southeastern (sou the stern)

[ after eastern. The AS. * sutheastern is not authenticated.] Pertaining to or being in the southeast, or in the general direction of the southeast. Abbreviated S. E. southeastward (south'ēst'wärd), adv. [ A glacial movement southeastward from the Sperrin mountains of London derry. Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc. south eastwardly (south'ēst wärd-li), adv. [ The Big Horn (here called Wind river) flows southeast wardly to long. 108° 30', through a narrow bottom land. Gov. Report on Mi . River , 1861 (reprinted 1876), p. 43. souther1 (sou'Thér), n. [ souther1 (sou'Ther), v. i. [ or a vane. On chance of the wind southering. The Field , Sept. 25, 1886. (Encyc. Dict.) souther2 (sou'wher), n. A Scotch form of sol der.