As a noun terms
is .
As an adverb waterward is
towards the water.
terms
English
Noun
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waterward
English
Adverb
(
en adverb)
Towards the water.
* 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
- I now by instinct followed the streets that took me waterward , for there, doubtless, were the cheapest, if not the cheeriest inns.