fromward

== English == === Alternative forms === frammard, fromard, frommard, frommart, frommet, frommud, vrammard, vrammerd (dialectal) === Etymology === From Middle English fromward, framward, from Old English framweard (“about to depart, departing, doomed to die; with his back turned”, adjective) and framweardes (“away from”, adverb), equivalent to from +‎ -ward. Compare froward. === Adjective === fromward (comparative more fromward, superlative most fromward) Turned away; averse. (now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) Leaning or listing away from; distant from; on the right-hand side; on the opposite side. ==== Usage notes ==== Traditionally used in ploughing (or similarly with harvest-field teams) in which the driver walks on the left-hand side; hence the right-hand side being linked with the off-hand or opposite side. === Adverb === fromward (comparative more fromward, superlative most fromward) (now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) Forth; forward. === Noun === fromward (plural fromwards) (now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) A cleaving tool; an iron instrument with a blade set at right angles on a short handle, used for splitting laths or rails. ==== Synonyms ==== frower, froe, frow === Preposition === fromward (now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) From; away from. ==== Synonyms ==== fromwards ==== Antonyms ==== toward ==== Derived terms ==== frommarding ==== Translations ==== === References === Wright, Joseph (1900), The English Dialect Dictionary‎[1], volume 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 505