Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Toward or tending toward the brain.
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Examples
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His senses were so heightened that he could smell not just roasting flesh but the rosemary with which it had been rubbed; could hear not only the calm rhythm of his breath but the tidal murmur of his blood climbing brainward on one side of his neck and descending heartward on the other.
The Dark Tower King, Stephen 2004
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But as the hour approached, the solemn importance of the occasion was stealing brainward, and she even began to feel glad she was
Emmy Lou Her Book and Heart George Madden Martin 1901
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