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A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward the south pole. Faraday.

Using the left hand in pitching; said of a pitcher. [Cant]

Southern. [Obs.] "I am a Southren man." Chaucer.

An inhabitant of the more southern part of a country; formerly, a name given in Scotland to any Englishman.

See Soothsay. [Obs.]

See Soothsayer. [Obs.]

Toward the south.

Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south than the east or west point; as, to go southward.

In a southern direction.

The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region.

A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest.

To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind.

Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course.

Toward the southwest.

Georgia; -- a nickname.

tate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.

A carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles.

cked courses; to abet vice; to abet an insurrection. "The whole tribe abets the villany." South. Would not the fool abet the stealth, Who rashly thus exposed his wealth Gay.

A large South American serpent (Boa aboma).

A narrow pass or defile; a break in a mesa; the mouth of a cañon. [Southwestern U. S.]