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forty leagues long and thirty broad, and is ufually divi¬ 
ded into Upper and Lower: the climate of the latter is' 
very temperate, but the former is very cold, the clouds 
hanging on the mountains the greatefl part ot the year. 
Lower Auvergne, called alfo Limagne, produces wine, 
corn, hemp, &c. and in the palhtre-g round they fatten 
prodigious quantities of cattle, which are lent to Paris, Ly¬ 
ons, and other places. There are mines of filver, iron, 
lead, and coals. The principal rivers are tire Allicr, the 
Dordonne, and the Alagnon; and among the principal 
mountains are the Puy-Dome, Ivlont (VOr, and Cantal. 
Clermont is the capital town. 
AUVER'NAS,y. a deep-coloured heady wine, made of 
black raiiins, which comes from Orleans. It is not fit to 
drink while new; but, if kept two or three years, it be¬ 
comes excellent. 
AUVERNl'E, a town of Swiflerland, one league fouth 
of Neufchatel. 
AUV 1 LLARD', a town of France, in the department 
of the Lot and Garonne, and chief place of a canton, in 
the diltrict of Valence : thirteen miles fouth-eaftof Agen, 
and two fouth of Valence. Lat. 44. 3. N. Ion. 18. 34. E. 
Ferro. 
AUVILLIE'RS-LES-FOR'GES, a town of France, in 
the department of the Ardennes, and chief place of a can¬ 
ton, in the diftriCt of Rocroi: ten miles weft-north-weft of 
Mezieres. 
AVUL'SJON,/. [ avuljio , Lat.] The a£l of pulling one 
thing from another : 
Spare not the little offsprings, if they grow 
Redundant; but the thronging chillers thin 
By kind avuljion. Phillips'. 
AUW, a-town of Germany, in the archduchy of Auf- 
tna, fituated on the Danube : ten miles W. S. W. of Grein. 
AUXER'RE, a city of France, and capital of the de¬ 
partment of the Yonne, fituated on the fide of a hill, near 
the Yonne, which wafhes part of the walls. Before the 
revolution, it was the fee of a bifliop, fuffragan of Sens, 
and capital of a country called Auxerrois. It was ancient¬ 
ly governed by its own counts. The cathedral has no¬ 
thing remarkable, but the epifcopal palace was confidered 
one of the moll beautiful in France. It contained twelve 
parilhes, feveral religious houfes, two holpitals, &c. The 
inhabitants are about 16,000. It is forty polls and a half 
weft-north-well of Lyons, and twenty-one and a quarter 
S. S. E. of Paris. Lat. 47.48. N. Ion. 21. 14. E. Ferro. 
AUXERROIS', before tiie revolution, a country of 
France, in the northern part of Burgundy, bounded oh 
the eafl and north by Champagne, on the well by Niver- 
nois, and on the fouth by the retl of Burgundy; and is 
about nine leagues long, and five broad. Auxerre is the 
capital. 
AUXE'SIS,/ [from to increafe.] The aug¬ 
mentation or growtli of a diforder. 
Auxesis, in mythology, a goddefs worfhipped by the 
inhabitants of Egina, mentioned by Herodotus and Pau- 
fanias. 
Auxesis, in rhetoric, a figure whereby any thing is 
magnified too much. 
AUXi'LIAR, or Auxi'liary, ad}, [from auxilium, 
Lat.] Helping; afliliant; confederate: 
Nor from his patrimonial heav’n alone 
Is Jove content to pour his vengeance down ; 
Aid from his brother of the feas he craves, 
To help him with auxiliary waves. Drydcn. 
Auxtliar, or Auxiliary,/, [from auxilium, Lat.] 
Helper; afiiftant; confederate.—There are, indeed, a fort 
of underling auxiliaries to the difficulty of a work, called 
commentators and critics. Pope. 
Auxiliary Verbs, in grammar, are fueh as help to 
form or conjugate others; that is, are prefixed to them, 
to form or denote the moods or tenfes thereof; as to have 
and to be, in the Engliffi ; etre and avoir, in the French; 
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A W A 5 B r. 
ho and fono, in the Italian, &c. In the. Englifh language, 
the auxiliary verb am fupplies the want of paflive verbs. 
AUXILIA'TION, f. [from auxiliatus, Lat.] Keip ; 
aid ; fuccour. 
AUXI'LIUM AD FILIUM MIL 1 TEM FACIEN-- 
DUM ET FILIUM MARITANDAM, a writ formerly 
directed to the fheritf of every county where the king or 
other lord had any tenants, to levy of them an aid towards 
the knighting of a fon, and the marrying of a daughter. 
Auxilium Curiae, a precept or order of court for 
the citing or convening of one party, at the fuit and requeft 
of another, to warrant fomething. Kennel's Paroc’n. Ant.ri.’jj. 
Auxilium Facere Alicui in Curia Regis. To- 
be another’s friend and folicitor in the king’s courts; an 
office undertaken for and granted by lome courtiers to their 
dependants in the country. Pa rock.. Antiq. 126. 
Auxilium Regis, the king’s aid, or money levied foil 
the king’s ufe, and the public fervice; as where taxes are 
granted by parliament. 
Auxilium Vicecomiti, a cuftontary aid or duty an¬ 
ciently payable to fheriffs, out of certain manors, for the 
better fupport of their offices. An exemption from this 
duty was fometimes granted by the king: and the manor 
of Stretton in Warwickffiire was freed from it by charter. 
14 Hen. III. M. 4. 
AUXOIS', before the late divifion, a country of France, 
in Burgundy, of which Semur-cn-Auxois was the capital. 
AUXON', a town of France, in the department of the 
Aube, and chief place of a canton, in the diftridl of Evry : 
four leagues and a half fouth of Troyes, and one and a 
half north of Evry. 
AUXON'NE, a town of France, in the department of 
the Cote d’Or, and chief place of a canton, and feat of a 
tribunal, in the diftribl of St. Jean de Lofne, fituated in a 
plain, near the eaft fide of the Saone. The town is fur- 
rounded with a double wall, built the latter end of the 
17th century : fix leagues fouth of Gray, and five and a 
half eaft-fouth-eaft of Dijon. Lat. 47. n.N. Ion. 23. j. 
E. Ferro. 
AUXY', a town of France, in the department of the 
Straits of Calais, and chief place of a canton, in the dif- 
trift of Montreuil: three leagues S. S.E. of Hefdin. 
A u x Y-w o o l, J. The French give the name of auxy«* 
wool to that which.is fpun in the neighbourhood of Abbe¬ 
ville, by thofe workmen who are called houpiers. It is a 
very fine and beautiful wool, which is commonly ufed to 
make the fineft (lockings. 
AUZAN'CE, a town of France, in the department of 
the Creufe, and chief place of a canton, in the diffridt of 
Evaux, fituated on a hill, furrounded with ponds: twen¬ 
ty-five miles E. S. E. of Gueret, and nine S. of Evaux. 
ALfZIL'S, a town of France, in the department of the 
Aveiron, and chief place of a canton, in the diflrict of Al- 
bin: fifteen miles north-weft of Rhodez. 
AUZON', a town of France, in the department of the 
Upper Loire, and. chief place of a .canton, in the diftriiT 
of Brioude on the Allier: thirty miles north-weft of le 
Puy, and fix north of Brioude. 
AW, a town of Germany, in the county of Bregent-z, 
twenty-five miles fouth-eaft of Bregentz. 
AWA', a town of Japan, in a province.of the fame name. 
Awa, a town of Perfia, in the province of Irak, twen¬ 
ty-eight leagues fouth of Cafbin. 
To AWAIT', v. a. [from a and wait.'] To expect; to 
wait for: 
Ev’n as the wretch condemn’d to lofe his life 
Awaits the falling of (lie murd’ring knife. Fairfax. 
To attend ; to be in (lore for.—Unlefs his wrath be appea¬ 
red, an eternity of torments awaits the objects off his dif- 
pleafure. Rogers. 
.Await, f. Ambufii: 
And lead miffiap the mod blifs alter may: 
For thoufand perils lie in dole await 
About us daily, to work our decay. Spenfer. 
•7 1 Await, 
