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norward, adv. and n.|ˈnɔːwəd|
[f. nor' north + -ward.]
A. adv. In a northern direction; northward.
a1618Sylvester Little Bartas 274 Wks. (Grosart) II. 87 The more that they are Nor-ward driven. 1681Viscountess Campden in Hist. MSS. Comm. 12th Rep. App. V. 56 They do not like to come norward so late in the yeare. 1839–48Bailey Festus 68 Norward now we'll hold our course. 1865Tennyson Captain 35 Stately, lightly, went she Norward, Till she near'd the foe.
B. n. The northern part or region.
a1618Sylvester Job Triumph. 85 Wks. (Grosart) II. 162 To the Norward, where hee worketh rife. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 22 A fair Wind soon set us once more to the Norward of the Equinoctial. 1700Gov. Nicholson in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Col. Ch. I. 118 In Pennsylvania and to the Norward.
So ˈnorwards adv.
1855Bailey Mystic 106 And those, Hrimthursar hight, who norwards held Frore Jotunheim. |