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Webster 1913 Edition
West
West
,Noun.
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 11¼° to the north or south, respectively, of the point due west.
– West northwest
, West southwest
that point which lies 22½° to the north or south of west, or halfway between west and northwest or southwest, respectively. See Illust. of
Compass
.West
,Adj.
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 westThis shall be your
west
border. Num. xxxiv. 6.
West end
, the fashionable part of London, commencing from the east, at Charing Cross.
West
,adv.
[AS.
west
.] Westward.
West
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
West
WEST
,Noun.
1.
In strictness, that point of the horizon where the sun sets at the equinox, or any point in a direct line between the spectator or other object, and that point of the horizon; or west is the intersection of the prime vertical with the horizon, on that side where the sun sets. West is directly opposite to east, and one of the cardinal points. In a less strict sense, west is the region of the hemisphere near the point where the sun sets when in the equator. Thus we say, a star sets in the west, a meteor appears in the west, a cloud rises in the west.2.
A country situated in the region towards the sun-setting, with respect to another. Thus in the United States, the inhabitants of the Atlantic states speak of the inhabitants of Ohio, Kentucky or Missouri, and call them people of the west; and formerly, the empire of Rome was called the empire of the West, in opposition to the empire of the East, the seat of which was Constantinople.WEST
,Adj.
1.
Being in a line towards the point where the sun sets when in the equator; or in a looser sense, being in the region near the line of direction towards that point, either on the earth or in the heavens.This shall be your west border. Numbers 34.
2.
Coming or moving from the west or western region; as a west wind.WEST
,adv.
WEST
,Verb.
I.