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SOUTHING
Etymology
Noun
southing (plural southings)
(nautical) A distance traveled southward.
(astronomy) The time when the moon souths.
Verb
southing
present participle of south
Anagrams
• houtings, shouting
Source: Wiktionary
South"ing, n.
1. Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the sun. Emerson.
2. The time at which the moon, or other heavenly body, passes the meridian of a place.
3. (Astron.)
Definition: Distance of any heavenly body south of the equator; south declination; south latitude.
4. (Surv. & Navigation)
Definition: Distance southward from any point departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to northing.
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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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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