bewest, adv. and prep.
(bɪˈwɛst)
[OE. bewestan, f. be- prep. + westan from the west: cf. be-east.]
† A. adv. On or to the west. Obs.
| 1016 O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.), Be westan. 1106 ibid. a 1225 Ancr. R. 232 Hu þe holi mon..iseih biwesten aȝan him so muchel uerde of deoflen. 1475 Bk. Noblesse (1860) 9 The regions be west of Rome. |
B. prep. To the west of. Now only Sc.
| a 855 O.E. Chron. an. 709 Be westan wuda. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. 28936 In Inchchennane, schort gait bewest Glasgw. 1676 W. Row Contn. Blair's Autobiog. x. (1848) 276 The sea be-west Inverkeithing. 1883 Blackw. Mag. Nov. 636 Bewest North Berwick Law. |