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Westerly, town (1990 pop. 21,605), Washington co., extreme SW R.I., between the Pawcatuck River and Block Island Sound; inc. 1669. Its textile industry dates from 1814, and granite has been quarried there since c.1850. Westerly has other varied manufactures and a substantial trade market. The town actually embraces 11 different villages. A bridge (1932) connects the village of Westerly with Connecticut. westerly 1. (esp of the wind) from the west 2. a wind blowing from the west How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The end of the day is the time to gaze at the kingly face of the Westerly Weather, who is the arbiter of ships' destinies. Every summer she would fear lest the well should give out, every winter lest the pipes should freeze; every westerly gale might blow the wych-elm down and bring the end of all things, and so she could not read or talk during a westerly gale. Next was Tashtego, an unmixed Indian from Gay Head, the most westerly promontory of Martha's Vineyard, where there still exists the last remnant of a village of red men, which has long supplied the neighboring island of Nantucket with many of her most daring harpooneers. |
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