South African broom 
South African broom. See 
South American apricot. See 
South American glutton. See ,/iutt<>n. 
South-Carolinian (sonth'kar-o-Hn'i-an), a. and 
H. [< Month Ciirnlinn (see def!) + -;'.] I. n. 
Of or pertaining to the State of South Carolina, 
one of the southern United States, lying south 
of North Carolina. 
II. 11. A native or an inhabitant of the State 
of Soutli Carolina. 
Southcottian (south'kot-i-an), w. [< Soutlicott 
(see def.) + -ian.] One of a religious body of 
the nineteenth century, founded by Joanna 
Southcott (died 1814) in England. This body ex- 
pected that its founder would give birth to another Mes- 
siah. Also called Sew Israelite and Sabbatharian. 
Southdown (south'doun), a. and n. I. a. Of 
or pertaiuingto the South Downs in Hampshire 
and Sussex, England: as, Southdown sheep. 
II. n. A noted English breed of sheep; a 
sheep of this breed, or mutton of this kind. 
See sheep 1 , 1. 
southeast (south'esf), n. and a. [< ME. sowthe 
eest, sowthe est, suth-est, < AS. siitliedst, to the 
southeast, also suthedstan, from the southeast 
(= D. guicloost = G. siidost = Sw. Dan. sydost); 
used as a noun only as south, north, east, west 
were so used; < suth, south, + east, east: see 
south and east.'] I. . That point on the hori- 
zon between south and east which is equally 
distant from them; 8. 45 E., or E. 45 S., or, 
less strictly, a point or region intermediate be- 
tween south and east. 
H. a. Pertaining to the southeast ; proceed- 
ing from or directed toward that point ; south- 
eastern. 
Abbreviated S. E. 
southeast (south est'), adv. [See southeast, n.~\ 
Toward or from the southeast. 
The iiij gate of thys Temple ys with owt the Citye, 
Suthest towards the Mownte Syon. 
Torkingtan, Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 71. 
southeaster (south'es'ter), n. [< southeast + 
-er 1 .] A wind, gale, or storm from the south- 
east. 
southeasterly (south'es'ter-li), a. [< southeast, 
after easterly, a.] Situated in or going toward or 
arriving from the southeast, or the general di- 
rection of southeast : as, a southeasterly course ; 
a southeasterly wind. 
southeasterly (south'es'ter-li), adv. [< south- 
easterly, a.] Toward or from the southeast, or 
a general southeast direction. 
southeastern (south'es'tern), a. [< southeast, 
after eastern. The AS. "suthedstern is not au- 
thenticated.] Pertaining to or being in the 
southeast, or in the general direction of the 
southeast. Abbreviated S. E. 
southeastward (south'esf ward), adv. [< south- 
east + -ward.] Toward the southeast. 
A glacial movement southeastward from the Sperrin 
mountains of Londonderry. Quart. Jour. Oeol. Soc. 
SOUtheastwardly (south'est'ward-li), adv. [< 
southeastward + -?y 2 .] Same as southeastward. 
[Rare.] 
The Big Horn (here called Wind river) flows southeast- 
wardly to long. 108 30', through a narrow bottom land. 
Goo. Report on Miss. River, 1861 (reprinted 1876), p. 43. 
souther 1 (sou'THer), n. [< south + -er^.] A 
wind, gale, or storm from the south. 
souther 1 (sou'SHer), . . [< souther 1 , n.] To 
turn or veer toward the south : said of the wind 
or a vane. 
On chance of the wind sovthering. 
The Field, Sept. 26, 1886. (Eneyc. Diet.) 
souther 2 (sou'THer), H. A Scotch form of sol- 
der. 
SOUthering(suTH'er-ing), a. [< souther^, r., + 
-ing 2 .'] Turning or turned toward the south ; 
having a southern exposure. [Rare.] 
The smdhering side of a fair hill. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, III. 201. 
southerland (suTH'er-land), n. [Imitative : see 
south-southerly.] Same as south-southerly. 
SOUtherliness (suTH'er-li-nes), . The state or 
condition of being southerly. 
southerly (suTH'er-li), a. and . [< souther(n) 
+ -lyt. Gt. southlij.] I. a. 1. Lyingin the south 
or in a direction nearly south : as, a southerly 
point. 2. Proceeding from the south or a 
point nearly south. 
I am but mad north-north-west; when the wind is 
southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw. 
Shale., Hamlet, ii. 2. 397. 
II. H. Same as south-southerly. 
southerly (suTH'er-li), ad!'. [< southerly, a.] 
Toward the south. 
5787 
But, more southerly, the Danes next year after [A. D. 845] 
met with some stop in the full course of thir outragious 
insolences. Miliun, Hist. Eng., v. 
SOUthermOSt (suTil'er-most), a. sujicrl. [< ximlli- 
cr(n) + -most.] Same as 8outltfriin>xt. 
Towards the south .4. dayes tourney Is Sequotan, tin- 
Kouthennoist part of Wingandacoa. 
Quoted iu Capt. John Smith's Works I 
southern (suTH'ern), a. and H. [< MK. soutli- 
I'l-ni , xiiii-tlii-mi-, xiit/n m, sutlicrne, also, in forms 
due rather to the Icel., soulln run, xmttlircu, xntli 
roun, xiitliriiini (see miitliron), < AS. nutlierne = 
OFries. suthern, sudern = MLG. xiatirn = Icel. 
.iitillirii'ini = OHG. sundroni, MHG. KHH/II'I-H, 
southern ; < suth, south, + -erne, an obscured 
term, appearing most clearly in the OHG. form 
-roni (lilt. < rinnan, run: see run 1 ). Cf. north- 
ern, eastern, western. Doublet of southron.] I. 
a. 1. Of or pertaining to the south, or a region, 
place, or point which is nearer the south than 
some other region, place, or point indicated; 
situated in the south ; specifically, in the United 
States, belonging to those States or that part 
of the Union called the South (see south, n., 3). 
Abbreviated S. 
All your northern castles yielded up. 
And all your southern gentlemen in arms. 
Shale., Rich. II., ill. 2. 202. 
2. Directed or leading toward the south or a 
point near it : as, to steer a southern course. 
3. Coming from the south; southerly: as, a 
southern breeze. 
Men's bodies are heavier and less disposed to motion 
when southern winds blow than when northern. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist., f 381. 
Like frost-work touch'd by southern gales. 
Burns, Lincluden Abbey. 
Southern buckthorn. See buckthorn and Ilumdia. 
Southern cavy. See cany. Southern chub. See 
Micropterus, 1. Southern Confederacy. Same as Con- 
federate States of America (which see, under confederate). 
Southern Cross. Same as Crux, 2. Southern 
Crown. See Corona Australia, under corono. South- 
ern fox-grape. See grapei, 2, and scuppernong. 
Southern hemisphere. See hemisphere. Southern 
pine. See pinei. Southern red my. See My, i. 
Southern States. See state. 
H. n. A native or an inhabitant of the south, 
of a southern country, or of the southern part 
of a country. Compare southron. 
Both Southern fierce and hardy Scot. 
Scott, Lord of the Isles, vi. 2ti. 
When, therefore, these Southerns brought Christianity 
into the North, they found existing there these pagan 
sacrificial unions. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. Ixxiii. 
southern (suTH'ern), v. i. [< southern, a.] 
Same as south, 1, or souther 1 . [Rare.] 
The wind having southerned somewhat 
The Field, Sept. 4, 1886. (Encyc. Diet.) 
southerner (suTH'fer-ner), . [< southern + 
-er 1 .] An inhabitant or a native of the south; 
a southern or southron; specifically, an in- 
habitant of the southern United States. 
The Southerners had every guaranty they could desire 
that they should not be interfered with at home. 
J. F. Clarke, N. A. Rev., CXX. 66. 
southernism (suTH'ern-izm), n. [< southern 
+ -ism.] A word or form of expression pecu- 
liar to the south, and specifically to the south- 
ern United States. 
A long list of Southernisms was mentioned. 
The American, VI. 237. 
southernize (suTH'ern-iz), r.; pret. and pp. 
southernieed, ppr. southernizing. [< southern + 
-ize.] I. trans. To render southern ; imbue 
with the characteristics or qualities of one who 
or that which is southern. 
The southernizing tendencies of the scribe are well- 
known, from the numerous other pieces which he has 
written out; whilst the more northern forms found must 
be original, . . . alliterative poems being generally in a 
northern or western dialect. 
Pref. to Joseph of Arimathie (E. E. T. S.), p. xi. 
II. intrans. To become southern, or like that 
which is southern. 
southernlinesst (suTH'ern-li-nes), w. The state 
of being southernly. 
SOUthernlyt (suTH'ern-li), adv. [< southern + 
-lyV.] Toward the south; southerly, 
southernmost (suTH'ern-most), a. rnperl. \ 
southern + -most.] Furthest toward the south. 
Avignon was my southernmost limit ; after which I was 
to turn round and proceed back to England. 
H. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 212. 
southernwood (SUTH 'em -wad), . [< ME. 
southerne wode, sowtherne woode, sotherwodt; 
sutherwude, < AS. sutherne wudu, sutherne wude, 
southernwood, Artemisia Abrotanum : see south- 
ern and wood 1 .] A shrubby-stemmed species 
of wormwood, Artemisia Abrotanum, found wild 
southward 
in southern Europe, espi-rially in Spain, l>ul of 
,vli;it uiieert.-iin origin. It is cultivated in gar- 
dens for its lik-UBantly set-lit* <1, thiuh > lives. 
Also called old man, and, |>IK\ iiirially, *l',< : tim;>"d t lad's- 
l"<-<; '" I in ji;iin- h;is been extended to allied 
Her [Knvy'sl hood 
Was 1'eacocks feathers mixt with Smith, mitood. 
i r. of Du Bartu's Weeks, ii., The Lawe. 
Tatarian southernwood. Same as santonica, 1. 
southing (on'raing), . [Verbal n. of tovtk, 
r.} 1. Temli in -y or motion to the south. 2. 
In itstniii., the transit of the moon or a star 
across the meridian of a place. 3. In wur.. the 
difference of latitude made by a ship in sailing 
to the southward. 
We had yet ten degrees more southing to make. 
R. H. Dana, Jr., Before the Hast, p. 8S3. 
southland (south'land), . and a. [< ME. suth- 
lond; < south + land.] I. n. A land in the 
south ; the south. 
II. a. Of or pertaining to the south or a land 
in the south. 
SOUthly (south'li), adv. [= D. zuidelijk = G. 
siidlich = Sw. Dan. sydlig ; as on/7 + -ty 2 .] 
Toward the south ; southerly, 
southmost (south'most), a. superl. [< south + 
-most.] Furthest toward the south. 
From Aroer to Nebo. and the wild 
Of southmost Abarim. Milton, P. L., L 408. 
southness (south'nes), w. [< south + -ness.] A 
tendency of a magnetic needle to point toward 
the south. [Rare.] 
southron (suTH'ron), a. and n. [A form, now 
only provincial, archaic, or affected, of south- 
ern : see southern.] I. a. Southern. Specifically 
(a) Pertaining or belonging to southern Britain ; English : 
usually in dislike or contempt. [Scotch.] 
While back recoiling seem'd to reel 
Their southron foes. Burns, The Vision, i. 
(6) Pertaining or belonging to the southern United States. 
[An affected use.] 
II. n. A native or an inhabitant of a southern 
country, or of the southern part of a country. 
Specifically (a) A native of south Britain ; an English- 
man : usually in dislike or contempt. [Scotch.] 
"Thir landis are mine ! " the Outlaw said ; 
"I ken nae king in Christentie ; 
Frae Soudron I this foreste wan. 
When the King nor his knightls were not to see." 
Sang of the Outlaw Murray (Child's Ballads, VI. 26). 
(ft) A native or an inhabitant of the southern States of the 
American Union. [An affected use.] 
"Squatter Sovereignty" . . . was regarded with special 
loathing by many Southrons. 
U. Greeley, Amer. Conflict, I. 824. 
southroniet, [< southron + -ie, -y 3 .] The 
southrons collectively. [Scotch.] 
He says, yon forest is his awin ; 
He wan it frae the Southronie ; 
Sae as he wan it, sae wfll he keep it, 
Contrair all kingis in Christentie. 
Sang of the Outlaw Murray (Child's Ballads, VI. 28. 
southsayt, southsayert. Old spellings of sooth- 
say, soothsayer. 
SOlith-seeking (south'se'king), a. Moving or 
turning toward the south, as the south end of 
a magnetic needle. See magnet. 
SOUth-SOUtherly (south'suTH'tr-li), . [An 
imitative name; also south-south-southerly, sou'- 
southerly, sou'-sou'-southerly, southerly, souther- 
land, and with fanciful changes, as John Con- 
nolly, Uncle Huldy, my aunt Huldy, etc.] The 
long-tailed duck, Harelda glacialis: same as old- 
wife, 1 . The name, in all its variations, seems to be sug- 
gested by the limpid piping notes of the bird, almost to be 
called a song. On the same account this duck has been 
called Anas cantons, and also placed in a genus Melonetta. 
See cuts under Harelda and oldir\fe. 
southward (south'ward or suTH'iird), adv. [< 
ME. suthu-ard, southtcard,<. AS. suihiceard, siithe- 
tceard, also suthantceard (= OFries. sudtcirth = 
MLG. sudewert, sudetcart = Sw. sydrart), south- 
ward, < siith, south, + -tceard, E. -ward. Cf. 
southwards.] Toward the south ; toward a point 
nearer the south than the east or the west. 
Also southwards. 
If it were at liberty, 't would, sure, nmthicard. ... to 
lose itself in a fog. Shot., Cor., ii. 3. 32. 
Southward with fleet of Ice 
Sailed the corsair Death. 
Longfellow, Sir Humphrey Gilbert. 
southward (south' wSrd or suTH'ard), a. and w. 
[< southward, adc.]" I. a. Lying or situated 
toward the south ; directed or leading toward 
the south. 
The sun looking with a southu-ard eye upon him. 
Shalt., W. T., iv. 4. 819. 
II. w. The southern part; the south; the 
south end or side. 
Countries are more fruitful to the tuuthirard than in 
the northern part*. RaUtgh, Hiit. World. 
