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单词 westland
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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.
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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. 270v 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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).
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