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Toward or on the left side. Rightward and leftward rise the rocks. Southey.

A warden of the marches; a marcher.

In or toward the midst.

Towards the morn. [Poetic] And mornward now the starry hands move on. Lowell.

The negative side. [R.] Howe'er you lean to the nayward. Shak.

Approaching toward night.

Toward the northeast.

Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point.

Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than to the east or west point.

Having a northern direction.

Toward the northwest.

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

Progress; advancement.

Onward.

Formmg the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer. Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. Cor. iv. 16.

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; --…

See Outward, adv.

Forward to excess; too forward. -- O"ver*for"ward*ness, n.

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

At or toward the rear.