1. [n]  any region lying in or toward the north
2. [n]  the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War); "he has visited every state in the Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"; "the North's superior resources turned the scale"
3. [n]  the region of the United States lying north of the Mason-Dixon line
4. [n]  British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)
5. [n]  the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
6. [n]  the direction in which a compass needle points
7. [adv]  in a northern direction; "they earn more up north"; "Let's go north!"
8. [adj]  situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north; "artists like north light"; "the north portico"

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1. \North\, n. [AS. nor[eth]; akin to D. noord, G., Sw., &
   Dan. nord, Icel. nor[eth]r. Cf. {Norman}, {Norse}.]
   1. That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at
      any place, which lies in the direction of the true
      meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the
      east; the direction opposite to the south.
   2. Any country or region situated farther to the north than
      another; the northern section of a country.
   3. Specifically: That part of the United States lying north
      of Mason and Dixon's line. See under {Line}.
   

2. \North\, a.
   Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a
   northern direction from the point of observation or
   reckoning; proceeding toward the north, or coming from the
   north.
   {North following}. See {Following}, a., 2.
   {North pole}, that point in the heavens, or on the earth,
      ninety degrees from the equator toward the north.
   {North preceding}. See {Following}, a., 2.
   {North star}, the star toward which the north pole of the
      earth very nearly points, and which accordingly seems
      fixed and immovable in the sky. The star [alpha] (alpha)
      of the Little Bear, is our present north star, being
      distant from the pole about 1[deg] 25', and from year to
      year approaching slowly nearer to it. It is called also
      {Cynosura}, {polestar}, and by astronomers, {Polaris}.
   

3. \North\, v. i.
   To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or
   west toward the north.
   

4. \North\, adv.
   Northward.