Part 771

<h1>Auctary</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Auc"ta*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auctarium</ets>.]</ety> <def>That which is superadded; augmentation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Baxter.</i>

<h1>Auction</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Auc"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auctio</ets> an increasing, a public sale, where the price was called out, and the article to be sold was adjudged to the last increaser of the price, or the highest bidder, fr. L. <ets>augere</ets>, <ets>auctum</ets>, to increase. See <er>Augment</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The things sold by auction or put up to auction.</def>

<blockquote>Ask you why Phryne the whole <b>auction</b> buys ? <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; In the United States, the more prevalent expression has been "sales <i>at</i> auction," that is, by an <i>increase</i> of bids (Lat. <i>auctione</i>). This latter form is preferable.</note>

<cs><col>Dutch auction</col>, <cd>the public offer of property at a price beyond its value, then gradually lowering the price, till some one accepts it as purchaser.</cd></cs>

<i>P. Cyc.</i>

<h1>Auction</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Auc"tion</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To sell by auction.</def>

<h1>Auctionary</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Auc"tion*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auctionarius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to an auction or an auctioneer.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote> With <b>auctionary</b> hammer in thy hand. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Auctioneer</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Auc`tion*eer"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person who sells by auction; a person whose business it is to dispose of goods or lands by public sale to the highest or best bidder.</def>

<h1>Auctioneer</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Auc`tion*eer"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To sell by auction; to auction.</def>

<blockquote>Estates . . . advertised and <b>auctioneered</b> away. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Aucupation</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au`cu*pa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aucupatio</ets>, fr. <ets>auceps</ets>, contr. for <ets>aviceps</ets>; <ets>avis</ets> bird + <ets>capere</ets> to take.]</ety> <def>Birdcatching; fowling.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Audacious</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au*da"cious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>audacieux</ets>, as if fr. LL. <ets>audaciosus</ets> (not found), fr. L. <ets>audacia</ets> audacity, fr. <ets>audax</ets>, <ets>-acis</ets>, bold, fr. <ets>audere</ets> to dare.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Daring; spirited; adventurous.</def>

<blockquote>As in a cloudy chair, ascending rides <b>Audacious</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent.</def> " Audacious traitor." <i>Shak.</i> " Such <i>audacious</i> neighborhood."

<i>Milton.</i>