westward

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westward - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Westward \West"ward\, Westwards \West"wards\, adv. [AS.
     westweard. See West, and -ward. ]
     Toward the west; as, to ride or sail westward.
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           Westward the course of empire takes its way.
                                                    --Berkeley.
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  Westward \West"ward\, a.
     Lying toward the west.
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           Yond same star that's westward from the pole. --Shak.
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  Westward \West"ward\, n.
     The western region or countries; the west.
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westward - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  westward
      adv 1: toward the west; "they traveled westward toward the
             setting sun" [syn: westward, westwards]
      adj 1: moving toward the west; "westbound pioneers" [syn:
             westbound, westerly, westward]
      n 1: the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees [syn:
           west, due west, westward, W]

westward - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Westward
  sea-ward, i.e., toward the Mediterranean (Deut. 3:27).

westward - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "westward":
     W, cardinal points, compass card, compass rose, degrees, east,
     eastward, half points, lubber line, north, northeast, northward,
     northwest, occident, orient, quarter points, rhumb, south,
     southeast, southward, southwest, sunrise, sunset, west, westabout,
     westerly, westernly, westwardly, westwards