augur 
II. in trans. 1. To conjecture from signs or 
omens. 
My power's a crescent, and my auguring hope 
Says it will come to the full. Shak., A. and C., ii. 1. 
2. To be a sign ; bode: with well or ill. 
It aw/iu-s ill fur an undertaking ... to Bud such dis- 
sension's in headquarters. W. Beltliam, Hist. Eng. 
augural (a'gu-ral), a. [< L. auguralis, pertain- 
ing to an augur, < augur, augur.] Pertaining 
to an augur, or to the duties or profession of an 
augur; ot'or pertaining to divination; ominous: 
as, "portents augural," Cowper. 
augUrateH (a'gu-rat), v. t. or i. ; pret. and pp. 
a lit/united, ppr.'augurating. [< L. augurdtus, 
pp. of auyurari, augur: see augur, v., and-cife 2 .] 
To conjecture or foretell by augury; predict; 
act as an augur. 
I awiiii-iiti truly the improvement they would receive 
this way. Warburton, To Kurd, Letters, cii. 
augurate 2 (a'gu-rat), w. [< L. auguratus, the 
office of augur', < augur: see augur, n., and 
-afeS.] The office of augur; augurship. 
augurationt (a-gu-ra'shon), n. [< L. augura- 
tio(n-), < augurari, pp. 'auguratus, augur: see 
augur, v.] The practice of augury, or the fore- 
telling of events by signs or omens: as, "tri- 
pudiary augurations," Sir T. Browne, Vulg. 
Err., i. 11. 
augureH, [For 'auger, for *algere, appar. < 
D. aalgcer, aalger, elger, < aal (= E. eel) + -ger 
(= AS. gar), a spear: see gar*, gore'*.] An 
eel-spear. 
augure 2 t, [Also augur, < OF. augure, < L. 
augurium : see augury.] Augury. 
augurert (a'ger-er), n. An augur. Shale. 
augurial (a-gu'ri-al), a. [< L. augurialis, col- 
lateral form of auguralis: see augural.'] Of or 
pertaining to augurs or augury; augural. 
As for the divination or decision from the staff, it is an 
augurial relic. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err. 
augurismt (a'ger-izm), n. [< augur + -ism.'] 
Augury. 
auguristt (a'ger-ist), n. [< augur + -ist. Cf. 
augurize.] An augur. 
augurizet (a'ger-Iz), v. t. or i. [< augur + -ise.] 
To augur ; act as an augur. 
auguroust (a'ger-us), a. [< augur + -ous.] 
Predicting; foretelling; foreboding. 
Presaging in their augurous hearts. 
Chapman, Iliad, xviii. 191. 
augursMp (a'ger-ship), n. [< augur + -ship.] 
The office or period of office of an augur. 
augury (a'gu-ri), n. ; pi. auguries (-riz). [< ME. 
augury, < OF. augurie (ME. also augure, < OP. 
augure) = Sp. Pg. It. augurio, < L. augurium, 
divination, prognostication, omen, < augur, au- 
gur: see augur, n.] 1. The art or practice of 
foretelling events by signs or omens. 
She knew by augury divine. 
Swift, Cadenus and Vanessa. 
The throne and sceptre of Ithaca were to be disposed 
by auauru, by the will of Jove, signified by some omen. 
J. Adams, Works, IV. 571. 
2. That which forebodes ; that from which a 
prediction is drawn; an omen or significant 
token. 
Sad auguries of winter thence she drew. 
Dryden, Hind and Panther, iii. 441. 
I hail this interchange of sentiment ... as an augury 
that . . . the peace and friendship which now exist be- 
tween the two nations will be ... perpetual. 
Lincoln, in Raymond, p. 462. 
3. Figuratively, indication ; presage ; promise. 
His diligence at school . . . gave augury of his future 
accomplishments. Sumner, John Pickering. 
=Syn. Portent, Sign, etc. See wtien. 
august 1 (a-gust'), a. [= F. auguste = Sp. Pg. 
It. augusto, < L. augxstus, venerable, worthy of 
honor (assumed as a title by Octavius Csesar 
and his successors), perhaps orig. ' consecrated 
by augury,' < augur, augur (cf. robust, < L. ro- 
bustus, < robur) ; but usually associated with 
augere, increase, extol: see auction.] 1. In- 
spiring reverence and admiration ; majestic ; 
solemnly grand or stately; sublime; magnifi- 
cent; imposing. 
There is on earth a yet auyiister thing, 
Veiled though it be, than parliament or king. 
Wither. 
That august face of Truth. Whittier, Eve of Election. 
This was an extensive and magnificent structure, the 
creation of the prince's own eccentric yet august taste. 
Poe, Tales, I. 339. 
2. Venerable; worshipful; eminent. =syn, state- 
ly, etc. (see iiuijextic), awful, imposing. 
August 2 (a'gust),. [<ME. August, Augst, also 
Aust, after OF. Aoust, mod. P. Aout = Sp. Pg. 
It. Agosto = D. Augustus =G. Dan. Augu$t=Svr. 
Augusti = Buss. Avgustu = Gr. Atyowrof, < L. 
380 
Augustus (sc. mvnsis, month), August; so named 
by the emperor Augustus Ceesar (see augusft) in 
his own honor, following the example of Julius 
Cassar, who gave his name to the preceding 
month, July. The earlier name of August was 
Sextilis (< sextus = E. sixtii, it being the sixth 
month in the old calendar).] The eighth month 
of the year, containing thirty-one days, reckon- 
ed the first month of autumn in Great Britain, 
but the last of summer in the United States. 
See month. 
august 2 (a'gust), v. t. [= F. aoiiter, ripen, = 
Sp. agostar, be parched, dial, plow land in 
August, pasture cattle on stubble in sum- 
mer (see agostadero); from August^, n.] If. 
To make brown or sunburnt. Evelyn. 2. To 
ripen; bring to fruition. [Poetical.] 
He for ... dear nations toiled, 
And augunted man's heavenly hopes. 
Bailey, Mystic, 1. 55. (If. E. D.) 
augUSta(a-gus'ta),. [See august 1 .] A name 
given in Central America to a valuable timber- 
tree, the botanical relations of which are un- 
known. 
augustal (a-gus'tal), n. [< L. Augustalis, relat- 
ing to Augustus, the title assumed by the em- 
perors, < augustus, venerable : see august 1 .] 1. 
Under the ancient Roman empire : (a) A priest 
of the lares at the cross-roads, an office first 
established by Augustus. (6) A priest of a 
college or brotherhood (sodales Augustales) of 
members of the imperial house and some other 
persons of high rank, whose duty it was to 
maintain the religious rites of the Julian fam- 
ily: instituted by Tiberius, (c) A member of a 
private college or corporation, of which there 
were many in Borne and throughout the prov- 
inces, formed to do reverence, by religious 
ceremonies and otherwise, to the memory of 
Augustus, and, at a later date, to pay divine 
honors to the reigning emperor also. The office 
uf augustal became hereditary, and carried with it the 
assessment of certain public dues, and the giving to the 
public of stated feasts and shows. The augustals wore dis- 
tinctive ornaments, had places of honor in the theaters, 
and enjoyed other privileges, (d) Under the early 
empire, a general name for subaltern officers 
of the legion. 2. The name of an Italian gold 
coin, weigh- 
ing from 30 
to 40 grains, 
issued in 
the thirteenth 
century by 
the emperor 
Frederick II. 
as king of Si- 
cily. It bears 
a resemblance to gold coins of the ancient Bo- 
man empire. 
augustalis (a-gus-ta'lis), .; pi. augustales 
(-lez). Same as augustal, 2. 
Augustan (a-gus'tan), a. [< L. Augustanus, 
pertaining to Augustus, or to cities named 
Augusta: see August^.] 1. Pertaining to the 
Emperor Augustus (31 B. c. to A. D. 14) : as, 
the Augustan age. The Augustan age was the most 
brilliant period in Roman literature ; hence the phrase 
has been applied by analogy to similar periods in the lit- 
erary history of other countries. Thus the reign of Louis 
XIV. has been called the Augustan age of French litera- 
ture, while that of Queen Anne has received this distinc- 
tion in English. 
2. Pertaining to the town Augusta Vindelico- 
rum, now Augsburg, in Bavaria: as, the Au- 
gustan Confession, commonly called the Augs- 
burg Confession. See confession. 
Augustin, Augustine (a-gus'tin or a'gus-tin), 
n. [< L. Augustinus, a proper name, < Augus- 
tus, name of Roman emperors: see August^. 
The name Austin is a contraction of Augustin.] 
A name formerly given to a member of one of 
the monastic fraternities following the rule 
of St. Augustine. See Augustinian Augustine 
disputation, a disputation formerly held at Oxford on 
the feast of St. Augustine. 
Augustinian (a-gus-tin'i-an), a. and n. [< L. 
Augustinus, Augustine.] I. a. Relating or 
pertaining to St. Augustine or his doctrines, or 
to the order of monks following his rule. 
II. n. 1. A member of one of several reli- 
gious orders deriving their name and rule from 
St. Augustine. The regular canons of St. Augustine, 
or Austin Canons, were introduced into Great Britain soon 
after 1100, and had houses at Pontefract, Scone, Holyrood, 
etc. The hermits of St. Augustine, or Austin Friars, now 
known as Augustinians. form one of the four mendicant 
orders of the Roman Catholic Church ; they were gathered 
into one body from several congregations in the middle of 
the thirteenth century. A reformed branch of this order is 
known as the barefooted A uywttiniang. There have also 
aulacanthid 
been various congregations of nuns called by this name; 
and many others follow the rule of St. Augustine, as the 
Hospital Sisters of the H6tel-l)ieu in France, Canada, etc. 
2. In theol., one who adopts the views of St. Au- 
gustine, especially his doctrines of predestina- 
tion and irresistible grace. See grace. 3. One 
of a sect of the sixteenth century, which main- 
tained that the gates of heaven will not be open 
till the general resurrection. 
Augustinianism (a-gus-tin'i-an-izm), n. [< 
Augustinian + -ism.] 1. The doctrines of St. 
Augustine. 2. The rules and practice of the 
Augustinians. 
augustly (a-gust'li), adv. In an august man- 
ner; majestically. 
augustness (a-gust'nes), w. The quality of 
being august; dignity of mien; grandeur; 
magnificence. 
He was daunted at the augwitness of such an assembly. 
Shaflesbury. 
auk 1 (ak), 11. [Also written awJc, E. dial, alk, < 
Icel. alka, alka = Sw. alka =Dan. alk; > NL. Al- 
ca, q. v.] A diving bird belonging to the fam- 
ily Alcidte and the order Pygopodes, character- 
ized by having 3 toes, webbed feet, and short 
wings and tail. Originally the name was specifically 
applied to the great auk, or garefowl, Alca impeiuiit, which 
became extinct about 1844, notable as the largest bird of 
the family and the only one deprived of the power of flight 
by reason of the smallness of its wings, though these were 
as perfectly formed as in other birds. It was about 30 
inches long, the length of the wing being only about 6 
inches. Its color was dark-brown above and white below, 
with a large white spot before the eye. It abounded on 
both coasts of the North Atlantic, nearly or quite to the 
arctic circle, and south on the American side to Massa- 
chusetts. The name came to be also specifically applied 
to the razor-billed auk, Alca or Utamania torda, a simi- 
lar but much smaller species, about 15 inches long, with 
a white line instead of a spot before the eye ; and finally, 
as a book-name, it was made synonymous with Alciaae. 
Several North Pacific species still bear the name, as the 
rhinoceros auk (Ceratorhina monocerata), the crested auk 
(Simorhynchus crixtatellus'), etc. ; but other special names 
are usually found for most of the birds of this family, as 
puffin, murre, guillemot, dovekie, auklct, etc. There are 
about 24 species belonging to the family. See Alea, Al- 
cidoe. 
auk 2 t, a. Same as awki. 
auklet (ak'let), n. [< auk + dim. -let.] A lit- 
tle auk. Specifically applied to several small species of 
Obverse. 
Augustal, in the B 
(Size of the 
t.S. 
Crested Auklet (SimorkyHchus cristatellus}. 
Alcidce, of the genera Simorhynchux, Ombria, and Pty- 
fhorhamphux, as the crested auklet, Simorhynclins era- 
tatellus; the parrakeet auklet, Ombria psittacula; the 
Aleutian auklet, Ptychorhamplm* aleuticuft. 
aul (al), . [E. dial., a reduction of alder 1 .] 
The alder. 
When the bud of the aid is as big as the trout's eye, 
Then that flsh is in season in the river Wye. 
Local Eng. proverb. 
aula (a'la), n. ; pi. aulce (-le). [L., a hall, a 
court, < Gr. avtJ), a hall, a court, orig. an open 
court, prob. as being open to the air, < aijvat, 
blow: see air 1 , aura, and asthma; cf. atvof, a 
pipe, flute.] 1. A court or hall. 2. [NL.] 
In anat., the anterior portion of the third ven- 
tricle of the brain, corresponding to the cavity 
of the primitive prosencephalon ; a mesal por- 
tion of the common ventricular cavity of the 
brain; in the amphibian brain, the ventricle of 
the unpaired cerebral rudiment. 3. [NL.] In 
zool., the cavity of a colony of infusorians, as 
members of Volvox or Eudorina. A. Hyatt. 
Aula Regia or Regis (Royal or King's Court), a court 
established by William the Conqueror in his own hall, 
whence the name. It was composed of the great officers 
of state resident in the palace, of the king's justiciars, and 
the greater barons. It formed an advisory body consulted 
by the king in matters of great importance. Also called 
Curia Regie. See curia, 2. 
Aulacantha (a-la-kan'tha), n. [NL., < Gr. 
av?.6f, pipe, tube, + aKav6a, a spine.] A genus 
of radiolarians, representing a peculiar family, 
the Aulacanthidos. Haeckel, 1860. 
aulacanthid (a-la-kan'thid), n. A radiolarian 
of the family Auiacanthidce. 
