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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
south \south\ ?; by sailors sou, n. oe. south, suthorn, as.
   s=ueth for suneth; akin to d. zuid, ohg. sund, g.
   s"ud, s"uden, icel. suethr, sunnr, dan. syd, s"onden,
   sw. syd, s"oder, sunnan; all probably akin to e. sun,
   meaning, the side towards the sun. 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.
      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
see also:
sun line 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
south \south\, 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
see also:
south-sea tea yaupon 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
south \south\, adv.
   1. toward the south; southward.
      1913 webster

   2. from the south; as, the wind blows south. --bacon.
      1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
south \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.
      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
see also:
southed southing 
[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
south
     adj : situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the
           south; "the south entrance" ant: north
     n 1: the region of the united states lying south of the
          mason-dixon line
     2: the southern states that seceded from the united states in
        1861 syn: confederacy, confederate states, confederate
        states of america, dixie, dixieland
     3: the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees syn: due
        south, s
     4: any region lying in or toward the south syn: southland
     adv : in a southern direction; "we moved south" syn: to the
           south, in the south
see also:
north confederacy confederate states confederate states of america dixie dixieland 
due south s southland to the south in the south 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
85 moby thesaurus words for "south":
   dixie, dixieland, down east, east, east coast, middle atlantic,
   middle west, new england, north, north central region, northeast,
   northwest, pacific northwest, s, south, southeast, southwest,
   sunbelt, west, west coast, yankeeland, antarctic, arctic, austral,
   boreal, cardinal points, compass card, compass rose, degrees, east,
   eastbound, easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, eastland,
   eastward, half points, hyperborean, lubber line, meridional, north,
   northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern, northerly,
   northern, northernmost, northland, northward, northwest,
   northwesterly, northwestern, occident, occidental, orient,
   oriental, quarter points, rhumb, south about, southbound,
   southeast, southeasterly, southeastern, southerly, southern,
   southernmost, southward, southwardly, southwards, southwest,
   southwesterly, southwestern, sunrise, sunset, the coast, west,
   westbound, westerly, western, westernmost, westland, westward,
   wild west




[7] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
south
   heb. negeb, that arid district to the south of palestine through
   which lay the caravan route from central palestine to egypt
   gen. 12:9; 13:1, 3; 46:1-6. "the negeb comprised a
   considerable but irregularly-shaped tract of country, its main
   portion stretching from the mountains and lowlands of judah in
   the north to the mountains of azazemeh in the south, and from
   the dead sea and southern ghoron the east to the mediterranean
   on the west." in ezek. 20:46 21:1 in heb. three different
   hebrew words are all rendered "south." 1 "set thy face toward
   the south" teman, the region on the right, 1 sam. 33:24; 2
   "drop thy word toward the south" negeb, the region of dryness,
   josh. 15:4; 3 "prophesy against the forest of the south
   field" darom, the region of brightness, deut. 33:23. in job
   37:9 the word "south" is literally "chamber," used here in the
   sense of treasury comp. 38:22; ps. 135:7. this verse is
   rendered in the revised version "out of the chamber of the
   south."
   


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