Chapter 112

Auc"tion*a*ry (?) , a. [L. auctionarius .] Of or pertaining to an auction or an auctioneer. [R.]

With auctionary hammer in thy hand. Dryden.

Auctioneer <Xpage=100>

Auc`tion*eer" (?) , n. A person who sells by auction; a person whose business it is to dispose of goods or lands by public sale to the highest or best bidder.

Auctioneer <Xpage=100>

Auc`tion*eer" , v. t. To sell by auction; to auction.

Estates . . . advertised and auctioneered away. Cowper.

Aucupation <Xpage=100>

Au`cu*pa"tion (?) , n. [L. aucupatio , fr. auceps , contr. for aviceps ; avis bird + capere to take.] Birdcatching; fowling. [Obs.]

Blount.

Audacious <Xpage=100>

Au*da"cious (?) , a. [F. audacieux , as if fr. LL. audaciosus (not found), fr. L. audacia audacity, fr. audax , -acis , bold, fr. audere to dare.] 1. Daring; spirited; adventurous.

As in a cloudy chair, ascending rides Audacious . Milton.

2. Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent. " Audacious traitor." Shak. " Such audacious neighborhood."

Milton.

3. Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum. " Audacious cruelty." " Audacious prate."

Shak.

Audaciously <Xpage=100>

Au*da"cious*ly , adv. In an audacious manner; with excess of boldness; impudently.

Audaciousness <Xpage=100>

Au*da"cious*ness , n. The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity.

Audacity <Xpage=100>

Au*dac"i*ty (?) , n. 1. Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.

The freedom and audacity necessary in the commerce of men. Tatler.

2. Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints.

With the most arrogant audacity . Joye.

Audibility <Xpage=100>

Au`di*bil"i*ty (?) , n. The quality of being audible; power of being heard; audible capacity.

Audible <Xpage=100>

Au"di*ble (?) , a. [LL. audibilis , fr. L. audire , auditum , to hear: cf. Gr. <?/ ear, L. auris , and E. ear .] Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard; as, an audible voice or whisper .

Audible <Xpage=100>

Au"di*ble , n. That which may be heard. [Obs.]

Visibles are swiftlier carried to the sense than audibles . Bacon.

Audibleness <Xpage=100>

Au"di*ble*ness , n. The quality of being audible.

Audibly <Xpage=100>

Au"di*bly , adv. So as to be heard.

Audience <Xpage=100>

Au"di*ence (?) , n. [F. audience , L. audientia , fr. audire to hear. See Audible , a. ] 1. The act of hearing; attention to sounds.

Thou, therefore, give due audience , and attend. Milton.

2. Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or the transaction of business.

According to the fair play of the world, Let me have audience : I am sent to speak. Shak.

3. An auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also applied by authors to their readers.

Fit audience find, though few. Milton.

He drew his audience upward to the sky. Dryden.

Court of audience , or Audience court (Eng.) , a court long since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York. Mozley & W. -- In general (or open ) audience , publicly. -- To give audience , to listen; to admit to an interview.

Audient <Xpage=100>

Au"di*ent (?) , a. [L. audiens , p. pr. of audire . See Audible , a. ] Listening; paying attention; as, audient souls .

Mrs. Browning.

Audient <Xpage=100>

Au"di*ent , n. A hearer; especially a catechumen in the early church. [Obs.]

Shelton.

Audiometer <Xpage=100>

Au`di*om"e*ter (?) , n. [L. audire to hear + -meter .] (Acous.) An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale.

Audiphone <Xpage=100>

Au"di*phone (?) , n. [L. audire to hear + Gr. <?/ sound.] An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly; a dentiphone.

Audit <Xpage=100>

Au"dit (?) , n. [L. auditus a hearing, fr. audire . See Audible , a. ] 1. An audience; a hearing. [Obs.]

He appeals to a high audit . Milton.

2. An examination in general; a judicial examination.

Specifically: An examination of an account or of accounts, with the hearing of the parties concerned, by proper officers, or persons appointed for that purpose, who compare the charges with the vouchers, examine witnesses, and state the result.

3. The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.

Yet I can make my audit up. Shak.

4. A general receptacle or receiver. [Obs.]

It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud. Jer. Taylor.

Audit ale , a kind of ale, brewed at the English universities, orig. for the day of audit. -- Audit house , Audit room , an appendage to a cathedral, for the transaction of its business.

Audit <Xpage=100>

Au"dit (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Audited ; p. pr. & vb. n. Auditing .] To examine and adjust, as an account or accounts; as, to audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court .

Audit <Xpage=100>

Au"dit , v. i. To settle or adjust an account.

Let Hocus audit ; he knows how the money was disbursed. Arbuthnot.

Audita querela <Xpage=100>

Au*di"ta que*re"la (?) . [L., the complaint having been heard.] (Law) A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment.

Wharton.

Audition <Xpage=100>

Au*di"tion (?) , n. [L. auditio .] The act of hearing or listening; hearing.

Audition may be active or passive; hence the difference between listening and simple hearing. Dunglison.

Auditive <Xpage=100>

Au"di*tive (?) , a. [Cf. F. auditif .] Of or pertaining to hearing; auditory. [R.]

Cotgrave.

Auditor <Xpage=100>

Au"di*tor (?) , n. [L. auditor , fr. audire . See Audible , a. ] 1. A hearer or listener.

Macaulay.

2. A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the balance.

3. One who hears judicially, as in an audience court.

&hand; In the United States government, and in the State governments, there are auditors of the treasury and of the public accounts. The name is also applied to persons employed to check the accounts of courts, corporations, companies, societies, and partnerships.

Auditorial <Xpage=100>

Au`di*to"ri*al (?) , a. Auditory. [R.]

Auditorium <Xpage=100>

Au`di*to"ri*um (?) , n. [L. See Auditory , n. ] The part of a church, theater, or other public building, assigned to the audience.

&hand; In ancient churches the auditorium was the nave, where hearers stood to be instructed; in monasteries it was an apartment for the reception of strangers.

Auditorship <Xpage=100>

Au"di*tor*ship (?) , n. The office or function of auditor.

Auditory <Xpage=100>

Au"di*to*ry (?) , a. [L. auditorius .] Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve . See Ear .

Auditory canal (Anat.) , the tube from the auditory meatus or opening of the ear to the tympanic membrane.

Auditory <Xpage=100>

Au"di*to*ry , n. [L. auditorium .] 1. An assembly of hearers; an audience.

2. An auditorium.

Udall.

Auditress <Xpage=100>

Au"di*tress (?) , n. A female hearer.

Milton.

Auditual <Xpage=100>

Au*dit"u*al (?) , a. Auditory. [R.]

Coleridge.

Auf <Xpage=100>

Auf (?) , n. [OE. auph , aulf , fr. Icel. \'belfr elf. See Elf .] [Also spelt oaf , ouphe .] A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf. [Obs.]

Drayton.

Au fait <Xpage=100>

Au` fait" (?) . [F. Lit., to the deed, act, or point. Fait is fr. L. factum . See Fact .] Expert; skillful; well instructed.

Augean <Xpage=100>

Au*ge"an (?) , a. 1. (Class. Myth.) Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day.

2. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.

Augean stable (Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy.

Auger <Xpage=100>

Au"ger (?) , n. [OE. augoure , nauger , AS. nafeg\'ber , fr. nafu , nafa , nave of a wheel + g\'ber spear, and therefore meaning properly and originally a nave-bore. See Nave (of a wheel) and 2d Gore , n. ] 1. A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge.

2. An instrument for boring or perforating soils or rocks, for determining the quality of soils, or the nature of the rocks or strata upon which they lie, and for obtaining water.

Auger bit , a bit with a cutting edge or blade like that of an anger.

Auget <Xpage=100>

Au*get" (?) , n. [F., dim. of auge trough, fr. L. alveus hollow, fr. alvus belly.] (Mining) A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied.

Knight.

Aught, Aucht <Xpage=100>

Aught (?) , Aucht (?) , n. [AS. <?/ht , fr. \'began to own, p. p. \'behte .] Property; possession. [Scot.]

Sir W. Scott.

Aught <Xpage=100>

Aught (?) , n. [OE. aught , ought , awiht , AS. \'bewiht , \'be ever + wiht . \'fb136. See Aye ever, and Whit , Wight .] Anything; any part. [Also written ought .]

There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken. Josh. xxi. 45

But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. Addison.

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Aught <Xpage=101>

Aught (?) , adv. At all; in any degree.

Chaucer.

Augite <Xpage=101>

Au"gite (?) , n. [L. augites , Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ brightness: cf. F. augite .] A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt; -- also used instead of the general term pyroxene .

Augitic <Xpage=101>

Au*git"ic (?) , a. Pertaining to, or like, augite; containing augite as a principal constituent; as, augitic rocks .

Augment <Xpage=101>

Aug*ment" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Augmented ; p. pr. & vb. n. Augmenting .] [L. augmentare , fr. augmentum an increase, fr. augere to increase; perh. akin to Gr. <?/, <?/, E. wax , v., and eke , v.: cf. F. augmenter .] 1. To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by re\'89forcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil.

But their spite still serves His glory to augment . Milton.

2. (Gram.) To add an augment to.

Augment <Xpage=101>

Aug*ment" , v. i. To increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain .

Augment <Xpage=101>

Aug"ment (?) , n. [L. augmentum : cf. F. augment .] 1. Enlargement by addition; increase.

2. (Gram.) A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.

&hand; In Greek, the syllabic augment is a prefixed <?/, forming an intial syllable; the temporal augment is an increase of the quantity (time) of an initial vowel, as by changing <?/ to <?/.

Augmentable <Xpage=101>

Aug*ment"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of augmentation.

Walsh.

Augmentation <Xpage=101>

Aug`men*ta"tion (?) , n. [LL. augmentatio : cf. F. augmentation .] 1. The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.

2. The state of being augmented; enlargement.

3. The thing added by way of enlargement.

4. (Her.) A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor.

Cussans.

5. (Med.) The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing.

Dunglison.

6. (Mus.) In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length.

Augmentation court (Eng. Hist.) , a court erected by Stat. 27 Hen. VIII., to augment to revenues of the crown by the suppression of monasteries. It was long ago dissolved.

Encyc. Brit.

Syn. -- Increase; enlargement; growth; extension; accession; addition.

Augmentative <Xpage=101>

Aug*ment"a*tive (?) , a. [Cf. F. augmentatif .] Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation. -- Aug*ment"a*tive*ly , adv.

Augmentative <Xpage=101>

Aug*ment"a*tive , n. (Gram.) A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard , one very dull . Opposed to diminutive .

Gibbs.

Augmenter <Xpage=101>

Aug*ment"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, augments or increases anything.

Augrim <Xpage=101>

Au"grim (?) , n. See Algorism . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Augrim stones , pebbles formerly used in numeration. -- Noumbres of Augrim , Arabic numerals.

Chaucer.

Augur <Xpage=101>

Au"gur (?) , n. [L. Of uncertain origin: the first part of the word is perh. fr. L. avis bird, and the last syllable, gur , equiv. to the Skr. gar to call, akin to L. garrulus garrulous.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences.

2. One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet.

Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found Without a priestly curse or boding sound. Dryden.

Augur <Xpage=101>

Au"gur , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Augured (<?/) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Auguring .] 1. To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow.

My auguring mind assures the same success. Dryden.

2. To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill .

Augur <Xpage=101>

Au"gur , v. t. To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer.

It seems to augur genius. Sir W. Scott.

I augur everything from the approbation the proposal has met with. J. F. W. Herschel.

Syn. -- To predict; forebode; betoken; portend; presage; prognosticate; prophesy; forewarn.

Augural <Xpage=101>

Au"gu*ral (?) , a. [L. auguralis .] Of or pertaining to augurs or to augury; betokening; ominous; significant; as, an augural staff; augural books. "Portents augural ."

Cowper.

Augurate <Xpage=101>

Au"gu*rate (?) , v. t. & i. [L. auguratus , p. p. of augurari to augur.] To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict. [Obs.]

C. Middleton.

Augurate <Xpage=101>

Au"gu*rate (?) , n. The office of an augur.

Merivale.

Auguration <Xpage=101>

Au`gu*ra"tion (?) , n. [L. auguratio .] The practice of augury.

Augurer <Xpage=101>

Au"gur*er (?) , n. An augur. [Obs.]

Shak.

Augurial <Xpage=101>

Au*gu"ri*al (?) , a. [L. augurialis .] Relating to augurs or to augury.

Sir T. Browne.

Augurist <Xpage=101>

Au"gu*rist (?) , n. An augur. [R.]

Angurize <Xpage=101>

An"gur*ize (?) , v. t. To augur. [Obs.]

Blount.

Augurous <Xpage=101>

Au"gu*rous (?) , a. Full of augury; foreboding. [Obs.] "Augurous hearts."

Chapman.

Augurship <Xpage=101>

Au"gur*ship (?) , n. The office, or period of office, of an augur.

Bacon.

Augury <Xpage=101>

Au"gu*ry (?) , n. ; pl. Auguries (<?/) . [L. aucurium .] 1. The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination.

2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage.

From their flight strange auguries she drew. Drayton.

He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave little augury of his future greatness. Prescott.

3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.

August <Xpage=101>

Au*gust" (?) , a. [L. augustus ; cf. augere to increase; in the language of religion, to honor by offerings: cf. F. auguste . See Augment .] Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority. "Forms august ." Pope . " August in visage." Dryden . "To shed that august blood." Macaulay .

So beautiful and so august a spectacle. Burke.

To mingle with a body so august . Byron.

Syn. -- Grand; magnificent; majestic; solemn; awful; noble; stately; dignified; imposing.

August <Xpage=101>