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Passing to the west. Toward heaven's descent had sloped his westering wheel. Milton.

Of or pertaining to the west; toward the west; coming from the west; western.

Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean. Far o'er the glowing western main. Keble.

A native or inhabitant of the west.

Situated the farthest towards the west; most western.

The distance, reckoned toward the west, between the two meridians passing through the extremities of a course, or portion of a ship's path; the departure of a course which lies to the west of north.

A westerner. [R.]

See under Assembly.

Lying farthest to the west; westernmost.

Lying toward the west. Yond same star that's westward from the pole. Shak.

Toward the west; as, to ride or sail westward. Westward the course of empire takes its way. Berkeley.

In a westward direction.

Dizzy; giddy. [Prov. Eng.]

r liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table. "Wet cheeks." Shak.

A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse.

A plate the film of which retains its sensitiveness only while wet. The film used in such plates is of collodion impregnated with bromides and iodides. Before exposure the plate is immersed in a solution of silver nitrate, and immediately after exposure it is developed and fixed.

That one of the two similar thermometers of a psychrometer the bulb of which is moistened; also, the entire instrument.

Having the feet, or the shoes on the feet, wet.

The chaffinch, whose cry is thought to foretell rain. [Prov. Eng.]

A castrated ram.