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To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict. [Obs.] Upon sufficient proof attainted of some open act by men of his own condition. Blackstone.

An assailant; also, a temper. [Obs.]

halo of light, with which painters surround the figure and represent the glory of Christ, saints, and others held in special reverence.

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.

Pertaining to, or derived from, gold; -- said of those compounds of gold in which this element has its lower valence; as, aurous oxide.

Gold. Aurum fulminans (See Fulminate. -- Aurum mosaicum (See Mosaic.

Broken in place; -- said of rocks having a broken or brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of brecciated materials brought from a distance.

Having an inherent power of action or motion. Nothing can be said to be automatic. Sir H. Davy.

Capable of self-nourishment; -- said of all plants in which photosynthetic activity takes place, as opposed to parasitism or saprophytism.

e will avenge the blood of his servants. Deut. xxxii. 43. Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold. Milton. He had avenged himself on them by havoc such as England had never before seen. Macaulay.

An advocate; a patron; a patron saint. [Obs.] Let God alone be our avowry. Latimer.

Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.

psis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come ~; begone; take ~. And the Lord said . . . Away, get thee down. Exod. xix. 24.

Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; -- said of crops. Wharton.

Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor. Totten.

Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits. Gray.

to row backward with the oars. -- To back a rope, to put on a preventer. -- To back the sails, to arrange them so as to cause the ship to move astern. -- To back up, to support; to sustain; as, to back up one's friends. -- To back a warrant (Law), is for a justice of the peace, in the county where the warrant is to…

To have or experience a back fire or back fires; -- said of an internal-combustion engine.

Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.

To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring. [Western U.S.]