Southeast South`east" noun The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.

Southeast South`east adjective Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind.

Southeaster South`east"er noun A storm, strong wind, or gale coming from the southeast.

Southeaster South`east"er adverb Toward the southeast.

Southeastern South`east"ern adjective Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.

Southeastward, Southeastwardly South`east"ward, South`east"ward·ly adverb Toward the southeast.

Souther South"er noun A strong wind, gale, or storm from the south.

Southerliness South"er·li·ness noun The quality or state of being southerly; direction toward the south.

Southerly South"er·ly adjective Southern.

Southern South"ern adjective [ Anglo-Saxon s......ern . See South .] Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.

Southern Cross (Astron.) , a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. -- Southern Fish (Astron.) , a constelation of the southern hemisphere ( Piscis Australis ) containing the bright star Fomalhaut. -- Southern States (U.S. Hist. & Geology) , the States of the American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed as one of the Southern States.

Southern South"ern noun A Southerner. [ R.]

Southerner South"ern·er noun An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the Southern States of North America; opposed to Northerner .

Southernliness South"ern·li·ness noun Southerliness.

Southernly South"ern·ly adjective Somewhat southern. -- adverb In a southerly manner or course; southward.

Southernmost South"ern·most` adjective Farthest south.

Southernwood South"ern·wood` noun (Botany) A shrubby species of wormwood ( Artemisia Abrotanum ) having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer.

Southing South"ing noun 1. Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the sun. Emerson.

2. The time at which the moon, or other heavenly body, passes the meridian of a place.

3. (Astron.) Distance of any heavenly body south of the equator; south declination; south latitude.

4. (Surv. & Navigation) Distance southward from any point departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to northing .

Southly South"ly adverb Southerly. [ Obsolete & R.]

Southmost South"most` adjective Farthest toward the south; southernmost. [ R.] Milton.

Southness South"ness noun A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward the south pole. Faraday.

Southpaw South"paw` adjective (Baseball) Using the left hand in pitching; said of a pitcher. [ Cant]

Southpaw South"paw` noun A pitcher who pitches with the left hand. [ Cant]

Southren South"ren adjective Southern. [ Obsolete] "I am a Southren man." Chaucer.

Southron South"ron noun An inhabitant of the more southern part of a country; formerly, a name given in Scotland to any Englishman.

Southsay South"say` intransitive verb See Soothsay . [ Obsolete]

Southsayer South"say`er noun See Soothsayer . [ Obsolete]

Southward South"ward (?; colloquial ...), South"wards (?; colloquial ...) , adverb Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south than the east or west point; as, to go southward .

Southward South"ward adjective Toward the south.

Southward South"ward noun The southern regions or countries; the south. Sir W. Raleigh.

Southwardly South"ward·ly adverb In a southern direction.

Southwest South`west noun The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region.

Southwest South`west" adjective Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind.

Southwester South`west"er noun 1. A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest.

2. A hat made of painted canvas, oiled cloth, or the like, with a flap at the back, -- worn in stormy weather.

Southwesterly South`west"er·ly adjective To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind.

Southwestern South`west"ern adjective Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course.

Southwestward, Southwestwardly South`west"ward, South`west"ward·ly adverb Toward the southwest.

Souvenance, Sovenaunce Sou"ve·nance, So"ve·naunce noun [ French souvenance .] Remembrance. [ Obsolete]

Of his way he had no sovenance .

Spenser.

Souvenir Sou`ve·nir noun [ French, from souvenir to remember, from Latin subvenire to come up, come to mind; sub under + venire to come, akin to English come . See Come , and confer Subvention .] That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.

Sovereign Sov"er·eign adjective [ Middle English soverain , sovereyn , Old French soverain , suvrain , French souverain , Late Latin superanus , from Latin superus that is above, upper, higher, from super above. See Over , Super , and confer Soprano . The modern spelling is due to a supposed connection with reign .] 1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.

2. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.

3. Princely; royal. "Most sovereign name." Shak.

At Babylon was his sovereign see.

Chaucer.

4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.

We acknowledge him [ God] our sovereign good.

Hooker.

5. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy. Dryden.

Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the regulation of the lives and actions of men.

South.

Sovereign state , a state which administers its own government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to, another power.

Sovereign Sov"er·eign noun 1. The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.

No question is to be made but that the bed of the Mississippi belongs to the sovereign , that is, to the nation.

Jefferson.

2. A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $4.86.

3. (Zoology) Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi , or genus Basilarchia , as the ursula and the viceroy.

Syn. -- King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor.

Sovereignize Sov"er·eign·ize intransitive verb To exercise supreme authority. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Herbert.

Sovereignly Sov"er·eign·ly adverb In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely. Chaucer.

Sovereignty Sov"er·eign·ty noun ; plural Sovereignties . [ Middle English soverainetee , Old French sovraineté , French souveraineté .] The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties .

Woman desiren to have sovereignty
As well over their husband as over their love.

Chaucer.

Sovran Sov"ran adjective A variant of Sovereign . [ Poetic]

On thy bald, awful head, O sovran Blanc.

Coleridge.

Sow Sow intransitive verb To sew. See Sew . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Sow Sow noun [ Middle English sowe , suwe , Anglo-Saxon sugu , akin to sū , Dutch zog , zeug , Old High German sū , German sau , Icelandic sȳr , Danish so , Swedish sugga , so , Latin sus . Greek "y^s , sy^s , Zend. hu boar; probably from the root seen in Sanskrit sū to beget, to bear; the animal being named in allusion to its fecundity. √294. Confer Hyena , Soil to stain, Son , Swine .] 1. (Zoology) The female of swine, or of the hog kind.

2. (Zoology) A sow bug.

3. (Metal.) (a) A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed. (b) The bar of metal which remains in such a runner. (c) A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.

4. (Mil.) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like. Craig.

Sow bread . (Botany) See Cyclamen . -- Sow bug , or Sowbug (Zoology) , any one of numerous species of terrestrial Isopoda belonging to Oniscus , Porcellio , and allied genera of the family Oniscidæ . They feed chiefly on decaying vegetable substances. -- Sow thistle [ Anglo-Saxon sugepistel ] (Botany) , a composite plant ( Sonchus oleraceus ) said to be eaten by swine and some other animals.

Sow Sow transitive verb [ imperfect Sowed ; past participle Sown or Sowed ; present participle & verbal noun Sowing .] [ Middle English sowen , sawen , Anglo-Saxon sāwan ; akin to OFries. s...a , Dutch zaaijen , Old Saxon & HG. sājan , German säen , Icelandic sā , Swedish så , Danish saae , Goth. saian , Lithuanian sēti , Russian sieiate , Latin serere , sevi . Confer Saturday , Season , Seed , Seminary .] 1. To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate. "He would sow some difficulty ." Chaucer.

A sower went forth to sow ; and when he sowed , some seeds fell by the wayside.

Matt. xiii. 3, 4.

And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers.

Addison.

2. To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle.

The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, . . . and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles.

Sir M. Hale.

[ He] sowed with stars the heaven.

Milton.

Now morn . . . sowed the earth with orient pearl.

Milton.

Sow Sow intransitive verb To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.

They that sow in tears shall reap in joi.

Ps. cxxvi. 5.

Sowans Sow"ans noun plural See Sowens .

Sowar Sow"ar noun [ Persian sawār a horseman.] In India, a mounted soldier.

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