tailwardsadv.
/ˈteɪlwəd(z/ Toward the tail; also quasi-n. (with to, from), the direction in which the tail is.
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in backward direction
hindwarda1300
behindc1340
backwardc1386
arrear1393
awkwardc1440
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back-half1470
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backwardly1552
rearward1604
tailwards1617
aversely1646
hindlongs1668
rearwards1835
rearwardly1856
arseling1887
1617 S. Purchas Pilgrimage v. vii. §2. 590 Their faces to the taile-wards.
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 162 The finger being rubb'd from the tail-wards towards the head.
1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters III. ix. 119 We were..set astride on the bare backs [of the mules], with our faces turned tailwards.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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