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wester
1[ wes-ter ]
wester
2[ wes-ter ]
verb (used without object)
- (of heavenly bodies) to move or tend westward.
- to shift or veer toward the west.
wester
/ ˈwɛstə /
verb
- intr (of the sun, moon, or a star) to move or appear to move towards the west
noun
- a strong wind or storm from the west
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"There's Burley," said Blackie, clad in a long oilskin and a sou'wester as he checked off the home-coming adventurers.
The upper windows of the pavilion commanded a considerable spread of links in the direction of Graden-Wester.
"It may come to be a bit sloppy when this sou'wester gets its gait on," he suggested to the skipper.
The tug dropped them off the Tail of the Horseshoe; a smashing sou'wester was serving them.
Then tying on his sou'-wester again he made his way out and gave a mug to each of the others.
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