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Found 9 hits - Term: east, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
east \east\, a.
   1. toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun
      rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east
      border; the east side; the east wind is a wind that blows
      from the east.
      1913 webster

   2. eccl. designating, or situated in, that part of a church
      which contains the choir or chancel; as, the east front of
      a cathedral.
      webster 1913 suppl.

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
east \east\, adv.
   eastward.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
east \east\, v. i.
   to move toward the east; to veer from the north or south
   toward the east; to orientate.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
east \east\ =est, n. oe. est, east, as. e'ast; akin to d.
   oost, oosten, ohg. =ostan, g. ost, osten, icel. austr, sw.
   ost, dan. "ost, "osten, lith. auszra dawn, l. aurora for
   ausosa, gr. 'hw`s, "e`os, 'a`yws, skr. ushas; cf. skr. ush
   to burn, l. urere. root149, 288. cf. aurora, easter,
   sterling.
   1. the point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise 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 which is toward the right hand of one who faces the
      north; the point directly opposite to the west.
      1913 webster

            the east began kindle.                --e. everett.
      1913 webster

   2. the eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries
      which lie east of europe; the orient. in this indefinite
      sense, the word is applied to asia minor, syria, chaldea,
      persia, india, china, etc.; as, the riches of the east;
      the diamonds and pearls of the east; the kings of the
      east.
      1913 webster

            the gorgeous east, with richest hand,
            showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. u. s. hist. and geog. formerly, the part of the united
      states east of the alleghany mountains, esp. the eastern,
      or new england, states; now, commonly, the whole region
      east of the mississippi river, esp. that which is north of
      maryland and the ohio river; -- usually with the definite
      article; as, the commerce of the east is not independent
      of the agriculture of the west.
      1913 webster

   east by north, east by south, according to the notation
      of the mariner's compass, that point which lies 111/4deg
      to the north or south, respectively, of the point due
      east.

   east-northeast, east-southeast, that which lies
      221/2deg to the north or south of east, or half way
      between east and northeast or southeast, respectively. see
      illust. of compass.
      1913 webster
see also:
aurora easter sterling east by north east by south east-northeast 
east-southeast compass 
[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
east
     adj : situated in or facing or moving toward the east ant: west
     n 1: the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees syn: due
          east, e
     2: the countries of asia syn: orient
     3: the region of the united states lying north of the ohio
        river and east of the mississippi river syn: eastern
        united states
     adv : to, toward, or in the east; "we travelled east for several
           miles"
see also:
west due east e orient eastern united states 
[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
60 moby thesaurus words for "east":
   e, antarctic, arctic, austral, boreal, cardinal points,
   compass card, compass rose, degrees, eastabout, eastbound,
   easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, eastward, eastwardly,
   eastwards, half points, hyperborean, lubber line, meridional,
   north, northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern,
   northerly, northern, northernmost, northward, northwest,
   northwesterly, northwestern, occident, occidental, orient,
   oriental, quarter points, rhumb, south, southbound, southeast,
   southeasterly, southeastern, southerly, southern, southernmost,
   southward, southwest, southwesterly, southwestern, sunrise, sunset,
   west, westbound, westerly, western, westernmost, westward




[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
48 moby thesaurus words for "east":
   africa, america, antipodes, asia, asia major, asia minor,
   australasia, dixie, dixieland, down east, east coast,
   eastern hemisphere, eurasia, europe, far east, levant,
   middle atlantic, middle east, middle west, near east, new england,
   new world, north, north central region, northeast, northwest,
   occident, oceania, old world, orient, pacific northwest, south,
   southeast, southwest, sunbelt, west, west coast,
   western hemisphere, yankeeland, continent, down under, eastland,
   landmass, northland, the coast, the old country, westland,
   wild west




[8] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
east
     
        a eureka project developing a software engineering
        platform.
     
        1994-12-07
     
     
see also:
eureka software engineering platform 
[9] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
east
   1. the orient mizrah; the rising of the sun. thus "the east
   country" is the country lying to the east of syria, the elymais
   zech. 8:7.
   
     2. properly what is in front of one, or a country that is
   before or in front of another; the rendering of the word
   _kedem_. in pointing out the quarters, a hebrew always looked
   with his face toward the east. the word _kedem_ is used when the
   four quarters of the world are described gen. 13:14; 28:14;
   and _mizrah_ when the east only is distinguished from the west
   josh. 11:3; ps. 50:1; 103:12, etc.. in gen. 25:6 "eastward" is
   literally "unto the land of kedem;" i.e., the lands lying east
   of palestine, namely, arabia, mesopotamia, etc.
   


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