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South \South\, adv.

1. Toward the south; southward.

2. From the south; as, the wind blows south. --Bacon.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

South \South\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Southed; p. pr. & vb. n. Southing.]

1. To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.

2. (Astron.) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

South \South\ (?; by sailors sou), n. [OE. south, su[thorn], AS. s[=u][eth] for sun[eth]; akin to D. zuid, OHG. sund, G. s["u]d, s["u]den, Icel. su[eth]r, sunnr, Dan. syd, s["o]nden, Sw. syd, s["o]der, sunnan; all probably akin to E. sun, meaning, the side towards the sun. [root]297. See Sun.]

1. That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east.

2. A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another; the southern section of a country. ``The queen of the south.'' --Matt. xii. 42.

3. Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.

4. The wind from the south. [Obs.]

--Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

South \South\, a. Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole. ``At the south entry.'' --Shak.

South-Sea tea (Bot.) See Yaupon.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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