a. [ L. australis, fr. auster: cf. F. austral. ]
Austral signs (Astron.),
a. Of or pertaining to Australasia;
a. [ From L. Terra Australis southern land. ] Of or pertaining to Australia. --
. (Law) A system of balloting or voting in public elections, originally used in South Australia, in which there is such an arrangement for polling votes that secrecy is compulsorily maintained, and the ballot used is an official ballot printed and distributed by the government. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. i. [ See Austral. ] To tend toward the south pole, as a magnet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
They [ magnets ] do septentrionate at one extreme, and australize at another. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
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