Piscis Australis

Astronomy: The Southern Fish; one of the old Southern constellations. It is situated directly south of Aquarius. The largest star, Alpha Fomal Pis-çēş, s . pl . [Lat., pl. of piscis =a fish.] 1. Astronomy : (1) The twelfth and last of the zodiacal cons tell a tions. It is a large constellation, bounded on the east by Aries and Triangulum, on the west by Aqua- rius and Pegasus, on the north by Andromeda, and fishing-lines; to wind wire of gold or silver. *pirle (1), s . (PURL.) A brook, a stream. Leland: Itinerary, iii. 132. "A broket or pirle of water running out of an hille."*pirle (2), s . [Etym. doubtful.] Some variety of salt-water fish. (Harrison: Descript . Eng ., bk. iii., ch. iii.) pirn, s. [Gael.] sented on celestial globes and maps as separated some distance from each other, and as having their tails connected by a string. One is under the right arm of Andromeda, the other under the wing of Pegasus. About forty 2. Yarn wound on a shuttle. 3. The wheel of a fishing-rod. 4. A stick with a loop of cord for twisting on the nose of a refractory horse. pir-niě, s. [PIRN.] A woolen nightcap made of different colors or stripes.