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(1):

(adv.) Toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows.

(2):

(n.) The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; - opposed to leeward.

(3):

(a.) Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the Windward Islands.