South (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Southed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Southing.]

1. To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.

2. (Astron.) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine.

South , adv.

1.Toward the south; southward.

2. From the south; as, the wind blows south. Bacon.

South , a. Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole. "At the south entry." Shak.

South-Sea tea (Bot.) See Yaupon.

South (?; by sailors sou), n. [OE. south, suþ, AS. sūð for sunð; akin to D. zuid, OHG. sund, G. süd, süden, Icel. suðr, sunnr, Dan. syd, sönden, Sw. syd, söder, sunnan; all probably akin to E. sun, meaning, the side towards the sun. √297. See Sun.]

1. That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east.

2. A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another; the southern section of a country. "The queen of the south." Matt. xii. 42.

"3. Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixons line. See under Line."

4. The wind from the south. [Obs.] Shak.

-- Webster's unabridged 1913