(nôrth) noun
1. One of the four cardinal points of the compass; the direction on the left side of a person facing the rising sun, and opposite to the south. For this and other points of the compass, see illustration under COMPASS CARD.
2. Any region north of a given point.
3. Poetic The north wind.
—adjective
1. Lying toward or in the north; northern; boreal.
2. Issuing from or inhabiting the north.
3. Facing or proceeding toward the north.
—adverb Toward the north; northward. [OE]

(nôrth) noun
1. That portion of the United States north of Maryland, the Ohio River, and Missouri: the Free States opposed to the Confederacy (the South) in the Civil War.
2. The part of England north of the Humber.

(nôrth), Christopher
See WILSON, JOHN.
—Lord Frederick,
1732–92, second earl of Guilford, British prime minister at the start of the American Revolution.
—Sir Thomas,
1535–1603?, English author.