Austere

[Fr. austère; Gr. austeros, from auō, azō, to dry, or parch up; Lat. austerus.] Making the tongue dry and rough; contracting or affecting the tongue; rough; acrid; sour to the taste; with astringency to the palate. "Th' austere and pon'drous juices they sublime."-Black more. -Severe; harsh; stern; rigid; - in application to manner of judging, acting, living; as, an austere monk. IMG:content-0420.png:[blocks in formation] -Severity or harshne of manner; austerity; as, "Th' austerene of my life."-Shaks. Auster'ity, n. [Fr. austérité; Lat. austeritus.] Au- sterene ; severity of manners or life; strictne of dis- cipline; rigor. "Let not austerity breed servile fear."-Lord Roscommon. Austerlitz, a small town of Moravia, on the Littawa, 13 m. S.E. of Brünn; pop . 3,671. In the vicinity, on Dec. 2, 1805, was fought the famous battle that bears its name, between the French army of 80,000 men, commanded by Napoleon, and the combined Ru ian and Austrian armies, numbering 84,000, under their respective emperors; in which the former achieved a signal victory. According to Alison, the allies lost 30,000 in killed, wounded, and prisoners, and the French, 12,000. The battle was followed by an armistice, the terms of which were dictated by Napoleon; and immediately after, on the 26th of December, by the treaty of Presburg, which disastrously affected Austria. The battle of A. is sometimes called the Battle of the Three Emperors . - See PRESBURG, NAPOLEON, . Austerlitz, in Michigan , a post-village of Kent co., on Grand River, about 10 m. N.N.E. of Grand Rapids, and 178 W. by N. of Detroit. Austerlitz, in New York , a post-village and township of Columbia co., 31 m. S.S.E. of Albany. Austin, St. See AUGUSTINE. Aus'tin, in Arkansas , a village of Lonoke co.