\Aunt\, n. [OF. ante, F. tante, L. amita father's sister.
Cf. {Amma}.]
1. The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to
   nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.
Note: Aunt is sometimes applied as a title or term of
      endearment to a kind elderly woman not thus related.
2. An old woman; and old gossip. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. A bawd, or a prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak.
{Aunt Sally}, a puppet head placed on a pole and having a
   pipe in its mouth; also a game, which consists in trying
   to hit the pipe by throwing short bludgeons at it.