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Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a northerndirection from the point of observation or reckoning; proceedingtoward the north, or coming from the north. North following. SeeFollowing, a., 2.-- North pole, that point in the heavens, or on the earth, ninetydegrees from the equator toward the north.-- North preceding. See Following, a., 2.-- North star, the star toward which the north pole of the earthvery nearly points, and which accordingly seems fixed and immovablein the sky. The star a (alpha) of the Little Bear, is our presentnorth star, being distant from the pole about 1º 25', and from yearto year approaching slowly nearer to it. It is called also Cynosura,polestar, and by astronomers, Polaris.