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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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†GATEWARDS, adv., prep. Also getward(s), gaitward(s).

I. adv. With for, (un)to: straightway to, on the road towards, in the direction of.Sc. 1701 Seafield Corresp. (S.H.S.) 338:
I am to send my son George getvard ffor Edr. Moondayes morning.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 26:
They left me there, sae I but ony mair, Getwards alane, unto the glens can fare.Ib. 42:
Down gatewards to the burn his course he steers, But in his sight no herd as yet appears.Abd. 1794 Sc. N. & Q. (Series 2) VI. 183:
Gawn gate-wards to the Brigg o' Hell Sic panic fear upo' me fell.Slk. 1991 Harvey Holton in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 133:
Aiblins abune still; fer-bye fechtan,
fer-bye fleean, he gaes gaitward
fuitless fuitsteids giean girth
tae Bran's back:

¶II. prep. Towards; a nonce use.s.Sc. 1857 H. S. Riddell Psalms v. 3:
I wull cum intil thy hous in the multetud o' thy mercie; an' in thy feær wull I wurship gaitwairds thy haly temple.