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Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point.

Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than to the east or west point.

Having a northern direction.

node having, that node of the moon or a planet wherein it passes the ecliptic to proceed northward. It is also called the northern node. Herschel. -- Ascending series. (Math.) (a) A series arranged according to the ascending powers of a quantity. (b) A series in which each term is greater than the preceding. -- Asce…

neither stamens nor pistils. -- Barren Grounds (Geog.), a vast tract in British America northward of the forest regions. -- Barren Ground bear (Zoöl.), a peculiar bear, inhabiting the Barren Grounds, now believed to be a variety of the brown bear of Europe. -- Barren Ground caribou (Zoöl.), a small reindeer (Rangif…

A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of the Columbia River and northward.

The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward.

hem; -- so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).

-- often in certain phrases; as, to have, get, take, throw, or cast, a look. Threw many a northward look to see his father Bring up his powers; but he did long in vain. Shak.

Northward.

Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to Ant: southing.

rallied round the sovereign, and enabled him to quell the disaffected minority. Macaulay. Northward marching to quell the sudden revolt. Longfellow.

The edible fruit of the Gaultheria Shallon, an ericaceous shrub found from California northwards. The berries are about the size of a common grape and of a dark purple color.

in northern latitudes; - - so called because the sun then apparently stands still in its northward or southward motion.