n. (Metallurgy) [ From W. C. Roberts-Austen, an English metallurgist. ] a solid solution of ferric carbide or carbon in iron; -- it cools to form pearlite or martensite. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
[ F. austère, L. austerus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to parch, dry. Cf. Sear. ] 1. Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life. [ 1913 Webster ]
From whom the austere Etrurian virtue rose. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.; pl.Austerities [ F. austérité, L. austerias, fr. austerus. See Austere. ] 1. Sourness and harshness to the taste. [ Obs. ] Horsley. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline. [ 1913 Webster ]
The austerity of John the Baptist. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity. [ 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. Syn. -- battle of Austerlitz. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. [ L. australis, fr. auster: cf. F. austral. ] 1. Southern; lying or being in the south; as, austral land; austral ocean. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Biogeography) Designating, or pertaining to, a zone extending across North America between the Transition and Tropical zones, and including most of the United States and central Mexico except the mountainous parts. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
Austral signs (Astron.), the last six signs of the zodiac, or those south of the equator. [ 1913 Webster ]
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