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blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw. Milton.

position informs us of a vulgar error, terming the gall bitter; whereas there is nothing gustable sweeter. Harvey.

The great bustard.

The act of tasting. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Pertaining to, or subservient to, the sense of taste; as, the gustatory nerve which supplies the front of the tongue.

Tasteful; well-tasted. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby. -- Gust"ful*ness, n. [Obs.] Barrow.

Tasteless; insipid. [R.]

Nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy. Dryden.

Tasteful; in a tasteful, agreeable manner.

Subject to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy; stormy; tempestuous. Upon a raw and gusty day. Shak.

Narrow; strait. [Obs.]

Narrowed.

The act or making narrow; a straitening or contacting. Wiseman.

A narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank.

Having narrow leaves. Wright.

See Angostura bark.

andeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority. "Forms august." Pope. "August in visage." Dryden. "To shed that august blood." Macaulay. So beautiful and so august a spectacle. Burke. To mingle with a body so august. Byron.

Of or pertaining to Augustus Cæsar or to his times.

A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar.

Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines. Augustinian canons, an order of monks once popular in England and Ireland; -- called also regular canons of St. Austin, and black canons. -- Augustinian hermits or Austin friars, an order of friars establishe…