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English Dictionary: westward by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
westward
adv
  1. toward the west; "they traveled westward toward the setting sun"
    Synonym(s): 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]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Westward \West"ward\, Westwards \West"wards\, adv. [AS.
      westweard. See {West}, and {-ward}. ]
      Toward the west; as, to ride or sail westward.
  
               Westward the course of empire takes its way.
                                                                              --Berkeley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Westward \West"ward\, a.
      Lying toward the west.
  
               Yond same star that's westward from the pole. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Westward \West"ward\, n.
      The western region or countries; the west.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Westward
      sea-ward, i.e., toward the Mediterranean (Deut. 3:27).
     
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