/sowth"weuhrd/ ; Naut. /sudh"euhrd/ , adj.
1. moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
2. coming from the south, as a wind.
adv.
3. Also, southwards . toward the south; south.
n.
4. the southward part, direction, or point.
[ bef. 900; ME; OE suth weard. See SOUTH, -WARD ]