Both Uses of
aurora
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Far from the Madding Crowd
- Behind the luminous streams of this aurora militaris, she could see the hue of Troy's sword arm, spread in a scarlet haze over the space covered by its motions, like a twanged harpstring, and behind all Troy himself, mostly facing her; sometimes, to show the rear cuts, half turned away, his eye nevertheless always keenly measuring her breadth and outline, and his lips tightly closed in sustained effort.†
Chpt 28-30
- By the aid of the Casterbridge aurora, and by feeling with her hands, the woman selected two sticks from the heaps.†
Chpt 40-42 *
Definition:
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(aurora) an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force