thoir, adv. & a. (In the) east. ~ thuaidh, ~ theas, (in the) north-east, south-east. ~ ~ thuaidh, ~ ~ theas, in the east-north-east, east-south-east. ~ lámh thuaidh, lámh theas, (in the) east by north, by south. ~ i mBinn Éadair, east in Howth. Na ceantair ~, the eastern districts. Sna hIndiacha Thoir, in the East Indies.