- westering
-
/wes"teuhr ing/, adj.moving or shifting toward the west: the westering sun; a westering wind.[1375-1425; late ME; see WESTER2, -ING2]
* * *
Universalium. 2010.
westering
Look at other dictionaries:
Westering — West er*ing, a. Passing to the west. [1913 Webster] Toward heaven s descent had sloped his westering wheel. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
westering — /ˈwɛstərɪŋ/ (say westuhring) adjective moving towards the west: *A radiance as of the westering sun filled it – but that, his reason told him, was impossible: the house faced south. –david malouf, 1990. {wester + ing2} …
Westering High School — Infobox School name = Westering High School imagesize = 100x110 motto = OPTIMA PETAMUS established = 1970 grades = 8 12 district = type = Public high school principal = Stuart Hayward enrollment = 980 faculty = ratio = teamname = conference =… … Wikipedia
westering — adj. moving towards the west, shifting in the direction of the west; descending towards the west (of the sun)n. westerly wind, wind coming from the west v. turn to west, aim westward … English contemporary dictionary
westering — adjective literary (especially of the sun) nearing the west. Origin C17: from the literary verb wester, from west … English new terms dictionary
westering — adj. (of the sun) nearing the west. Etymology: wester (v.) ME f. WEST … Useful english dictionary
Frosty Westering — College coach infobox Name = Frosty Westering | ImageWidth = Caption = DateOfBirth = Birthplace = DateOfDeath = Deathplace = Sport = Football College = Title = CurrentRecord = OverallRecord = 305 96 7 Awards = Championships = CFbDWID = 3907… … Wikipedia
Marv Harshman — Marv K. Harshman (born October 4, 1917) is a former college men s basketball coach native to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA. Contents 1 Collegiate career 2 Honors 3 Head coaching record 4 R … Wikipedia
Puncher & Wattmann — is an independent Australian publishing house founded by David Musgrave in 2005. It specialises in publishing Australian poetry and literary fiction. Launched by David Malouf, its first title, James Stinks (and so does Chuck) by Nick Riemer… … Wikipedia
wester — intransitive verb (westered; westering) Etymology: Middle English westren, from 1west Date: 14th century to turn or move westward < the half moon westers low A. E. Housman > … New Collegiate Dictionary
