west siden.adj.
/ˌwɛs(t) ˈsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˌwɛs(t) ˈsaɪd/ A. n.
1. † b. U.S. colloquial. The backside, the buttocks. Cf. western adj. 10. Obsolete.
a. The western part or side of something; the west.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [noun] > part or place
westdealeOE
west endeOE
west halfeOE
westwardeOE
westdalec1175
westc1275
west sidec1300
westwardc1350
Occidentc1375
occientc1450
westwards?1574
west half1577
occidental1587
Western world1894
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in North America > (part of) New York
the Bowery1787
Gotham1807
hell's kitchen1879
tenderloin district1887
west side1897
Big Apple1922
village1929
apple1939
Soul City1964
c1300 St. Kenelm (Laud) l. 62 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 347 Þe bischopriche of Roucestre þat inþe west-side is next [i.e. to Canterbury].
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 57 Ther is at the west syde of Ytaille..A lusty playne.
a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 5127 Als þe levenyng out gas in short tyde Fra þe est, and shewes it in þe west syde.
?c1475 in J. Gairdner Sailing Direct. (1889) 17 On the west side of Milforde.
1503 Surtees Misc. (1890) 30 The utter west syde of his swynstye.
1597 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 211/2 At the west syde of the Blak-tour.
1621 in W. Cramond Ann. Banff (1893) II. 406 Land lyand at the wast syde of the tolbuithe.
1669 Earl of Winchelsea True Relation Mt. Ætna 16 The two Torrents of Fire forward..had on the West-side branched it self into several Streams.
1715 Tale Concerning Swan ii. 4 On the west side of the Kingdom of Birds lies the Island of Parrots.
1789 S. Shaw Tour West of Eng. 378 A pleasant little town on the west-side of a hill.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxiii. 286 One end lapped into the west side a considerable distance.
1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign iv. 104 On the west side of this road Umlugulu's impi was stationed.
1924 F. K. Ward From China to Hkamti Long x. 168 In the Marches, east of the river corridor..the rainfall is far less on the west side.
1971 Countryman 76 iv. 184 The collared dove has..one stronghold in the Monterey pines on the west side of Porthcressa.
2008 A. Davidson Gargoyle (2009) xix. 285 There was an orchard on the west side, and a pig farm run by the Antonite monks.
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the world > space > relative position > position at the back > [noun] > back part or rear
hinder enda1382
back-half1408
backside1417
arse1510
rear1609
postern1611
back-enda1617
arreara1627
back1626
averse1655
posteriorsa1657
ass1700
tail-end1747
rear end1785
west side1829
arse-end1837
hindside1862
ass-end1934
1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer III. vi. 172 Rubbing herself on her ‘west’ side, as the Philadelphia ladies call it.
1849 Amer. Rev. Mar. 257/1 He [sc. a weathercock] always turns his west side to where the wind comes from.
2. North American. Frequently with capital initials. The western part of a city; esp. the eastern part of Manhattan. Also in Upper West Side, Lower West Side.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in U.S.A. > New York
New York1711
west side1834
New Yorkish1838
Manhattanese1842
New Yorky1874
1834 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 11 Jan. 3/1 On the West side the water is not obtained without penetrating the rock about one hundred feet.
1871 Harper's Mag. Apr. 670/2 Worth [Street], newly opened through from Broadway and the west side.
1915 S. Lewis Trail of Hawk xxix. 277 The Upper West Side is composed entirely of people born in New York who want to be in society..and can't afford to live on Fifth Avenue.
1959 Washington Post 15 Aug. a3/1 Two hoodlums were gunned to death on Chicago's West Side today.
1971 N.Y. Mag. 5 July 9/1 It promises a great future for the Lower West Side.
1997 New Yorker 17 Feb. 33/1 I had a date at a surf bar on the Upper West Side.
B. adj. (chiefly attributive).
Of or relating to the west side of a city, esp. Manhattan.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adjective] > part or place
westOE
westland1523
westerly1801
west side1858
1858 Harper's Mag. July 283/2 As our friend entered the door a well-known ‘West side’ operator made his bid.
1896 Chicago Tribune 28 June 4/1 Gerbach used to be a waiter in a West Side restaurant subsequent to his employment by the cafeteria company.
1903 Harper's Mag. July 213 The abysmal craving of New Yorkers—West Side or East Side—is for friends.
1944 Life 15 May 14/2 Guzik walked late one night into a West Side drugstore.
1981 J. Valin Dead Letter xix. 182 That region of worn houses..that is the westside ghetto.
1995 N.Y. Mag. 27 Feb. 38/1 They were very West Side... Harvey was not insanely careerist.
2001 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Sept. ii. 62/1 A jazz club on Broadway run by Morris Levy..with all of his West Side hitters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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