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单词 westlin
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westlinadj.

Brit. /ˈwɛs(t)lɪn/, U.S. /ˈwɛs(t)lᵻn/, Scottish English /ˈwɛs(t)lɪn/
Forms: 1700s waslen, 1700s westlen, 1700s– wastlin', 1700s– westlin, 1800s wastlin, 1800s– westling, 1900s– waslin, 1900s– wasslin, 1900s– westlin'.
Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps also partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: west adj., -ling suffix2; westland adj.
Etymology: Probably < west adj. + -ling suffix2, although perhaps partly merged with a variant of westland adj. Compare eastling adj., westlins adv.
Originally and chiefly Scottish.
Western; westerly; (of the sun) declining towards the west, setting.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adjective]
westwardeOE
westOE
westerOE
westernOE
occidentalc1400
Occidenta1500
Hesperiana1547
westerly1549
westenc1550
westernly1575
westernlyc1595
setting1612
westwardly1651
ponent1667
westing1669
westlin1720
occasive1802
westland1818
westwards1838
1720 A. Ramsay Poems 305 Sun gallop down the Westlin Skyes, Gang soon to Bed, and quickly rise.
1721 A. Ramsay Keitha 27 Ye westlin Winds that gently us'd to play On her white Breast.
1799 Edinb. Mag. July 56/1 The Piper e'es the wanin' moon, In wastlin' skies.
1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. i. ii. 13 The goodwill of the westlin winds.
1854 H. MacDonald Rambles round Glasgow i. 15 The westling winds bring suffocation to them [sc. trees] from the Nursery mills.
1893 A. W. Tourgée Out of Sunset Sea xxix. 343 The westling sun threw our shadow ahead when we rounded the point.
1922 G. P. Dunbar Whiff o' Doric 17 Saft as westlin' win' sae fine.
1990 J. A. Begg in J. A. Begg & J. Reid Dipper & Three Wee Deils 18 Altho the wather's unco saft, An Westlin wins yer feathers waft.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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