southward

southward
/sowth"weuhrd/; Naut. /sudh"euhrd/, adj.
1. moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
2. coming from the south, as a wind.
adv.
3. Also, southwards. toward the south; south.
n.
4. the southward part, direction, or point.
[bef. 900; ME; OE suth weard. See SOUTH, -WARD]

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