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Definition of east

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East (n.) 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, the commerce of the East is not independent of the agriculture of the West..

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Van :: Van (n.) A large covered wagon for moving furniture, etc., also for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition..

Forebeam :: Forebeam (n.) The breast beam of a loom.

Declination :: Declination (n.) The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south..

Impaction :: Impaction (n.) An immovable packing; (Med.), a lodgment of something in a strait or passage of the body; as, impaction of the fetal head in the strait of the pelvis; impaction of food or feces in the intestines of man or beast..

Kuda :: Kuda (n.) The East Indian tapir. See Tapir.

Saussurite :: Saussurite (n.) A tough, compact mineral, of a white, greenish, or grayish color. It is near zoisite in composition, and in part, at least, has been produced by the alteration of feldspar..

Superlucration :: Superlative (n.) The superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, a form or word by which the superlative degree is expressed; as, strongest, wisest, most stormy, least windy, are all superlatives..

Speck :: Speck (n.) A small etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States.

Agape :: Agape (n.) The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion..

Surcharge :: Surcharge (n.) The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to..

Antepaschal :: Antepaschal (a.) Pertaining to the time before the Passover, or before Easter..

Yeast-bitten :: Yeast-bitten (a.) A term used of beer when the froth of the yeast has reentered the body of the beer.

Orpheus :: Orpheus (n.) The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre..

Vampire :: Vampire (n.) A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus causing their death. This superstition is now prevalent in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730..

Aquarius :: Aquarius (n.) The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East..

Stellionate :: Stellion (n.) A lizard (Stellio vulgaris), common about the Eastern Mediterranean among ruins. In color it is olive-green, shaded with black, with small stellate spots. Called also hardim, and star lizard..

Abhal :: Abhal (n.) The berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies.

Hariali Grass :: Hariali grass () The East Indian name of the Cynodon Dactylon; dog's-grass.

Bedding :: Bedding (n.) A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast; bedclothes; litter..

Nubian :: Nubian (a.) Of or pertaining to Nubia in Eastern Africa.