Definition of north

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North (n.) 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..

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Christianite :: Christianite (n.) Same as Anorthite.
East :: East (n.) Formerly, the part of the United States east of the Alleghany Mountains, esp. the Eastern, or New England, States; now, commonly, the whole region east of the Mississippi River, esp. that which is north of Maryland and the Ohio River; -- usually with the definite article; as, the commerce of the East is not independent of the agriculture of the West..
Tephrosia :: Tephrosia (n.) A genus of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs, mostly found in tropical countries, a few herbaceous species being North American. The foliage is often ashy-pubescent, whence the name..
Copperhead :: Copperhead (n.) A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.
Scoter :: Scoter (n.) Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Oidemia.
Hercules :: Hercules (n.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra..
Castor :: Castor (n.) the northernmost of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, the other being Pollux..
Yaupon :: Yaupon (n.) A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the Holly family, native from Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also South-Sea tea..
Gwiniad :: Gwiniad (n.) A fish (Coregonus ferus) of North Wales and Northern Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; -- called also powan, and schelly..
Northerly :: Northerly (a.) Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern..
Norseman :: Norseman (n.) One of the ancient Scandinavians; a Northman.
Waterlandian :: Waterlandian (n.) One of a body of Dutch Anabaptists who separated from the Mennonites in the sixteenth century; -- so called from a district in North Holland denominated Waterland.
Northwest :: Northwest (a.) Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind..
Shorten :: Shorten (v. i.) To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold..
Enorthotrope :: Enorthotrope (n.) An optical toy; a card on which confused or imperfect figures are drawn, but which form to the eye regular figures when the card is rapidly revolved. See Thaumatrope..
Carolinian :: Carolinian (n.) A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina.
Rune :: Rune (n.) A letter, or character, belonging to the written language of the ancient Norsemen, or Scandinavians; in a wider sense, applied to the letters of the ancient nations of Northern Europe in general..
Cimbric :: Cimbric (a.) Pertaining to the Cimbri, an ancient tribe inhabiting Northern Germany..
Buansuah :: Buansuah (n.) The wild dog of northern India (Cuon primaevus), supposed by some to be an ancestral species of the domestic dog..
Skilling :: Skilling (n.) A money od account in Sweden, Norwey, Denmark, and North Germany, and also a coin. It had various values, from three fourths of a cent in Norway to more than two cents in Lubeck..
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