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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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WASTLINS, adv. Also westlins, -lines. Westward (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Sh. 1973), to or in the west. [′wɑs(t)lɪnz]Sc. 1718 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 74:
The Daw'n Speel'd Westlines up the Lift.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 49:
Syne westlins thro' the glens his course he steers.e.Lth. a.1801 R. Gall Poems (1819) 15:
Now tent the Pentlands, westlins seen.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 92:
Ane north, the tither westlins ga.Lnk. 1865 J. Hamilton Poems 255:
Tak a leuk o't [the sun] whan it's cummin wastlins.w.Lth. 1890 A. M. Bisset Blossoms 69:
I'll sune come wastlins back.Ags. 1894 A. Reid Heatherland 44:
Weary sun, aye westlin's stealin'.Lnk. 1902 A. Wardrop Hamely Sk. 229:
Come wastlins when ye like, my freen', Ye'll fin' us blythe and fairly bien.Sc. 1983 John McDonald in Joy Hendry Chapman 37 45:
He gangs westlins -
the wey o the souchin wund -
reengin efter an easement
he'll never fund.