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Aurora

noun

(pl. E. auroras, L. rarely used aurorae)

The first light of day. Synonyms: break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup. "They talked until morning" Antonym: sunset.

An atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force.

(Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos.

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"Aurora" Quotes from Famous Books

... her with all those charms which cannot be expressed, and the graces had given the finishing stroke to them. The turn of her face was exquisitely fine, and her swelling neck was as fair and as bright as her face. In a word, her person gave the idea of Aurora, or the goddess of the spring, "such as youthful poets fancy when they love." But as it would have been unjust that a single person should have engrossed all the treasures of beauty without any defect, ...

— Marguerite de Navarre - Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois Queen of Navarre • Marguerite de Navarre

... Soubise, "I shall not think of separating from so agreeable a party till daylight warns me hence." "The first beams of morn will soon shine through these windows," replied M. d'Aiguillon. "We can already perceive the brightest rays of Aurora reflected in the sparkling eyes around us," exclaimed M. de Cosse. "A truce with your gallantry, gentlemen," replied madame de Mirepoix, "at my age I can only believe myself capable of reflecting the last rays of the setting sun." "Hush!" ...

— "Written by Herself" • Baron Etienne Leon Lamothe-Langon

... says Nodier, "of the Aurora of winter, and tell me if Homer could have better robed it in words. The Aurora of Jasmin is quite his own; 'unbars the doors of the morning'; it is done without noise, like a goddess, patient and silent, who announces herself to ...

— Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist • Samuel Smiles

... along this front, I had left "Jip" at home and was using a Harley-Davidson cycle side-car Lieutenant Trainor of Headquarters had kindly loaned me—further giving me daring Corporal Plummer of Aurora, one of the most ...

— The Greater Love • George T. McCarthy

... The aurora australis was seen for the first time on the evening of March 28. It was composed of shafts and bands, and extended from the south-west to the north-east through the zenith. The light was pale green and red. ...

— The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 • Roald Amundsen

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