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Northward   /nˈɔrθwərd/   Listen
Northward

adverb
1.
In a northern direction.  Synonyms: north, northerly, northwards.  "Let's go north!"
adjective
1.
Moving toward the north.  Synonym: northbound.  "We took the north train" , "The northward flow of traffic"
noun
1.
The cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees.  Synonyms: due north, N, north.






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"Northward" Quotes from Famous Books



... moment's hesitation, he swung the groundcar northward and raced along the edge of the chasm as fast as the car would negotiate the terrain. He looked anxiously at his watch. Nearly three hours had passed since he left Oostpoort. He had seven hours to go and he was still at least 16 kilometers from Rathole. ...
— Wind • Charles Louis Fontenay

... of exploration are now endeavoring to penetrate into the interior of the African continent. Mr. Livingston, at the last accounts, was proceeding northward from Lake Ngami. Dr. Beke, in Abyssinia, and the Rev. Mr. Thompson, on the Gaboon River, have also made some very interesting discoveries in African geography ...
— The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 • Various

... large and open to be warmed more than a few feet from the stove. Yet, with all these discomforts, we rejoiced to be here. It was the sure pledge that our foes had not been deceiving us in their promises of an exchange, for these men, with whom we found ourselves, were actually going northward in the next truce-boat, which was daily expected. Our hearts beat high as we thought that, after drinking the bitter draught of bondage and persecution for eight long months, we were at last to taste the ...
— Daring and Suffering: - A History of the Great Railroad Adventure • William Pittenger

... (104,000), the port of Florence, is the chief seat of the export straw-plaiting trade. It should be noted that notwithstanding Italy's extent of coast-line a large part of her foreign commerce is transacted northward by means of the railways that ...
— Up To Date Business - Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) • Various

... is the only one of this species which may truly be said to be a permanent resident of our country. The Mexican species are sometimes met with along the southwestern boundaries of the United States, but they emigrate only a few miles northward of their own regions. The salt-licks in the great button-wood bottoms along the Mississippi were once the favorite resorts of these birds, and they delighted to drink the saline water. It is to be regretted that so interesting ...
— Four Months in a Sneak-Box • Nathaniel H. Bishop


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