hereaway, adv. Now dial. and U.S.
(ˈhɪərəweɪ)
[f. here adv. 16 + away adv.]
1. Away in this direction; in this quarter or neighbourhood, hereabouts.
| 14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wü lcker 590/41 Istac, herawey. 1483 Cath. Angl. 184/1 Heraway (A. hereaway), hac, istac. 1613 Purchas Pilgrimage (1864) 95 Minnagara, which Ortelius in his Map placeth here-away. a 1718 Penn in Pa. Hist. Soc. Mem. I. 203 The above was read..to the most eminent of Friends hereaway. 1855 Whittier Lines on Fugit. Slave Act vi, Hereaway The fell lycanthrope finds no prey. 1894 Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 11 This is the first time you have been hereaway? |
† b. In this present life. Sc. Obs.
| a 1661 Rutherford Lett. (1765) ii. ii. (Jam.), That light is not hereaway in any clay-body. |
2. To this quarter or neighbourhood; hither. hereaway thereaway (Sc.), hither and thither, to and fro in every direction.
| 1549 Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Phil. 2 The more they are holden vnder and turmoyled hereawaye and thereawaye, so muche more they come forwarde. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence 94 Follow me in this way, or hereaway. 1793 Burns Wandering Willie, Hereawa, thereawa, wandering Willie, Hereawa, thereawa, haud awa hame! Mod. Sc. They were all running hereaway thereaway. |