hillwardadv.adj.
A. adv.
Towards the hill.In quot. ?1577, phrase ‘down the hill’ with postposition.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [adverb]
hillward?1577
?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Avv Mee thought I had espied, A thing come downe the hilward toward me.]
B. adj.
That faces towards a hill.
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the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [adjective] > facing > facing specific thing
streetward1842
landward1844
hillward1870
street front1894
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [adjective] > facing
hillward1870
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 296 A house..whose hillward side Is midst the vines.
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