单词 | houseward |
释义 | housewardadv. Towards the house, or a house.In early use in †to (the) houseward (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > [adverb] > towards the house houseward1535 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. iii. 13 Their face was turned to the house warde. 1846 Southern & Western Lit. Messenger & Rev. Jan. 40/1 ‘This looks like negligence,’ thought he, as he turned his steps houseward. 1876 S. Lanier Psalm of West in Poems 134 Stride again To houseward all aghast. 1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae v. 157 As we went houseward. 1908 R. W. Chambers Younger Set viii Eileen..strolled houseward across the lawn. 1951 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 8 Nov. 17/2 Even the little English sparrows..came to look hopefully houseward for the breadcrumbs I put out for them. 1994 J. Barth in M. Bishop Single Scene Short Stories (2007) 24 She saw him straighten his back and..look houseward. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1535 |
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