waterwardn.adv.

a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) 103 He..Walkeð to ðe water ward, wile ðanne drinken.

1417 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 13 That the water be ledde downe..fra the thrid poste of the house of Dame Alice Plumpton fra the waterward of Use [= Ouse], be a pype of lede closed wyth a loker.

a1425 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Linc. Inn) (1952) l. 3660 Þreo þousand of þe gomes..To waterward [c1400 Laud To waterwardes] wiþ sweord egge.

1547 T. Carleton in J. Nicolson & R. Burn Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland (1777) I. vii. p. lii The town is diked on both sides, with a gate to the water-ward, and a gate in the over end to the fell-ward.

1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 71 Off-ward, is a terme used, when a ship is ashore, and heeles to the water-ward, from-wards the shore.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick ii. 9 I now by instinct followed the streets that took me waterward, for there, doubtless, were the cheapest, if not the cheeriest inns.

1930 Motor Boating Dec. 146/1 The pilot pulls on the release wire and with a snap the towline is released and falls earthward or rather waterward.

1991 Connecticut Environment Jan. 18/1 In the tidal, coastal or navigable waters of the state, waterward of the high tide line.

2006 L. Wright Saving St. Johns River v. 62 The filled residential subdivision lands are not adjacent to Smith's property and are not waterward of the Smith's dikes.