His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed.
Dryden.
||Au*che"ni*um (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; the neck.] (Zoöl.) The part of the neck nearest the back.
Auc"ta*ry (&?;), n. [L. auctarium.] That which is superadded; augmentation. [Obs.] Baxter.
Auc"tion (&?;), n. [L. auctio an increasing, a public sale, where the price was called out, and the article to be sold was adjudged to the last increaser of the price, or the highest bidder, fr. L. augere, auctum, to increase. See Augment.] 1. A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue.