adv. Sc. Also easel, eissel. [f. EAST; the mode of formation is obscure.] Eastward, easterly. Hence eassel-gate, -ward.
1810. Hogg, Brownie of Bodsb., I. 12 (Jam.). The wind being eissel.
1815. Scott, Guy M., i. ‘O, if ye get to eassel and wessel again, I am undone.’ Ibid. (1816), Antiq., I. vii. 162. ‘Weize yoursell a wee easel-ward.’ Ibid. (1829), Guy M., note v. Dandie Eassil-gate, Dandie Wassail-gate … had their names from living eastward and westward in the street of the village.
