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单词 southard
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south'ardadv.n.adj.

Brit. /ˈsʌðəd/, U.S. /ˈsəðərd/
Forms:

α. late Middle English 1700s southard, 1600s southerd, 1700s sotherd, 1800s suthard (English regional), 1800s– south'ard, 1800s– suthad (English regional (Yorkshire)); also Scottish pre-1700 1700s–1800s southert, 1800s southart, 1900s– sothert.

β. Scottish (Shetland) 1800s sudd'ard, 1800s suddart, 1900s– suddard, 1900s– suddert.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: southward adv.; southward adj.; C.
Etymology: Variant of southward adv., southward n., and southward adj.
colloquial and regional.
A. adv.
= southward adv.In first quot. 1485 perhaps a misprint for southward adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [adverb]
southeOE
southrighteOE
southwardeOE
southwardseOE
southenOE
downwarda1387
south'ard1485
south side1489
southlya1552
downwards1577
southerly1577
southwardly1579
southernly1594
south-by1762
a-south1807
south-away1816
downbound1880
southbound1891
1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) iv. xxv. sig. hiiij Now torne we vnto syr Marhaus that rode with the damoysel..southard [a1470 Winch. Coll. southward].
1772 in Hist. Marlborough, N.Y. (1908) 160 District, to begin at the New bridge by Silas Purdy's Mill to run southard to Dr. Perkins's south line.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv. xvii. 135 A strong rippling current running..south'ard.
1903 G. Willets et al. Workers of Nation II. i. ix. 606 We are now one of a string of pilot-boats—three east'ard along the Long Island shore, three south'ard along the Jersey shore.
2004 J. E. Fender Our Lives, Our Fortunes xxii. 290 He's almighty affrighted the Brunswickers will break out south'ard, so he's askin' us to cut 'em off at th' bridge.
B. n.
= southward n.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [noun]
southlandOE
southc1175
southc1300
southwarda1350
meridianc1386
middaya1425
meridional1550
southwards?1574
south'ard1624
1624 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 14 To the southerd of Tegnapatan some three leages.
1782 S. A. Let. 12 Feb. in Hist. Coll. Essex Inst. (1859) I. 13/2 My company being at the Sotherd, the money was drawn for them for 3 months.
1784 J. Allison Let. 26 Apr. in G. Washington Papers (1992) Confederation Ser. I. 310 This number were properly officer'd & sent on to the Southard.
1849 Bentley's Misc. 25 38 I mounted ‘Hildebrand’, bent on a fortnight's excursion to the south'ard.
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders x. 93 The Ariel was at that moment spanking away to the south'ard.
1904 J. London Sea-wolf xvii. 141 By the last guns the boats were bearing away slightly to the south'ard.
1928 Cent. Mag. Aug. 423/2 All we're doing is drifting away to the south'ard and east'ard.
2006 D. Cathell Empires of Crab vii. 38 The tide had carried him to the south'ard.
C. adj.
= southward adj.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [adjective]
southernOE
southwardOE
meridionalc1386
austral1398
southly1440
meridian?a1475
meridialc1540
southerly1556
southernly1591
southwardlyc1612
austrian1634
austrine1635
south'ard1671
fore-south1686
southwards1838
1671 J. Baltharpe Straights Voy. 25 More Merchant Ships we here did take, And Guarded them for the Southard Cape.
1706 in Hudson's Bay Misc. (1975) 33 The Southard Indians..are in a poor condition.
1833 A. Picken Black Watch (1835) I. xxii. 172 It's no for naught that they want to wyse awa' the finest men of the hills, and carry them into the southard country.
1913 W. L. Hill Master of Red Buck & Bay Doe xii. 122 They will no doubt cross Haw River and come down the west bank, which would fling them a little west of a south'ard course.
1987 S. King Eyes of Dragon xii. 41 The midwife who delivered Peter was Anna Crookbrows, of the Third South'ard Alley.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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