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(especially of heavenly bodies, particularly the sun) Moving westward, near the west..
The hills rose scarlet and gold to the north of the little town, and the westering sun shone ruddily and mystically on the crude new stone and plaster buildings of the dusty forum and the wooden walls of the circus some distance to the east.
[…] the Passover sacrifice had to be offered between the two evenings, or westerings of the sun.
The "westerings" of their families are part of the frontier saga, different in detail but not in purpose. They all wanted land, better land from which to make a better living. For over a century the pioneer movement had flowed west, […]
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Westering means (especially of heavenly bodies, particularly the sun) Moving westward, near the west..
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The hills rose scarlet and gold to the north of the little town, and the westering sun shone ruddily and mystically on the crude new stone and plaster buildings of the dusty forum and the wooden walls of the circus some distance to the east.
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