Ponent

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]
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           Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. --Milton.
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