From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Westward \West"ward\, Westwards \West"wards\, adverb [AS. westweard. See {West}, and {-ward}. ] Toward the west; as, to ride or sail westward.
Westward the course of empire takes its way. --Berkeley.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Westward \West"ward\, adjective Lying toward the west.
Yond same star that's westward from the pole. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Westward \West"ward\, noun The western region or countries; the west.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: moving toward the west; "westbound pioneers" [syn: {westbound}, {westerly}]
adverb
1: toward the west; "they traveled westward toward the setting sun" [syn: {westwards}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "westward": W, cardinal points, compass card, compass rose, degrees, east, eastward, half points, lubber line, north, northeast, northward, northwest, occident, orient, quarter points, rhumb, south, southeast, southward, southwest, sunrise, sunset, west, westabout, westerly, westernly, westwardly, westwards
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Westward sea-ward, i.e., toward the Mediterranean (Deut. 3:27).
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