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south⋅ing

  [sou-thing]
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–noun
1. Astronomy.
a. the transit of a heavenly body across the celestial meridian.
b. south declination.
2. movement or deviation toward the south.
3. distance due south made by a vessel.
Origin:
1650–60; south + -ing 1
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south

  [n., adj., adv. south; v. south, south]
–noun
1. a cardinal point of the compass lying directly opposite north. Abbreviation: S
2. the direction in which this point lies.
3. (usually initial capital letter) a region or territory situated in this direction.
4. the South, the general area south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi, consisting mainly of those states that formed the Confederacy.
–adjective
5. lying toward or situated in the south; directed or proceeding toward the south.
6. coming from the south, as a wind.
–adverb
7. to, toward, or in the south.
8. Informal. into a state of serious decline, loss, or the like: Sales went south during the recession.
–verb (used without object)
9. to turn or move in a southerly direction.
10. Astronomy. to cross the meridian.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME suth(e), south(e) (adv., adj., and n.), OE sūth (adv. and adj.); c. OHG sund-
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south·ing   (sou'thĭng)   
n.  

  1. The difference in latitude between two positions as a result of a movement to the south.

  2. Progress toward the south.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

south 
O.E. suð "southward, in the south," from P.Gmc. *sunthaz (cf. O.S., O.Fris. suth "southward, in the south," M.Du. suut), perhaps related to base of *sunnon "sun," with sense of "the region of the sun." Ger. Süd, Süden are from a Du. pronunciation. O.Fr. sur, sud (Fr. sud), Sp. sur, sud are loan-words from Gmc., perhaps from O.N. suðr. The Southern states of the U.S. have been collectively called The South since 1779. South country in Britain means the part below the Tweed, in England the part below the Wash, and in Scotland the part below the Forth. The nautical coat called a sou'wester (1836) protects the wearer against severe weather, such as a gale out of the southwest. South Sea meant "the Mediterranean" (1398) and "the English Channel" (1432) before it came to mean (in pl.) "the South Pacific Ocean" (c.1528).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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