west
/wɛst/ noun A2- The direction opposite to that of the earth's rotation, specifically 270°. · We used to live in the west of the country.· Portugal lies to the west of Spain.
- The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
- In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.
Plural wests
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If you will kill for me the Wicked Witch of the West, I will bestow upon you a great many brains, and such good brains that you will be the wisest man in all the Land of Oz.”
Napoleon is the Mahomet of the West, and is worshipped by his commonplace but ambitious followers, not only as a leader and lawgiver, but also as the personification of equality.”
Those who dwelt in the East and the West were, indeed, wicked witches; but now that you have killed one of them, there is but one Wicked Witch in all the Land of Oz—the one who lives in the West.”
“I am told,” said the third man, “that it is the same at the West.
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