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English Dictionary: seaward by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seaward
adv
  1. in the direction of the sea; "the sailor looked seaward"
    Synonym(s): seaward, seawards, asea
adj
  1. (of winds) coming from the land; "offshore winds" [syn: offshore, seaward]
    Antonym(s): inshore, onshore, seaward, shoreward
  2. (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; "an inshore breeze"; "an onshore gale"; "sheltered from seaward winds"
    Synonym(s): inshore, onshore, seaward, shoreward
    Antonym(s): offshore, seaward
  3. directed or situated away from inland regions and toward the sea or coast; "from the hill he took a seaward course"; "on the seaward side of the road"
n
  1. the direction toward the sea
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Seaward \Sea"ward\, a.
      Directed or situated toward the sea. --Donne.
  
               Two still clouds . . . sparkled on their seaward edges
               like a frosted fleece.                           --G. W. Cable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Seaward \Sea"ward\, adv.
      Toward the sea. --Drayton.
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