Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Westward

Westward , adverb

[Anglo-Saxon westweard. See West, and -ward. ]

Toward the west; as, to ride or sail westward.
Westward the course of empire takes its way. — Berkeley

Also: Westwards

Westward , adjective

Lying toward the west.
Yond same star that's westward from the pole. — Shakespeare

Westward , noun

The western region or countries; the west.