Pertaining to gold. The auric acid is a saturated combination of gold and oxygen.
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1. Of or pertaining to gold.
2. Pertaining to, or derived from, gold; -- said of those compounds of gold in which this element has its higher valence; as, auric oxide; auric chloride.
Aurich
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AURICH, a town of Prussia, in the province of Hanover, situated on the Trecktief canaL It is regularly built; possesses a castle, which was former 1 y the residence of the prince of East Friesland, a lyceum, and four libraries; and carries on the manufacture of leather, paper, pottery, and tobacco. The famous meeting-place of the East Frieslanders, Upstaalsboom, is in the neighbourhood. Population, 4264.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 3, p. 89
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Brass-colored.
A hydrous carbonate of copper and zinc, found in pale green or blue crystalline aggregations. It yields a kind of brass on reduction.
1. The external ear, or that part which is prominent from the heat.
2. The auricles of the heart are two muscular bags, situated at the base, serving as diverticula for the blood, during the diastole. They resemble the auricle of the ear, and cover the ventricles of the heart, like caps. Their systole of the heart, and vice versa. They receive the blood from the veins, and communicate it to the ventricles.
1. The external ear, or that part of the ear which is prominent from the head.
2. The chamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles; -- so called from its resemblance to the auricle or external ear of some quadrupeds. See Heart.
3. An angular or ear-shaped lobe.
4. An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet.
Having ear-shaped appendages or lobes; auriculate; as, auricled leaves.
That species of primrose, called, from the shape of its leaves, bear's ear.
2. A species of Hirneola (H. auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judae, or Jew's-ear.
3. A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish
4. One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin.
1. Pertaining to the ear; within the sense of hearing; told in the ear; as auricular confession.
2. Recognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as auricular evidence.
3. Traditional; known by report; as auricular traditions.
1. Of or pertaining to the ear, or to the sense of hearing; as, auricular nerves.
2. Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest.
3. Recognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as, auricular evidence.
4. Received by the ear; known by report.
5. Pertaining to the auricles of the heart.
In a secret manner; by way of whisper, or voice addressed to the ear.
In an auricular manner.
A circle of feathers surrounding the opening of the ear of birds.
Alt. of Auriculated
Having large or elongated ears; as the auriculated vulture.
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