Hypertext Webster Gateway: "westward"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Westward
sea-ward, i.e., toward the Mediterranean (Deut. 3:27).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Westward \West"ward\, a.
Lying toward the west.
Yond same star that's westward from the pole. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Westward \West"ward\, n.
The western region or countries; the west.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Westward \West"ward\, Westwards \West"wards\, adv. [AS.
westweard. See {West}, and {-ward}. ]
Toward the west; as, to ride or sail westward.
Westward the course of empire takes its way.
--Berkeley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
westward
adj : moving toward the west; "westbound pioneers" [syn: {westbound},
{westerly}]
adv : toward the west; "they traveled westward toward the setting
sun" [syn: {westwards}]
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