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septentrion


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Septentrion  \Sep*ten"tri*on\,  n.  [L.  septentrio  the  northern 
  regions,  the  north,  fr  septentriones  the  seven  stars  near 
  the  north  pole,  called  Charles's  Wain,  or  the  Great  Bear, 
  also  those  called  the  Little  Bear;  properly,  the  seven  plow 
  oxen;  septem  seven  +  trio,  orig.,  a  plow  ox:  cf  F. 
  septentrion.] 
  The  north  or  northern  regions.  --Shak. 
 
  Both  East  West,  South  and  Septentrioun.  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Septentrion  \Sep*ten"tri*on\,  Septentrional  \Sep*ten"tri*on*al\, 
  a.  [L.  septentrionalis:  cf  F.  septentrional.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  north;  northern.  ``From  cold 
  septentrion  blasts.''  --Milton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  septentrion 
  n  :  any  region  lying  in  or  toward  the  north  [syn:  {North},  {northland}] 




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