[f. WESTERN a.] intr. Of the sun: To decline in the west. (Cf. WESTER v. 1.) Hence Westerning ppl. a.

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1851.  Pugin, Chancel Screens, 83. The warm tints of a westerning sun.

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1904.  Daily Chron., 28 Oct., 5/4. The sun was rapidly westerning.

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