wesseladv.
Scottish.
Westward. Awestill ‘to the west of’ occurs in 16th cent. Sc.
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westeOE
west-abouteOE
westeneOE
westwardeOE
bewest1016
westwardsOE
westly1440
westerlya1470
westwardly?1520
westernly1590
west-away1599
westlins1718
west-by1790
a-west1807
wessel1815
westlandways1820
nightwards1855
westbound1888
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. i. 11 O, if ye get to eassel and wessel again, I am undone.
1829 W. Scott Guy Mannering (new ed.) I. xxvi. 271 (note) Dandie Eassil-gate, Dandie Wassail-gate..had their names from living eastward and westward in the street of the village.
1897 E. W. Hamilton Outlaws of Marches xiv. 157 We was jickering along wessil, as I say, wi' our heads bent to the weather.
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