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east⋅ward

[eest-werd]
–adverb
1. Also, eastwards. toward the east.
–adjective
2. moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the east.
–noun
3. the eastward part, direction, or point.

Origin:
bef. 850; ME estward, OE ēasteweard. See east, -ward
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east·ward   (ēst'wərd)   
adv.   & adj.
Toward, to, or in the east.
n.  An eastward direction, point, or region.
east'ward·ly adv. & adj., east'wards adv.
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