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Webster 1913 Edition
Western
West′ern
,Adj.
1.
Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets;
as, the
. western
shore of France; the western
oceanFar o’er the glowing
western
main. Keble.
2.
Moving toward the west;
as, a ship makes a
; coming from the west; western
courseas, a
. western
breezeWestern Church
. See
– Latin Church
, under Latin
. Western empire
(Hist.)
, the western portion of the Roman empire, as divided, by the will of Theodosius the Great, between his sons Honorius and Arcadius,
a. d.
395.Webster 1828 Edition
Western
WESTERN
,Adj.
1.
Being in the west, or int he region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as the western shore of France; the western ocean.2.
Moving in a line to the part where the sun sets; as, the ship makes a western course.