easter

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North-easter, accompanied by dozens of quaint similes full of his mental laughter, made my loathing all the more acute.

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  1. Eastern; easterly. Till starres gan vanish, and the dawning brake, And all the Easter parts were full of light. Sir J. Harington, tr. of Ariosto, xxiii. 6.
  2. To change toward the east, as the wind; move toward the east, as the head of a vessel.

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  • Nor was it till the 5th that we succeeded in forcing our way out against a smart south-easter, with a couple of reefs in the topsails, and as much as we could do to carry the mainsail. —  The Lieutenant and Commander
  • Without the south-easter (or 'Cape doctor') they must have fevers, and though too rough a practitioner for me, he benefits the general health. —  Letters from the Cape
  • Nick your lloving this whole mall santa thing way too much. annie cosmic, i hope you waved in his general direction easter is a few months ... .. nick the bard becomes nick the bunny! —  WFMU's recent playlists
  • I have had Rabbit at easter, and christmas for that matter. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • "We look at it more or less like a nor'easter, a bad storm with some wind and rain and hopefully not a lot of damage," Mayor Stephen Whalen said. —  News4Jax.com - Local News
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  1. from Middle English ester- (in comp.), from Anglo-Saxon *eastor = Old Saxon ostar, etc., adverb, east: see east, n., and cf. eastern, easterly, easterling, from which easter, adjective, is in part developed.
  2. easter(ly).
 

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