East \East\, adv.
   Eastward.
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	East \East\, v. i.
   To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south
   toward the east; to orientate.
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	East \East\ ([=e]st), n. [OE. est, east, AS. e['a]st; akin to D.
   oost, oosten, OHG. [=o]stan, G. ost, osten, Icel. austr, Sw.
   ost, Dan. ["o]st, ["o]sten, Lith. auszra dawn, L. aurora (for
   ausosa), Gr. 'hw`s, "e`os, 'a`yws, Skr. ushas; cf. Skr. ush
   to burn, L. urere. [root]149, 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.
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            The east began kindle.                --E. Everett.
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   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.
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            The gorgeous East, with richest hand,
            Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold.
                                                  --Milton.
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   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.
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   East by north, East 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
      east.

   East-northeast, East-southeast, that which lies
      221/2[deg] to the north or south of east, or half way
      between east and northeast or southeast, respectively. See
      Illust. of Compass.
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	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.
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   2. (Eccl.) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church
      which contains the choir or chancel; as, the east front of
      a cathedral.
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	east
    adv 1: to, toward, or in the east; "we travelled east for
           several miles"; "located east of Rome"
    adj 1: situated in or facing or moving toward the east [ant:
           west]
    n 1: the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees [syn:
         east, due east, eastward, E]
    2: the countries of Asia [syn: East, Orient]
    3: the region of the United States lying to the north of the
       Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River [syn:
       East, eastern United States]
    4: the direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass
       point
    5: a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city

	

	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

	

	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

	

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	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.