Part 781

<h1>Aulic</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Au"lic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called the <i>aulic</i>).</def>

<h1>Auln</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Auln</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An ell. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Aune</er>.</def>

<h1>Aulnage, Aulnager</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw><hw>Aul"nage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Aul"na*ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Alnage</er> and <er>Alnager</er>.</def>

<h1>Aum</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Aum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Aam</er>.</def>

<h1>Aumail</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Au*mail"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. for <ets>amel</ets>, <ets>enamel</ets>.]</ety> <def>To figure or variegate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Aumbry</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Aum"bry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Ambry</er>.</def>

<h1>Aumery</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Au"me*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A form of <er>Ambry</er>, a closet; but confused with <er>Almonry</er>, as if a place for <i>alms</i>.</def>

<h1>Auncel</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Aun"cel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Auncetry</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Aun"cet*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Ancestry.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Aune</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Aune</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Alnage</er>.]</ety> <def>A French cloth measure, of different parts of the country (at Paris, 0.95 of an English ell); -- now superseded by the <i>meter</i>.</def>

<h1>Aunt</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Aunt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>ante</ets>, F. <ets>tante</ets>, L. <ets>amita</ets> father's sister. Cf. <er>Amma</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to <i>nephew</i> or <i>niece</i>. Also applied to an uncle's wife.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Aunt</i> is sometimes applied as a title or term of endearment to a kind elderly woman not thus related.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An old woman; and old gossip.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>