Word Meanings - NORTHERN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. 2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. Northern diver. See Loon. --

Additional info about word: NORTHERN

1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. 2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. Northern diver. See Loon. -- Northern lights. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora. -- Northern spy , an excellent American apple, of a yellowish color, marked with red.

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