south

n. [ OE. south, suþ, AS. sūð for sunð; akin to D. zuid, OHG. sund, G. süd, süden, Icel. suðr, sunnr, Dan. syd, sönden, Sw. syd, söder, sunnan; all probably akin to E. sun, meaning, the side towards the sun. √297. See Sun. ] 1. That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another; the southern section of a country. “The queen of the south.” Matt. xii. 42. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The wind from the south. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Southed p. pr. & vb. n. Southing. ] 1. To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole. “At the south entry.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

South-Sea tea (Bot.) See Yaupon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwoman who, professing to have received a miraculous calling, preached and prophesied, and committed many impious absurdities. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture hills south of the Thames, in England. [ 1913 Webster ]

Southdown sheep (Zool.), 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Southdown sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind. [ 1913 Webster ]