west-awayadv.

Brit.

/ˈwɛstəˌweɪ/, U.S.

/ˈwɛstəˌweɪ/

Forms: see west adv., adj., n.¹, and prep. and away adv.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: west adv., away adv.

Etymology: < west adv. + away adv. Compare later north-away adv., south-away adv. Sc. National Dict. (at Wast) records the word as still in use in Stirlingshire and Lanarkshire in 1973.

Now rare (chiefly archaic in later use).

Towards the west.

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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

1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. D1^v The sunne descends downe west away, Fra three of clock be past.

1793 H. Boyd Poems 507 The shadowy throng her call pursu'd And mov'd in order west away.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. xiv. 311 Will ony body..grumble at the treaty that opened us a road west-awa' yonder?

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxx If you sailed right west away far enough, you'd surely come to the edge, and fall over cleve.

1893 W. Morris & E. Magnússon tr. S. Sturluson Stories Kings of Norway I. xiv. 105 He had called the land West Gautland north-away to Swinesound, and west-away to the sea.

1932 W. D. Cocker Poems 141 The fair, weel-wooded, pleasant kintry That stretches wast-awa' frae Fintry.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	west-away
释义	west-awayadv. Brit. /ˈwɛstəˌweɪ/, U.S. /ˈwɛstəˌweɪ/ Forms: see west adv., adj., n.¹, and prep. and away adv. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: west adv., away adv. Etymology: < west adv. + away adv. Compare later north-away adv., south-away adv. Sc. National Dict. (at Wast) records the word as still in use in Stirlingshire and Lanarkshire in 1973. Now rare (chiefly archaic in later use). Towards the west. ΘΚΠ 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 1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. D1^v The sunne descends downe west away, Fra three of clock be past. 1793 H. Boyd Poems 507 The shadowy throng her call pursu'd And mov'd in order west away. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. xiv. 311 Will ony body..grumble at the treaty that opened us a road west-awa' yonder? 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxx If you sailed right west away far enough, you'd surely come to the edge, and fall over cleve. 1893 W. Morris & E. Magnússon tr. S. Sturluson Stories Kings of Norway I. xiv. 105 He had called the land West Gautland north-away to Swinesound, and west-away to the sea. 1932 W. D. Cocker Poems 141 The fair, weel-wooded, pleasant kintry That stretches wast-awa' frae Fintry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1599
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