority; authenticity.[The latter word is generally used.]