3. An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet. Mansfield.
Au"ri*cled (&?;), a. Having ear-shaped appendages or lobes; auriculate; as, auricled leaves.
||Au*ric"u*la (&?;), n.; pl. L. Auriculæ (&?;), E. Auriculas (&?;). [L. auricula. See Auricle.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear. (b) (b) A species of Hirneola (H. auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judæ, or Jew's-ear. P. Cyc.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish (b) One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin.
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Au*ric"u*lar (*rk"*lr), a. [LL. auricularis: cf. F. auriculaire. See Auricle.] 1. Of or pertaining to the ear, or to the sense of hearing; as, auricular nerves.
2. Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest.
This next chapter is a penitent confession of the king, and the strangest . . . that ever was auricular.
Milton.
3. Recognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as, auricular evidence. "Auricular assurance." Shak.