Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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EASTLIN, EASTLEN, adj. Eastern, easterly. Also easilin (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 79).Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems II. 46:
Sae Roses wither in their Buds, Kill'd by an Eastlen Blast.Ayr. c.1790 Burns To J. Tennant ll. 3–4:
How do you this blae eastlin wind, That's like to blaw a body blind?Wgt. 1804 R. Couper Poems I. 37:
Come, blythsom Spring! O haste and come, Unbar yon eastlin gate.e.Lth. 1885 J. Lumsden Rhymes & Sk. 91:
Waesucks, thou wearie, eastlin' blast Frae “Lumsden's Hole” that stormest stoure!Rxb. 1902 Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc. (March) 12:
Old people invariably talked of . . . westlin and eastlin winds.
