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West \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. ?.
????. 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[deg]
to the north or south, respectively, of the point due
west.

{West northwest}, {West southwest}, that point which lies
221/2[deg] 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 \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 \West\, adv. [AS. west.]
Westward.
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West \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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