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-- 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 United States from…

At Oxford, England, a member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian. Chalmers.

A member of the conservative party in the Church of Scotland in the latter part of the 18th century.

Pertaining to a royal court. Ecclesiastical wealth and aulic dignities. Landor. Aulic council (Hist.), a supreme court of the old German empire; properly the supreme court of the emperor. It ceased at the death of each emperor, and was renewed by his successor. It became extinct when the German empire was dissolved, in…

A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England. Halliwell.

Auspicious. [Obs.] Holland.

Southern; lying or being in the south; as, austral land; austral ocean. Austral signs (Astron.), the last six signs of the zodiac, or those south of the equator.

See Army organization, Switzerland.

A system of land forms produced by the free action of rain and streams on rocks of uniform texture.

A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent. Jacob.

on the Alpine mountains cold. Milton. He had avenged himself on them by havoc such as England had never before seen. Macaulay.

a place may by reached; a way of approach or of exit. "The avenues leading to the city by land." Macaulay. On every side were expanding new avenues of inquiry. Milman.

ce, for keeping birds confined; a bird house. Lincolnshire may be termed the aviary of England. Fuller.

A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland. [Obs.]

The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another. The property in the part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the o…

In an unlucky (left-handed) or perverse manner. [Obs.] Holland.

Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.

ch it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England.

a pattern on a stout jute backing. It has a fine soft pile. So called from Axminster, England, where it was formerly (1755 -- 1835) made.

variety of jade. It is used by some savages, particularly the natives of the South Sea Islands, for making axes or hatchets.