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Those who live under the same meridian, but on opposite parallels of latitude, north and south of the equator.

Anywise; at all. Tennyson. Southey.

A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc. Weale.

A constellation south of Pegasus.

A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle. Aquila alba Etym: [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of calomel. Brande & C.

The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.

A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. There are several species.

A South American monkey, the ursine howler (Mycetes ursinus). See Howler, n., 2.

A large fresh-water food fish of South America.

A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The seeds are edible.

To decide, or determine generally. South. There shall your swords and lances arbitrate The swelling difference of your settled hate. Shak.

. Macaulay. Types and shadows of that glorious archetype that was to come into the world. South.

Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.

A large constellation in the southern hemisphere, called also Argo Navis. In modern astronomy it is replaced by its three divisions, Carina, Puppis, and Vela.

nce atheist, and to cast off all belief of providence, all awe and reverence for religion South.

A Spanish weight used in Mexico and South America = 25.36 lbs. avoir.; also, an old Portuguese weight, used in Brazil = 32.38 lbs. avoir.

A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region.

Artistic effect or quality. Southey.

Superior; surpassing; ruling. An ascendant spirit over him. South. The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth. J. S. Mill. Without some power of persuading or confuting, of defending himself against accusations, . . . no man could possibly hold an ascendent position. Grote.

Naja haje. The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to Vipera aspis of southern Europe. See Haje.