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EASTERN

Volume 2 · 60 words · 1771 Edition

an appellation given to whatever relates to the east; thus we say, eastern amplitude, eastern church, &c.

FATON, a town of Buckinghamshire, situated on the north side of the Thames, opposite to Windsor, and famous for its collegial school, founded by king Henry VI being a seminary for king's college Cambridge, the fellows of which are all from this school.