Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Furthest to the west.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Lying farthest to the west; westernmost.
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- adjective
Furthest to thewest ; mostwestern .
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- adjective farthest to the west
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is one of the westmost parts of China, almost as far west as Delhi, though thousands of miles north of Delhi.
A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978
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On this westmost promontory of the beautiful land -- the farthest point reached by the oldest civilisation of Egypt and Greece -- the Sibyl stood on her watch-tower, and gazed with prophetic eye upon the distant horizon, seeing beyond the light of the setting sun and "the baths of all the western stars" the dawn of a more wonderful future, and dreamt of a--
Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan
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On the way up, as they were passing along the westmost sector of the Eski line, one of our most promising young
The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 F. L. Morrison
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In carrying out the work the south wall opposite the three westmost bays of the choir was removed, and three arches carried on two piers substituted.
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story
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It is so commanding that he who stands on the westmost pinnacle can look across the windy hill of the Pnyx, across the brown plain-land and down to the sparkling blue sea with the busy havens of Peiræus and
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
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Far on the westering desert, beyond the valley, Pringle saw a white feather of smoke from a toiling train; beyond that a twisting gap in the blue of the westmost range.
The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On Eugene Manlove Rhodes 1901
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All these above mencion'd captaines landed att the Golden Islands, which lieth about 15 leagues to the westerd of the westmost Point of
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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The ground selected for the burial-place is the westmost space but one on the northern side of the Cemetery, and in a line with the graves of Dr. Chalmers, Sir Andrew Agnew, and Sheriff Speirs, with which it is in close proximity.
The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed Hugh Miller 1829
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The westmost of these islands, which the Dutch among us named _Orange_ isle, is the largest, being seven or eight leagues from
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Watch the following scene, then go see Marta who is standing across the river in the westmost part of the village.
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