peakwardadv.
/ˈpiːkwəd/, U.S. /ˈpikwərd/ rare.
Towards the peak of a mountain.
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peakward1881
1881 W. Wilkins Songs of Study 65 Look on the eagle wheeling up peakward.
1997 Free Flight (Soaring Assoc. Canada) (Electronic ed.) Aug.–Sept. 7/2 We were able to see out to the flatlands. I pointed the nose down and headed peakward.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1881- to fault down or through
- to fault it
- to fault with or that
- to faultiness
- to fawn on, upon
- to fawn upon
- to fay in
- to fay upon long
- to feague away
- to feague it away
- to fear flee etc the face of
- to fear flee from the face of
- to fear no colours
- to fear of
- to fear of rarely at
- to fear offence
- to fear the face of
- to fear the worst
- to feast away
- to feast one's eyes on
- to feast with panthers
- to feat oneself forth
- to feather an oar
- to feather one's nest
- to feck off