What is "where away"

Where \Where\, adv. [OE. wher, whar, AS. hw?r; akin to D. waar, OS. hw?r, OHG. hw[=a]r, w[=a]r, w[=a], G. wo, Icel. and Sw. hvar, Dan. hvor, Goth. hwar, and E. who; cf. Skr. karhi when.

1. At or in what place; hence, in what situation, position, or circumstances; -- used interrogatively.

   God called unto Adam, . . . Where art thou?
   --Gen. iii. 9.

   Note: See the Note under What, pron., 1.

2. At or in which place; at the place in which; hence, in the case or instance in which; -- used relatively.

   She visited that place where first she was so happy.
   --Sir P. Sidney.

   Where I thought the remnant of mine age Should have been cherished by her childlike duty.
   --Shak.

   Where one on his side fights, thousands will fly.
   --Shak.

   But where he rode one mile, the dwarf ran four.
   --Sir W. Scott.

3. To what or which place; hence, to what goal, result, or issue; whither; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, where are you going?

   But where does this tend?
   --Goldsmith.

   Lodged in sunny cleft, Where the gold breezes come not.
   --Bryant.

   Note: Where is often used pronominally with or without a preposition, in elliptical sentences for a place in which, the place in which, or what place.

   The star . . . stood over where the young child was.
   --Matt. ii. 9.

   The Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
   --Matt. viii. 20.

   Within about twenty paces of where we were.
   --Goldsmith.

   Where did the minstrels come from?
   --Dickens.

   Note: Where is much used in composition with preposition, and then is equivalent to a pronoun. Cf. Whereat, Whereby, Wherefore, Wherein, etc.

   Where away (Naut.), in what direction; as, where away is the land?

   Syn: See Whither.