Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To the west of.
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- preposition To the
west of.
Etymologies
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From Middle English be west, biwesten, from Old English be westan, from be- + westan ("west, from the west"). More at be-, west.
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Examples
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Margaret Huggon confessed 'that ye was at another meeting with Sathan at the Stanriegate, bewest the Cruik of Devon ... lykeways ye confessed ye was at another meeting with Satan at the Heathrie Knowe be-east the Cruik of Devon, where the Gallows stands ... a meeting at the back of Knocktinnie at the Gaitside ... and another at the bents of
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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'confessed ye had ane meeting with the Devill at the Stanriegate, bewest the Cruick of Devon ... the Devil appointed them to meet at the Bents of
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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