1. [adv]  toward the west; "they traveled westward toward the setting sun"
2. [adj]  moving toward the west; "westbound pioneers"

Westward
These 28 stories about the American West include work by, among others, Michelle Black, James Reasoner, Arthur Winfield Knight, Don Coldsmith, Susan K. Salzer, Janet E. Graebner, and the editor himself, Dale L. Walker.

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1. \West"ward\, Westwards \West"wards\, adv. [AS.
   westweard. See {West}, and {-ward}. ]
   Toward the west; as, to ride or sail westward.
         Westward the course of empire takes its way.
                                                  --Berkeley.
   

2. \West"ward\, a.
   Lying toward the west.
         Yond same star that's westward from the pole. --Shak.
   

3. \West"ward\, n.
   The western region or countries; the west.
   

sea-ward, i.e., toward the Mediterranean (Deut. 3:27).