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East vs Wast - What's the difference?

east | wast |

As a proper noun east

is (personification ) the wind from the east.

As a verb wast is

(archaic).

east

English

(wikipedia east)

Noun

  • One of the four principal compass points, specifically 90°, conventionally directed to the right on maps; the direction of the rising sun at an equinox.
  • * 1895 , , Jude the Obscure — In a few hours the birds come to it from all points of the compass – east, west, north, and south...
  • Coordinate terms

    * (compass point) north, south, west

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from east) * east by north * east by south * easterliness * easterly * eastern * easterner * easting * eastward * eastwardly * eastwards * northeast * north-northeast * southeast * south-southeast

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
  • (meteorology) wind from the east
  • Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
  • From the East; oriental.
  • Synonyms

    * (situated or lying in or towards the east) eastward * easterly * (of or pertaining to the east) eastern * (from the East) oriental

    Antonyms

    * (situated or lying in or towards the east) westward * westerly * (of or pertaining to the east) western

    Adverb

    (-)
  • towards the east; eastwards
  • Synonyms

    * (towards the east) eastwards

    Antonyms

    * (towards the east) west. westwards

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    wast

    English

    Verb

  • (archaic)
  • * 1600 , William Shakespeare, As You Like It , Act 4, Scene 2, (a hunting song),
  • "Take thou no scorn to wear the horn, It was a crest ere thou wast born ..."
  • * 1611 , The Bible, King James (Authorised) Version , (first & last usages),
  • Genesis 3:11 "And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?"
    Revelation 16:5 "And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast , and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus."
  • * 1850 , , The Blessed Damozel , lines 97-99
  • Alas! We two, we two, thou say'st!
    Yea, one wast thou with me
    That once of old.

    References

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    See also

    * am * are * is * art * be * being * been * beest * was * were * wert * vast