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▪ I. souther, n.|ˈsaʊθə(r)|
[f. south a. + -er1.]
A south wind or gale.
1851Austral. & N.Z. Gaz. XXX. 483 During the night a ‘stiff souther’ put [the Pauline] again on shore. 1862Hopkins Hawaii 10 In the roadstead..there is excellent anchorage except during a Souther or ‘Kona’. 1884J. Burroughs Locusts & Wild H. 120 A north-easter in one place may be..a souther in some other locality.
▪ II. † ˈsouther, a. Obs.
Forms: 1 syþera, suþera, suðra, 3 souþere, 5 southir, 6–7 souther.
[OE. sýþera, súðera (f. súð south adv.), = MDu. and MLG. sūder, ON. syðri (MSw. syþre, södhre, Sw. södre) and synnri (MSw. sundre, Da. sønder-). Cf. also the combining forms OS. sûđar-, Du. zuider-, MHG. sûder- (G. süder-); OHG. sundar- (MHG. sunder-).]
The more southerly of two things or places; situated or lying to the south.
c900in Birch Cartul. Saxon. II. 242 On þone syþeran steþ. 931Ibid. II. 371 Andlang þæs suþeran weᵹes. c1000Sax. Leechd. III. 270 Þone suðran steorran we ne ᵹeseoð næfre. c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 442 In þe oþur half of þe churche, al in þe souþere side. 14..Sailing Directions (Hakluyt Soc. 1889) 16 The groundes on the southir side lyen ferr oute. 1594R. Ashley tr. Loys le Roy 12 b, For the inhabitants of our land situated in an aquilonarie quadrant, which are subiect to Souther parellels. 1622R. Hawkins Voy. S. Sea (1847) 40 The chiefe towne..is on the souther side of the Madera.
▪ III. souther, v.|ˈsʌðə(r)|
[f. south adv. + -er5.]
intr. To shift, turn, or fly to the south; of the wind, to south or southern.
1628–9Digby Voyage Medit. (Camden) 89 The wind..towardes night..did souther a litle. c1800H. K. White Clift Gr. 237 When the wild duck, southering, hither rides. 1886Field 25 Sept. 452/1 On chance of the wind southering.
Hence ˈsouthering ppl. a.
1868Morris Earthly Par. (1870) II. iii. 278 The well⁓fenced vine, Whose clusters hung upon the southering side Of the fair hill. 1893Leisure Hour Sept. 706 The long fair grass-tufts which the sun In southering glory looked upon.
▪ IV. souther
dial. variant of solder v. |