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Webster 1913 Edition


Seaward

Sea′ward

,
Adj.
Directed or situated toward the sea.
Donne.
Two still clouds . . . sparkled on their
seaward
edges like a frosted fleece.
G. W. Cable.

Sea′ward

,
adv.
Toward the sea.
Drayton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Seaward

SE'AWARD

,
Adj.
[sea and ward.] Directed towards the sea.

SE'AWARD

,
adv.
Towards the sea.

Definition 2024


seaward

seaward

English

Adjective

seaward (not comparable)

  1. Being in or facing the direction towards sea, as opposed to the direction to the land.
    The landward side of the fort faced more dangerous guns than the seaward side, which only faced what could be put on a ship.
    • G. W. Cable
      Two still clouds [] sparkled on their seaward edges like a frosted fleece.

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Adverb

seaward (not comparable)

  1. In the direction of the sea, toward the sea.
    Ever the sailor's widow looked seaward, hoping to see her missing man coming home.
    • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter IX”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
      He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous, [].

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