\West\, a. (Eccl.)
Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which is
opposite to, and farthest from, the east, or the part
containing the chancel and choir.

\West\, n. [AS. west, adv.; akin to D. west, G. west,
westen, OHG. westan, Icel. vestr, Sw. vest, vester, vestan,
Dan. vest, vesten, and perhaps to L. vesper evening, Gr. ?.
????. Cf. {Vesper}, {Visigoth}.]
1. The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at
   the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth;
   that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which
   is in a direction at right angles to that of north and
   south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the
   point directly opposite to east.

         And fresh from the west is the free wind's breath.
                                               --Bryant.

2. A country, or region of country, which, with regard to
   some other country or region, is situated in the direction
   toward the west.

3. Specifically:
   (a) The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it
       having been discovered by sailing westward from
       Europe; the Occident.
   (b) (U. S. Hist. & Geog.) Formerly, that part of the
       United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now,
       commonly, the whole region west of the Mississippi
       river; esp., that part which is north of the Indian
       Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite
       article.

{West by north}, {West by south}, according to the notation
   of the mariner's compass, that point which lies 111/4[deg]
   to the north or south, respectively, of the point due
   west.

{West northwest}, {West southwest}, that point which lies
   221/2[deg] to the north or south of west, or halfway
   between west and northwest or southwest, respectively. See
   Illust. of {Compass}.

\West\, a.
Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western
direction from the point of observation or reckoning;
proceeding toward the west, or coming from the west; as, a
west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a
west wind blows from the west.

      This shall be your west border.          --Num. xxxiv.
                                               6.

{West end}, the fashionable part of London, commencing from
   the east, at Charing Cross.

\West\, adv. [AS. west.]
Westward.

\West\, v. i.
1. To pass to the west; to set, as the sun. [Obs.] ``The hot
   sun gan to west.'' --Chaucer.

2. To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or
   south toward the west.