Northern
['nɔːð(ə)n] or ['nɔrðɚn]
Definition
(noun.) a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans.
(adj.) situated in or coming from regions of the north; 'the northern hemisphere'; 'northern autumn colors' .
(adj.) in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; 'Northern liberals'; 'northern industry'; 'northern cities' .
Typed by Gladys--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.
(a.) In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind.
Typist: Mabel
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. North, northerly, boreal, arctic.
Typist: Patricia
Examples
- They had been searching among the northern hordes, and only within the past few days had they extended their quest to the south. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- With this resolution I traversed the northern highlands, and fixed on one of the remotest of the Orkneys as the scene labours. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It is hoped that these facts will demonstrate to the Northern people that negro soldiers cannot cope with Southerners. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In his clear northern flesh and his fair hair was a glisten like sunshine refracted through crystals of ice. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The next day she proceeded to the Asylum, which was situated not far from London on the northern side of the metropolis. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In the fifth century the great civilization of Rome fell under the ruthless attack of the northern barbarian. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The next afternoon, about twenty miles from Milton-Northern, they entered on the little branch railway that led to Heston. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It is true Carthagena is in America, but as remote from the northern colonies as if it had been in Europe. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- He has also consulted Mr. Bell--Frederick's godfather, you know, mamma; and it is arranged that we go to live in Milton-Northern. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Two resolute men, well acquainted with these northern wilds, and skilful in tracking the tread of man and horse. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- To drop the figure,--he saw and won the love of a high-minded and beautiful woman, in one of the northern states, and they were affianced. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- As the Roman world was divided into the eastern and western halves, so was the Chinese world into the southern and the northern. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So conversely it will be with the northern hemisphere, while the southern passes through a glacial period. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- About the same time Hovey encountered the enemy on the northern or direct wagon road from Jackson to Vicksburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The second founded a professorship of experimental chemistry at a northern university. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Edited by Diana