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Of or pertaining to Austria, or to its inhabitants. -- n.

was dissolved, in 1806. The term is now applied to a council of the war department of the Austrian empire, and the members of different provincial chanceries of that empire are called aulic councilors. P. Cyc.

On the Austrian side of the river Leitha; Austrian.

To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire. Who hath . . . comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure. Is. xl. 12.

The quality of being desirable. The desirableness of the Austrian alliance. Froude.

lity of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire. Empire carries with it the idea of a vast and complicated government. C. J. Smith.

Of or pertaining to Galicia, in Spain, or to Galicia, the kingdom of Austrian Poland. -- n.

A small copper coin formerly used in South Germany; also, a small Austrian copper coin. [Written also kreuzer.]

the inheritance of many characters in animals and plants, discovered by Gregor J. Mendel (Austrian Augustinian abbot, 1822-84) in breeding experiments with peas. He showed that the height, color, and other characters depend on the presence of determinating factors behaving as units. In any given germ cell each of these…

One of a class of Hungarian mountaineers serving in the Austrian army; -- so called from Pandur, a principal town in the region from which they originally came. [Written also pandoor.] Her whiskered pandours and her fierce hussars. Campbell.

An Austrian silver coin equal to ten kreutzers, or about five cents.

Am Austrian silver coin equivalent to 20 kreutzers, or about 10 cents.