westlandn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈwɛs(t)lənd/, U.S.

/ˈwɛs(t)lənd/

Forms: Middle English westlond, Middle English westlonde, 1600s– westland; also Scottish pre-1700 vestland, pre-1700 1700s– westland, pre-1700 1800s wastland, 1700s– westlan'. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: west adj., land n.¹

Etymology: < west adj. + land n.¹ Compare westlin adj. and discussion at that entry. Compare earlier eastland n., northland n., southland n.Earliest attested in a surname.

A. n.

The western part of a country or region; esp. the west of Scotland.Now also the name of a province on the South Island of New Zealand.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Scotland > [noun] > west of Scotland

westland1296

1296 in M. T. Löfvenberg Stud. Middle Eng. Local Surnames (1942) 227 (MED) Rad. atte Westlonde.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 233 (MED) Þe Hunnes were i-torned aȝen þat caste for to werry in þe empere of the Westlondes [L. occidentale imperium].

1489 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 107 To pas with letteres of the Kingis for the Lordis of the Westlande.

a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 227/23 The schiref of Air with vther syndry gentillis of the westland.

a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 291 He passit..to the toune of Air and to the pairtis of the wastland.

c1625 T. Heywood tr. Ovid De Arte Amandi iii. 85 The East and West land knew lou'd Licoris.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian x, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 271 He uses maist partly the west-land of Scotland.

1894 K. Hewat Little Sc. World v. 58 It was understood Montrose would make a descent on the Westland.

1908 W. Robertson Ayrshire I. ix. 196 It is affirmed..that there had been an immigration of Lollards..and that some of these had found their home in the westland.

1992 D. F. Crow Glastonbury v. 624 They harkened to bards from the green mountains of the west land, and they discovered King Arthur.

B. adj. (attributive).

1. Of a person or thing: located in, originating from, or relating to the western part of a country or region, esp. of Scotland.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [adjective] > parts of Scotland

westland1488

Irishc1543

Scottish-Irish?1593

Gallovidian1632

highland1698

Shetlandic1815

Galwegian1870

teuchter1967

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 776 V hundyr fyrst till him selff he has tayne Off westland men.

1522 Queen Margaret in MS BL Cotton Caligula B. vi. f. 270^v On the on syde the vestland lordys and my lord of angus vas forth.

a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 205 All the rest of the norland men and wastland men mett the king at Stirling.

1651 A. Johnston Diary (1919) II. 74 The vyle band which seven Westland gentle~men had subscryved.

1764 J. Wilson Earl Douglas (rev. ed.) ii. i. 24 Those that drink the Nith With Maxwell bold, Montgom'ry, Cunningham, And Boyd, with westland Lords.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor x, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 245 When he raised his militia..against the wrang-headed wastland whigs.

1898 J. M. Cobban Angel of Covenant xxxvi. 487 A westland minister harangued a crowd of soldiers on the ‘holy text of pike and gun’.

1921 T. Raleigh Ann. Church Scotl. xii. 49 John found his westland flock so intractable that he tried to escape from his duties.

2001 M. Cadnum Raven of Waves iii. 18 They don't know battle at all, these Westland men.

2. Chiefly Scottish. Cf. westlin adj.

a. Of a place: lying towards the west, westerly. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adjective] > part or place

westOE

westland1523

westerly1801

west side1858

1523 Queen Margaret in MS BL Cotton Caligula B. vi. f. 450 The erl of huntlay hath all the rwl of the north partyz the erl of lenoss all the vestland part.

1650 J. Nicoll Diary (1836) 30 Ane Associatioun concludit and drawn up among the Westland schyres.

c1670 in Jrnl. Friends Hist. Soc. (1924) 21 69 Throwghout the Westland presbiteries belonging to that synod [sc. Glasgow].

1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 608/1 Had she not given..reason to believe she thought them the greatest people on Westland ground.

1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids viii. 148 All the Westland earth beneath their yoke shall lie.

1915 J. Buchan Salute to Adventurers i. 21 The man..had been let go, and ever since had been making strife in the westland parts of Clydesdale.

b. Of wind: blowing from the west. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adjective]

westwardeOE

westOE

westerOE

westernOE

occidentalc1400

Occidenta1500

Hesperiana1547

westerly1549

westenc1550

westernly1575

westernlyc1595

setting1612

westwardly1651

ponent1667

westing1669

westlin1720

occasive1802

westland1818

westwards1838

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > from specific point of compass

southeOE

northeOE

northerneOE

easternOE

southernOE

south-easternOE

north-easternOE

westernOE

south-westernOE

southena1325

north-east1379

east-north-easta1398

east-south-easta1398

north-north-easta1398

north-westa1398

south-southeasta1398

south-westc1400

south-easta1425

nor'-westa1500

south-southwesta1522

north-westera1525

northerlya1544

southerly1550

south-southeast?1560

south-easterly1577

north-north-west1601

subprincipal1601

southernly1610

north-westerly1611

easternly1614

northernly1632

westwardly1653

northwardly1654

north-easterly1686

southwardly1693

southwesterly1703

eastling1725

south-southeasterly1803

westland1818

south-southwesterly1822

north-western1829

north-north-easterly1831

southwesterly1883

nor-nor-east1891

1818 W. Scott in G. Thomson Select Coll. Orig. Sc. Airs V. 215 The sun..is sinking sweet; The westland wind is hush and still.

1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 78 Smoking in a squalid room, Where yet the westland breezes come.

1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 134 Westlan' winds amang your hair.

1920 D. Cuthbertson Poems of West 59 To feel the kiss o' the westlan' breeze.

Derivatives

ˈwestlander n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of specific region > [noun] > western person

occidentala1538

Hesperian1601

western1612

westernling1613

westerling1630

westlandera1676

westerner1857

a1676 H. Guthry Mem. (1702) 238 The West-Landers advanced towards Edinburgh.

1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xiii. 206 A few shots were exchanged betwixt them and the westlanders .

1906 Amer. Monthly Rev. of Reviews Feb. 172/2 Though President Harper's wisdom in certain aspects came out of the East, he was in spirit a Westlander.

2006 School Libr. Jrnl. (Nexis) July 107 Margot..finds that she is no more at home with her mother's sea family than she is with the westlanders.

† westlandways adv. Obsolete rare towards the west of Scotland.

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

1820 W. Scott Monastery III. x. 245 Instead of that comes news that he has gone westlandways about some tuilzie in Ayrshire.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	westland
释义	westlandn.adj. Brit. /ˈwɛs(t)lənd/, U.S. /ˈwɛs(t)lənd/ Forms: Middle English westlond, Middle English westlonde, 1600s– westland; also Scottish pre-1700 vestland, pre-1700 1700s– westland, pre-1700 1800s wastland, 1700s– westlan'. Also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: west adj., land n.¹ Etymology: < west adj. + land n.¹ Compare westlin adj. and discussion at that entry. Compare earlier eastland n., northland n., southland n.Earliest attested in a surname. A. n. The western part of a country or region; esp. the west of Scotland.Now also the name of a province on the South Island of New Zealand. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Scotland > [noun] > west of Scotland westland1296 1296 in M. T. Löfvenberg Stud. Middle Eng. Local Surnames (1942) 227 (MED) Rad. atte Westlonde. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 233 (MED) Þe Hunnes were i-torned aȝen þat caste for to werry in þe empere of the Westlondes [L. occidentale imperium]. 1489 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 107 To pas with letteres of the Kingis for the Lordis of the Westlande. a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 227/23 The schiref of Air with vther syndry gentillis of the westland. a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 291 He passit..to the toune of Air and to the pairtis of the wastland. c1625 T. Heywood tr. Ovid De Arte Amandi iii. 85 The East and West land knew lou'd Licoris. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian x, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 271 He uses maist partly the west-land of Scotland. 1894 K. Hewat Little Sc. World v. 58 It was understood Montrose would make a descent on the Westland. 1908 W. Robertson Ayrshire I. ix. 196 It is affirmed..that there had been an immigration of Lollards..and that some of these had found their home in the westland. 1992 D. F. Crow Glastonbury v. 624 They harkened to bards from the green mountains of the west land, and they discovered King Arthur. B. adj. (attributive). 1. Of a person or thing: located in, originating from, or relating to the western part of a country or region, esp. of Scotland. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [adjective] > parts of Scotland westland1488 Irishc1543 Scottish-Irish?1593 Gallovidian1632 highland1698 Shetlandic1815 Galwegian1870 teuchter1967 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 776 V hundyr fyrst till him selff he has tayne Off westland men. 1522 Queen Margaret in MS BL Cotton Caligula B. vi. f. 270^v On the on syde the vestland lordys and my lord of angus vas forth. a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 205 All the rest of the norland men and wastland men mett the king at Stirling. 1651 A. Johnston Diary (1919) II. 74 The vyle band which seven Westland gentle~men had subscryved. 1764 J. Wilson Earl Douglas (rev. ed.) ii. i. 24 Those that drink the Nith With Maxwell bold, Montgom'ry, Cunningham, And Boyd, with westland Lords. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor x, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 245 When he raised his militia..against the wrang-headed wastland whigs. 1898 J. M. Cobban Angel of Covenant xxxvi. 487 A westland minister harangued a crowd of soldiers on the ‘holy text of pike and gun’. 1921 T. Raleigh Ann. Church Scotl. xii. 49 John found his westland flock so intractable that he tried to escape from his duties. 2001 M. Cadnum Raven of Waves iii. 18 They don't know battle at all, these Westland men. 2. Chiefly Scottish. Cf. westlin adj. a. Of a place: lying towards the west, westerly. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adjective] > part or place westOE westland1523 westerly1801 west side1858 1523 Queen Margaret in MS BL Cotton Caligula B. vi. f. 450 The erl of huntlay hath all the rwl of the north partyz the erl of lenoss all the vestland part. 1650 J. Nicoll Diary (1836) 30 Ane Associatioun concludit and drawn up among the Westland schyres. c1670 in Jrnl. Friends Hist. Soc. (1924) 21 69 Throwghout the Westland presbiteries belonging to that synod [sc. Glasgow]. 1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 608/1 Had she not given..reason to believe she thought them the greatest people on Westland ground. 1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids viii. 148 All the Westland earth beneath their yoke shall lie. 1915 J. Buchan Salute to Adventurers i. 21 The man..had been let go, and ever since had been making strife in the westland parts of Clydesdale. b. Of wind: blowing from the west. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adjective] westwardeOE westOE westerOE westernOE occidentalc1400 Occidenta1500 Hesperiana1547 westerly1549 westenc1550 westernly1575 westernlyc1595 setting1612 westwardly1651 ponent1667 westing1669 westlin1720 occasive1802 westland1818 westwards1838 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > from specific point of compass southeOE northeOE northerneOE easternOE southernOE south-easternOE north-easternOE westernOE south-westernOE southena1325 north-east1379 east-north-easta1398 east-south-easta1398 north-north-easta1398 north-westa1398 south-southeasta1398 south-westc1400 south-easta1425 nor'-westa1500 south-southwesta1522 north-westera1525 northerlya1544 southerly1550 south-southeast?1560 south-easterly1577 north-north-west1601 subprincipal1601 southernly1610 north-westerly1611 easternly1614 northernly1632 westwardly1653 northwardly1654 north-easterly1686 southwardly1693 southwesterly1703 eastling1725 south-southeasterly1803 westland1818 south-southwesterly1822 north-western1829 north-north-easterly1831 southwesterly1883 nor-nor-east1891 1818 W. Scott in G. Thomson Select Coll. Orig. Sc. Airs V. 215 The sun..is sinking sweet; The westland wind is hush and still. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 78 Smoking in a squalid room, Where yet the westland breezes come. 1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 134 Westlan' winds amang your hair. 1920 D. Cuthbertson Poems of West 59 To feel the kiss o' the westlan' breeze. Derivatives ˈwestlander n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of specific region > [noun] > western person occidentala1538 Hesperian1601 western1612 westernling1613 westerling1630 westlandera1676 westerner1857 a1676 H. Guthry Mem. (1702) 238 The West-Landers advanced towards Edinburgh. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xiii. 206 A few shots were exchanged betwixt them and the westlanders . View more context for this quotation 1906 Amer. Monthly Rev. of Reviews Feb. 172/2 Though President Harper's wisdom in certain aspects came out of the East, he was in spirit a Westlander. 2006 School Libr. Jrnl. (Nexis) July 107 Margot..finds that she is no more at home with her mother's sea family than she is with the westlanders. † westlandways adv. Obsolete rare towards the west of Scotland. 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 1820 W. Scott Monastery III. x. 245 Instead of that comes news that he has gone westlandways about some tuilzie in Ayrshire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1296
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