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northwards

/ ˈnɔːθwədz /

adverb

  1. towards the north


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Room ye shall have, Khan, till the moon rises, and food too; but after that we are off; we travel northwards.

In their company we now made our way Northwards along a path through fairly thick scrub as high as a man's waist.

He sighted Guichen's fleet on April 16 as it was sailing northwards and well to leeward of Dominica.

They proceeded northwards round Kialarnes, and after that were carried to the north-west.

Nay, if one wants to charm away sickness over (or into) a running stream, it must always be one which runs northwards.

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