West
(West), adv. [AS. west.] Westward.
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.
Westering
(West"er*ing) a. Passing to the west.
Toward heaven's descent had sloped his westering wheel.
Milton. Westerly
(West"er*ly), a. Of or pertaining to the west; toward the west; coming from the west; western.
Westerly
(West"er*ly), adv. Toward the west; westward.
Western
(West"ern) a.
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 ocean.
Far o'er the glowing western main.
Keble. 2. Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western
breeze.
Western 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.
Westerner
(West"ern*er) n. A native or inhabitant of the west.
Westernmost
(West"ern*most`) a. Situated the farthest towards the west; most western.
West India
(West` In"di*a West` In"di*an) Belonging or relating to the West Indies.
West India tea (Bot.), a shrubby plant (Capraria biflora) having oblanceolate toothed leaves which are
sometimes used in the West Indies as a substitute for tea.
West Indian
(West` In"di*an). A native of, or a dweller in, the West Indies.
Westing
(West"ing) n. (Naut. & Surv.) The distance, reckoned toward the west, between the two meridians
passing through the extremities of a course, or portion of a ship's path; the departure of a course which
lies to the west of north.
Westling
(West"ling) n. A westerner. [R.]
Westminster Assembly
(West"min`ster As*sem"bly) See under Assembly.
Westmost
(West"most`) a. Lying farthest to the west; westernmost.
Westward
(West"ward West"wards) adv. [AS. westweard. See West, and - ward. ] Toward the west; as,
to ride or sail westward.
Westward the course of empire takes its way.
Berkeley.
