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ˈcountryward, a. and adv. [See -ward.] In the direction of the country. (Orig. with to.)
c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 2176 And to his cuntreward [v.r. contree warde, contreward, countrey warde] he sayleth swythe. 1548Udall etc. Erasm. Par. Luke 30 b, To gather and laie up treasures to that same countreyward. 1837Hawthorne Twice-told T. (1851) II. iv. 74 To..strain her dimmed eyesight seaward and countryward. |