Northern

3 definitions found

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

  Northern \North"ern\, a. [AS. nor[eth]erne.]
     1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or
        nearer to that point than to the east or west.
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     2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern


        course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind.
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     {Northern diver}. (Zool.) See {Loon}.
  
     {Northern lights}. See {Aurora borealis}, under {Aurora}.
  
     {Northern spy} (Bot.), an excellent American apple, of a
        yellowish color, marked with red.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  northern
       adj 1: in or characteristic of a region of the United States north
              of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "Northern
              liberals"; "northern industry"; "northern cities"
              [ant: {southern}]
       2: situated in or oriented toward the north; "the northern
          suburbs"; "going in a northerly direction" [syn: {northerly}]
       3: coming from the north; used especially of wind; "the north
          wind doth blow"; "a northern snowstorm"; "the winds are
          northerly" [syn: {northerly}]
       4: situated in or coming from regions of the north; "the
          northern hemisphere"; "northern autumn colors" [ant: {southern}]
       n : a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish
           Lallans

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "northern":
     antarctic, arctic, austral, boreal, east, eastbound, easterly,
     eastermost, eastern, easternmost, hyperborean, meridional, north,
     northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern, northerly,
     northernmost, northwest, northwesterly, northwestern, occidental,
     oriental, south, southbound, southeast, southeasterly,
     southeastern, southerly, southern, southernmost, southwest,
     southwesterly, southwestern, west, westbound, westerly, western,
     westernmost