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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: North \North\ (n[^o]rth), n. [AS. nor[eth]; akin to D. noord, G., Sw., & Dan. nord, Icel. nor[eth]r. Cf. {Norman}, {Norse}.] [1913 Webster] 1. That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the east; the direction opposite to the south. [1913 Webster] 2. Any country or region situated farther to the north than another; the northern section of a country. [1913 Webster] 3. Specifically: That part of the United States lying north of Mason and Dixon's line. See under {Line}. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] {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}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: North \North\, v. i. To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: North \North\, adv. Northward. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: north adv 1: in a northern direction; "they earn more up north"; "Let's go north!" [syn: {north}, {northerly}, {northwards}, {northward}] adj 1: situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north; "artists like north light"; "the north portico" [ant: {south}] n 1: the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line 2: the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War); "he has visited every state in the Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"; "the North's superior resources turned the scale" [syn: {Union}, {North}] 3: the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees [syn: {north}, {due north}, {northward}, {N}] 4: a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city 5: the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point 6: the direction in which a compass needle points [syn: {north}, {magnetic north}, {compass north}] 7: British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792) [syn: {North}, {Frederick North}, {Second Earl of Guilford}]