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† ˈeastermost, a. Obs.
[f. easter a. + -most, in place of the earlier eastmost; cf. bettermost, uppermost, etc. Now superseded by easternmost.]
Most easterly; situated farthest to the east.
1555Eden Decades W. Ind. (Arb.) 381 The eastermost tree is the hyghest. 1614Raleigh Hist. World ii. 287 The..Easter-most Hils of Tyre. 1704Collect. Voy. & Trav. III. 51/2 The bigger Island..is the Eastermost. 1832J. C. Hare in Philological Museum i. 175 The eastermost Pelasgian country on the Propontis. |