North

  • 51north — I. adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German nord north and perhaps to Greek nerteros lower, infernal Date: before 12th century to, toward, or in the north II. adjective Date: before 12th century 1. situated… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 52north — 1. noun /nɔː(ɹ)θ,noːɻθ/ a) One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map. Minnesota is in the north of the USA. b) The up or …

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  • 53north — [[t]nɔrθ[/t]] n. 1) geo naut. navig. a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun Abbr.: N I, 2) 2) geo the direction in which this point lies 3) (usu. cap.) a region… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 54north — I adj., adv. 1) north of 2) up north II n. 1) magnetic; true north 2) in, to the north * * * [nɔːθ] to the north true north in magnetic up north …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 55north — [OE] North is a general West and North Germanic word for ‘north’, represented also in German, Swedish, and Danish nord and Dutch noorden. It was also borrowed into French (from Old English) as nord, from where it spread into Italian and Romanian… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 56north —    According to Scripture, Satan set up his throne on a mountain in the north (Isaiah 14: 13), and demonic attacks are to be expected from that quarter (Jeremiah 1: 14, 6: 1). The symbolism of church architecture reflects this; the medieval… …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 57north — [OE] North is a general West and North Germanic word for ‘north’, represented also in German, Swedish, and Danish nord and Dutch noorden. It was also borrowed into French (from Old English) as nord, from where it spread into Italian and Romanian… …

    Word origins

  • 58North 26 — The North 26 is a boat designed by Julian D Everitt in 1982, Cowes UK, designer of the very successful E boat. Big brother to the E boat, intended for Yacht racing Inshore and in Junior Offshore Group races to rate under Channel now IRC… …

    Wikipedia

  • 59north — nÉ”rθ /nɔːθ n. direction opposite south on the compass, direction at one s left when facing the rising sun adj. of the north; situated in the north adv. from the north; toward the north …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 60North — I. /nɔθ/ (say nawth) noun Alfred John, 1855–1917, Australian ornithologist; wrote Nests and Eggs of Birds Found Breeding in Australia and Tasmania which was published in four volumes between 1901 and 1914. II. /nɔθ/ (say nawth) noun 1. the, the… …