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a. [ From L. ante + versun turned; apparently formed in imitation of retrorse. ] (Bot.) Forward or upward in direction. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Auroras L. (rarely used) Auroræ [ L. aurora, for ausosa, akin to Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, dawn, Skr. ushas, and E. east. ] 1. The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The rise, dawn, or beginning. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Class. Myth.) The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) A species of crowfoot. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights). [ 1913 Webster ]

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 bank, a few degrees above the northern horizon; when reaching south beyond the zenith, it forms what is called the corona, about a spot in the heavens toward which the dipping needle points. Occasionally the aurora appears as an arch of light across the heavens from east to west. Sometimes it assumes a wavy appearance, and the streams of light are then called merry dancers. They assume a variety of colors, from a pale red or yellow to a deep red or blood color. The
Aurora australis cd>is a corresponding phenomenon in the southern hemisphere, the streams of light ascending in the same manner from near the southern horizon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to, or resembling, the aurora (the dawn or the northern lights); rosy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her cheeks suffused with an auroral blush. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to the dawn. a dim aurorean glow
Syn. -- auroral. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who swears to another's credibility. W. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One bound by a common oath with others. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. conquereor, fr. conquerre, ] One who conquers. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Conqueror (Eng. Hist.). William the Norman (1027-1067) who invaded England, defeated Harold in the battle of Hastings, and was crowned king, in 1066. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind. karo&rsdot_;, Skr. ko&tsdot_;i. ] Ten millions; as, a crore of rupees (which is nearly $5, 000, 000). [ East Indies ] Malcolm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physics & Chem.) See Dextrotatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Dextro- + rotatory. ] (Chem. & Opt.) Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc. Cf. Levorotatory.

{ } a. [ L. dextrorsum, contr. fr. dextrovorsum, dextroversum, toward the right side; dexter right + versus, vorsus, p. p. of vertere, vortere, to turn. ] (Botany) Turning from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the common morning-glory; as, dextrorse vines. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ At present scientists predicate dextrorse or sinistrorse quality of the plant regarded objectively; formerly the plant was regarded subjectively, and what is now called dextrorse was then considered sinistrorse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur, L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to prepare, order. See Parade, and cf. Imperative, Empress. ] The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; -- a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Emperor goose (Zoöl.), a large and handsome goose (Philacte canagica), found in Alaska. --
Emperor moth (Zoöl.), one of several large and beautiful bombycid moths, with transparent spots on the wings; as the American Cecropia moth (Platysamia cecropia), and the European species (Saturnia pavonia). --
Emperor paper. See under Paper. --
Purple emperor (Zoöl.), a large, strong British butterfly (Apatura iris). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The rank or office of an emperor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + &unr_; a sewing. ] (Med.) The operation of sewing up a rent in the intestinal canal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. error, errur, F. erreur, L. error, fr. errare to err. See Err. ] 1. A wandering; a roving or irregular course. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The rest of his journey, his error by sea. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension. [ 1913 Webster ]

His judgment was often in error, though his candor remained unimpaired. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A moral offense; violation of duty; a sin or transgression; iniquity; fault. Ps. xix. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Math.) The difference between the approximate result and the true result; -- used particularly in the rule of double position. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mensuration) (a) The difference between an observed value and the true value of a quantity. (b) The difference between the observed value of a quantity and that which is taken or computed to be the true value; -- sometimes called residual error. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Law.) A mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Baseball) A fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned base. [ 1913 Webster ]

Law of error, or
Law of frequency of error (Mensuration), the law which expresses the relation between the magnitude of an error and the frequency with which that error will be committed in making a large number of careful measurements of a quantity. --
Probable error. (Mensuration) See under Probable. --
Writ of error (Law), an original writ, which lies after judgment in an action at law, in a court of record, to correct some alleged error in the proceedings, or in the judgment of the court. Bouvier. Burrill.

Syn. -- Mistake; fault; blunder; failure; fallacy; delusion; hallucination; sin. See Blunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of error; wrong. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who encourages and propagates error; one who holds to error. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Extrorse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ As if from an assumed L. extrorsus, for extroversus; extra on the outside + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. extrorse. ] (Bot.) Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ See Frorn. ] Frostily. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The parching air
Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. [ AS. froren, p. p. of freósun to freeze. See Freeze. ] Frozen. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Well nigh frorn I feel. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. freórig. See Frorn. ] 1. Frozen; stiff with cold. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Covered with a froth like hoarfrost. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The foaming steed with frory bit to steer. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; a fad.
Syn. -- fad, craze, furore, cult, rage. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a sudden outburst (as of protest).
Syn. -- uproar, furore. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ It. ] Excitement; commotion; enthusiasm. [ Also spelled furor. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr.&unr_;; &unr_;, &unr_;, stomach + &unr_; a sewing, fr. &unr_; to sew: cf. F. gastrorrhaphie. ] (Surg.) The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen. Quincy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; western + &unr_;, &unr_;, a bird. ] (Paleon.) A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches. Several species are known. See Illust. in Append. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formerly written horrour. ] [ L. horror, fr. horrere to bristle, to shiver, to tremble with cold or dread, to be dreadful or terrible; cf. Skr. h&unr_;sh to bristle. ] 1. A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Such fresh horror as you see driven through the wrinkled waves. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking. [ 1913 Webster ]

How could this, in the sight of heaven, without horrors of conscience be uttered? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom; dreariness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Breathes a browner horror on the woods. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

The horrors, delirium tremens. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Struck with horror; horrified. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blank and horror-stricken faces. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Horror-stricken; horrified. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Hydrorhizæ E. Hydrorhizas [ NL., fr. E. hydra + Gr. &unr_; a root. ] (Zool.) The rootstock or decumbent stem by which a hydroid is attached to other objects. See Illust. under Hydroidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. hyper- + organic. ] Higher than, or beyond the sphere of, the organic. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Orthodox to an excessive degree.
Syn. -- ultraorthodox. [ PJC ]

n. Orthodoxy pushed to excess.
Syn. -- ultraorthodoxy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between the orbits; as, the interorbital septum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of admitting into or within. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. introrsus inward, contr. from introversus. See Introvert. ] (Bot.) Turning or facing inward, or toward the axis of the part to which it belongs. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Covered with minute grains, appearing like fine sand. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Irrorated p. pr. & vb. n. Irrorating. ] [ L. irroratus, p. p. of irrorare to bedew; pref. ir- in + ros, roris, dew. ] To sprinkle or moisten with dew; to bedew. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. irroration. ] The act of bedewing; the state of being moistened with dew. [ Obs. ] Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. jureur one who takes oath, L. jurator a swearer, fr. jurare, jurari, to swear. See Jury, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Law) A member of a jury; a juryman. [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall both find your lordship judge and juror. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A member of any jury for awarding prizes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. me`ros part + E. organization. ] Organization in part. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; womb + &unr_; to break. ] (Med.) Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur at the menstrual period. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. mirour, F. miroir, OF. also mireor, fr. (assumed) LL. miratorium, fr. mirare to look at, L. mirari to wonder. See Marvel, and cf. Miracle, Mirador. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light. [ 1913 Webster ]

And in her hand she held a mirror bright,
Wherein her face she often viewèd fair. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which gives a true representation, or in which a true image may be seen; hence, a pattern; an exemplar. [ 1913 Webster ]

She is mirour of all courtesy. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

O goddess, heavenly bright,
Mirror of grace and majesty divine. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) See Speculum. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mirror carp (Zool.), a domesticated variety of the carp, having only three or fur rows of very large scales side. --
Mirror plate. (a) A flat glass mirror without a frame. (b) Flat glass used for making mirrors. --
Mirror writing, a manner or form of backward writing, making manuscript resembling in slant and order of letters the reflection of ordinary writing in a mirror. The substitution of this manner of writing for the common manner is a symptom of some kinds of nervous disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mirrored p. pr. & vb. n. Mirroring. ] 1. To reflect, as in a mirror. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To copy or duplicate; to mimic or imitate; as, the files at Project Gutenberg were mirrored on several other ftp sites around the world. [ PJC ]

3. To have a close resemblance to; as, his opinions often mirrored those of his wife. [ PJC ]

adj. Reflected in or as if in a mirror. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. capable of reflecting light like a mirror; flat and reflective; as, the mirrorlike surface of the lake.
Syn. -- specular. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Mirror + -scope. ] See Projector, below. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Med.) A sudden awakening associated with a sensation of terror, occurring in children, esp. those of unstable nervous constitution. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]