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English Dictionary: West' by the DICT Development Group
6 results for West'
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\, 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
            11[frac14][deg] to the north or south, respectively, of
            the point due west.
  
      {West northwest}, {West southwest}, that point which lies
            22[frac12][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\, v. i.
      1. To pass to the west; to set, as the sun. [Obs.] [bd]The
            hot sun gan to west.[b8] --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\, adv. [AS. west.]
      Westward.

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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   West, MS (town, FIPS 78680)
      Location: 33.19812 N, 89.78142 W
      Population (1990): 184 (105 housing units)
      Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 39192
   West, TX (city, FIPS 77332)
      Location: 31.80321 N, 97.09283 W
      Population (1990): 2515 (1159 housing units)
      Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 76691
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