Part 775

<i>Udall.</i>

<h1>Auditress</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au"di*tress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A female hearer.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Auditual</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au*dit"u*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Auditory.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Auf</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Auf</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>auph</ets>, <ets>aulf</ets>, fr. Icel. <ets>\'belfr</ets> elf. See <er>Elf</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Also spelt <asp>oaf</asp>, <asp>ouphe</asp>.]</altsp> <def>A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Drayton.</i>

<h1>Au fait</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au` fait"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F. Lit., to the deed, act, or point. <ets>Fait</ets> is fr. L. <ets>factum</ets>. See <er>Fact</er>.]</ety> <def>Expert; skillful; well instructed.</def>

<h1>Augean</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au*ge"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.</def>

<cs><col>Augean stable</col> (Fig.), <cd>an accumulation of corruption or filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy.</cd></cs>

<h1>Auger</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>augoure</ets>, <ets>nauger</ets>, AS. <ets>nafeg\'ber</ets>, fr. <ets>nafu</ets>, <ets>nafa</ets>, nave of a wheel + <ets>g\'ber</ets> spear, and therefore meaning properly and originally a nave-bore. See <wf>Nave</wf> (of a wheel) and 2d <wf>Gore</wf>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A <i>pod auger</i> is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A <i>screw auger</i> has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An instrument for boring or perforating soils or rocks, for determining the quality of soils, or the nature of the rocks or strata upon which they lie, and for obtaining water.</def>

<cs><col>Auger bit</col>, <cd>a bit with a cutting edge or blade like that of an anger.</cd></cs>

<h1>Auget</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Au*get"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., dim. of <ets>auge</ets> trough, fr. L. <ets>alveus</ets> hollow, fr. <ets>alvus</ets> belly.]</ety> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Aught, Aucht</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw><hw>Aught</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Aucht</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets><?/ht</ets>, fr. <ets>\'began</ets> to own, p. p. <ets>\'behte</ets>.]</ety> <def>Property; possession.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Aught</h1> <Xpage=100>

<hw>Aught</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>aught</ets>, <ets>ought</ets>, <ets>awiht</ets>, AS. <ets>\'bewiht</ets>, <ets>\'be</ets> ever + <ets>wiht</ets>. \'fb136. See <er>Aye</er> ever, and <er>Whit</er>, <er>Wight</er>.]</ety> <def>Anything; any part.</def> <altsp>[Also written <asp>ought</asp>.]</altsp>