a. [ Pref. a- not + caudate. ] Tailless. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Applauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Applauding. ] [ L. applaudere; ad + plaudere to clash, to clap the hands: cf. F. applaudir. Cf. Explode. ] 1. To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign. [ 1913 Webster ]

I would applaud thee to the very echo,
That should applaud again. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve. [ 1913 Webster ]

By the gods, I do applaud his courage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To praise; extol; commend; cry up; magnify; approve. See Praise. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To express approbation loudly or significantly. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. worthy of being applauded. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who applauds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. audacieux, as if fr. LL. audaciosus (not found), fr. L. audacia audacity, fr. audax, -acis, bold, fr. audere to dare. ] 1. Daring; spirited; adventurous. [ 1913 Webster ]

As in a cloudy chair, ascending rides
Audacious. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent. “ Audacious traitor.” Shak. “ Such audacious neighborhood.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum. “Audacious cruelty.” “Audacious prate.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an audacious manner; with excess of boldness; impudently. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The freedom and audacity necessary in the commerce of men. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints. [ 1913 Webster ]

With the most arrogant audacity. Joye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as aoudad.
Syn. -- aoudad, arui, Barbary sheep, maned sheep, Ammotragus lervia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An English poet in the U. S. Born 1907, died 1973.
Syn. -- Wystan Hugh Auden [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to W. H. Auden. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quality of being audible; power of being heard; audible capacity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which may be heard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Visibles are swiftlier carried to the sense than audibles. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. audibilis, fr. L. audire, auditum, to hear: cf. Gr. &unr_; ear, L. auris, and E. ear. ] Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard; as, an audible voice or whisper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being audible. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as to be heard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire to hear. See Audible, a. ] 1. The act of hearing; attention to sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or the transaction of business. [ 1913 Webster ]

According to the fair play of the world,
Let me have audience: I am sent to speak. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also applied by authors to their readers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fit audience find, though few. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He drew his audience upward to the sky. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Court of audience, or
Audience court (Eng.), a court long since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York. Mozley & W. --
In general (or
open)
audience, publicly. --
To give audience, to listen; to admit to an interview. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. audiens, p. pr. of audire. See Audible, a. ] Listening; paying attention; as, audient souls. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hearer; especially a catechumen in the early church. [ Obs. ] Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. audire to hear. ] (Psychol.) One whose thoughts take the form of mental sounds or of internal discourse rather than of visual or motor images. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. the part of a transmitted signal which conveys the sound of the event represented by the signal, such as that of a television program. “they always raise the audio for commercials”
Syn. -- sound. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 an audible acoustic wave frequency.
Syn. -- audio frequency [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. the sound elements of television. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a cassette for audio tape. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. pertaining to a method of teaching language that focuses on listening and speaking. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 the measurement of hearing.
Syn. -- audiometry. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. audire to hear + -meter. ] (Acous.) An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the measurement of hearing.
Syn. -- audiology [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. measuring sensitivity of hearing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound.
Syn. -- sound system. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. magnetic tape for use in recording sound. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a tape recording of sound. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 materials using sight or sound to present information; -- usually used in the plural. “language tapes and videocassettes and other audiovisuals”
Syn. -- audiovisual aid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1 pertaining to or using audiovisual aids in teaching or exposition the school's audiovisual department [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. audire to hear + Gr. &unr_; sound. ] An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly; a dentiphone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auditus a hearing, fr. audire. See Audible, a. ] 1. An audience; a hearing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He appeals to a high audit. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An examination in general; a judicial examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

Specifically: An examination of an account or of accounts, with the hearing of the parties concerned, by proper officers, or persons appointed for that purpose, who compare the charges with the vouchers, examine witnesses, and state the result. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet I can make my audit up. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A general receptacle or receiver. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It [ a little brook ] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Audit ale, a kind of ale, brewed at the English universities, orig. for the day of audit. --
Audit house,
Audit room, an appendage to a cathedral, for the transaction of its business. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Audited; p. pr. & vb. n. Auditing. ] To examine and adjust, as an account or accounts; as, to audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To settle or adjust an account. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let Hocus audit; he knows how the money was disbursed. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., the complaint having been heard. ] (Law) A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auditio. ] The act of hearing or listening; hearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Audition may be active or passive; hence the difference between listening and simple hearing. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. auditif. ] Of or pertaining to hearing; auditory. [ R. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auditor, fr. audire. See Audible, a. ] 1. A hearer or listener. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the balance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who hears judicially, as in an audience court. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the United States government, and in the State governments, there are auditors of the treasury and of the public accounts. The name is also applied to persons employed to check the accounts of courts, corporations, companies, societies, and partnerships. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Auditory. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. See Auditory, n. ] 1. The part of a church, theater, or other public building, assigned to the audience. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In ancient churches the auditorium was the nave, where hearers stood to be instructed; in monasteries it was an apartment for the reception of strangers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a building, or a room within a building, containing a large open space for public gatherings, and often having a raised stage where speakers or presentations may be easily viewed by the audience. The students assembled to hear the president speak in the auditorium. [ PJC ]

n. The office or function of auditor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. auditorius. ] Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See Ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

Auditory canal (Anat.), the tube from the auditory meatus or opening of the ear to the tympanic membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auditorium. ] 1. An assembly of hearers; an audience. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An auditorium. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female hearer. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Auditory. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler. [ 1913 Webster ]

A host of stories . . . dealing chiefly with the subject of his great wealth, an ever delightful topic to the badauds of Paris. Pall Mall Mag. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ Written also bahawder. ] [ Hind. bahādur hero, champion. ] A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Named after J. M. E. Baudot, a French inventor, died 1903. ] (Computers, telecommunications) A unit of transmission speed for information conveyed over a digital communications channel, usually taken as equal to the number of bits of information transmitted per second. The speed in bauds indicates the number of signalling events per second; however, since it is necessary in most cases to transmit control information along with the data, the data signalling rate may be smaller than the baud rate. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. bawdekin rich silk stuff, OF. baudequin. See Baldachin. ] The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery; -- made originally at Baghdad. [ Spelt also baudkin, baudkyn, bawdekin, and baldakin. ] Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]