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单词 to the sunward
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to (also from) the sunward
The direction of the sun. Only in to (also from) the sunward. Cf. sunwards n. Obsolete.In quot. 1611: the side of a fruit exposed most to the sun whilst ripening; cf. sunny side n. 1.
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1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Auersus Auersis..cornibus,..with the corners from the sunne warde.
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 267 They [sc. Falconers] set the Hawke on a perche, with hir trayne and backe to the Sunne ward.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Avant-pesche, th' Auant-peach,..russet on one side, and red to the Sunne-ward.
1659 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. D. Sennert Thirteen Bks. Nat. Philos. ii. ii. 56 For first we may cheifly observe, it in the Moon, which in regard of her several posture to the Sunward, hath various Appearances.
1715 J. Maxwell tr. I. Newton in Disc. conc. God 104 Gravity towards the Sun is compos'd of the Gravities towards each Particle of the Sun, and decreases from the Sun-ward.
1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 125 A skepp o' Bees,..Wadg't in atween twa willow trees, An' airtan to the sinwart.
1871 in A. C. Swinburne Poems (1905) II. 98 Lest earth spread open her wings to the sunward, and sing with the spheres.
extracted from sunwardn.adv.adj.
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