WEST
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West (?), n. [AS. west, adv.; akin to D. west, G. west, westen, OHG. westan, Icel. vestr, Sw. vest, vester, vestan, Dan. vest, vesten, and perhaps to L. vesper evening, Gr. &unr_;. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. Cf. Vesper, Visigoth.]
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1. The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the point directly opposite to east.
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And fresh from the west is the free wind's breath.
Bryant.
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2. A country, or region of country, which, with regard to some other country or region, is situated in the direction toward the west.
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3. Specifically: (a) The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it having been discovered by sailing westward from Europe; the Occident. (b) (U. S. Hist. & Geog.) Formerly, that part of the United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now, commonly, the whole region west of the Mississippi river; esp., that part which is north of the Indian Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite article.
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West by north, West by south, according to the notation of the mariner's compass, that point which lies 111/4° to the north or south, respectively, of the point due west. -- West northwest, West southwest, that point which lies 221/2° to the north or south of west, or halfway between west and northwest or southwest, respectively. See Illust. of Compass.
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West, a. 1. Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the west, or coming from the west; as, a west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from the west.
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This shall be your west border.
Num. xxxiv. 6.
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2. (Eccl.) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the east, or the part containing the chancel and choir.
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West end, the fashionable part of London, commencing from the east, at Charing Cross.
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West, adv. [AS. west.] Westward.
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West, v. i.
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1. To pass to the west; to set, as the sun. [Obs.] “The hot sun gan to west.” Chaucer.
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2. To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west.
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