<hw>A*two"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>two</ets>.]</ety> <def>In two; in twain; asunder.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Chaucer.</i>
<h1>Atypic, Atypical</h1> <Xpage=100>
<hw><hw>A*typ"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>A*typ"ic*al</hw>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> not + <ets>typic</ets>, <ets>typical</ets>.]</ety> <def>That has no type; devoid of typical character; irregular; unlike the type.</def>
<h1>Aubade</h1> <Xpage=100>
<hw>Au`bade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>aube</ets> the dawn, fr. L. <ets>albus</ets> white.]</ety> <def>An open air concert in the morning, as distinguished from an evening serenade; also, a pianoforte composition suggestive of morning.</def>
<i>Grove.</i>
<blockquote>The crowing cock . . . Sang his <b>aubade</b> with lusty voice and clear. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Aubaine</h1> <Xpage=100>
<hw>Au`baine"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>aubain</ets> an alien, fr. L. <ets>alibi</ets> elsewhere.]</ety> <def>Succession to the goods of a stranger not naturalized.</def>
<i>Littr\'82.</i>
<cs><col>Droit d'aubaine</col> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <cd>the right, formerly possessed by the king of France, to all the personal property of which an alien died possessed. It was abolished in 1819.</cd></cs>
<i>Bouvier.</i>
<h1>Aube</h1> <Xpage=100>
<hw>Aube</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ale</er>.]</ety> <def>An alb.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Fuller.</i>
<h1>Auberge</h1> <Xpage=100>
<hw>Au`berge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>An inn.</def>
<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>
<h1>Aubin</h1> <Xpage=100>
<hw>Au"bin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A broken gait of a horse, between an amble and a gallop; -- commonly called a <altname>Canterbury gallop</altname>.</def>
<h1>Auburn</h1> <Xpage=100>
<hw>Au"burn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>auburne</ets> blonde, OF. <ets>alborne</ets>, <ets>auborne</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>alburnus</ets> whitish, fr. L. <ets>albus</ets> white. Cf. <er>Alburn</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Flaxen-colored.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Florio.</i>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Reddish brown.</def>
<blockquote>His <b>auburn</b> locks on either shoulder flowed. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Auchenium</h1> <Xpage=100>
<hw>Au*che"ni*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ the neck.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The part of the neck nearest the back.</def>
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