a-westprep.adv.

Brit.

/əˈwɛst/, U.S.

/əˈwɛst/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a prep.¹, west adv.

Etymology: < a prep.¹ + west adv. With use as preposition compare awestell prep. With use as adverb compare a-south adv. and anorth adv.

†A. prep.

Scottish. At, in, or to the west of. Cf. west prep., bewest prep. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1527 in W. Fraser Scotts of Buccleuch (1878) II. 331 To move fordwart and ly this nycht awest the toun of the Camis..besid Altoun.

B. adv.

literary (chiefly poetic). In the west; towards the west, westward.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adverb]

westeOE

west-abouteOE

westeneOE

westwardeOE

bewest1016

westwardsOE

westly1440

westerlya1470

westwardly?1520

westernly1590

west-away1599

westlins1718

west-by1790

a-west1807

wessel1815

westlandways1820

nightwards1855

westbound1888

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad i. 52 The tired sun scarce finds their bounds awest.

a1849 J. C. Mangan Spectre Car. in Poems (1859) 266 The moon is waning far a-west.

1920 W. D. Crabb Poems of Golden West 138 Looking a-west and pulling the rein To rest his steed.

2016 A. L. Silva Musical Shadows (e-book, accessed 1 Apr. 2019) The wind blows east The sun sets a-west.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	a-west
释义	a-westprep.adv. Brit. /əˈwɛst/, U.S. /əˈwɛst/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a prep.¹, west adv. Etymology: < a prep.¹ + west adv. With use as preposition compare awestell prep. With use as adverb compare a-south adv. and anorth adv. †A. prep. Scottish. At, in, or to the west of. Cf. west prep., bewest prep. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1527 in W. Fraser Scotts of Buccleuch (1878) II. 331 To move fordwart and ly this nycht awest the toun of the Camis..besid Altoun. B. adv. literary (chiefly poetic). In the west; towards the west, westward. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adverb] westeOE west-abouteOE westeneOE westwardeOE bewest1016 westwardsOE westly1440 westerlya1470 westwardly?1520 westernly1590 west-away1599 westlins1718 west-by1790 a-west1807 wessel1815 westlandways1820 nightwards1855 westbound1888 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad i. 52 The tired sun scarce finds their bounds awest. a1849 J. C. Mangan Spectre Car. in Poems (1859) 266 The moon is waning far a-west. 1920 W. D. Crabb Poems of Golden West 138 Looking a-west and pulling the rein To rest his steed. 2016 A. L. Silva Musical Shadows (e-book, accessed 1 Apr. 2019) The wind blows east The sun sets a-west. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < prep.adv.1527
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