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Webster 1913 Edition
Southern
South′ern
(?; 277)
, Adj.
[AS.
sūðern
. See South
.] Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.
Southern Cross
(Astron.)
, a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross.
– Southern Fish
(Astron.)
, a constelation of the southern hemisphere (
– Piscis Australis
) containing the bright star Fomalhaut. Southern States
(U.S. Hist. & Geog.)
, the States of the American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed as one of the Southern States.
South′ern
,Noun.
A Southerner.
[R.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Southern
SOUTHERN
,Adj.
1.
Belonging to the south; meridional; as the southern hemisphere.2.
Lying towards the south; as a southern country or climate.3.
Coming form the south; as a southern breeze.