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Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree. Let not old age disgrace my high desire. Sir P. Sidney. The melancholy news that we grow old. Young.

n, a kitchen garden; used for kitchen purposes; as, olitory seeds. At convenient distance towards the olitory garden. Evelyn.

Toward; for; -- indicating the object of some passion; as, have pity or compassion on him.

Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.

To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward.

st; especially (Arch.), the placing of a church so that the chancel, containing the altar toward which the congregation fronts in worship, will be on the east end.

the whole length, breadth, or thickness; -- applied to measurements. -- Out West, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some Western State or Territory. [U. S.] -- To come out, To cut out, To fall out, etc. See under Come, Cut, Fall, etc. -- To put out of the way, to kill; to destroy. -- Week in, week out. See…

Toward the outside. [R.] Grew.

From the interior part; in a direction from the interior toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away; as, a ship bound outward. The wrong side may be turned outward. Shak. Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. Sir I. Newton. Outward bound, bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts; --…

In a manner to bring the under side to or towards the top; as, to turn (one's self) over; to roll a stone over; to turn over the leaves; to tip over a cart.

rm of inflorescence, in which the cluster is loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end.

Forbearing; long-suffering. Be patient toward all men. 1 Thess. v. 14.

Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; - - said of a cross. See Illust. 9 of Cross.

To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid. The idea has been patronized by two States only. A. Hamilton.

Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a superior toward another. -- Pat"ron*i`zing*ly, adv. Thackeray.

To play the pedagogue toward. [Obs.] Prior.

a polar circle, whose shadows, during some summer days, will move entirely round, falling toward every point of the compass.

th; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the center of the earth.

Love to mankind; benevolence toward the whole human family; universal good will; desire and readiness to do good to all men; -- opposed to misanthropy. Jer. Taylor.

rections of motion or assume definite positions under such influence. If the migration is toward the source of light, it is termed positive phototaxis; if away from the light, negative phototaxis. --Pho`to*tac"tic (#), a. --Pho`to*tac"tic*al*ly, adv.