Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Homeward \Home"ward\, Homewards \Home"wards\, adv. [AS.
   h[=a]mweard.]
   Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or
   country.

   {Homeward bound}, bound for home; going homeward; as, the
      homeward bound fleet.