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proper noun
- (personification) The wind from the east.
- 1847: Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Princess
- : and I sat down and wrote, In such a hand as when a field of corn Bows all its ears before the roaring
- 1859: Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
- : uneasy rushes of wind went through the hall ... , West, North, and South, through the woods, four heavy-treading, unkempt figures crushed the high grass and cracked the branches
Translations: - Dutch: oostenwind
- German: Ostwind
- Italian: levante
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noun
- One of the four principal compass points, specifically 90°, conventionally directed to the right on maps; the direction of the rising sun at an equinox.
- 1895: w:Thomas Hardy, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure — In a few hours the birds come to it from all points of the compass – east, west, north, and south...
Translations: - Dutch: oosten(nl)n
- French: est(fr)m
- German: de(de, Osten, m}}, t+)Ost
- Italian: oriente(it, est, m, {{t+, it)m
- Spanish: oriente(es, este, m}}, {{t-, es)m
adjective
- Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
- (meteorology) wind from the east
- Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
- From the East; oriental.
Translations: - Dutch: oosters(nl)
- French: orientale(fr, oriental, m}}, {{t+, fr)f
- Italian: da est
adverb
- towards the east; eastwards
Translations: - Dutch: oostwaarts
- French: vers l'est
- Italian: a est, verso est
- Spanish: (con) rumbo este, (con) rumbo al este/oriente, hacia el este/oriente, hacia oriente, al este/oriente.
Etymology: Old English Äast
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