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单词 westlins
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westlinsadv.

Brit. /ˈwɛs(t)lɪnz/, U.S. /ˈwɛs(t)lᵻnz/, Scottish English /ˈwɛs(t)lɪnz/
Forms: 1700s westlines, 1700s– westlins, 1800s westlin's, 1800s– wastlins.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: west adv., -lings suffix.
Etymology: < west adv. + -lings suffix. Compare westlin adj., eastlings adv.
Scottish.
Westwards.
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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
1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 23 Frae East Nook o' Fife the Dawn, Speeld Westlines up the Lift.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 41 Westlins thro' the glens his course he steers.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 92 Ane north, the tither westlins ga.
1890 A. M. Bisset Spring Blossoms 69 I'll sune come wastlins back.
1902 A. Wardrop Robin Tamson's Hamely Sketches 229 Come wastlins when ye like, my freen', Ye'll fin' us blythe and fairly bien.
1983 Chapman 37 45 He gangs westlins—the wey o the souchin wund—reengin efter an easement he'll never fund.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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