Word Meanings - NORTHWARD - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point.
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- NORTHERNMOST
Farthest north. - TOWARD; TOWARDS
1. In the direction of; to. He set his face toward the wilderness. Num. xxiv. 1. The waves make towards'' the pebbled shore. Shak. 2. With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning. His eye shall be evil - POINT
puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See Pungent, and cf. Puncto, 1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin. 2. An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort - NORTHERN
1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. 2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. Northern diver. See Loon. -- - NORTHMAN
One of the inhabitants of the north of Europe; esp., one of the ancient Scandinavians; a Norseman. - TOWARDS
See TOWARD - POINT SWITCH
A switch made up of a rail from each track, both rails being tapered far back and connected to throw alongside the through rail of either track. - POINTLESSLY
Without point. - NORTHMOST
Lying farthest north; northernmost. Northmost part of the coast of Mozambique. De Foe. - NORTHEAST
Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind. Northeast passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north - TOWARDNESS
Quality or state of being toward. - POINTAL
The pistil of a plant. 2. A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages. "A pair of tablets . . . and a pointel." Chaucer. - POINTED
1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock. 2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing. His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. Pope. - NORTHWESTWARD; NORTHWESTWARDLY
Toward the northwest. - NORTH STAR STATE
Minnesota; -- a nickname. - NORTHWESTERN
Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course. - POINT ALPHABET
An alphabet for the blind with a system of raised points corresponding to letters. - NORTHERLINESS
The quality or state of being northerly; direction toward the north. - POINTSMAN
A man who has charge of railroad points or switches. - POINTLESS
Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark. Syn. -- Blunt; obtuse, dull; stupid. - COVER-POINT
The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." - TROIS POINT
The third point from the outer edge on each player's home table. - POINT-DEVICE; POINT-DEVISE
Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular. You are rather point-devise in your accouterments. Shak. Thus he grew up, in logic point-devise, Perfect in grammar, and in rhetoric nice. Longfellow. (more info) + point point, condition + devis - REAPPOINT
To appoint again. - STANDPOINT
A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged. - INTERPOINT
To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate. Her sighs should interpoint her words. Daniel. - PREAPPOINTMENT
Previous appointment. - APPOINTER
One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment. Kent.