East vs Wast - What's the difference?
east | wast |
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...
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.
towards the east; eastwards
(archaic)
* 1600 , William Shakespeare, As You Like It , Act 4, Scene 2, (a hunting song),
* 1611 , The Bible, King James (Authorised) Version , (first & last usages),
* 1850 , , The Blessed Damozel , lines 97-99
As a proper noun east
is (personification ) the wind from the east.As a verb wast is
(archaic).east
English
(wikipedia east)Noun
Coordinate terms
* (compass point) north, south, westDerived terms
(terms derived from east) * east by north * east by south * easterliness * easterly * eastern * easterner * easting * eastward * eastwardly * eastwards * northeast * north-northeast * southeast * south-southeastAdjective
(-)Synonyms
* (situated or lying in or towards the east) eastward * easterly * (of or pertaining to the east) eastern * (from the East) orientalAntonyms
* (situated or lying in or towards the east) westward * westerly * (of or pertaining to the east) westernAdverb
(-)Synonyms
* (towards the east) eastwardsAntonyms
* (towards the east) west. westwardsAnagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----wast
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Verb
- "Take thou no scorn to wear the horn, It was a crest ere thou wast born ..."
- 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."
- Alas! We two, we two, thou say'st!
- Yea, one wast thou with me
- That once of old.