southern lin ess

[Eng. southernly; -ne .] The quality or state of being southerly. southern-ly, adverb. [English southern; -ly.] Toward the south. "The sun goeth not so far southernly from us."- Hake will : Apologie , bk. ii., ch. iv., § 4. southern-most, adj . [Eng. southern; -most.] situated nearest to the south. southernwood south-ern-wood, *soth-ern-wood, *soth-renwod, s. [A. S. suthernwudu, suthernwyrt.] Bot.: Artemisia abrotanum , a hoary plant, more or le shrubby, with freely-divided leaves and nodding yellow flowers. The whole plant is aromatic and agreeable, though apparently the opposite to bees. It is a native of southern Europe and the temperate parts of Asia. Sometimes called by country people the Old Man. It is used on the Continent of Europe for making a kind of beer.