Webster's Dictionary 1913

7237

August (2)

Au″gust (�), n. [L. Augustus. See note below, and August, a.] The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.☞ The old Roman name was Sextilis, the sixth month from Ma...

7238

Augustan

Au‐gus″tan (�), a. [L. Augustanus, fr. Augustus. See August, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to Augustus Cæsar or to his times.2. Of or pertaining to the town of Augsburg.Augustan age o...

7239

Augustine

{ Au‐gus″tine (�), Au′gus‐tin″i‐an (�), } n.(Eccl.) A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar.

7240

Augustinian (2)

Au′gus‐tin″i‐an, a. Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 — d. 430), or to his doctrines.Augustinian canons, an order of monks once popul...

7241

Augustinian (3)

Au′gus‐tin″i‐an, n. One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditi...

7242

Augustinianism

{ Au′gus‐tin″i‐an‐ism (�), Au‐gus″tin‐ism }, n. The doctrines held by Augustine or by the Augustinians.

7243

Augustly

Au‐gust″ly, adv. In an august manner.

7244

Augustness

Au‐gust″ness, n. The quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence.

7245

Auk

Auk (�), n. [Prov. E. alk; akin to Dan. alke, Icel. & Sw. alka.] (Zoöl.) A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidæ. The great auk, now extinct, is...

7246

Aukward

Auk″ward (�), a. See Awkward.

7247

Aularian

Au‐la″ri‐an (�), a. [L. aula hall. Cf. LL. aularis of a court.] Relating to a hall.

7248

Aularian (2)

Au‐la″ri‐an, n. At Oxford, England, a member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian. Chalmers.

7249

Auld

Auld (�), a. [See Old.] Old; as, Auld Reekie (old smoky), i.e., Edinburgh.

7250

Auld lang syne

Auld′ lang syne″ (�). A Scottish phrase used in recalling recollections of times long since past. “The days of auld lang syne.”

7251

Auld licht

{ Auld licht (?), Auld light }. (Eccl. Hist.) (a) A member of the conservative party in the Church of Scotland in the latter part of the 18th century. (b) Same as Burgher, n., 2.

7252

Auletic

Au‐let″ic (�), a. [L. auleticus, Gr. �, fr. � flute.] Of or pertaining to a pipe (flute) or piper. Ash.

7253

Aulic

Au″lic, a. [L. aulicus, Gr. �, fr. � hall, court, royal court.] Pertaining to a royal court.Ecclesiastical wealth and aulic dignities.Landor.Aulic council(Hist.), a supreme cour...

7254

Aulic (2)

Au″lic, n. The ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young d...

7255

Auln

Auln (�), n. An ell. See Aune.

7256

Aulnage

{ Aul″nage (�), Aul″na‐ger (�), } n. See Alnage and Alnager.

7257

Aum

Aum (�), n. Same as Aam.

7258

Aumail

Au‐mail″ (�), v. t. [OE. for amel, enamel.] To figure or variegate. Spenser.

7259

Aumbry

Aum″bry (�), n. Same as Ambry.

7260

Aumery

Au″me‐ry (�), n. A form of Ambry, a closet; but confused with Almonry, as if a place for alms.

7261

Auncel

Aun″cel (�), n. A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England. Halliwell.

7262

Auncetry

Aun″cet‐ry (�), n. Ancestry. Chaucer.

7263

Aune

‖Aune (�), n. [F. See Alnage.] A French cloth measure, of different parts of the country (at Paris, 0.95 of an English ell); — now superseded by the meter.