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▪ I. † ˈnorther, a. Obs.
[OE. norþerra, norðra, a comparative formed on norþ, norð adv. = OFris. northera, MDu. nordere, noordre, ON. norðari. Cf. MLG. and MHG. norder-, Du. noorder- in combs. In sense 2 perh. for northern.]
1. The more northerly of two places or things; situated or lying to the north.
901in Birch Cartul. Sax. II. 242 Þonne andlang steðes þæt be neoðan beamwær on þone norðere steð. c922O.E. Chron. (Parker MS.) an. 922, Ðæt folc eal ðe to ðære norþerran byriᵹ hierde. 947in Birch Cartul. Sax. II. 601 Ðone licgað ðær ða þreo hida on ðan norðran denceswurðe undælede. c1290St. Edmund 361 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 441 In alle halewene church-ȝerd, in þe norþure side. 1497Hen. VII in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. I. 35 Whereupon Perkin and his company went to the East gate, and to the Norther gate.
2. Northern; belonging to the north.
1375Barbour Bruce xvii. 846 Bot Northir men wald no-thing swa.
▪ II. † ˈnorther, adv. Obs. rare.
[Cf. prec. and ON. norðarr.]
Further north.
c893K. ælfred Oros. i. i. 18 Þæt byne land is easteweard bradost, & symle swa norðor swa smælre. c1275Lay. 2674 Þo ferde he norþer, and one neuwe borh makede.
▪ III. norther, n.|ˈnɔːθə(r)|
[f. north + -er1.]
1. A northerly wind; esp. a strong north wind accompanied with intense cold, which blows, during the autumn and winter months, over Texas, Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico.
1827Western Monthly Rev. I. 320 We were struck by a gale, that they call a norther. 1831M. Holley Texas (1833) i. 19 Our voyage..is..not without hazard, on account of the Northers; as they are called. 1844Mrs. Houston Yacht. Voy. Texas II. 147 During the continuance of a norther, the cold is intense. 1857Olmsted Journ. Texas 169 These northers upon the open prairies are exceedingly trying. 1891H. W. V. Stuart Adv. Equat. For. 132 The Northers on rare occasions carry frost even as far south as Cape Sable. 1946Sun (Baltimore) 30 Dec. 11/1 St. Mary's football squad arrived in Houston early this morning to be greeted by a Texas ‘norther’. 1969‘J. Morris’ Fever Grass xiii. 121 A fresh ‘norther’ was blowing from the Gulf. 1973Houston (Texas) Chron. 21 Oct. 1/3 (caption) A delightfully persistent Indian Summer lingered over Houston, luring people to parks for langorous hours of contentment before looking ahead to winter and the prospect of rain and blue northers.
2. A strong north wind blowing in other parts, esp. on the Pacific seaboard of North America.
1835J. F. Cooper Monikins II. iii. 71 It may be even now questioned whether the ship would claw off..with a sending sea, and this heavy norther. 1850in Harper's Mag. (1878) Jan. 279 We met a norther in coming out of the Gulf of California. 1891Scribner's Mag. X. 283 The weather along the Pacific highway has been uniformly pleasant, for northers are infrequent. 1893Kipling Seven Seas (1896) 28 We've slipped from Valparaiso With the Norther at our heels. 1903― Five Nations 53 That night the Norther found me—Froze and killed the plains⁓bred ponies.
▪ IV. norther, v.|ˈnɔːðə(r)|
[f. north adv. + -er5.]
intr. Of the wind: To shift or veer northward. Hence ˈnorthering ppl. a.
1628–9Digby Voy. Medit. (Camden) 93 It was extreme cold, and the wind northered vpon vs. 1672Lond. Gaz. No. 682/4 The wind was very high, and Northering. 1889Daily News 9 July 3/6 In a northering breeze the Valkyrie had just the better of the Irex. 1893F. Adams New Egypt 86 The hills..run inland with a slight northering tendency. |