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east

east / ēst/ • n. (usu. the east) 1. the direction toward the point of the horizon where the sun rises at the equinoxes, on the right-hand side of a person facing north, or the point on the horizon itself: a gale was blowing from the east. ∎  the compass point corresponding to this. 2. the eastern part of the world or of a specified country, region, or town: a factory in the east of the city. ∎  (usu. the East) the regions or countries lying to the east of Europe, esp. China, Japan, and India. ∎  (usu. the East) the eastern part of the U.S. from the Alleghenies on the west and north of the Mason-Dixon line. ∎  (usu. the East) hist. the former communist states of eastern Europe. 3. (East) Bridge the player sitting to the left of North and partnering West. • adj. 1. lying toward, near, or facing the east: the hospital's east wing. ∎  (of a wind) blowing from the east. 2. (often East) of or denoting the eastern part of a specified area, city, or country or its inhabitants: East Texas East African. • adv. to or toward the east: traveling east, he met two men.

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east adv. OE.; sb. (OE. ēaste fem.); adj. (in OE. only compar. ēast(er)ra, superl. ēast(e)mest). OE. ēast- in comps. (e.g. ēastende eastern region, Ēastangle East-Anglians) = OFris. āst, OS., OHG. ōst (Du. oost, G. ost), repr. Gmc. *austa- (with suffix *-nō- in OE. ēastan, OS., OHG. ōstana, ON. austan from the east); as adv. prob. shortening of *ēaster = OS., OHG. ōstar, ON. austr toward the east :- Gmc. *austra-, which is found in the proper names Ēstranglī (Bede) East-Anglians, OHG. Ōstarrīhi (G. Österreich) Austria; f. IE. base *aus-, as in L. aurōra (:- *ausōsā), Gr. (Aeolic) aúōs, Lith. aušrà, Skr. uşā́- dawn.
So †easter eastern. XIV–XIX. perh. continuing OE. compar. ēasterra. Hence prob. easterly XVI. eastern. OE. ēasterne = OS., OHG. ōstroni, ON. austrœnn :- Gmc. *austrōnja-, eastward adv. toward the east. OE. ēastewearde; hence as adj. XV.

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east One of the points of the compass, the direction of sunrise, and in combination with the other three points (Ps. 107: 3) there is an expression of totality.

The east is associated with wisdom (Job 1: 3) and astrology (Matt. 2: 1).

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East as affix, see main name, e.g. for East Allington (Devon) see Allington.

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eastarriviste, artiste, batiste, beast, dirigiste, east, feast, least, Mideast, modiste, northeast, piste, priest, southeast, uncreased, unreleased, yeast •wildebeest • hartebeest • beanfeast •anapaest (US anapest)

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