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Definition of east

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East (n.) 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, the riches of the East; the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the East..

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Pentecost :: Pentecost (n.) A solemn festival of the Jews; -- so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks) after the second day of the Passover (which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan); -- hence called, also, the Feast of Weeks. At this festival an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made. By the Jews it was generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt..

Wean :: Wean (a.) To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment..

Merrymake :: Merrymake (v. i.) To make merry; to be jolly; to feast.

Piney :: Piney (a.) A term used in designating an East Indian tree (the Vateria Indica or piney tree, of the order Dipterocarpeae, which grows in Malabar, etc.) or its products..

Deliciate :: Deliciate (v. t.) To delight one's self; to indulge in feasting; to revel.

Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench..

Northeastern :: Northeastern (a.) Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly.

China :: China (n.) A country in Eastern Asia.

Breastplate :: Breastplate (n.) A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod..

Park :: Park (n.) A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant..

Paddy :: Paddy (n.) Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies.

Bodian :: Bodian (n.) A large food fish (Diagramma lineatum), native of the East Indies..

Rusty :: Rusty (superl.) Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon..

Pectoral :: Pectoral (a.) Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper..

Slav :: Slav (n.) One of a race of people occupying a large part of Eastern and Northern Europe, including the Russians, Bulgarians, Roumanians, Servo-Croats, Slovenes, Poles, Czechs, Wends or Sorbs, Slovaks, etc..

Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant..

Epulation :: Epulation (n.) A feasting or feast; banquet.

Placard :: Placard (n.) An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate.

Robin :: Robin (n.) A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula), having a reddish breast; -- called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock..

Feast :: Feast (n.) A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary..