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North

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

North \North\, v. i.
   To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or
   west toward the north.

North \North\, adv.
   Northward.

North \North\, n. [AS. nor[eth]; akin to D. noord, G., Sw., &
   Dan. nord, Icel. nor[eth]r. Cf. {Norman}, {Norse}.]
   1. That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at
      any place, which lies in the direction of the true
      meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the
      east; the direction opposite to the south.

   2. Any country or region situated farther to the north than
      another; the northern section of a country.

   3. Specifically: That part of the United States lying north
      of Mason and Dixon's line. See under {Line}.

North \North\, a.
   Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a
   northern direction from the point of observation or
   reckoning; proceeding toward the north, or coming from the
   north.

   {North following}. See {Following}, a., 2.

   {North pole}, that point in the heavens, or on the earth,
      ninety degrees from the equator toward the north.

   {North preceding}. See {Following}, a., 2.

   {North star}, the star toward which the north pole of the
      earth very nearly points, and which accordingly seems
      fixed and immovable in the sky. The star [alpha] (alpha)
      of the Little Bear, is our present north star, being
      distant from the pole about 1[deg] 25', and from year to
      year approaching slowly nearer to it. It is called also
      {Cynosura}, {polestar}, and by astronomers, {Polaris}.

Source : WordNet®

North
     n 1: the region of the United States lying north of the
          Mason-Dixon Line
     2: the United States (especially the northern states during the
        American Civil War); "he has visited every state in the
        Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union";
        "the North's superior resources turned the scale" [syn: {Union}]
     3: the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees [syn:
         {due north}, {N}]
     4: any region lying in or toward the north [syn: {northland}, {septentrion}]
     5: the direction in which a compass needle points [syn: {magnetic
        north}, {compass north}]
     6: British statesman under George III whose policies led to
        rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792) [syn: {Frederick
        North}, {Second Earl of Guilford}]
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