1. To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
2. (Astron.) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; — said chiefly of the moon; as,
the moon souths at nine.
Southcottian
(South*cot"ti*an) n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Joanna Southcott an Englishwoman who,
professing to have received a miraculous calling, preached and prophesied, and committed many impious
absurdities.
Southdown
(South"down`) a. Of or pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture hills south of the
Thames, in England.
Southdown sheep (Zoöl.), a celebrated breed of shortwooled, hornless sheep, highly valued on account
of the delicacy of their flesh. So called from the South Downs where the breed originated.
Southdown
(South"down`), n. A Southdown sheep.
Southeast
(South`east") n. The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the
southeast part or region.
Southeast
(South`east) a. Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the
southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind.
Southeaster
(South`east"er) n. A storm, strong wind, or gale coming from the southeast.
Southeaster
(South`east"er), adv. Toward the southeast.
Southeastern
(South`east"ern) a. Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.
Southeastward
(South`east"ward South`east"ward*ly), adv. Toward the southeast.
Souther
(South"er) n. A strong wind, gale, or storm from the south.
Southerliness
(South"er*li*ness) n. The quality or state of being southerly; direction toward the south.
Southerly
(South"er*ly) a. Southern.
Southern
(South"ern) a. [AS. sern. See South.] Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding
from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.
Southern Cross (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars
so related in position as to resemble a cross. — Southern Fish (Astron.), a constelation of the southern
hemisphere (Piscis Australis) containing the bright star Fomalhaut. — Southern States (U.S. Hist. &
Geog.), the States of the American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas,
Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed as one of
the Southern States.
Southern
(South"ern), n. A Southerner. [R.]
Southerner
(South"ern*er) n. An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the Southern States of North
America; opposed to Northerner.
Southernliness
(South"ern*li*ness) n. Southerliness.
Southernly
(South"ern*ly) a. Somewhat southern. — adv. In a southerly manner or course; southward.
Southernmost
(South"ern*most`) a. Farthest south.
