West | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Wēst, n.

noun

n. [A-S. & D. west, Icel. vestr, Sw. vest, vester, vestan, Dan. vest, vesten, O. H. Ger. west, vestan, N. H. Ger. west, vesten, whence Fr. ouest, O. Fr. west.] 1. The direction or quarter of the heavens where the sun sets; that one of the cardinal points which is midway between north and south, and on the left side of a person facing north; the point, direction, or region, opposed to east. 2. A country situated in a region toward the sun-setting, with respect to another; that country, or part of a country, which is situated to the west of another.

Wēst, a.

adjective

a. 1. Situated toward the west, or in the direction of the setting sun; relating to the west. This shall be your west border. Num. xxxiv. 6. 2. Coming or moving from the west, or western region; as, a west wind. West end, the fashionable part of London, commencing from the east, at Charing-cross.—West India tea (Bot.), a plant of the genus Capraria (C. biflora), the leaves of which are sometimes used, in the Antilles, as a substitute for tea. Simmonds.

Wēst, adv.

adverb

[A-S. west.] To the western region; at the westward; more westward; as, Ireland lies west of England.

Wēst, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To pass to the west; to set, as the sun. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west.