adv. and adj.
A. adv. Towards the earth. Also fig.
c. 1440. Gesta Rom., xc. 413 (Add. MS.). The Fadre loked to the Erthward, and fownde a peny.
1646. Jenkyn, Remora, 28. Shall we run with the swiftnes of the Roe earthward, and go a dull Asses trot heavenward?
1880. Daily Tel., 4 Nov., 3/1. The interminable outpourings of smoke … sink earthward.
B. as adj.
1870. M. D. Conway (title), The Earthward Pilgrimage.
