norther

== English == === Etymology === From north +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (noun, verb) IPA(key): /ˈnɔː(ɹ)θə(ɹ)/ IPA(key): (adjective) /ˈnɔː(ɹ)ðə(ɹ)/ === Noun === norther (plural northers) A strong north wind, a wind blowing from the north. ==== Derived terms ==== blue norther === Verb === norther (third-person singular simple present northers, present participle northering, simple past and past participle northered) To move or go toward the north. (of wind) To blow from (closer to) the north, pushing ships (etc) towards the south; to have its apparent source shift northward. 1667, record quoted in 1940, Publications of the Navy Records Society, page 8: The 23 February 1667 Sunday. All the morning flat calm until after six. At the coming away of the ebb sprang up a small gale at W.N.W. and N.W. by W., that we stretched along the shore toward the Ness, S.W. course. The wind northered and came easterly, a small gale. We stayed for our boat until one, which we had sent to search 4 French shallops that assured lay there to lade wool. === Adjective === norther (now chiefly dialectal) comparative form of north: more north; northern 1931 April 24, The Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume XXI, number 28, page 700 (of the compiled volume 31): "Northest" of all There is something about Scandinavia that leads those who live there to stress the "northness" of their position [...] This gentleman, it will be remembered, claimed to live "norther" than any other man. [...] he placed chief emphasis on the fact that no man lived norther than he. ==== Derived terms ==== northerly === Anagrams === Thorner, horrent