Search the Dictionary

Toward a pole of the earth. "The regions further polewards." Whewell.

To warn beforehand; to forewarn. [R.]

A writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by what warrant a person or a corporation acts, or exercises certain powers. Blackstone.

A kind of earthenware made in Japan, resembling Satsuma ware, but having a paler color.

At or toward the rear.

The rear quard of an army. [Obs.]

te; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward, Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord. Piers Plowman. Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 1 Sam. xxiv. 17. I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. Deut. xxxii.…

Worthy of reward. -- Re*ward"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*ward"a*bly, adv.

One who rewards.

Yielding reward. [R.]

Having, or affording, no reward.

Toward the right. Rightward and leftward rise the rocks. Southey.

Toward Rome, or toward the Roman Catholic Church.

A kind of ornamental hard-glazed pottery made at Satsuma in Kiushu, one of the Japanese islands.

See Souari nut.

Toward school. Chaucer.

Mottled pottery made from scraps of differently colored clays.

Directed or situated toward the sea. Donne. Two still clouds . . . sparkled on their seaward edges like a frosted fleece. G. W. Cable.

Seaweed; esp., coarse seaweed. See Ware, and Sea girdles.

Porcelain manufactured at Sèvres, France, ecpecially in the national factory situated there.