auricular (arikular)

and n. [ cula jude). cle of the ear; aural: as, the auricular nerve. -2. Used in connection with the ear: as, an auricular tube (which see, below).-3. Addre ed to the ear; privately confided to one's ear, especially the ear of a priest: as, auricu lar confe ion.-4. Recognized or perceived by the ear; audible. You shall by an auricular a urance have your satisfaction. Shak ., Lear, 1. 2. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary auricular 383 aurochs say. Bacon, Nat. Hist., § 326. 6. Known or obtained by the sense of hearing: as, auricular evidence.-7. Ear-shaped; auriculate; auriform: as, the auricular articulating surface of the human ilium.-8. In echinoderms, of or pertaining to the auriculæ: as, an internal auricular proce .-9. Pertaining to the auricle of the heart. - Anterior auricular arteries, two or more branches of the temporal artery supplying the external ear. Anterior auricular veins, small veins from the external ear emptying into the temporal vein.-Auricular feathers, in ornith., the special set of feathers, usually of peculiar structure, which overlie and defend the outer opening of the ear. - Auricular finger, the little finger: so called from the fact that it is most easily introduced into the ear. — Auricular foramen, the mouth of the external auditory meatus of the ear. Auric ular nerves, various small nerves derived from the great auricular, the auriculotemporal, the facial, the second cervical, the small or sometimes the large occipital, and the vagus nerves, which supply the integument and other parts of the external ear and its vicinity. - Auricular point, in an at., the center of the auricular foramen.Auricular radii, in craniom., radii drawn from the projection of the auricular point on the median plane to the projections of other points of the skull. See craniometry. -Auricular tube, a speaking-tube, either portable for the use of deaf persons, or extending between different parts of a building for the conveyance of me ages. - Auric -Deep auricular artery, a branch from the inter ulariter who relates what he has heard. nal maxillary artery, supplying the external meatus of the ear. Great auricular nerve, the auricular is magnus, a nerve arising from the second and third cervical nerves, and distributed to the external ear and adjacent parts, -Posterior auricular artery, a branch the external carotid artery, supplying parts in the region of the ear. Posterior auricular vein, a vein which, descending behind the pinna of the ear from the side of the head, joins the external jugular vein. a. [ -in2.] The commercial name for impure rosolic acid (which see, under rosolic ), one of the coaltar colors. In its pure state it forms ruby-red crystals with a blue fluorescence. Owing to its fugitivene , it is seldom used in dyeing, but it is still used in printing calicoes and woolens and for pigments. It produces or angered colors. lär), a. [ [ aurifer , gold valves. See valve. auriferous (a-rif'e-rus), a. bearing, Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays. Thomson , Summer, 1. 648. aurific (a-rif'ik), a. [ Some experiments made with an aurific powder. Southey, The Doctor, clxxxvi. a uri flamm a, auriflamme (a-ri-flam'ä, a'riflam), n. [ (a-ri-u-lari a), nou, auricu la , 4, + -aria .] term applied ed to an early stage of the de develop ment of the embryo of certain echinoderms, as those of the genera Holothuria, Synapta, etc., when it is ciliated. See Holothuridea. [It is a generic name given by Müller through a mistake as to the nature of these larvæ.]-2. [cap.] In conch., a generic name variously used: as, ( a ) by De Blainville for a genus of acephalous mollusks; (b) by Fabric i us for a genus of gastropods.