Cynosura

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  North \North\, 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.
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     {North following}. See {Following}, a., 2.
  
     {North pole}, that point in the heavens, or on the earth,
        ninety degrees from the equator toward the north.
  
     {North preceding}. See {Following}, a., 2.
  
     {North star}, the star toward which the north pole of the
        earth very nearly points, and which accordingly seems
        fixed and immovable in the sky. The star [alpha] (alpha)
        of the Little Bear, is our present north star, being
        distant from the pole about 1[deg] 25', and from year to
        year approaching slowly nearer to it. It is called also
        {Cynosura}, {polestar}, and by astronomers, {Polaris}.
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