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Westerly

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Westerly

Town in Washington County, southwest Rhode Island; population (1990) 21,600. It is situated on the Pawcatuck River and the Connecticut state border. A shipbuilding centre in the 19th century, Westerly has also produced bleach and dyes and granite. It is now chiefly a resort area.



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The end of the day is the time to gaze at the kingly face of the Westerly Weather, who is the arbiter of ships' destinies.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Every summer she would fear lest the well should give out, every winter lest the pipes should freeze; every westerly gale might blow the wych-elm down and bring the end of all things, and so she could not read or talk during a westerly gale.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
Next was Tashtego, an unmixed Indian from Gay Head, the most westerly promontory of Martha's Vineyard, where there still exists the last remnant of a village of red men, which has long supplied the neighboring island of Nantucket with many of her most daring harpooneers.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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