n. See Cittern. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A heron; esp., the common European heron. “A stately hern.” Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A thin silk or woolen goods, for women's dresses, woven in various styles and colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. hyrne. ] A corner. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lurking in hernes and in lanes blind. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Hernias L. Herniae [ L. ] (Med.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strangulated hernia, a hernia so tightly compressed in some part of the channel through which it has been protruded as to arrest its circulation, and produce swelling of the protruded part. It may occur in recent or chronic hernia, but is more common in the latter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, or connected with, hernia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hernia + Gr. &unr_; to cut. ] (Med.) A surgical procedure for the cure or relief of hernia; celotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Heronshaw. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of leather; consisting of leather; as, a leathern purse. “A leathern girdle about his loins.” Matt. iii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Zool.) The sordid friar bird of Australia (Tropidorhynchus sordidus). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ from the leather collar that was once part of their uniform. ] A member of the United States Marine Corps; a United States Marine. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

n. [ F. lucarne a dormer, dormer window, garret window, L. lucerna lamp, fr. lucere to be light or clear, fr. lux light. See Light, n., and cf. Lucarne. ] (Arch.) A dormer window. See Dormer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. norðerne. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Northern diver. (Zool.) See Loon. --
Northern lights. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora. --
Northern spy (Bot.), an excellent American apple, of a yellowish color, marked with red. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One born or living in the north. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A native or inhabitant of the Northern States; -- contradistinguished from Southerner. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Northerly. [ Obs. ] Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Northmost. ] Farthest north. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being other or different; alterity; oppositeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. ] (Rom. Law) The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made a part of her dower, but remained her own. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. paraphernal. ] Of or pertaining to paraphernalia; as, paraphernal property. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ LL. paraphernalia bona, fr. L. parapherna, pl., parapherna, Gr. &unr_;; para` beside + &unr_; a bride's dowry, fr. fe`rein to bring. See 1st Bear. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Law) Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Personal belongings; ornaments; finery; sundry objects carried about for personal convenience. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. The appendages, apparatus, or equipment used in a particular activity; as, surveyors unloading their paraphernalia from a van. [ PJC ]

n. See Shearn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. sūðern. See South. ] Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. [ 1913 Webster ]

Southern Cross (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. --
Southern Fish (Astron.), a constelation of the southern hemisphere (Piscis Australis) containing the bright star Fomalhaut. --
Southern States (U.S. Hist. & Geog.), the States of the American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed as one of the Southern States. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Southerner. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the Southern States of North America; opposed to Northerner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Southerliness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat southern. -- adv. In a southerly manner or course; southward. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Farthest south. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum) having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. wiðernām; wiðer against + nām a seizure, fr. niman to take. ] (Law) A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal; -- chiefly used in the expression capias in withernam, which is the name of a writ used in connection with the action of replevin (sometimes called a writ of reprisal), which issues to a defendant in replevin when he has obtained judgment for a return of the chattels replevied, and fails to obtain them on the writ of return. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

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