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[Eng.south; -ing.] 3771 *sov-er-ain-te , s. [Mid. Eng. so vera in = sov- ereign; -te .] The now obsolete feminine form of so vera in, i . e., sovereign. "Seas' so vera int e , sleep bringer, pilgrim's guide, Peace-loving queen." Sylvester: Du Bartas ; fourth day, first week, 718. sov-er-eign (gsilent), *sov-er-aign, *sov-er- aigne, *sov-er-aygne, sov-er-ain, * sov-er- the south. II. Technically : 8. [Thegis intrusive, as if from the idea that the word had something to do with reigning . O. Fr. so vera in ( Fr.souverain ), from Low Lat.superanum , "Not far from hence, if I observed aright The southing of the stars and polar light, Sicilia lies." Dryden: Virgil's Æneid , v. 32. 2. Navig .: The difference of latitude made by a ship in sailing to the southward. 3. Surveying: When the second extremity of a course is further south than the first extremity, the course is said to make southing . *south -ly, adv . [Eng. south; -ly.] Toward or in the south; from the south. "When the winde bloweth southly." -Mascall : On Ang ling , p. 2. *south-most, adj . [English south , a.; -most.] Furthest toward the south; southernmost. "From Aroar to Nebo, and the wild Of southmost Abarim." Milton: P. L., 1. 408. south'-ne , s. [Eng. south, a.; -ne .] The tendency of a magnetic needle to point toward the south. south-rồn, s. & a. [Eng.south; -ron.] A. As subst.: A native or inhabitant of a southern country or of the southern part of a country; specifically, a term formerly applied in Scotland to an English man. B. As adj .: Living in or coming from the south; southern. "While back-recoiling seem'd to reel Their southron foes." - Burns : The Vision. *south-say, *south-say-er, subst . [SOOTHSAY, SOOTHSAYER.] south-ward, adv ., a. & s. ward .] A. As adv.: Toward the south. "Life [English south , a.; from the dreary months Flies conscious southward ." Thomson: Winter , 920. B. As adj .: Lying toward the south; directed toward the south. "Haste to our southward battle." Macaulay: Battle of Lake Regillus , xxii. super above; Ital. sovrano, soprano, Sp. & Port. sober a no.] A. As adjective : 1. Supreme in power; po e ing supreme power; independent of and unlimited by any other. "Thou shalt have charge and sovereign trust herein." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. I., iii. 2. 2. Princely, royal. "And you, my sovereign lady, with the rest, Causele have laid disgraces on my head." Shakesp.: Henry IV ., Pt . II ., iii. 1. 3. Supreme in excellence; most noble, most gracious. "O father, gracious was that word which closed Thy sov'reign sentence, that man should find grace." Milton: P. L. , iii. 145. 4. Efficacious in the highest degree: effectual. (Applied especially to medicines or remedies.) "Against strange maladies a sovereign cure." Shakesp.: Sonnet 153. B. As substantive: 1. A state, body, or person having independent and supreme authority; spec if., in a monarchy,one who exercises supreme power; a supreme ruler; the person having the highest authority in the State, as a king, emperor, queen, .; a monarch. "The bed of the Mi i ippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to the nation." -Jefferson. 2. The name given to certain English gold coins: *(1) A gold coin current at 22s. 6d. from the reign of Henry VIII. to that of James 1. (2) A gold coin, 123-274 grains Troy in weight, of the value of 20s., or $4.87, and the standard of sowens