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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NORTH'WARD, a. Being towards the north, or nearer to the north than to the east and west points.
NORTH'WARD, adv. Towards the north, or towards a point nearer to the north than the east and west points.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: moving toward the north; "the northbound lane"; "we took the north train"; "the northward flow of traffic" [syn: northbound, northward] n
1: the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees [syn: north, due north, northward, N] adv
1: in a northern direction; "they earn more up north"; "Let's go north!" [syn: north, northerly, northwards, northward]

Merriam Webster's

I. adverb or adjective Date: before 12th century toward the north • northwards adverb II. noun Date: 14th century northward direction or part <sail to the northward>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj., adv., & n. --adj. & adv. (also northwards) towards the north. --n. a northward direction or region.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Northward North"ward, a. [AS. nor[eth]weard.] Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Northward North"ward, Northwards North"wards, adv. Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than to the east or west point.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also northwards Northward or northwards means towards the north. Tropical storm Marco is pushing northward up Florida's coast. ...the flow of immigrants northward. ADV: usu ADV after v, also n ADV • Northward is also an adjective. The northward journey from Jalalabad was no more than 120 miles. ADJ: ADJ n

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Heb. tsaphon), a "hidden" or "dark place," as opposed to the sunny south (Deut. 3:27). A Hebrew in speaking of the points of the compass was considered as always having his face to the east, and hence "the left hand" (Gen. 14:15; Job 23:9) denotes the north. The "kingdoms of the north" are Chaldea, Assyria, Media, etc.

Moby Thesaurus

N, cardinal points, compass card, compass rose, degrees, east, eastward, half points, lubber line, north, north about, northeast, northerly, northwardly, northwards, northwest, norward, occident, orient, quarter points, rhumb, south, southeast, southward, southwest, sunrise, sunset, west, westward