sunwake (sunwak)

The rays of the setting sun reflected on the water. According to sailors' tradition, a narrow wake is an indication of good weather on the following day, a broad wake a sign of bad weather. sunward, sunwards (sun'wärd, -wärdz), a. and adv. [ Which, launched upon its sunward track, No voice on earth could summon back. T. B. Read, Wagoner of the Alleghanies, p. 17.