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From:
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south
/ˈsaʊθ/
U南方,南部,南邊(a.)南方的,南部的,來自南方的(ad.)朝南,向南
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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
.
◄
►
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
South
n.
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
.”
3.
Specifically
:
That
part
of
the
United
States
which
is
south
of
Mason
and
Dixon's
line
.
See
under
Line
.
4.
The
wind
from
the
south
. [
Obs
.]
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.”
South-Sea tea
Bot.
See
Yaupon
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
South
,
adv.
1.
Toward
the
south
;
southward
.
2.
From
the
south
;
as
,
the
wind
blows
south
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
south
adj
:
situated
in
or
facing
or
moving
toward
or
coming
from
the
south
; "
the
south
entrance
" [
ant
:
north
]
n
1:
the
region
of
the
United
States
lying
south
of
the
Mason-Dixon
Line
2:
the
southern
states
that
seceded
from
the
United
States
in
1861 [
syn
:
Confederacy
,
Confederate States
,
Confederate
States of America
,
Dixie
,
Dixieland
]
3:
the
cardinal
compass
point
that
is
at
180
degrees
[
syn
:
due
south
,
S
]
4:
any
region
lying
in
or
toward
the
south
[
syn
:
southland
]
adv
:
in
a
southern
direction
; "
we
moved
south
" [
syn
:
to the
south
,
in the south
]
From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
South
Heb
.
Negeb
,
that
arid
district
to
the
south
of
Palestine
through
which
lay
the
caravan
route
from
Central
Palestine
to
Egypt
(
Gen
. 12:9; 13:1, 3; 46:1-6). "
The
Negeb
comprised
a
considerable
but
irregularly-shaped
tract
of
country
,
its
main
portion
stretching
from
the
mountains
and
lowlands
of
Judah
in
the
north
to
the
mountains
of
Azazemeh
in
the
south
,
and
from
the
Dead
Sea
and
southern
Ghoron
the
east
to
the
Mediterranean
on
the
west
."
In
Ezek
. 20:46 (21:1
in
Heb
.)
three
different
Hebrew
words
are
all
rendered
"
south
." (1) "
Set
thy
face
toward
the
south
" (
Teman
,
the
region
on
the
right
, 1
Sam
. 33:24); (2)
"
Drop
thy
word
toward
the
south
" (
Negeb
,
the
region
of
dryness
,
Josh
. 15:4); (3) "
Prophesy
against
the
forest
of
the
south
field
" (
Darom
,
the
region
of
brightness
,
Deut
. 33:23).
In
Job
37:9
the
word
"
south
"
is
literally
"
chamber
,"
used
here
in
the
sense
of
treasury
(
comp
. 38:22;
Ps
. 135:7).
This
verse
is
rendered
in
the
Revised
Version
"
out
of
the
chamber
of
the
south
."
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