West

west, n. the quarter where the sun sets: one of the four chief points of the compa : the direction faced when one stands with his back to the high altar of a church: the countries to the west of Europe.— adj. situated towards or coming from the west: opposite the high altar of a church.— adv. towards the west.— v.i. ( Spens. ) to move towards the west.— adv. West′-about′ , towards the west.— v.i. Wes′ter ( obs. ), to turn westward.— adjs. Wes′tering ( Milt. ), pa ing to the west; Wes′terly , lying or moving towards west: from the west.— adv. towards the west.— adj. Wes′tern , situated in the west: belonging to the west: moving towards, or coming from, the west.— n. an inhabitant of a western region or country.— ns. Wes′terner , a person belonging to the west; Wes′ternism , an idiom or other characteristic of western people.— adj. Wes′tern most , furthest to the west.— n. Wes′ting , space or distance westward: departure westward: time of setting or reaching the west.— adv. West′ling , towards the west.— adj. West′most , most westerly.— adj. and adv. West′ward , towards the west.— advs. West′wardly , West′wards , towards the west.— Western Church , the Latin Church, as distinguished from the Eastern or Greek Church; Western Empire , the western division of the later Roman Empire; Western States , the states of the American Union lying west of the Alleghanies.— Westward ho! to the west! an old cry of London watermen plying westwards. [A.S. west (Fr. ouest , Ice. vestr ); prob. conn. with Ice. vist , abode, L. vesper , Gr. hespera .]