Part 786

<hw>Au"ri*scalp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auris</ets> ear + <ets>scalpere</ets> to scrape.]</ety> <def>An earpick.</def>

<h1>Auriscope</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Au"ri*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auris</ets> + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.</def>

<h1>Auriscopy</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Au*ris"co*py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Examination of the ear by the aid of the auriscope.</def>

<h1>Aurist</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Au"rist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auris</ets> ear.]</ety> <def>One skilled in treating and curing disorders of the ear.</def>

<h1>Aurited</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Au"ri*ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auritus</ets>, fr. <ets>auris</ets> ear.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having lobes like the ear; auriculate.</def>

<h1>Aurivorous</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Au*riv"o*rous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aurum</ets> gold + <ets>vorare</ets> to devour.]</ety> <def>Gold-devouring.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>H. Walpole.</i>

<h1>Aurocephalous</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Au`ro*ceph"a*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Aurum</ets> + <ets>cephalous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having a gold-colored head.</def>

<h1>Aurochloride</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Au`ro*chlo"ride</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Aurum</ets> + <ets>chloride</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also <altname>chloraurate</altname>.</def>

<h1>Aurochs</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Au"rochs</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G. <ets>auerochs</ets>, OHG. <ets><?/rohso</ets>; <ets><?/r</ets> (cf. AS. <ets><?/r</ets>) + <ets>ohso</ets> ox, G. <ets>ochs</ets>. Cf. <er>Owre</er>, <er>Ox</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European bison <spn>(Bison bonasus, or Europ\'91us)</spn>, once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of C\'91sar, with which it has often been confused.</def>

<h1>Aurocyanide</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Au`ro*cy"a*nide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Aurum</ets> + <ets>cyanide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A double cyanide of gold and some other metal or radical; -- called also <altname>cyanaurate</altname>.</def>

<h1>Aurora</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Au*ro"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Auroras</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, L. (rarely used) <plw>Auror\'91</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>aurora</ets>, for <ets>ausosa</ets>, akin to Gr. <?/, <?/, dawn, Skr. <ets>ushas</ets>, and E. <ets>east</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The rise, dawn, or beginning.</def>

<i>Hawthorne.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of crowfoot.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights).</def>