Hypertext Webster Gateway: "west"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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}.]
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.

And fresh from the west is the free wind's breath.
--Bryant.

2. A country, or region of country, which, with regard to
some other country or region, is situated in the direction
toward the west.

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.

{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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

West \West\, a.
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.

This shall be your west border. --Num. xxxiv.
6.

{West end}, the fashionable part of London, commencing from
the east, at Charing Cross.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

West \West\, adv. [AS. west.]
Westward.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

West \West\, v. i.
1. To pass to the west; to set, as the sun. [Obs.] ``The hot
sun gan to west.'' --Chaucer.

2. To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or
south toward the west.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

West \West\, a. (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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

west
adj : situated in or facing or moving toward the west [ant: {east}]
n 1: the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including)
North and South America [syn: {West}, {occident}]
2: the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees [syn: {due
west}, {W}]
3: the region of the United States lying to the west of the
Mississippi River [syn: {West}]
4: British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983) [syn: {West}, {Rebecca
West}, {Dame Rebecca West}, {Cicily Isabel Fairfield}]
5: United States film actress (1892-1980) [syn: {West}, {Mae
West}]
6: English painter (born in America) who became the second
president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820) [syn: {West}, {Benjamin
West}]
adv : to, toward, or in the west; "we moved west to Arizona"


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