Wester

Full definition of wester

Noun

1. A strong westerly wind.

Verb

1. To move towards the west
• 1927, H. P. Lovecraft, The Very Old Folk, The hills rose scarlet and gold to the north of the little town, and the westering sun shone ruddily and mystically on the crude new stone and plaster buildings of the dusty forum and the wooden walls of the circus some distance to the east.
• 1936, , More Poems, XI, line 1-2The rainy Pleiads wester,Orion plunges prone,

Derived terms

• westering

Usage notes

Used especially of heavenly bodies