1838 B. Disraeli Let. 16 Apr. in J. A. W. Gunn & M. G. Wiebe B. Disraeli Lett.: 1838–41 (1987) 48 I agree with Gally Knight, who told me the other day, that he was no admirer of Eastering. At Whitsun one had a better chance of sunbeams and blossom.

1946 Los Angeles Times 11 Apr. i. 4/1 The fresh fruit selections at The Farmers Market make fine Easter remembrances. In gorgeous baskets for local Eastering.

2008 D. Grimes San Rafael Swell iv. 104 Today thousands of people are found throughout the San Rafael on Easter weekend as the tradition of Eastering continues to grow.

1859 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1858 27 194 He had deepened his water by a few miles of Eastering carrying him off the bank.

a1896 W. Morris Sundering Flood (1898) lxi. 354 In an hour's time they found the path which would do their eastering for them toward the Abbey.

1912 Hampton Columbian Mag. Jan. 791/1 We sped along on our eastering, sighted old St. Paul,..and headed up towards the Straits of Sunda.

1992 Nation (Nexis) Sept. 14 250 The westering (and northering and southering and eastering)..carried new peoples into new lands all across the continent.

1850 Yale Lit. Mag. June 281 Revived, he saw the earliest gray The eastering shadows turn away.

1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd iii. 202 They turn their backs on the plain..as the eastering wind shall lead.

1901 L. P. Powell Hist. Towns Western States p. xxiv South- and west-flowing waters were not far from the banks of the eastering waterways.

1952 S. Gilbert James Joyce's Ulysses (new ed.) i. iii. 54 Many other illustrations of the eastering trend of Mr Bloom's thoughts will be found.

2007 I. McDonald Brasyl 183 Light on the black water; a million dapple-shards brilliant in the eastering sun.