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west

1. one of the four cardinal points of the compass, 270° clockwise from north and 180° from east

2. the direction along a parallel towards the sunset, at 270° clockwise from north

3. the west any area lying in or towards the west

4. Cards the player or position at the table corresponding to west on the compass

5. (esp of the wind) from the west

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West¹

1. Benjamin. 1738--1820, US painter, in England from 1763

2. Mae. 1892--1980, US film actress

3. Nathanael, real name Nathan Weinstein. 1903--40, US novelist: author of Miss Lonely-Hearts (1933) and The Day of the Locust (1939)

4. Dame Rebecca, real name Cicily Isabel Andrews (née Fairfield). 1892--1983, British journalist, novelist, and critic

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West² the

1. the western part of the world contrasted historically and culturally with the East or Orient; the Occident

2. (formerly) the non-Communist countries of Europe and America contrasted with the Communist states of the East

3. (in the US)

a. that part of the US lying approximately to the west of the Mississippi

b. (during the Colonial period) the region outside the 13 colonies, lying mainly to the west of the Alleghenies

4. (in the ancient and medieval world) the Western Roman Empire and, later, the Holy Roman Empire