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The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are breaking upon the shore.

Toward. [Obs.] Gower.

Perverse; froward; untoward. "Untowardly tricks and vices." Locke.

To or in the upper part of a town; as, to go uptown. [Colloq. U. S.]

A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like.

A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings.

On the sea; at sea; toward the sea.

Toward the back or rear; backward. "Therewith aback she started." Chaucer.

Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse. Abaft the beam. See under Beam.

Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.

with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Rom. xii. 9.

aracteristic of ordinary abscesses, and lasting for years without exhibiting any tendency towards healing; a chronic abscess.

or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation. A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration. I. Taylor. (Astr. & Physics.) Accele…

Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person.

To lie or sail along the coast or side of; to accost. [Obs.] Whether high towering or accosting low. Spenser.

Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on). The Lord shall add to me another son. Gen. xxx. 24.

Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.

To draw towards a common center or a middle line. Huxley.

The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to abduction. Dunglison.