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‖n. [ Araucania, a territory south of Chili. ] (Bot.) A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The seeds are edible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family of tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae.
Syn. -- family Araucariaceae, araucaria family [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; the neck. ] (Zool.) The part of the neck nearest the back. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ AS. &unr_;ht, fr. āgan to own, p. p. āhte. ] Property; possession. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auctarium. ] That which is superadded; augmentation. [ Obs. ] Baxter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auctio an increasing, a public sale, where the price was called out, and the article to be sold was adjudged to the last increaser of the price, or the highest bidder, fr. L. augere, auctum, to increase. See Augment. ] 1. A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The things sold by auction or put up to auction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ask you why Phryne the whole auction buys ? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the United States, the more prevalent expression has been “sales at auction, ” that is, by an increase of bids (Lat. auctione). This latter form is preferable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dutch auction, the public offer of property at a price beyond its value, then gradually lowering the price, till some one accepts it as purchaser. P. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To sell by auction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. auctionarius. ] Of or pertaining to an auction or an auctioneer. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With auctionary hammer in thy hand. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A variety of the game of bridge in which the players, beginning with the dealer, bid for the privilege of naming the trump and playing with the dummy for that deal, there being heavy penalties for a player's failure to make good his bid. The score value of each trick more than six taken by the successful bidder is as follows: when the trump is spades, 2; clubs, 6; diamonds, 7; hearts, 8; royal spades (lilies), 9; and when the deal is played with no trump, 10. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A person who sells by auction; a person whose business it is to dispose of goods or lands by public sale to the highest or best bidder. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To sell by auction; to auction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Estates . . . advertised and auctioneered away. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A game of cards in which the players bid for the privilege of determining or “pitching” the trump suit. R. F. Foster. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. aucupatio, fr. auceps, contr. for aviceps; avis bird + capere to take. ] Birdcatching; fowling. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small flat curl worn on the temple by women. [ Humorous ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bureau + Gr. &unr_; to be strong, to govern, &unr_; strength: cf. F. bureaucratie. ] 1. A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Government officials, collectively; -- used especially of nonelected government officials. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the formal and often obscure style of writing characteristic of some government officials; officialese; -- it is characterized by euphemisms, circumlocutions, vague abstractions, and circumlocutions. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. bureaucratique. ] Of, relating to, or resembling, a bureaucracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. nonelective government officials; same as bureaucracy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An advocate for, or supporter of, bureaucracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geog.) a large mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.
Syn. -- Caucasus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the white races of mankind, of whom the people about Mount Caucasus were formerly taken as the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus, esp. a Circassian or Georgian. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A member of any of the white races of mankind. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. belonging to the caucasian racial group.
Syn. -- caucasian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. (Geog.) a large region between the Black and Caspian seas.
Syn. -- Caucasia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Geog.) the mountain range located between the Black and Caspian seas. [ PJC ]

n. [ Etymology uncertain. Mr. J. H. Trumbull finds the origin of caucus in the N. A. Indian word cawcawwassough or caú cau-as'u one who urges or pushes on, a promoter. See citation for an early use of the word caucus. ] A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting. [ 1913 Webster ]

This day learned that the caucus club meets, at certain times, in the garret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment. John Adams's Diary [ Feb. , 1763 ]. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Caucused p. pr. & vb. n. Caucusing. ] To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Debauched p. pr. & vb. n. Debauching. ] [ F. débaucher, prob. originally, to entice away from the workshop; pref. dé- (L. dis- or de) + OF. bauche, bauge, hut, cf. F. bauge lair of a wild boar; prob. from G. or Icel., cf. Icel. bālkr. See Balk, n. ] To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army. [ 1913 Webster ]

Learning not debauched by ambition. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. débauche. ] 1. Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery. [ 1913 Webster ]

The first physicians by debauch were made. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An act or occasion of debauchery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Silenus, from his night's debauch,
Fatigued and sick. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dissolute; dissipated. “A coarse and debauched look.” Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a profligate manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being debauched; intemperance. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. débauché, n., properly p. p. of débaucher. See Debauch, v. t. ] One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer to lewdness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Debaucheries 1. Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance. [ 1913 Webster ]

The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the debauchery of the army. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Debauchedness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Exauthorate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Exauthoration. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fauces throat. ] Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial; esp., (Phon.) produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural sounds found in the Semitic and some other languages. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals. I. Taylor (The Alphabet). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. ] 1. (Anat.) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. fausset, perh. fr. L. fauces throat. ] 1. A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Falchion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the fauces; pharyngeal. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geom.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Lacking grace and perceptivity in social situations; crude; tactless; socially inept.
Syn. -- graceless; unsophisticated. [ PJC ]

4. (Chem.) Not planar; -- of molecules or molecular conformations. [ PJC ]

n. an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement.
Syn. -- crudeness, crudity. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F. ] An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness. [ 1913 Webster ]