combining form representing SOUTH sb. or adv., occurring, with the sense ‘to or towards, in or on, the south,’ in participial combinations, as south-falling, -following, -going, running, etc.; south-bounded, -turned, etc.

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  (a)  1632.  Lithgow, Trav., VI. 281. The deualling side of the *South-falling Syon.

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1784.  Phil. Trans., LXXV. 90. The sextuple or *south following set.

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1896.  Westm. Gaz., 2 May, 5/2. The *south-going Irish boat express.

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1788.  Phil. Trans., LXXVIII. 372. 13° 17′ from *south-preceding to north-following the meridian.

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1819.  Scott, Lett., in Lockhart (1837), IV. viii. 244. My Highland piper,… who spent a whole Sunday in selecting twelve stones from twelve *south-running streams.

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1876.  ‘Ouida,’ Winter City, vii. 160. The *south wintering northern swallows.

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  (b)  1598.  Sylvester, Du Bartas, II. ii. III. Colonies, 83. Those Realms *South-bounded round with Sun-burnt Guinne.

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1870.  Morris, Earthly Par., III. IV. 296. Exceeding good Its sunny *south-turned slopes are.

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