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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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EASTLAN', adj. Belonging to or of the east, eastern. Also eistlan, eas'lan'.Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems, etc. 124:
The Sin, frae yont an Eastlan' hight, Was up the aether slidin'.Sc. 1818 Edb. Mag. (Aug.) 155/1:
The mune was wadin' up through an eastlan rowk.wm.Sc. 1835–37 Laird of Logan II. App. 303:
Dinna ye ken the eistlan win is unco dour.Sc. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Underwoods 80:
Frae nirly, nippin', Eas'lan' breeze.
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