sunwards, adv.
(ˈsʌnwədz)
[f. sun n.1 + -wards.]
† 1. from the sunwards, away from the sun.
| 1574 W. Bourne Regim. Sea viii. (1577) 31 On the contrary side from the Sunnewardes. 1669 Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1681) 189 And leave such always down during the Summer that are from the Sun-wards. |
2. Towards the sun: = prec. A.
| 1851 H. Melville Moby Dick III. xxx. 189 Here, too, life dies sunwards, full of faith. 1858 C. Rossetti From House to Home l, Each loving face bent Sunwards like a moon. 1873 Proctor Expanse of Heaven xvii. 189 Supposing such meteoric masses to have travelled sunwards from very great distances. |