houseward
advEtymology From house + -ward.
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Towards a house.
- Peter moved reluctantly houseward, and Suzanna ended: "Isn't it fine that today was teachers' meeting so we could have a holiday?"1915, Emily Calvin Blake, Suzanna Stirs the Fire:
- Aright unto Hygelac was Beowulf's speeding made knowen full swiftly, That there into the house-place that hedge of the warriors, His mate of the linden-board, living was come, Hale from the battle-play home to him houseward.1904, William Morris, A. J. Wyatt, The Tale of Beowulf:
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- The clamor of rushing steeds in the lane suddenly drowned this; a loud, joyous whinny sounded in the very kitchen it seemed, and there was a rush houseward past the pantry as of a troop of cavalry.1898, Henry Francis Keenan, The Iron Game: