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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. . .  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 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.
   
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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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