North

north, n. the point opposite the sun at noon: one of the four cardinal points of the horizon: the side of a church to the left of one facing the principal altar: that portion of the United States north of the former slave-holding states—i.e. north of Maryland, the Ohio, and Mi ouri.— adv. to or in the north.— ns. North′-cock , the snow bunting; North′-east , the point between the north and east, equidistant from each.— adj. belonging to or from the north-east.— n. North′-east′er , a wind from the north-east.— adjs. North′-east′erly , toward or coming from the north-east; North′-east′ern , belonging to the north-east: being in the north-east, or in that direction.— adv. North′-east′ward , toward the north-east.— ns. North′er ( th ), a wind or gale from the north, esp. applied to a cold wind that blows in winter over Texas and the Gulf of Mexico; North′erline ( th ), state of being toward the north.— adj. North′erly ( th ), being toward the north: coming from the north.— adv. toward or from the north.— adj. North′ern ( th ), pertaining to the north: being in the north or in the direction toward it: proceeding from the north.— n. an inhabitant of the north.— n. North′erner ( th ), a native of, or resident in, the north, esp. of the northern United States.— adjs. North′ernmost ( th ), North′most , situate at the point farthest north.— ns. North′ing , motion, distance, or tendency northward: distance of a heavenly body from the equator northward: difference of latitude made by a ship in sailing northward: deviation towards the north; North′man , one of the ancient Scand in avians; North′-pole , the point in the heavens, or beneath it on the earth's surface, ninety degrees north of the equator; North′-star , the north polar star; Northum′brian , a native of the modern North umber land , or of the ancient kingdom of Nor thumb ria , stretching from the Humber to the Forth: that variety of English spoken in Nor thumb ria before the Conquest—also adj. — adjs. North′ward , North′wardly , being toward the north.— adv. toward the north—also North′wards .— n. North′-west , the point between the north and west, equidistant from each.— adj. pertaining to or from the north-west.— adjs. North′-west′erly , toward or coming from the north-west; North′-west′ern , belonging to the north-west: pertaining to, or being in, the north-west or in that direction.— North water , the space of open sea left by the winter pack of ice moving southward.— North-east Pa age , a pa age for ships along the north coasts of Europe and Asia to the Pacific, first made by Nordenskiöld in 1878-79; Northern lights , the aurora borealis (q.v.); North-west Pa age , a sea-way for ships from the Atlantic into the Pacific along the northern coast of America, first made by Sir Robert M‘Clure, 1850-54. [A.S. north ; cf. Ger. nord .]