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Pronunciation : South (; by sailors sou)
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. south, su?, AS. suedh for sunedh; akin to D. zuid, OHG. sund, G. s?d, s?den, Icel. suedhr, sunnr, Dan. syd, s?nden, Sw. syd, s?der, sunnan; all probably akin to E. sun, meaning, the side towards the sun. sq. root297. See Sun.]
Definition : 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 Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : South
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: 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 Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : South
Definition : Defn: , adv.

1. Toward the south; southward.

2. From the south; as, the wind blows south. Bacon.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : South
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.

2. (Astron.)

Defn: To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine.

i. [imp. & p. p. Southed; p. pr. & vb. n. Southing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : South` south"er*ly. (Zo?l.)
Definition : Defn: the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called also southerly, and southerland. See under Old.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913