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Toward the left; in a sinistral manner. J. Le Conte.

To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket. [Colloq.]

Toward the sky.

vately or unperceived, especially while apparently preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons laughed at; that is, perhaps, originally, by hiding the face in the wide sleeves of former times. -- To pin, or hang, on the sleeve of, to be, or make, dependent upon.

Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly. Chaucer. A knight soft riding toward them. Spenser.

st look on Yarrow. J. C. Shairp. Every Israelite . . . arose, solemnized his face, looked towards Jerusalem . . . and prayed. L. Wallace.

ness; massiveness. That which hinders the approach of two bodies when they are moving one toward another, I call solidity. Locke.

th metals in the earth, and minerals with minerals. Woodward. The illiberality of parents towards children makes them base, and sort with any company. Bacon.

Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole. "At the south entry." Shak. South-Sea tea (Bot.) See Yaupon.

Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind.

Toward the southeast.

Toward the southeast.

The quality or state of being southerly; direction toward the south.

rtaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. Southern Cross (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. -- Southern Fish (Astron.), a constelation of the southern hemi…

Farthest toward the south; southernmost. [R.] Milton.

A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward the south pole. Faraday.

Toward the south.

Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south than the east or west point; as, to go southward.

Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind.

Toward the southwest.