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ˈwestermost, a. Now rare or Obs.
[f. wester a. + -most.]
Lying or situated farthest west; = westernmost.
1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 381 The Westermost poynte of the Trepoyntes. 1598Hakluyt Voy. I. 337 The riuer Ob is the most Westermost part thereof. 1625N. Carpenter Geog. Del. i. iii. (1635) 65 The Meridian about the Wester⁓most of the Azores. 1697W. Dampier Voy. I. 421 Three of the Islands were pretty large; the Westermost is the biggest. 1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. II. 24 Sagor the wester⁓most Chanel of the Ganges. 1775Romans Florida App. 37 At the east end of the westermost key is another channel 8 feet deep. 1821Southey Vis. Judgement i. 10 From far Glaramara, Bleacrag, and Maidenmawr, to Grizedal and westermost Withop. |