n. (Metallurgy) [ From
adj.
‖n. [ L. auster a dry, hot, south wind; the south. ] The south wind. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ F. austère, L. austerus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to parch, dry. Cf. Sear. ]
From whom the austere Etrurian virtue rose. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Severely; rigidly; sternly. [ 1913 Webster ]
A doctrine austerely logical. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n.;
The austerity of John the Baptist. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805); the French under Napoleon defeated the Russian and Austrian armies of Czar Alexander I and Emperor Francis II.
a. Augustinian;
a. [ L. australis, fr. auster: cf. F. austral. ]
Austral signs (Astron.),