English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Aumail (v. t.)

To figure or variegate.

Aumbry (n.)

Same as Ambry.

Aumery (n.)

A form of Ambry, a closet; but confused with Almonry, as if a place for alms.

Auncel (n.)

A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England.

Auncetry (n.)

Ancestry.

Aune (n.)

A French cloth measure, of different parts of the country (at Paris, 0.95 of an English ell); -- now superseded by the meter.

Aunt (n.)

An old woman; and old gossip.

Aunt (n.)

The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.

Aunt (n.)

A bawd, or a prostitute.

Aunter (v. t.)

Alt. of Auntre

Auntie (n.)

Alt. of Aunty

Auntre (v. t.)

To venture; to dare.

Auntrous (a.)

Adventurous.

Auntter (n.)

Adventure; hap.

Aunty (n.)

A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro women.

Aura (n.)

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.

Aura (n.)

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.

Aurae (pl. )

of Aura

Aural (a.)

Of or pertaining to the air, or to an aura.

Aural (a.)

Of or pertaining to the ear; as, aural medicine and surgery.