| 释义 |
waterward, -wards, adv.|ˈwɔːtəwɔːd, -wɔːdz|
[See -ward, -wards.]
Toward the water; in earlier use to (the) waterward(s. Also † fra the waterward, from the direction in which the water lies.
c1220Bestiary 137 [The adder] walkeð to ðe water-ward, wile ðanne drinken. 13..K. Alis. 3686 To water-ward [Bodl. MS. To waterwardes], with sweord egge, Theo othres come at heore rygge. 1418in Eng. Misc. (Surtees) 13 That the water be ledde downe..fra the thrid poste of the house of Dame Alice Plumpton fra the waterward of Use [= Ouse], be a pype of lede closed wyth a loker. 1903W. S. Blunt Golden Odes Arabia iv. 27 All their will to win there speeding them waterwards. |