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.
(a) 1632. Lithgow, Trav., VI. 281. The deualling side of the *South-falling Syon.
1784. Phil. Trans., LXXV. 90. The sextuple or *south following set.
1896. Westm. Gaz., 2 May, 5/2. The *south-going Irish boat express.
1788. Phil. Trans., LXXVIII. 372. 13° 17′ from *south-preceding to north-following the meridian.
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.
1876. Ouida, Winter City, vii. 160. The *south wintering northern swallows.
(b) 1598. Sylvester, Du Bartas, II. ii. III. Colonies, 83. Those Realms *South-bounded round with Sun-burnt Guinne.
1870. Morris, Earthly Par., III. IV. 296. Exceeding good Its sunny *south-turned slopes are.