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▪ I. westward, adv., n., and a.1|ˈwɛstwəd|
Also 5 weste-, 5–6 westwarde, 7 westheard.
[OE. westweard, f. west adv. + -ward. Cf. MLG. westwart, -wert, -wort.]
A. adv.
1. Towards the west; in a westerly direction:
a. Of motion or direction.
For Westward ho! see ho int.1 2 b.
a900O.E. Chron. an. 893, Her..for se micle here..of þæm eastrice westweard to Bunnan. c1000Sax. Leechd. III. 270 Þa seofon steorran..gangende eastan westweard. O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1052 Hi..ᵹewendon heom þa west⁓weard oð þet hi comon to Portlande. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 1039 So þat he drou him westward,..þe se he wende nei & bihuld west. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xviii. 118 Her suster..cam..Euene out of þe est, and westward she loked. c1391Chaucer Astrol. ii. §17 Espie diligently whan this same firste sterre passeth..westward. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xxviii. 127 It lastez westward to þe ryuer of Phison. c1407Lydg. Reson & Sens. 658 Whan that he hath hys cours [y-]goon,..Ageyn westwarde he doth repaire. 1473J. Warkworth Chron. (Camden) 9 Thei fledde westwarde to the see syde, and toke there here schippys. 1535Coverdale Ezek. xlv. 7 As farre as reacheth westwarde and eastwarde. 1593T. Fale Horolog. 9 b, If the declination of your plat be West⁓ward, or from C. toward B. 1613Donne Poems (1633) 170 Goodfriday, 1613. Riding Westward. a1661Fuller Worthies, Somerset (1662) 32 Hence forward the Sun of the Kings cause declined, verging more and more Westward, till at last it set in Cornwal. 1697Dryden æneis xi. 1316 But westward to the Sea the Sun declin'd. 1752Berkeley Verses Planting Arts & Learn. Amer. 21 Westward the course of empire takes its way. 1783J. King Thoughts Difficulties iii. 29 We were told by a priest..that all the virtues were flying westward. 1816Keats Ep. Geo. Keats 141 Why westward turn? 'Twas but to say adieu! 1822Scott Nigel v, The citizen..rode on westward along the Strand. 1848B. Webb Cont. Ecclesiol. 160 Projecting westward from the nave-arch is a stone rood-loft. 1877Ruskin St. Mark's Rest iii. 40 Look, as you recross its bridge, westward, along the broad-flowing stream.
b. Of relative position.
c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1036 Estward ther stood a gate of Marbul whit, Westward right swich another in the opposit. 1390Gower Conf. III. 103 And thanne upon that other syde westward..The brother..Aufrique nam. 1472–75Rolls of Parlt. VI. 157/2 Almaner Woll..except Wolle to be shipped westward in Galees or Carrykkes, to be shipped and caried oute of this Reame, shal be conveyed to the Staple of Caleys. 1530Tindale Exod. xxvii. 12 And in the bredth of the courte westwarde, there shalbe hangynges of fyftye cubettes long. 1598W. Phillip tr. Linschoten i. xciii. 171 We..compassed about y⊇ other corner that lay westward from vs. 1601Holland Pliny vi. xxx. I. 147 He telleth..that Westward there are people..whose king hath but one eie. 1631Weever Anc. Funeral Mon. 642 A certaine holy Crosse, found farre Westward, and brought hither by miracle. 1773Noorthouck Hist. Lond. 742 From Bedford house on the same line westward, is Great Russel street Bloomsbury. 1810Scott Lady of L. i. xxvi, Due westward, fronting to the green, A rural portico was seen. a1861Clough ‘Say not, the struggle nought availeth’ 16 In front, the sun climbs slow, how slowly, But westward, look, the land is bright!
c. Followed by of.
1691Hist. Rel. Late Presbyt. Gen. Assembly 6 For twenty Miles Westward of Perth, there were but two or three Ministers. 1762Falconer Shipwr. iii. 238 Westward of these..lies The long-lost isle of Ithacus the wise. 1821Acc. Peculations in Coal Trade 4 Their papers should not be sent from the ship until she has arrived westward of Blackwall. 1842Borrow Bible in Spain xxxvi, It is situated about twelve leagues..westward of Madrid.
d. Comb., as westward-blowing, westward-flowing, etc.
1871Tennyson Last Tourn. 584 Those far-rolling, westward-smiling seas. 1875Encycl. Brit. III. 105/1 The problem of the destination of the westward-flowing rivers. 1891Nation (N.Y.) 19 Nov. 393/1 The westward-looking portion of this volume. 1895Daily News 24 Dec. 6/1 That fierce westward-blowing gale of fire.
†2. spec. In allusive use: To Tyburn. Obs.
1600Looke about You A 2 b, If they doe so, faith, west⁓ward then with Skinke. 1605Chapman etc. Eastw. Hoe ii. i. B 3 b, Touch. Sir, Eastward hoe, will make you go West⁓ward hoe. 1607Dekker & Webster Westw. Hoe iv. ii. G 1 b, You..look as if you were going westward indeede. 1626H. Parrot Cures for the Itch A 2 b, If any thing happen.., it must accrew from the next Sessions, prouided there be some to trauel westward. 1647A. B. [? Brewer] Countrie Girle I 3 b, Greg... Is't not time he should now goe downward? Hu. And time, that you should goe Westward.
3. quasi-n. = next.
1697Dryden æneid ix. 909 Like the Storm that flies From Westward, when the Show'ry Kids arise. 1810Scott Lady of L. iv. vii, My followers guard each pass's mouth, To east, to westward, and to south.
B. n. That direction or part which lies to the west of a place, etc.
1652H. Phillippes Geometr. Sea-man 79 Which..differs in longitude from the former place 90 degrees to the West⁓ward. 1673in Picton L'pool Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 316 To make cleare and pave the street on the cock of the Castell to the westheard. 1695Lond. Gaz. No. 3099/3 The same day passed by the Hastings, with about 12 sail to the West⁓ward. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 308 They..saw two rockets rise up from the westward. 1762Falconer Shipwr. iii. 571 The prow, swift wheeling, to the westward flies. 1838Sterling in Carlyle Life ii. vii. (1872) 145 The highest part..which commands a view..of the vale of the Arno to the westward. 1874J. Forrest Explor. Australia (1875) 224 Sure enough there were the tracks of horses coming from the westward.
b. Const. of.
1766Smollett Trav. xii. I. 213 The river Var falls into the Mediterranean..about four miles to the westward of Nice. 1776Trial of Nundocomar 60/1 Q. Where is that place? A. To the westward of Sasserum. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 138 Directing his course to the westward of Cape Fare⁓well. 1896Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign xv, About three miles to the westward of the mountain.
C. adj. Having a westerly situation or direction; lying, facing, moving, etc., towards the west.
1872Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lakes (1879) 333 On completing the worst part of the climb, and obtaining a westward prospect. 1886C. E. Pascoe London To-day xxvi. (ed. 3) 241 Let us retrace our steps..to the westward end of Cheap⁓side. 1896Howells Impress. & Exp. 282 One of the west⁓ward avenues. 1900Jrnl. Sch. Geog. (U.S.) Apr. 134 A further link in the westward series..was finished in 1837.
▪ II. † westward, a.2 Obs.
[OE. westeweard: cf. prec.]
Westerly (= the west, or western part, of).
847Charter in Sweet O.E. Texts 434 Ðonon on ða lytlan burᵹ westewearde. c893ælfred Oros. i. i. §3 Se west⁓suþende Europe..is in Ispania westeweardum. c1205Lay. 25657 He seide þat þer wes icumen a scaðe liðe of westward Spaine. c1440Promp. Parv. 523/1 Westward, occidentalis. |