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auricular, a. and n.|ɔːˈrɪkjʊlə(r)|
Also 6 aurycular(e.
[ad. med.L. auriculāris, f. auricula: see prec. and -ar1. Cf. F. auriculaire, 16th c.]
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to the ear.
1649Bulwer Pathomyot. ii. ii. 108 Having the auricular muscles bigger than ordinary. 1850Sir W. Jardine Humming Birds I. 48 Forming auricular tufts of the same colour.
2. Perceived by the ear; audible.
1579G. Harvey Letter-Bk. (1884) 61 Quippinge notorious or auricular iybinge on every hande. 1605Shakes. Lear i. ii. 99 You shall..by an Auricular assurance haue your satisfaction. 1654Lestrange Chas. I (1655) 92 So suddain a death afforded him not the respiration of auricular contrition.
†b. Hearsay, oral, traditional. Obs.
1605Bacon Adv. Learn. i. iv. §11. 1626 ― Sylva §326 The Alchemists call in..auricular traditions, feigned testimonies of ancient authors and the like.
c. esp. (in auricular confession): Addressed to the ear; told privately in the ear.
1542Brinklow Complaynt xix. (1874) 46 That auryculare confessyon, which is the preuy chamber of treason. 1651C. Cartwright Cert. Relig. i. 164 The Popish confession is auricular (as it is called), secret, in the eare of a Priest. 1839Hallam Hist. Lit. (1847) II. 22 The practice of auricular confession brought with it an entire science of casuistry.
†3. Addressing, affecting, or employing the ear only (to the exclusion of mental apprehension).
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 172 Reaching no higher then th'eare and forcing the mynde little or nothing..is the office of the auricular figures. 1638Mede Rev. God's House 54 (T.) By hearing is meant in this place not auricular hearing but practical. 1740Cibber Apol. (1756) I. 74 Not mere auricular imitators of one another.
4. auricular witness: one who relates what he has heard. (Cf. ocular, and F. témoin auriculaire.)
1642Howell For. Trav. (Arb.) 13 One eye-witness is of more validity than ten auricular. 1878Daily News 9 Jan. 6/1 Alluded to as an auricular witness by the Estafette.
5. Pertaining to the auricle of the heart.
1870Rolleston Anim. Life 101 This ‘pericardial’ or ‘auricular’ membrane. 1872Huxley Phys. ii. 42 The moment the auricular systole is over.
6. Shaped like an auricle.
1857Bullock Cazeaux's Midwif. 21 A semilunar articular surface..called the auricular facet. 1872Nicholson Palæont. 211 Tubular spines..abundant upon the auricular expansion.
B. n. An auricular organ or part. spec.
a. A tuft of feathers covering the orifice of a bird's ear.
b. The little finger, as the one most easily inserted in the ear: cf. Fr. doigt auriculaire.
1797T. Bewick Brit. Birds (1847) I. 12 The plumage..plain on the auriculars. a1845Hood Tale Trumpet iii, For each auricular Was deaf as a post. 1874Coues Birds N.-W. 126 A post-ocular stripe just over the auriculars. |