单词 | to headward |
释义 | > as lemmasto (the) headward The direction of the head or front. Chiefly in to (the) headward: = headwards adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > in advance or in front [phrase] to (the) headward1577 in (the) front of1609 to the fore with1646 in one's van1720 in the first flight1852 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 323 A briȝt swerd..and þe poynt dounward evene to his hevedward [a1425 Harl. 1900 heedward, 1482 Caxton to his heedewarde]. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 133 Thrust the top of his nose vpwarde, take but the very top to thrust through, and not to the headwarde. a1679 T. Hobbes Seven Philos. Probl. (1682) vi. 51 The Ship will gain the space D.F. to the headward. 1912 Green Bk. Mag. Aug. 291/1 I grabbed the pike again about the tail, head pointed towards me, and started to scrape to headward. 2000 Sedimentary Geol. 136 65/2 Rates of terrigenous sediment accumulation..may reflect preferential transport of finer silt-sized grains..to headward by flood tides. < as lemmas |
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