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The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord. Burrill. Blackstone.

One who, or that which, attracts. Sir T. Browne

A hearer or listener. Macaulay.

Auditory. [R.]

The part of a church, theater, or other public building, assigned to the audience.

The office or function of auditor.

Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See Ear. Auditory canal (Anat.), the tube from the auditory meatus or opening of the ear to the tympanic membrane.

One who practices auscultation.

Of or pertaining to auscultation. Dunglison.

An autocrat. [Archaic]

Pertaining to an autocrator; absolute. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

Auxiliary; helping. [Obs.]

An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.

An experimenter in aviation.

Belonging to a bath. [Obs.]

rant theatrical player who plays in barns when a theatre is lacking; hence, an inferior actor, or one who plays in the country away from the larger cities. --Barn"storm`ing, n. [Theatrical Cant]

One guilty of barratry.

Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer. Thackeray.

One who confers a benefit or benefits. Bacon.

To storm. Young.