Obs. [f. SUPPER sb.1: see -WARD.] To supperward: to supper; at or about supper-time.
c. 1563. Jack Juggler, 221. She vseth for hir bodylie helth, and safegard To chyd daylie oone fite, too supperward.
1608. Golding, Epit. Frossard, I. 15. The English Captaine … in an euening, when the French men were to supperward, brake suddainelie out of a wood.
So Supperwards adv. rare, to supper.
1887. Field, 19 Feb., 251/3. Again resuming our way, we proceeded supperwards.
1897. Animal World (R.S.P.C.A.), XXVIII. 75/1. The moon’s silvery beams, dancing on the waters, warned me to be hastening supperwards.
