Aureus – Avoca
Aureus
the first gold coin which was coined at Rome, 207 B. C. Its value varied at different times, from about $3 to $6.
Auringer
OBADIAH CYRUS, an American poet, born at Glens Falls, N. Y., June 4, 1849. He served for some years in the United States navy. In 1875 he became a farmer in his native place.
Among his works are "Scythe and Sword" (1887); "Episode of Jane Mc- Crea," "The Book of the Hills," "Eagle Bride" (1911), etc.
Authors
BRITISH SOCIETY OF, an association of authors formed in London in 1883, for social and business purposes; has a governing committee of 30 members; maintains an attractive clubroom and publishes a periodical called "The Author."
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Autoplasty
a mode of surgical treatment which consists in replacing a diseased part by means of healthy tissue from another part of the same body. The most familiar instance is the rhinoplastic or taliacotian operation, for supplying a new nose from the skin of the forehead.
It is more popularly known as skingrafting.
Autopsy
eye-witnessing, a direct observation; generally applied to a post mortem examination, or the dissection of a dead body.
Avalon
a peninsula forming the E. part of Newfoundland, in which St.
John's, the capital, is situated.
Avalon
a borough of Pennsylvania in Allegheny co., about 6 miles W. of Pittsburgh. It is on the Ohio river, and the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad. It is a suburb of Pittsburgh and is entirely residential. Pop. (1910) 4,317; (1920) 5,277.
AVANTURINE
Avanturine
or AVENTURINE, a variety of quartz containing glittering spangles s of mica through it; also a sort of artificial gem of similar appearance.
Avatar
more properly AVATARA, in Hindu mythology, an incarnation of the Deity. Of the innumerable avatars the chief are the 10 incarnations of Vishnu, who appeared successively as a fish, a tortoise, a boar.
Avatcha
a volcano and bay in Kamtchatka. The volcano, which is 9,000 feet high, was last active in 1855. The town of Petropavlovsk lies in the bay.
Avlona
or VALONA, the chief seaport in Albania, in the province of Janina, on an eminence near the Gulf of Avlona, an inlet of the Adriatic, protected by the island of Sasseno, the ancient Saso. The independence of Albania was proclaimed here in 1912. Pop. about 6,000. See ALBANIA.
Avoca
or OVOCA, a beautiful valley and river of Ireland, near Glendalough, in the county of Wicklow, and celebrated as being the scene which gave rise to one of the finest of Moore's "Irish Melodies."