Definitions for the word "north" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Any country or region situated farther to the north than another; the northern section of a country.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Specifically: That part of the United States lying north of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. i.
To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. adv.
Northward.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 a point of the horizon 90° anticlockwise from east. B compass point corresponding to this. C direction in which this lies. 2 (usu. The north) a part of a country or town lying to the north. B the industrialized nations. adj. 1 towards, at, near, or facing the north. 2 from the north (north wind). adv. 1 towards, at, or near the north. 2 (foll. By of) further north than. to the north (often foll. By of) in a northerly direction. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
8. slang
cunning. The inhabitants of Yorkshire and the Northern counties
are supposed, like the canny Scots, to get the better of other people in
dealing; hence the phrase, “He’s too far NORTH for me,” _i.e._, too
cunning for me to deal with.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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