SOUTHED

Verb

southed

simple past tense and past participle of south

Anagrams

• shed out, shouted

Source: Wiktionary


SOUTH

South (; by sailors sou), n. Etym: [OE. south, suþ, AS. suedh for sunedh; akin to D. zuid, OHG. sund, G. süd, süden, Icel. suedhr, sunnr, Dan. syd, sönden, Sw. syd, söder, sunnan; all probably akin to E. sun, meaning, the side towards the sun. sq. root297. 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.

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.

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

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

South, a.

Definition: 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. South-Sea tea (Bot.) See Yaupon.

South

Definition: , adv.

1. Toward the south; southward.

2. From the south; as, the wind blows south. Bacon.

South, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Southed; p. pr. & vb. n. Southing.]

1. To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.

2. (Astron.)

Definition: To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine.

South` south"er*ly. (Zoöl.)

Definition: the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called also southerly, and southerland. See under Old.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

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