Part 782

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A bawd, or a prostitute.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>Aunt Sally</col>, <cd>a puppet head placed on a pole and having a pipe in its mouth; also a game, which consists in trying to hit the pipe by throwing short bludgeons at it.</cd></cs>

<h1>Auntter</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Aunt"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Adventure; hap.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<cs><col>In aunters</col>, <cd>perchance.</cd></cs>

<h1>Aunter, Auntre</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw><hw>Aun"ter</hw>, <hw>Aun"tre</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Adventure</er>.]</ety> <def>To venture; to dare.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Auntie, Aunty</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw><hw>Aunt"ie</hw>, <hw>Aunt"y</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a familiar term applied to aged negro women.</def>

<h1>Auntrous</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Aun"trous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Adventurous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Aura</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Au"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Aur\'91</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>aura</ets> air, akin to Gr. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Any subtile, invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing emanation from the pollen of flowers, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or limbs towards the head, a premonitory symptom of epilepsy or hysterics.</def>

<cs><col>Electric ~</col>, <cd>a supposed electric fluid, emanating from an electrified body, and forming a mass surrounding it, called the <i>electric atmosphere<i>. See <er>Atmosphere</er>, 2.</cd></cs>

<h1>Aural</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Au"ral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aura</ets> air.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the air, or to an aura.</def>

<h1>Aural</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Au"ral</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auris</ets> ear.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the ear; <as>as, <ex>aural</ex> medicine and surgery</as>.</def>

<h1>Aurantiaceous</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Au*ran`ti*a"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, the <i>Aurantiace\'91</i>, an order of plants (formerly considered natural), of which the orange is the type.</def>

<h1>Aurate</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Au"rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>aurare</ets> to gild, fr. <ets>aurum</ets> gold: cf. F. <ets>aurate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A combination of auric acid with a base; <as>as, <ex>aurate</ex> or potassium</as>.</def>

<h1>Aurated</h1> <Xpage=101>

<hw>Au"ra*ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Aurate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Resembling or containing gold; gold-colored; gilded.</def>