Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

East \East\, a. (Eccl.)
   Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which
   contains the choir or chancel; as, the east front of a
   cathedral.

East \East\, a.
   Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun
   rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east
   border; the east side; the east wind is a wind that blows
   from the east.

East \East\, n. [OE. est, east, AS. e['a]st; akin to D. oost,
   oosten, OHG. ?stan, G. ost, osten, Icel. austr, Sw. ost, Dan.
   ["o]st, ["o]sten, Lith. auszra dawn, L. aurora (for ausosa),
   Gr. ?, ?, ?, Skr. ushas; cf. Skr. ush to burn, L. urere.
   ????, ???. Cf. {Aurora}, {Easter}, {Sterling}.]
   1. The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at
      the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that
      one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in
      a direction at right angles to that of north and south,
      and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the
      north; the point directly opposite to the west.

            The east began kindle.                --E. Everett.

   2. The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries
      which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite
      sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea,
      Persia, India, China, etc.; as, the riches of the East;
      the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the
      East.

            The gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her
            kings barbaric pearl and gold.        --Milton.

   3. (U. S. Hist. and Geog.) Formerly, the part of the United
      States east of the Alleghany Mountains, esp. the Eastern,
      or New England, States; now, commonly, the whole region
      east of the Mississippi River, esp. that which is north of
      Maryland and the Ohio River; -- usually with the definite
      article; as, the commerce of the East is not independent
      of the agriculture of the West.

   {East by north}, {East by south}, according to the notation
      of the mariner's compass, that point which lies 111/4[deg]
      to the north or south, respectively, of the point due
      east.

   {East-northeast}, {East-southeast}, that which lies
      221/2[deg] to the north or south of east, or half way
      between east and northeast or southeast, respectively. See
      Illust. of {Compass}.

East \East\, adv.
   Eastward.

East \East\, v. i.
   To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south
   toward the east; to orientate.

Source : WordNet®

east
     adj : situated in or facing or moving toward the east [ant: {west}]

east
     adv : to, toward, or in the east; "we travelled east for several
           miles"

east
     n 1: the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees [syn: {due
          east}, {E}]
     2: the countries of Asia [syn: {Orient}]
     3: the region of the United States lying north of the Ohio
        River and east of the Mississippi River [syn: {eastern
        United States}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

EAST
     
        A {Eureka} project developing a {software engineering}
        {platform}.
     
        (1994-12-07)