eyewardsn.adv.
/ˈʌɪwəds/, U.S. /ˈaɪwərds/ In to the eyewards: the eye; the direction of the eye. Obsolete. rare.
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1658 W. Sanderson Graphice ii. 63 The Cheeks raise themselves to the Eye wards.
B. adv.
Towards the eye; in the direction of the eyes.
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1857 P. Oswyn Liverpool Ho! iii. 39 Tears leapt eyewards. She wept.
1932 Montana Standard 3 May 8/5 Bangs, the few careless locks dropping eye-wards affected by Garbo from time to time, were the radical part of a coiffure which otherwise followed the long curled-at-the-neck tradition.
2006 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 18 June 6 He frowns, and the bandana slips an inch eyewards.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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