| Pronunciation: | | 'nowrdhun
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| Matching Terms: | | norther, northerliness, northerly, northern baptist convention, northern bedstraw, northern beech fern, northern blot, northern blotting, northern bobwhite, northern bog lemming, northern casque-headed frog, northern cricket frog, northern cross, northern dewberry, northern dune tansy, northern europe, northern flying squirrel, northern harrier, northern hemisphere, northern holly fern, northern hybridization, northern ireland, northern jacob's ladder, northern lights, northern lobster, northern mammoth, northern oak fern, northern oriole, northern parula, northern phalarope, northern pike, northern pin oak, northern pitch pine, northern pocket gopher, northern porgy, northern red oak, northern scup, northern sea robin, northern shrike, northern snow bedstraw, northern spy, northern storm petrel, northern territory, northern white cedar, northern whiting, northern woodsia, northerner, northernly, northernmost, northernness
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- [n] a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans
- [adj] coming from the north; used especially of wind; "the north wind doth blow"; "a northern snowstorm"; "the winds are northerly"
- [adj] situated in or oriented toward the north; "the northern suburbs"; "going in a northerly direction"
- [adj] situated in or coming from regions of the north; "the northern hemisphere"; "northern autumn colors"
- [adj] in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "Northern liberals"; "northern industry"; "northern cities"
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| | Synonyms: | | blue, boreal, circumboreal, Federal, north, north-central, northerly, septrional, Union, Yankee |
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| | Antonyms: | | southern |
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| | See Also: | | Middle English |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \North"ern\, a. [AS. nor[eth]erne.]
1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or
nearer to that point than to the east or west.
2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern
course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind.
{Northern diver}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Loon}.
{Northern lights}. See {Aurora borealis}, under {Aurora}.
{Northern spy} (Bot.), an excellent American apple, of a
yellowish color, marked with red.
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| | Related Terms: | | antarctic, arctic, austral, boreal, east, eastbound, easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, hyperborean, meridional, north, northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern, northerly, northernmost, northwest, northwesterly, northwestern, occidental, oriental, south, southbound, southeast, southeasterly, southeastern, southerly, southern, southernmost, southwest, southwesterly, southwestern, west, westbound, westerly, western, westernmost |
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