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1. sǒuth adv.

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(a) With ref. to motion, direction, or extent: to the south; southward; also, from the south [quots. a1398, a1450(c1412)]; even (right) south, due south; naut. south and bi est (west), in a direction……

2. sǒuth-westerne adj.

Additional spellings: southwesterne
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Of a wind: blowing from the southwest. …

3. Sǒuth-folk n.

Additional spellings: Southfolk
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(a) The county Suffolk; (b) South-folk man, a man from Suffolk; South-folk speche, the dialect of English spoken in Suffolk; South-folk streit, a piece of narrow cloth made in Suffolk; (c) pl. the……

4. sǒuth-lō̆nd n.

Additional spellings: southlond
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(a) Land or a part of a country lying to the south; also, the southern regions of the world; (b) the southern part of Britain. …

5. sǒuth-sē n.

Additional spellings: southse
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(a) The seas bounding England to the east, south, and west; ?also, the English Channel [last quot.]; (b) the southern portion of the ocean surrounding the earth. …

6. sǒuth-ēst adv.

Additional spellings: southest
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Toward the southeast, in a southeasterly direction; naut. south-est and bi est (south), in a direction one compass point east (south) of southeast; south-est and north-west, north-west and south-est……

7. sǒuth-west adv.

Additional spellings: southwest
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In a southwesterly direction; to or toward the southwest; also, in the southwestern sky; naut. south-west and bi south, in a direction one compass point south of southwest; south-west and north-east,……

8. sǒuth-ēst adj.

Additional spellings: southest
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Lying toward or situated in the southeast; south-est wind, a wind from the southeast. …

9. sǒuth-west adj.

Additional spellings: southwest
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Lying toward or situated in the southwest; south-west mone, the moon when visible in the southwestern part of the sky; south-west wind, a wind from the southwest. …

10. sǒuther(e adj.

Additional spellings: southere
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(a) Lying to the south, southerly; (b) souther wode, the plant southernwood; (c) in place names. …

11. Saxish adj.

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(a) Of persons: belonging to the Saxon tribe; of language, customs, or usages: of the Saxons; (b) as noun: the Saxons; also, the language of the Saxons. …

12. sǒuth adj.

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(a) Lying to the south; ?also, lying to the north [= borialis in quot. ?c1475, but prob. erron.]; south del (half, part, partie, side), the southern part or side; (b) south cercle, the Antarctic……

13. sǒu- pref.

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A prefix in nouns derived from OF or formed in ME, usu. denoting subordination in rank of persons: soubaili, soubaillif, soucelerer(e, soudeken, souden, souprior, sousextein, souwardein, and perh……

14. sǒuth n.(2)

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(a) The southern cardinal point or its direction; also, the point representing south on an astrolabe; ?also, north [= borias in quot. 1483, but prob. erron.]; in-to the south, facing south; o south……

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