adv. [f. SUN sb. + -WARDS.]
† 1. From the sunwards, away from the sun.
1574. W. Bourne, Regim. Sea, viii. (1577), 31. On the contrary side from the Sunnewardes.
1669. Worlidge, Syst. Agric. (1681), 189. And leave such always down during the Summer that are from the Sun-wards.
2. Towards the sun: = prec. A.
1858. Christina Rossetti, From House to Home, l. Each loving face bent Sunwards like a moon.
1873. Proctor, Expanse of Heaven, xvii. 189. Supposing such meteoric masses to have travelled sunwards from very great distances.
