Ponent

Ponent
Ponent Po"nent, a. [OF., fr. It. ponente, properly, setting (applied to the setting sun), fr. L. ponens, p. pr. of ponere to set, put.] Western; occidental. [R.] [1913 Webster]

Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. --Milton. [1913 Webster]


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