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Paris, 0.95 of an English ell); -- now superseded by the meter.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.