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To figure or variegate.
Same as Ambry.
A form of Ambry, a closet; but confused with Almonry, as if a place for alms.
A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England.
Ancestry.
A French cloth measure, of different parts of the country (at Paris, 0.95 of an English ell); -- now superseded by the meter.
An old woman; and old gossip.
The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.
A bawd, or a prostitute.
Alt. of Auntre
Alt. of Aunty
To venture; to dare.
Adventurous.
Adventure; hap.
A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro women.
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.
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.
of Aura
Of or pertaining to the air, or to an aura.
Of or pertaining to the ear; as, aural medicine and surgery.