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<hw>East</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>est</ets>, <ets>east</ets>, AS. <ets>e\'a0st</ets>; akin to D. <ets>oost</ets>, <ets>oosten</ets>, OHG. <ets><?/stan</ets>, G. <ets>ost</ets>, <ets>osten</ets>, Icel. <ets>austr</ets>, Sw. <ets>ost</ets>, Dan. <ets>\'94st</ets>, <ets>\'94sten</ets>, Lith. <ets>auszra</ets> dawn, L. <ets>aurora</ets> (for <ets>ausosa</ets>), Gr. <?/, <?/, <?/, Skr. <ets>ushas</ets>; cf. Skr. <ets>ush</ets> to burn, L. <ets>urere</ets>. <?/<?/<?/<?/, <?/<?/<?/. Cf. <er>Aurora</er>, <er>Easter</er>, <er>Sterling</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>east</b> began kindle. <i>E. Everett.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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>as, the riches of the <ex>East</ex>; the diamonds and pearls of the <ex>East</ex>; the kings of the <ex>East</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>The gorgeous <b>East</b>, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(U. S. Hist. and Geog.)</fld> <def>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>as, the commerce of the <ex>East</ex> is not independent of the agriculture of the West</as>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>East by north</col>, <col>East by south</col></mcol>, <cd>according to the notation of the mariner's compass, that point which lies 11<?/<?/ to the north or south, respectively, of the point due east.</cd> -- <mcol><col>East-northeast</col>, <col>East-southeast</col></mcol>, <cd>that which lie 22<?/<?/ to the north or south of east, or half way between east and northeast or southeast, respectively. See <i>Illust<i>. of <er>Compass</er>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>East</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; <as>as, the <ex>east</ex> gate; the <ex>east</ex> border; the <ex>east</ex> side; the <ex>east</ex> wind is a wind that blows from the east.</as></def>

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<hw>East</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Eastward.</def>

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<hw>East</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east; to orientate.</def>

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<hw>Eas"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>e\'a0ster</ets>, <ets>e\'a0stran</ets>, paschal feast, Easter; akin to G. <ets>ostern</ets>; fr. AS. <ets>E\'a0stre</ets>, a goddess of light or spring, in honor of whom a festival was celebrated in April; whence this month was called in AS. <ets>E\'a0sterm<?/na<?/</ets>. From the root of E. <ets>east</ets>. See <er>East</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An annual church festival commemorating Christ's resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after Good Friday. It corresponds to the pasha or passover of the Jews, and most nations still give it this name under the various forms of <i>pascha</i>, <i>pasque</i>, <i>p\'83que</i>, or <i>pask</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The day on which the festival is observed; Easter day.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Easter</i> is used either adjectively or as the first element of a compound; as, <i>Easter</i> day or <i>Easter</i>-day, <i>Easter</i> Sunday, <i>Easter</i> week, <i>Easter</i> gifts.</note>

<blockquote>Sundays by thee more glorious break, An <b>Easter</b> day in every week. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Easter day</i>, on which the rest of the movable feasts depend, is always the first Sunday after the fourteenth day of the calendar moon which (fourteenth day) falls on, or next after, the 21st of March, according to the rules laid down for the construction of the calendar; so that if the fourteenth day happen on a Sunday, Easter day is the Sunday after.</note>

<i>Eng. Cyc.</i>

<cs><col>Easter dues</col> <fld>(Ch. of Eng.)</fld>, <cd>money due to the clergy at Easter, formerly paid in communication of the tithe for personal labor and subject to exaction. For <i>Easter dues<i>, Easter offerings, voluntary gifts, have been substituted.</cd> -- <col>Easter egg</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A painted or colored egg used as a present at Easter.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An imitation of an egg, in sugar or some fine material, sometimes made to serve as a box for jewelry or the like, used as an Easter present.</cd></cs>

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<hw>East"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To veer to the east; -- said of the wind.</def>

<i>Russell.</i>

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<hw>East"er*ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Sterling</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic.</def>