west-about
/ˈwɛstəbaʊt/Chiefly Nautical
adverb
By a westerly route; westwards.
- Apparently unattested between the Old English period and the 16th cent. and again between the 16th and 19th centuries..
Origin
Old English. From west + about. With later use compare east-about, north-about, south about.
- patrilineality
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- patrilocal
- patrilocality
- patrilocally
- patrimonial
- patrimonialism
- patrimonially
- patrimony
- patrimony of St Peter
- patrin
- patrinite
- patriot
- patrioteer
- patriotess
- patriotic
- patriotical
- patriotically
- patriotic front
- patriotism
- Patriots' Day
- patriotship
- Patripassian