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west

/wɛst/ noun A2
  1. 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.
  2. The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
  3. 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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## XLI NORTH-WEST PASSAGE 1.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 13 · C1
In the great and busy city where the East and West are met,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 25 · C1
Joe Larrabee came out of the post-oak flats of the Middle West pulsing with a genius for pictorial art.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 1 · C1
The next morning I was to start for the West to make my fortune.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 22 · C1

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