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west side
Also west-side.
[west a. Cf. WFris., MLG. westside, Du. -zijde, G. -seite.]
a. The side situated in or lying towards the west.
c1290Kenelm 62 in S. Eng. Leg. 347 Þe bischopriche of Roucestre þat in þe west-side is next. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 5127 Als þe levenyng out gas in short tyde Fra þe est, and shewes it in þe west syde. c1386Chaucer Clerk's T. 1 Ther is at the West syde of Ytaille..A lusty playne. c1391― Astrol. i. §6 The west side is cleped the left side. 14..Sailing Directions (Hakl. Soc. 1889) 17 On the west side of Milforde. 1503Surtees Misc. (1890) 30 The utter west syde of his swynstye. 1597Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 211/2 At the west syde of the Blak-tour. 1669Earl Winchilsea True Relat. Mt. Etna 16 The two Torrents of Fire forward..had on the West-side branched it self into several Streams. 1681in Nairne Peerage Evid. (1874) 6 The west syde of the high way. 1789S. Shaw Tour W. Eng. 378 A pleasant little town on the west-side of a hill. 1896Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign iv, On the west side of this road Umlugulu's impi was stationed.
b. transf. (Cf. western a. 8.)
1829Marryat F. Mildmay xxv, Rubbing herself on her ‘west’ side, as the Philadelphia ladies call it.
c. Also West Side. That district of New York City which lies on the west side of Manhattan. Also attrib. U.S.
1858Harper's Mag. July 283/2 As our friend entered the door a well-known ‘West side’ operator made his bid. 1903Ibid. July 213 The abysmal craving of New Yorkers—West Side or East Side—is for friends. 1958A. Laurents (title of play) West Side story. 1976Botham & Donnelly Valentino iii. 25 He left the West Side and moved into a stable garret adjoining the home of millionaire Cornelius Bliss. 1981J. Valin Dead Letter xix. 182 That region of worn houses..that is the westside ghetto. |