(a) Lying to the south; ?also, lying to the north [= borialis in quot. ?c1475, but prob. erron.]; ~ del (half, part, partie, side), the southern part or side; (b) ~ cercle, the Antarctic Circle; ~ dai, a day on which the south wind blows; ~ ende, the southern part of England; ~ line, the meridian; also, the upper half of a vertical line on an astrolabe [cp. line n.(1) 7.]; ~ mone, the moon when visible in the southern part of the sky; ~ orisonte, the portion of the line indicating the horizon which lies above the 90-degree arc of azimuth passing through the zenith; ~ pole; ~ sterre, a star or constellation supposed to lie above the south pole; ~ wind [OE sūþ-wind], the south wind, a wind from the south; ?also, a north wind, ?a wind toward the north [= borialis in quot. 1483, but prob. erron.]; ~ wort, the plant southernwood; (c) in names of peoples: ~ saxones (welsh); (d) in place names; (e) in surnames.