eastmost
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of eastmost
1275–1325; Middle English estmest, Old English ēastmest. See east, -most
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The westmost end of the Aleutians is only 660 miles from Japan's eastmost naval base, Horomushiro, while Yokohama is 3,400 miles from fortified Honolulu.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two other Side Chapels deserve to be mentioned, viz. the two eastmost on the north side, which were the first roofed with lierne vaulting.
From A Short Account of King's College Chapel by Walter Poole Littlechild
The four most westerly figures are kings, and the eastmost is a knight in full armour, his head, arms and legs being covered with chain-mail.
From Stained Glass Tours in England by Charles Hitchcock Sherrill
An' even forrit he keepit the road, Nor lookin' to either side, But heidin' straucht for the eastmost hoose Whaur an auld wife used to bide.
From The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots by David Rorie
Close by was Cabo de Pera, the eastmost point of the island.
From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Mary Stuart Boyd
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