English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Aurora
(n.)
The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the
redness of the sky just before the sun rises.
Aurora
(n.)
The rise, dawn, or beginning.
Aurora
(n.)
The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess
of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in
a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew.
Aurora
(n.)
A species of crowfoot.
Aurora
(n.)
The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or
southern lights).
Aurorae
(pl. )
of Aurora
Auroral
(a.)
Belonging to, or resembling, the aurora (the dawn or the
northern lights); rosy.
Auroras
(pl. )
of Aurora
Aurous
(a.)
Containing gold.
Aurous
(a.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, gold; -- said of those
compounds of gold in which this element has its lower valence; as,
aurous oxide.
Aurum
(n.)
Gold.
Auscult
(v. i. & t.)
To auscultate.
Auscultate
(v. i. & t.)
To practice auscultation; to examine by
auscultation.
Auscultation
(n.)
The act of listening or hearkening to.
Auscultation
(n.)
An examination by listening either directly with the
ear (immediate auscultation) applied to parts of the body, as the
abdomen; or with the stethoscope (mediate auscultation), in order to
distinguish sounds recognized as a sign of health or of disease.
Auscultator
(n.)
One who practices auscultation.
Auscultatory
(a.)
Of or pertaining to auscultation.
Ausonian
(a.)
Italian.
Auspicate
(a.)
Auspicious.
Auspicate
(v. t.)
To foreshow; to foretoken.