a.; also 6 aws-, australl. [ad. L. austrālis, f. Auster south wind: see -AL 1.] Belonging to the south, southern; also, influenced by the south wind, warm and moist. Austral signs: the six signs of the zodiac from Libra to Pisces.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XIII. xxvi. (1495), 459. Fysshe of that kynde that hyghte Austral aryse whan the sterres that hyght Pliades begynne to go doune.
1541. R. Copland, Guydon’s Quest. Chirurg. An australl day, that is to say hote and moyste.
1635. Heywood, Hierarch., III. 185. If the Australl horne be any thing erected, it signifieth a South winde.
1881. Maxwell, Electr. & Magn., II. 19. Austral magnetism is the imaginary magnetic matter which prevails in the southern regions of the earth.
