Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

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2. To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west.

WESTERING
West"er*ing, a.

Defn: Passing to the west.
Toward heaven's descent had sloped his westering wheel. Milton.

WESTERLY
West"er*ly, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the west; toward the west; coming from the west; western.

WESTERLY
West"er*ly, adv.

Defn: Toward the west; westward.

WESTERN
West"ern, a.

1. Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean. Far o'er the glowing western main. Keble.

2. Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breeze. Western Church. See Latin Church, under Latin. — Western empire (Hist.), the western portion of the Roman empire, as divided, by the will of Theodosius the Great, between his sons Honorius and Arcadius, a. d. 395.