noun

• (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).
• (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.
  "If candidates stand on the liturgical south facing the presider and liturgical assistants on the liturgical north, it will present better visual lines for the congregation than if they stand facing east and west with their backs toward the congregation."

adj

• (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
  "The north wind was cold."
• (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical north (in a church, the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar).
  "[…] the high church had liked its clergy to preside at the Eucharist in an ad orientem position; the low church advocated what was called the north end position; but the Liturgical Movement asked the priest to take a basilical position, facing liturgical west, and now both Anglican factions could agree on this third position without either of them losing face."
• (colloquial) More or greater than.
  "The wedding ended up costing north of $50,000."

verb

• (obsolete, intransitive) To turn or move toward the north.
  "When at B you had northed 3.71[…]"

name

• The northern part of a region (alternative letter-case form of north), especially:
• The northern part of a region (alternative letter-case form of north), especially:
  "The North lost most battles early in the war."
• The northern part of a region (alternative letter-case form of north), especially:
• The northern part of a region (alternative letter-case form of north), especially: