Helen Fenton

Auricula: Definition and part of speech

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Auricula

  1. n. One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin.
  2. n. A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear’s-ear.
  3. n. A species of Hirneola (H. auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judae, or Jew’s-ear.
  4. n. A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Auld lang syne: Definition and part of speech

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Auld lang syne

  1. A Scottish phrase used in recalling recollections of times long since past.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aulic: Definition and part of speech

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Aulic

  1. n. 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 aulic).
  2. a. Pertaining to a royal court.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.