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That which accompanies; a concomitant. [A] sense of fame, the attendant of noble spirits. Pope.

he things sold by auction or put up to auction. Ask you why Phryne the whole auction buys Pope.

sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority. "Forms august." Pope. "August in visage." Dryden. "To shed that august blood." Macaulay. So beautiful and so august a spectacle. Burke. To mingle with a body so august. Byron.

frica (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines. Augustinian canons, an order of monks once popular in England and Ireland; -- called also regular canons of St. Austin, and black canons. -- Augustinian hermits or Austin friars, an order of friars established in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It was introduced into the Unite…

ora australis (northern or southern lights). Aurora borealis (, i. e., northern daybreak; popularly called northern lights. A luminous meteoric phenomenon, visible only at night, and supposed to be of electrical origin. This species of light usually appears in streams, ascending toward the zenith from a dusky line or b…

us; -- applied to persons or things. "Thy auspicious mistress." Shak. "Auspicious gales." Pope.

The south wind. Pope.

g of the pericarp of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.

l equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November.

Auxiliary. [Archaic] The auxiliar troops and Trojan hosts appear. Pope.

To promote; to assist. [Obs.] Pope. To avail one's self of, to make use of; take advantage of. Then shall they seek to avail themselves of names. Milton. I have availed myself of the very first opportunity. Dickens.

f mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant. Averse alike to flatter, or offend. Pope. Men who were averse to the life of camps. Macaulay. Pass by securely as men averse from war. Micah ii. 8.

The object of dislike or repugnance. Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire. Pope.

lling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath. For wiser brutes were backward to be slaves. Pope.

A radiant baldric o'er his shoulder tied Sustained the sword that glittered at his side. Pope.

The globe or earth. Pope. Move round the dark terrestrial ball. Addison. Ball and socket joint, a joint in which a ball moves within a socket, so as to admit of motion in every direction within certain limits. -- Ball bearings, a mechanical device for lessening the friction of axle bearings by means of small loose met…

A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.

cocephalum Canariense is familiarly called balm of Gilead, and so are the American trees, Populus balsamifera, variety candicans (balsam poplar), and Abies balsamea (balsam fir).

Producing balm. "The balmy tree." Pope.

bled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army.