septentrional

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Cow's milk could be obtained in very small quantities, but it was of evil flavour; butter, in the septentrional sense of the word, did not exist.

From By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy by Gissing, George

During this time Franklin, by an overland route, traversed the septentrional coasts of America from the River Mackenzie to Turnagain Point.

From The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Verne, Jules

Now while I’m examining them, watch closely, and see if you do not observe the peculiar curve of the nostril I was speaking to you about as characterising the septentrional species of the tribe.

From Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life by Reed, Talbot Baines

"And unless they have been able to double Cape Horn or the Cape of Good Hope," replied Shandon, "they must necessarily have rounded the septentrional coasts of America—that's what I call indisputable, doctor."

From The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Verne, Jules

If the swastika and the septentrional set of ideas spread from one centre then we should expect to find them accompanied by traces of a common language.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia