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ˈwestlin, a. Sc.
Also 8 -len.
[var. of westlan' westland 2.]
Western; westerly.
17..Patie & Peggy Chorus in Ramsay Tea-t. Misc., Sun, gallop down the westlin skies. 1721Ramsay Keitha 27 Ye westlin Winds that gently us'd to play On her white Breast. 1728― To Starrat 6 Welcome, as Westlen Winds, or Berries ripe. 1785Burns Ep. to Davie 6 To..spin a verse or twa o' rhyme, In hamely, westlin' jingle. 1813Hogg Queen's Wake, Kilmeny ii, When the fringe was red on the westlin hill. 1830Galt Lawrie T. i. ii, The goodwill of the westlin winds. 1898J. Lumsden Edin. Poems & Songs (1899) 168 A-doun the Westlin welkin. |