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▪ I. † westy, a.1 Obs.
Also 4 wysty.
[OE. wœ́stiᵹ, wéstiᵹ, f. wœ́ste, wéste weste a. Cf. wasty a.1]
Desolate, waste.
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Mark i. 35 [He] eode on woestiᵹum stowum [c 975 Rushw. in westiᵹe stowe]. a1122O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 449 Of Angle..se a syððan stod westiᵹ betwix Iutum & Seaxum. c1205Lay. 1120 Leode nere þar nane, ne wapmen ne wifmen, bute westiȝe pædes [c 1275 weste paþes]. c1230Hali Meid. 42 (Bodley MS.) Þet tu..schalt grenin godles in-wið westi [Titus wasti] wahes. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 2189 Now iwysse, quoþ Wowayn, wysty is here; Þis oritore is vgly.
▪ II. ˈwesty, a.2 Obs. exc. dial.
[Of obscure origin.]
Confused; giddy.
1599Bp. Hall Sat. iv. i. 158 While hee lies wallowing with a westie hed And palish carkasse, on his brothel-bed. 1674–91Ray N.C. Words, Westy, dizzy, giddy. 1867Cornh. Mag. XV. 741 He's a bit westy by times is Ashford. 1881Evans Leicest. Gloss. s.v., My head's very westy and bad.
▪ III. westy
var. westie. |