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broad cloth. Market on Friday. Fairs, first Friday in Lent, 
and Easter Monday and Whit-Monday. It is supposed to 
have been the Verlucio of the Romans. The borough and 
hundred of Westbury form one parish ; 24 miles north-west- 
by-west of Salisbury, and 97§ west-by-south of London. 
Population 1790.—2. A parish of England, in Buckingham¬ 
shire ; 4j miles west-north-west of Buckingham.—3. A ham¬ 
let in Southamptonshire; 6 miles west of Petersfield.—4. A 
parish in Salop; 8| miles west-by-south of Shrewsbury. 
Population 2195.—5. A parish in Somersetshire; 4 miles 
north-west-by-west of Wells. Population 493. 
WESTBURY, Leigh, a village of England, in Wiltshire, 
near the market town of that name. In its neighbourhood 
many Roman coins, pieces of armour, &c., have been dug 
tip. Population 1357. 
WESTBURY-UPON-SEVERN, a parish of England, in 
Gloucestershire; 2k miles north-east of Newnham. Popula¬ 
tion 1765. 
WESTBURY-ON-TRIM, a parish of England, in the 
county of Gloucester, situated on the small river Trim. 
WESTBY, a township of England, in Lancashire; 21- 
miles west of Kirkham. Population 692.—-2. A hamlet in 
Lincolnshire; 3 miles north-west of Corby. 
WESTCL1FFE, a parish of England, in Kent; 2| miles 
north-east of Dover. 
WESTCOMBE, a hamlet of England, in the parish of 
Buckland St. Mary, Somersetshire.—2. A hamlet in the same 
county, in the parish of Batcombe. 
WESTCOTE, a hamlet of England, in Berkshire; 4 miles 
west of Wantage.—2. A hamlet in the parish of Binstead, 
Southamptonshire.—3. A township in Surrey, near Dorking. 
WESTCOTT, a hamlet of England, in Buckinghamshire; 
7 miles west-north-west of Aylesbury.—2. A parish in Glou¬ 
cestershire; 4 miles south-east-by-south of Stow-on-the- 
Wold. 
WEST DERBY, a village of England, in the parish of 
Walton, Lancashire; 4 miles from Liverpool. Population 
3698. 
WESTEND, a township of England, in Cumberland, 
4 miles from Carlisle.—2. A hamlet in Middlesex; 5| miles 
north-west of St. Paul’s, London.—3. A hamlet in the parish 
of Dauntsey, Wiltshire. 
WESTENDORF, a village of Bavaria, in the circle of 
the Upper Danube, on the river Schmutter. Population 
1600. 
WESTER, a river of Scotland, in Caithness, arises from 
some springs and lochs in the parish of Bower, and after an 
easterly course of some miles, enters the loch of Wester, and 
thence becomes a deep stream for a short distance, and 
empties itself into Keiss bay, on the German ocean. 
WESTERAS, an old town of Middle Sweden, the capital 
of Westmanland, situated at the influx of the river Swarto 
info the lake of Malar; 48 miles west-north-west of Stock¬ 
holm. Population 3000. 
WESTERAS, a province of Sweden, comprising the 
western part of Westmanland, and the north-west part of 
Upland. Its area, equal to two of our average sized coun¬ 
ties, is about 2800 square miles; its population only 85,000. 
WESTERBURG, a town of Germany, in the duchy of 
Nassau; 40 miles north of Mentz. Population 1300. 
WESTER-CAPPEL, a promontory, with a sand-bank, 
of Denmark, in the island of Laland. It extends into the 
Baltic. 
WESTERDALE, a township of England, North Riding 
of Yorkshire; 7± miles south-south-east of Guisbrough. 
WESTERF1ELD, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 2| 
miles north-by-east of Ipswich. 
WESTERHAM, a market town and parish of England, 
in the county of Kent. It is situated near the head of the 
river Darent, in a very pleasant and healthful part of the 
county, on the borders of Surrey. The church is a neat 
building; and over the south door is a monument to the ce¬ 
lebrated general Wolfe, who was a native of this place, and 
whose remains were brought from the field of battle to be 
interred here. Dr. Benjamin Iloadley was also a native of 
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Westerham. The noble house called the Squirries, stands 
on a small eminence near the town. Above the house are 
the sources of the Darent. Market on Friday, and one an¬ 
nual fair; 14 miles north-west of Tunbridge, and 32 south- 
south east of London. Population 1437. 
WESTERHAUSEN, a town of Prussian Saxony; 3 miles 
east of Regenstein. Population 1500. 
WE'STERING, adj. Passing to the west. 
The star that rose at evening bright, 
Toward heaven’s descent had slop’d his westering week 
Milton. 
WESTER-KIRK, a parish of Scotland, in Dumfries¬ 
shire, in the district of Eskdale, extending about 9 miles in 
length, and varying in breadth from 2 to 3 miles. Popula¬ 
tion 698. 
WESTERLEIGII, a parish of England, in Gloucester¬ 
shire ; 3 miles south-west-by-west of Chipping Sodbury. 
WESTERLEY, a hamlet of England, in Leicestershire, 
near Market Harborough. 
WESTERLO, a township of the United States, in Albany 
county, New York. 
WESTERLOO, an inland town of the Netherlands, on 
the larger of the two rivers called Nethe, with 2000 inhabi¬ 
tants; 24 miles west-south-west of Antwerp. 
WESTERLY, a post town of the United States, in Wash¬ 
ington county, Rhode Island, on the Atlantic. It is sepa¬ 
rated from Slonington by Pawcatuck river; 34 miles west- 
south-west of Newport. Population 1911. 
WE'STERLY, adj. Tending or being towards the west. 
—These bills give us a view of the most easterly, southerly, 
and westerly parts of England. Grant. 
WE'STERN, adj. Being in the west, or toward the part 
where the sun sets. The western part is a continued rock. 
Addison. 
WESTERN, a post township of the United States, in 
Worcester county, Massachusetts; 22 miles west-south-west 
of Worcester, and 62 west-south-west of Boston. Popula¬ 
tion 1014. 
WESTERN ISLANDS, a name frequently given to the 
Azores; which see. 
WESTERN PORT, a capacious bay on the south coast 
of New Holland, where black bears resort in great numbers; 
and kangaroos are seen on the shore. There is a considerable 
island at the entrance, which lies in lat. 38. 33. S.—2. A 
post village of the United States, in Allegany county, Mary¬ 
land. 
WESTERN REEF, rocks in the Spanish Main, near the 
Mosquito shore. Lat. 14. 42. N. long. 82. 25. W. 
WESTERN STATES, a division of the United States, 
comprising the states of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisi¬ 
ana, Mississippi, Indiana, and Illinois, and the Michigan, 
Missouri, and North Western territories. This portion of the 
United States is fast rising in importance; and its population 
is very rapidly increasing. 
WESTERTON, a township of England, county of Dur¬ 
ham ; 8 miles east-by-north of Bishop Auckland. 
WESTERTOWN, a village of Scotland, in the county of 
Clackmannan, and parish of Tillycoulfry. Population 200. 
WESTERWALD, a large tract of hilly and woody land, 
in the west of Germany, which comprises the north part of 
Wetteravia, extends to the Rhine, and covers part of the 
duchy of Nassau, and of the Prussian governments of Cob- 
lentz and Cologne. 
WESTERWYK, a sea-port of Sweden, in the province of 
Smaland, on a bay of the Baltic. It is regularly built, with 
broad and straight streets, and has 3000 inhabitants; 68 
miles north of Calmar. Lat. 57. 44. 50. N. long. 16. 40. 
15. E. 
WESTFALL, a township of the United States, in Picka¬ 
way county, Ohio, on the Scioto, opposite Circleville; 26 
miles south of Columbus. 
WESTFIELD, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 3 miles 
south of East Dereham.—2. A parish in Sussex; 4 miles 
east-by-south of Battle.—3. A township of the United States, 
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