||Li"bra (lī"brȧ), n.;
pl. Libræ (lī"brē). [L., a
balance.] (Astron.) (a) The Balance; the
seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal
equinox in September, marked thus ♎ in almanacs, etc.
(b ) A southern constellation between Virgo and
Scorpio.