West Pointer

An officer of the United States army who has been graduated from the West Point military school; a student of the West Point acad emy. West Virginia, s . [VIRGINIA.] One of the States of the U. S. A. Formed from the NW. part of Virginia and admitted as a State, June 2), 1863. Area, 24.780 square miles. Rich in coal and iron. Capital and metropolis, Wheeling. *wěst, v . i . [WEST, S.] 1. To pa to the west; to set, as the sun. "Twice hath he risen where he now doth west." Spenser: F. Q., V. i. (Introd.) 2. To a ume a westerly direction; to change to the west. "If the wind varies toward the north of the west, his westing will be considerable."-Cook: First Voyage , bk. i., ch. vi.