a. Obs. [as if a. L. *ēlectrālis, f. ēlectrum amber.] = ELECTRICAL, in various senses.
1673. Grew, Anat. Roots, II. § 36 (1682), 88. From the Electral nature of divers other Bodies.
1708. Wall, in Phil. Trans., XXVI. 72. Amber directed me to that of a Diamond, from its being Electral.
b. fig.
a. 1763. Shenstone, Wks. (1764), I. 290. And what electral fire Shall solve the frosty gripe, and bid it flow?
