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north (iou)



north adverb, adjective, noun, & verb.
[Old English norT = Old Frisian north, noerd, Old Saxon norT (Dutch noord), Old & mod. High German nord, Old Norse norer, from Germanic.]
A. adverb.
In the direction of the part of the horizon on the left-hand side of a person facing east; towards the point or pole on the earth's surface where it is cut by the earth's axis of rotation and where the heavens appear to turn anticlockwise about a point directly overhead; towards the magnetic pole near this point, to which a compass needle points. OE.
J. Sprigge Lying but eighteen miles north from Oxford. F. A. Steel If you will take my advice, come up north. J. Buchan I had to go north by an earlier train from Euston. I. McEwan Usually the canal flows north, but today it was completely still.
Foll. by of: further in this direction than. E17.
Defoe North of the Mouth of this River is..Cromarty Bay.
b. adjective. Compar. norther, superl. northest.
(Also North.) Designating (a person or the people of) the northern part of a country, region, city, etc. OE.
North Africa, North Korea, North London, North Oxford, North Yorkshire, etc. North African, North Korean, etc.
Lying towards, at, or near the north or northern part of something; on the northerly side. OE.
D. H. Lawrence Strelley Mill lies at the north end of the long Nethermere Valley. J. F. Lehmann I had taken a flat on the north side of Mecklenburgh Square. T. Dupuy The..Kurds in Iraq...live in the highlands north and east of Mosul.
b. Facing north. M17.
Of or pertaining to the north; (esp. of a wind) coming from the north. ME.
Shakespeare Pericles When I was born the wind was north. Ouida The north wind is racing in from the Polish steppes.
C. noun. In senses 1, 2, 3 usu. with the.
(The direction of) the part of the horizon on the left-hand side of a person facing east; spec. the cardinal point corresponding to this. ME.
J. H. Tooke Directing his view to the North rather than to the East. Shelley The rainbow hung over the city..from north to south. T. H. Huxley Draw maps in such a position that the north is towards the top.
(Freq. North.) The northern part of the world relative to another part, or of a (specified) country, region, town, etc.; spec. (a) the northern part of England, regarded as extending from the boundary with Scotland approximately down to the southern boundaries of Cheshire, Yorkshire, and Humberside; (b) the northern countries of Europe; the Arctic; (c) the northern States of the US, bounded on the south by Maryland, the Ohio River, and Missouri; Hist. the States opposed to slavery; (d) the industrialized nations of the world. Also (transf.) the inhabitants of such a part of the world, such a country, region, etc. ME.
Westminster Gazette Professionalism in Rugby Football in the North of England is inevitable. West Hawaii Today The brushy south contrasts with Sudan's desert-like north.
A north wind, esp. one that brings cold weather. Also, a northerly gale in the W. Indies (usu. in pl.). ME.
(North.) In bridge, (formerly) whist, or Other four-handed partnership game: the player occupying the position so designated, who sits opposite 'South'. In mah-jong, = north wind (a) below. E20.
D. verb.
verb intrans. Move northward; (of a wind) shift or veer northward. rare. M19.
verb trans. Steer to the north of (a place). rare. L19.
Special collocations, comb., & phrases: magnetic north (the direction of) the north magnetic pole. northabout adverb (Nautical) by a northerly route, spec. round the north of Scotland; northwards. North American noun & adjective (a native or inhabitant) of North America, the half of the American landmass north of the Isthmus of Panama, esp. the US or Canada. north and south (a) lengthwise along a line from north to south; (b) rhyming slang the mouth. North Atlantic Drift a continuation of the Gulf Stream across the Atlantic Ocean and along the coast of NW Europe, where it has a significant warming effect on the climate. northbound adjective & noun (a) adjective travelling or heading northwards; (b) noun (chiefly N. Amer.) a northbound train. North Britain (now chiefly derog. or joc.) Scotland. North Briton (now chiefly derog. or joc.) a Scot. north-by-east, north-by-west (in the direction of) those compass points 11 1 / 4 degrees or one point east, west, of the north point. north canoe a type of large capacious canoe, orig. of birchbark, formerly used in N. America. north country the northern part of any country, spec. of England; the dialect of the north of England. North countryman, North countrywoman a native or inhabitant of the north country. North Downs: see DOWN noun1 2. North GERMANIC. North Islander a native or inhabitant of the North Island of New Zealand. northland (now chiefly poet.) the northern part of a country, region, etc., or of the world; in pl., lands lying in the north. northlander a person from the north. north light (a) (usu. in pl.) the aurora borealis; (b) light from a northerly direction, esp. as favoured by artists and in factory design; (c) a window, esp. in a roof, facing north. Northman a native or inhabitant of Scandinavia, esp. of Norway; a Viking. north-north-east, north-north-west (in the direction) midway between north and north-east, north-west. northpaw N. Amer. slang a right-handed person. north pole: see POLE noun2. North Sea the sea between Britain and the Netherlands, Germany, and Scandinavia. North Star the polestar; North Star State, (US) the State of Minnesota. north TRANSEPT. north wind (a) (usu. with cap. initials) one of the four players in mah-jong, the player who takes the last four tiles, after West Wind, at the outset of the game; (b) each of four tiles so designated, which with east, south, and west winds make up the suit of winds in mah-jong; (see also sense B.3 above). to the north (of) in a northerly direction (from). true north (in) the direction of the earth's North Pole. up north (in or into) the northern part of a country.
northmost adjective (now rare) northernmost OE.
northness noun (rare) M19.

Fulfulde (iou)



Fulfulde noun & adjective. M20.
[Fulfulde.]
(Of) the Niger-Congo language of the Fulahs.