sou 
Lying towards the south.—Unto such as live under the Pole 
that is only north which is above them, that is only south¬ 
erly which is below them. Brown.- —Coming from about 
the south. 
I am but mad north northwest: when the wind is southerly, 
I know a hawk from a handsaw. S/iakspeare. 
SO'UTHERN, adj. [puSepne, Sax.] Belonging to the 
south 3 meridional. 
Frowning Auster seeks the southern sphere, 
And rots with endless rain th’ unwholesome year. Dryden. 
Lying towards the south. 
Why mourn I not for thee, 
And with the southern clouds contend in tears ? Skakspeare. 
Coming from the south.—Men’s bodies are heavier when 
southern winds blow than when northern. Bacon. 
SOUTHERN (Thomas), a dramatic writer, is said to 
have been born at Stratford-on-Avon, about the year 1662; 
though others assume that he was a native of Dublin, and 
educated at the university there till his eighteenth year, when 
he came to England. He was entered of Pembroke college, 
Oxford, in 1680, and soon after composed a tragedy, enti¬ 
tled, “ The Persian Prince, or Loyal Brother,” which was 
acted in 1582. He took up his residence at the Middle 
Temple in 1683, and in the following year another play 
composed by him was acted and published. When James 
II. came to the crown, he rewarded Southern for his loyalty 
in defending his cause, when his exclusion from the throne 
was warmly, or indeed violently agitated, by giving him a 
captain’s commission in the troops intended to oppose the 
landing of the prince of Orange. When his military services 
became of no account, he returned to his dramatic career, 
and wrote several pieces, both in tragedy and comedy, from 
which he drew a liberal subsistence. Though Southern does 
not rank with the highest of our dramatic geniuses, yet he 
was capable of deeply interesting the passions. His best 
pieces were »•“ Isabella,” and “ Oroonoko the latter, formed 
upon one of Mrs. Benn’s novels, was said to have been taken 
from a real story. Southern was apt to mix scenes of 
low and indecent comedy with his tragic scenes; but they 
are so managed that they may be easily separated, and 
leave pieces which are occasionally viewed with applause. 
He lived to a great age, and bore a very respectable cha¬ 
racter. He died in 1746, at the age of 84. His plays were 
published collectively by T. Evans, in 3 vols. 12mo. Blog. 
Brit. 
SOUTHERNBY, a hamlet of England, in Cumberland; 
16f miles north-west of Perith. 
SO'UTHERNLY, adv. Toward the south.—The sun 
cannot go more southernly from us, nor come more north- 
ernlv towards us, in this than in former ages. Hakewill. 
SO'UTHERNMOST, adj. Furthest towards the south.— 
Shenstone had resolution enough to take a journey of near 
seventy miles across the country* to visit his friend in the 
southernmost part of Oxfordshire. Graves. 
SO'UTHERNWOOD, s. [ju<5epn]>ube, Sax.; ahrota - 
num, Lat.] This plant agrees in most parts with the worm¬ 
wood, from which it is not easy to separate it. Miller .— 
Wine and water, in which are sod southernwood , melilot, 
&C. Burton. 
SOUTHFIELD, a township of the United States, in 
Berkshire county, Massachusetts; 112 miles west-south-west 
of Boston. Population 147. 
SOUTHFIELD, a town of the United States, and capital 
of Richmond county, on the south side of Staten island ; 12 
miles south of New York. Population 1007. 
SOUTHFLEET, a parish of England, in "the county of 
Kent. In ploughing up some adjacent fields here, some 
stone coffins were lately found, supposed to have been 
deposited by the Romans; also two leaden coffins, urns, &c. 
Before the conquest, the manor of Southfleet belonged to 
the bishop of Rochester, and the court had the power of 
trying and executing felons within its jurisdiction. Po¬ 
pulation 584; 5 miles east of Davtford, and 20 east of 
London. 
SOU 
SOUTHGATE, a hamlet of England, in Middlesex, 
situated on the skirts of Enfield Chase; 9 miles north-by- 
west of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. 
SOUTH1LL, a parish of England, in the county of 
Bedford. In ancient records it is called South Yevel. Sir 
George Byng, a naval officer of eminence in the reign of 
Queen Anne and George I., purchased an estate and settled 
here; and his unfortunate son, Admiral Byng, who was shot 
by a sentence of a court-martial in 1757, was born and 
interred here. Southill house, belonging to Mr. Whitbread, 
is a very elegant mansion. In 1811, Southill contained 185 
houses, and 1024 inhabitants; 4 miles from Biggleswade, 
and 43 north of Londom , 
SOUTHILL, a parish of England, in Cornwall; 3|~ miles 
north-west of Callington. Population 466. 
SO'UTHING, adj. Going towards the south. 
I will conduct thee on thy way, 
When next the southing sun inflames the day. Dryden , 
SO'UTHING, s. Tendency to the south. 
Not far from hence, if I observ’d aright. 
The southing of the stars and polar light, • 
Sicilia lies. Dryden. 
SOUTHING, in Navigation, the difference of latitude a 
ship makes in sailing to the southward. 
SOUTHINGTON, a post township of the United States, 
in Hartford county, Connecticut. Population 1807. 
SOUTHMEAD, a hamlet of England, in Gloucestershire, 
south of Gloucester. 
SOUTHMINSTER, a parish of England, in Essex, 
between the rivers Crouch and Blackwater; 10 miles from 
Maldon. Population 1289. 
SO'UTHMOST, adj. Furthest toward the south. 
Next Chemos, the obscene dread of Moab’s sons. 
From Aroar to Nebo, and the wild 
Of southmost Abarira. Milton. 
SOUTHOE, a parish of England, in Huntingdonshire; 3 
miles north-by-west of St. Neot’s. 
SOUTHOLD, a post township of the United States, in 
Suffolk county. New York, on the north-east part of Long 
Island. Population 2613. 
SOUTHOLT, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 5 miles 
south-east of Eye. 
SOUTHORPE, a hamlet of England, in Lincolnshire; 
6 miles north-east of Gainsborough. 
SOUTHORPE, a hamlet of England, in Northampton¬ 
shire; 2f miles north-by-east of Wandsford. 
SOUTHOVER, a parish of England, in Sussex, south of 
Lewes. 
SOUTHROP, a hamlet of England, in Gloucestershire, 
situated on the river Leek ; 2 miles north of Lecklade. 
SO'UTHSAY, s. [Properly soothsay ; which see.] Pre¬ 
diction.-—Glaucus, that wise southsays understood. Spenser. 
To SO'UTHSAY, v. n. [See To Soothsay.] To pre¬ 
dict.—Young men, hovering between hope and fear, might 
easily be carried into the superstition of southsaying by 
names, Ctimden. 
SO'UTHSAYER, s. [Properly soothsayer. See Sooth¬ 
sayer.] A predicter. 
SOUTHSTOKE, a parish of England, in Oxfordshire ; 
12 miles west-bv-north of Henley-upon-Thames. Popula¬ 
tion 645. 
SOUTHSTOKE, a parish of England, in Sussex; 2| 
miles north-north-east of Arundel. 
SO'UTHWARD, s. The southern regions.—-Countries 
are more fruitful to the southward than in the northern parts. 
Ralegh. 
SO'UTHWARD, adv. Towards the south. 
Every life, from the dreary months, 
Flies conscious southward. Thomson. 
SOUTHWARK, a town of England, in the county of 
Surrey, the chief town of the county, and which forms also 
a suburb of the city of London. It is commonly called the 
Borough, 
