Part 2
Corr. from C. B. _Agned_, _Castel mynyd Agned_; perhaps, q. "the castle of the rifted mount," _agen_, signifying a cliff, _ageniad_, id. _agenedig_, rifted.
AHIND, AHINT, _prep._ Behind, S.
_Buchan Poems._
A. S. _hindan_, post, _aet hindan_, a tergo, _on-hinder_, retrorsum.
AHIND, AHINT, _adv._
1. Behind, in respect of place, S.
2. Late, as to time, S.
3. Applied to what remains, or is left, S.
_Ross._
AICH, _s._ Echo, S. B.
AIGARS, _s._ Grain dried very much in a pot, for being ground in a quern or hand-mill. S. B.
Moes. G. _akran_, Su. G. _aker_, Isl. _akur_, corn; A. S. _aecer_, an ear of corn.
Hence,
AIGAR-MEAL, _s._ Meal made of grain dried in this manner, S.
AIGAR-BROSE, _s._ A sort of pottage made of this meal, S.
To AIGH, _v. a._ To owe, to be indebted; _aighand_, owing, S. B.
Su. G. _aeg-a_, Isl. _eig-a_, debere; Moes. G. _aig-an_, A. S. _ag-an_, habere, possidere.
AIGHINS, _s. pl._ What is owing to one, especially used as denoting demerit. When one threatens to correct a child who is in fault, it is a common expression, "I'll gie you your _aighins_," S. B.
Moes. G. _aigins_, possession.
AIGLET, _s._
1. A tagged point.
_Gl. Sibb._
2. A jewel in one's cap.
_Gl. Sibb._
Fr. _esguilette_, id. q. _aculeata_.
AIK, AYK, _s._ The oak, S. Plur. _akis_, oaks.
_Douglas._
A. S. _ac_, _aec_, Alem. Germ. _eiche_, Su. G. _ek_, Isl. _eik_, quercus.
AIKERIT, _part. adj._ Eared; _weil yaikert_, having full ears; applied to grain, Tweedd, Pron. _yaikert_.
V. ~Aigars~.
AIKRAW, _s._ Pitted warty lichen, L. scrobiculatus, Linn. South of S.
V. ~Staneraw~.
_Lightfoot._
AYLE, _s._
1. A projection from the body of a church, one of the wings of the transept, S.
2. An inclosed and covered burial place, adjoining to a church, though not forming part of it, S.
_Spalding._
Moes. G. and A. S. _alh_, templum.
AILICKEY, _s._ The bridegroom's man, he who attends on the bridegroom or is employed as his messenger at a wedding, Ang.
Su. G. _e_ marriage, and _lackey_, Fr. _lacquay_, a runner.
AIN, _adj._ Own, S.
V. ~Awin~.
AYND, END, _s._ The breath; also written _end_; A. Bor. _Yane_, id.
_Barbour._
Isl. Su. G. _ande_, A. S. _ond_, halitus, spiritus.
_To_ AYND, EAND, _v. a._ To breathe upon.
_Bellenden._
Isl. _and-a_, Su. G. _and-as_, respirare.
AYNDING, _s._ The act of breathing.
_Douglas._
AYNDING-STEDE, _s._ A breathing-place.
_Douglas._
AYNDLESSE, _adj._ Breathless, out of breath.
_Barbour._
AINS, _adv._ Once.
V. ~Anis~.
AIR, AYR, AR, ARE, _adv._
1. Before, formerly.
_Wallace._
2. Early.
_Fell air_, very early in the morning.
_Airer_, compar.; _airest_, superl.
_Wyntown._
_Are morrow_, early in the morning.
_Douglas._
Moes. G. _air_, A. S. _aer_, Alem. _er_, Belg. _eer_, ante, prius; also tempus matutinum.
AIR, _adj._ Early, S.
_Journ. Lond._
AIR, _s._ Expl. "hair, used for a thing of no value."
_Bannatyne Poems._
Isl. _aur_, the smallest thing imaginable.
AIR, AIRE, AYR, AYRE, AR, _s._ An oar; still used, S. B.
_Wallace._
A. S. Alem. _are_, Isl. _aar_, Dan. _aere_, Su. G. _ara_.
AIR, AIRE, AYR, _s._ An heir.
_Barbour._
Moes. G. _arbi_, Su. G. _arf_, Lat. _haeres_, id.
AYRSCHIP, _s._ Inheritance, S.
_Acts Ja. III._
AIR, AYRE, AYR, _s._ An itinerant court of justice; E. _Eyre_.
_Wallace._
Lat. _iter_, O. Fr. _eire_.
AIRN, _s._ Iron, S. _Airns_, pl. Fetters.
Isl. _iarn_, Su. G. _iern_.
V. ~Irne~.
AIRT, ART, ARTH, AIRTH, _s._
1. Quarter of the heaven, point of the compass, S.
_Douglas._
2. A particular quarter of the earth.
_Wallace._
_On every art_, on every hand, on all sides.
_Douglas._
Gael. _aird_, a cardinal point; Germ. _ort_, _wart_, Belg. _oorde_, a place or quarter; Isl. _vart_, Moes. G. _wairths_, versus, towards.
_To_ AIRT, ART, ERT, _v. a._
1. To direct, to mark out a certain course, used with respect to the wind, as blowing from a particular quarter, S.
_Law Case._
2. To give direction or instruction, in order to find out a certain person or place, or any other object, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
3. _To airt on_, to urge forward, Galloway.
_Davidson._
AIRT and PART.
V. ~Art~.
AISLAIR, _adj._ Polished, S.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
AISMENT, AYSYAMENT, _s._ Used in the same sense with E. _easement_, as denoting assistance, accommodation. Fr. _aisement_, commodum.
_Stat. Rob. I._
AIT, oat or oaten.
V. ~Aits~.
_Douglas._
AITS, _s. pl._ Oats, S. _Wild aits_, bearded oat-grass, S. Avena fatua, Linn.
A. S. _ata_, _ate_, avena.
AITEN, _adj._ Oaten, S.
_Ritson._
AITH, AYTHE, _s._ An oath.
V. ~Athe~.
AITH, or AIFTLAND, _s._ That kind of land called _infield_, which is made to carry oats a second time after barley, and has received no dung. Ang.
Perhaps from A. S. _aeft_, iterum.
AITH-HENNES, _s. pl._ Apparently _heath-hens_, as being bred on the heath.
_Skene._
AYSYAMENT, _s._
V. ~Aisment~.
AIZLE, _s._ A hot ember.
V. ~Eizel~.
AKYN, _adj._ Oaken.
_Douglas._
ALAGUST, _s._ Suspicion.
V. ~Allagust~.
ALAIS, _s. pl._ Alleys.
_Wallace._
ALAK,
_Wallace._
V. ~Lak~.
ALAMONTI, ALLAMOTTI, _s._ The storm finch, Procellaria pelagica, Linn. Orkn. The same with the _Assilag_ of St Kilda. _Allamotti_ is the proper pronunciation.
_Neill._
Ital. _ala_, a wing, and _moto_, motion.
ALANE, ALLANE, _adj._ Alone, S.
_Wyntown._
Alem. _alain_, Germ. _allein_, alone; from _all_ omnis, and _ain_, _ein_, unus.
ALANERLIE, _adv._
V. ~Allanerly~.
ALAREIT.
V. ~Lareit~.
ALARS. _Alars yet_, apparently, the gate overspread with alder.
_Palice Hon._
A. S. _alr_, Alem. _ellra_, the alder; Su. G. _alar_, of or belonging to the alder-tree.
ALAWE, _adv._ Downward, below.
V. ~Law~, ~Lawe~.
ALBLASTRIE, _s._ Apparently, the exercise of the cross-bow.
V. ~Awblaster~.
ALCOMYE, _s._ Latten, a kind of mixed metal still used for spoons. Hence, _Accomie spunes_, spoons made of alchymy, S. B.
_Douglas._
From Fr. _alquemie_ or O. E. _alchymy_.
ALD, ALDE, AULD, _adj._ Old, S. Yorks. O. E. _ald_, id.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _eald_, Alem. _alt_, vetus; derived from A. S. _eald-ian_, to remain, to stay, to last, Alem. _alten_, to prolong.
_To_ ALEGE, _v. a._ To absolve from allegiance.
Fr. _alleg-er_, id.
_Wyntown._
ALEUIN, _adj._ Eleven.
_Complaynt S._
ALGAIT, ALGATE, ALGATIS, _adv._
1. Every way.
_Douglas._
2. At all events, by all means.
_Douglas._
O. E. _all gate_, R. Brunne; _all gates_, Chaucer. From _all_, and _gait_, or _gatis_, i. e. all ways.
ALHALE, ALHALELY, _adv._ Wholly, entirely.
_Douglas._
From _all_, and _hale_, _hail_, whole.
ALIENARE, _s._ A stranger.
_Douglas._
Lat. _alien-us_.
ALYA, ALLIA, ALLYA, ALLAY, _s._
1. Alliance.
_Wallace._
2. An ally.
_Acts Ja. VI._
3. Sometimes used as a plural noun, signifying allies.
_Bellenden._
Fr. _allie_, with a Saxon termination.
ALYAND, _part. pr._ Keeping close together.
_Wallace._
Fr. _alli-er_, to join, to knit.
_To_ ALYCHT, _v. a._ To enlighten.
_Douglas._
A. S. _alyht-an_, illuminare; _alyht-nysse_, illuminatio.
ALIST. _To come alist._ To recover from faintness or decay, applied both to animals and vegetables; to recover from a swoon, S. B.
_Ross._
Isl. _lios_, light; _aliost_, the dawn of day; _at koma i liosi_, to make manifest.
ALYTE, _adv._ A little.
V. ~Lite~.
_Lyndsay._
ALLAGRUGOUS, _adj._ Grim, ghastly.
_Journ. Lond._
Perhaps from _all_, Moes. G. _alla_, and _gruous_, ghastly, q. v.
ALLAGUST, _s._ Suspicion.
_Journ. Lond._
Fr. _a le goust_, has a taste or smack.
_To_ ALLAYA, _v. a._ To ally.
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _alli-er_.
ALLANERLIE, ALANERLY, ALLENARLY, _adv._ Only, solely, S.
From _all_, and _anerly_, only.
_Reg. Maj._
ALL ANYS, _adv._ Together, in a state of union.
_Wallace._
From _all_, A. S. _eall_, and _anes_, the genit. of _an_ unus, q. all of one.
ALLARIS, ALLERIS, Common, universal, an old genitive used adjectively. O. E. _alre_, id.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _allera_, genit. pl. of _all_, omnis; Belg. _aller_, id.
V. ~Aller~.
ALLA-VOLIE, ALLE-VOLIE, _adv._ At random, S.
Fr. _à la volée_.
_Philotus._
ALLA-VOLIE, ALLE-VOLIE, _adj._ Giddy, volatile; "An _alle-volie_ chield," a volatile fellow, S.
ALLE-MEN, _adj._ Common, universal.
_Popul. Ball._
Su. G. _all-maen_, communis, Teut. _alle-man_, omnis homo, _al-ghemeyn_, universus.
ALLAR, ALLER, _s._ The alder, a tree, S.
_Statist. Acc._
ALLER, _adv._ Wholly, entirely, altogether. _Aller-hale_, a pleonasm.
_Barbour._
O. E. _alder_, id. often prefixed to a superlative.
V. ~Allaris~.
ALLERIS, _s. pl._ The same with ~Allaris~.
_Douglas._
ALLEVIN, _part. pa._ Allowed, admitted.
_Bannatyne Poems._
A. S. _alef-an_, concedere, permittere; Su. G. _lofw-a_, Moes. G. _laub-jan_, id.
ALLIA.
V. ~Alya~.
ALLYNS, _adv._ Altogether, thoroughly.
_Gawan and Gol._
Su. G. _alleingis_, _allaengis_, A. S. _allinga_, _eallenga_, omnino, prorsus.
ALLKYN, ALKIN, _adj._ All kind of, _Aw kin kind_, S. B.
_Douglas._
A. S. _eall-cyn_, omnigenus.
ALL OUT, _adv._ In a great degree, beyond comparison.
_Barbour._
_To_ ALLOW, _v. a._
1. To approve of, generally with the prep. _of_ subjoined.
_Rollock._
2. To praise, to commend.
_Douglas._
Fr. _allou-er_, approbare, Su. G. _lofw-a_, laudare.
ALLPUIST, APIEST, APIECE, _conj._ Although, S. B. _abies_, Loth.
_Jour. Lond._
Perhaps corr. from _albeit_.
ALLRYN, _adj._ Constantly, progressive, applied to time.
_Barbour._
A. S. _all_ omnis, and _rinn-an_, currere.
ALLSTRYNE, _adj._ Ancient.
_Maitland Poems._
A. S. _ald_, old, and _strynd_, generation, or _stryn-an_, to beget.
ALLTHOCHTE, _conj._ Although.
_Douglas._
A. S. _all_, all, and _thohte_, part. pa. q. "every thing taken into consideration."
V. ~Thocht~.
ALLUTERLIE, ALLUTTERLY, _adv._ Wholly, entirely.
_Douglas._
A. S. _all_ omnis, and _uter_, _utter_, exterior, from _ut_ extra.
ALL-WEILDAND, _adj._ All-governing.
_Wallace._
A. S. _all_, all, and _weald-an_, to govern; Franc. _alluualt_, Isl. _all-valdur_, omnipotent.
ALMANIE WHISTLE, a flagelet of a very small size, used by children, Aberd. Thus denominated, because whistles of this kind were originally imported from _Almanie_, i. e. Germany.
ALMASER, ALMOSEIR, _s._ An almoner, or dispenser of alms.
_Dunbar._
From _Almous_, alms.
ALMERIE, ALMORIE, _s._ Anciently a place where _alms_ were deposited or distributed; in latter times used to denote a press or cupboard, where utensils for house keeping are laid up; the same with E. _ambry_.
_Dunbar._
O. Fr. _almoire_, _aumuire_, A. S. _almerige_, repositorium, scrinium.
ALMOUS, ALMOWS, AUMIS, _s._ Alms, S. _Almesse_, O. E.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _almes_, _almesse_; Sw. _almosa_; Gr. ελεημοσυνα.
ALPE, _s._ An elephant. _Alpes bon_, ivory.
_Gl. Complaynt S._
A. S. _elp_, Lat. _eleph-as_; Heb. _alaph_, bos.
ALQUHARE, ALLQUHARE, _adv._ Every where.
_Douglas._
From _all_, and _quhare_ where.
ALRY, _adj._
For its different senses, V. ~Elrische~.
ALRYNE, _s._ Apparently a watch-tower, or the highest part of a castle.
_Maitland Poems._
Su. G. _hall-a_ defendere, _hallare_ praesidium, _hallarena_ watchmen.
ALS, _conj._ As; generally employed in the first part of a comparison; "_Als_ fers as a lyoun," i. e. "As fierce as a lion."
_Wallace._
From A. S. _ealles_, omnino; or _eall swa_, ita, tam.
ALS, ALSE, _adv._ Also, in the same manner.
V. ~Sua~, ~Alsua~.
_Barbour._
A. S. _eall swa_, etiam.
ALSAME, ALSAMEN, _adv._ Altogether.
_Douglas._
From A. S. _eall_ all, and _same_ together. Alem. _alsamen_, simul.
ALSMEKLE, _adv._ As much.
_Acts Ja. I._
From _als_, and _mekle_, much, great.
ALSONE, _adv._ As soon, with _as_ subjoined.
_Barbour._
Properly _als sone_, A. S. _eall swa sona_.
ALSUA, _adv._ Also.
_Barbour._
A. S. _alswa_, sicut.
ALSWYTH, _adv._ Forthwith.
_Barbour._
From _all_, and _swith_, quickly, q. v.
ALUTERLY, _adv._
V. ~Alluterlie~.
ALWAIES, ALWAYIS, _conj._ Although; notwithstanding, however.
_Bellenden._
AMAILLE, _s._ Enamel.
_King's Quair._
Fr. Belg. _email_, Dan. _amel_; Teut. _mael-en_ pingere, A. S. _mael_, imago.
AMAIST, _adv._ Almost, S. _ameast_, Westmorel.
_Ross._
A. S. _ealmaest_, Belg. _almeest_, id.
AMANG, AMANGIS, _prep._
1. Among; _amang_, S. Westmorel.
_Wyntown._
2. At intervals, occasionally.
_Barbour._
A. S. _meng-an_, Su. G. _maeng-a_, Isl. _meng-a_, to mix, to blend.
AMBASSATE, AMBASSIAT, _s._ An embassy, as denoting the persons sent considered collectively.
_Douglas._
Fr. _ambassade_, id.
AMBRY, _s._ A press in which the provision for the daily use of a family in the country is locked up, S.
V. ~Almerie~.
_To_ AMEISE, AMESE, AMEYSS, _v. a._ To mitigate, to appease.
_Barbour._
Franc. _mezz-an_, Germ. _mass-en_, moderari, mitigare; C. B. _masw_, soft.
AMENE, _adj._ Pleasant.
_Douglas._
Lat. _amoen-us_, id.
AMERAND, _adj._ Green, verdant; probably written _ameraud_.
_Douglas._
From the colour of the emerald, Fr. _emeraud_.
AMERIS, AUMERS, _s. pl._ Embers; aumers, S. B.
_Douglas._
A. S. _aemyria_, Belg. _ameren_, Isl. _eimyria_, favilla.
AMYRALE, _s._ An admiral.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _amiral_; Arab. _amir_, a lord, _ameer al omrah_, prince of the princes.
_To_ AMIT, _v. a._ to admit.
_Wallace._
AMMELYT, _part. pa._ Enamelled.
_Douglas._
Fr. _emaill-er_, L. B. _amayl-are_, id.
_To_ AMMONYSS, _v. a._ To admonish, to counsel.
V. ~Monesting~.
_Barbour._
AMORETTIS, _s. pl._ Loveknots, garlands.
_King's Quair._
Fr. _amourettes_, love-tricks, dalliances, Cotgr.
_To_ AMOVE, AMOW, _v. a._ To move with anger, to vex, to excite.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _emouv-oir_, id.
AMOUR, _s._ Love.
_Douglas._
Fr. id. Lat. _amor_.
AMSCHACH, _s._ A misfortune. S. B.
_Ross._
Ir. Gael. _anshogh_, adversity, misery.
AMSHACK, _s._ Noose, fastening; probably the same with ~Ham-shackel~, q. v.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ AN, _v. a._
1. To appropriate, to allot as one's own.
_Sir Tristrem._
2. To owe, to be indebted to.
_Sir Trist._
Su. G. _egn-a_ proprium facere, from _egen_ proprius; A. S. _agnian_ possidere, from _agen_ proprius.
AN, AND, _conj._
1. If, S. "_If_, and _An_, spoils mony a gude charter," S. Prov.
_Barbour._
2. Sometimes used as equivalent to E. _although_.
_W. Guthrie._
Su. G. _aen_ si, et; Isl. _end_, id.
_To_ ANALIE, _v. a._ To dispone, to alienate; a juridical term.
_Reg. Maj._
By transposition from Lat. _alien-are_.
ANALIER, _s._ One who alienates property, by transporting it to another country. Lat. _alien-ator_.
_Stat. Rob. I._
_To_ ANAME, _v. a._ To call over names, to muster.
_Wyntown._
_To_ ANARME, ANNARME, _v. a._ To arm.
_Acts Ja. I._
ANCLETH, HANCLETH, _s._ The ancle.
_Gl. Sibb._
AND, _conj._
V. ~An~.
ANE, _adj._ One, S.
_Barbour._
Moes. G. _ain_; A. S. _an_, _ane_; anc. Su. G. _an_; mod. Su. G. _en_; Isl. Germ. _ein_; Belg. _een_, id.
ANE, _article_, signifying one, but with less emphasis.
_Barbour._
_To_ ANE, _v. n._ To agree, to accord. Pret. _anyd_.
_Wyntown._
Germ. _ein-en_, concordare, convenire; Su. G. _en-a_, firmiter aliquid proponere; Isl. _eining_, unio; Su. G. _enig_; Germ. _einig_. concors.
ANEABIL, _s._ A single woman; properly one who is used as a concubine.
_Reg. Maj._
O. Fr. _anable_, habile, capable, convenable, from L. B. _inhabil-is_, valde habilis; Gl. Roquefort.
ANEDING, _s._ Breathing.
V. ~Aynd~, _v._
_Barbour._
ANEFALD, _adj._ Honest, acting a faithful part, the same with ~Afald~.
_Douglas._
ANELIE, _adv._ Only.
_R. Bruce._
ANELYD, _part. pa._ Aspired; literally, panted for.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _anhel-er_, to aspire after; Lat. _anhel-are_, L. B. _anel-are_.
ANENS, ANENST, ANENT, ANENTIS, _prep._
1. Over against, opposite to, S.
_Barbour._
2. Concerning, about, in relation to; still used by old people, S.
_Acts Ja. I._
Gr. αναντι, oppositum; A. S. _ongean_, ex adverso.
_To_ ANERD, ANNERE.
V. ~Anherd~.
ANERLY, ANYRLY, _adv._ Only, alone, singly. Hence _allanerly_.
_Barbour._
A. S. _anre_, tantum; Germ. _einer_, solus, from _an_ and _ein_, unus.
ANERLY, ANERLIE, _adj._ Single, solitary; only.
_G. Buchanan._
ANETH, _prep._ Beneath, S.
_Bord. Minstrelsy._
A. S. _on_ in, and _neothan_, deorsum; Isl. _nedan_, Belg. _neden_. Su. G. _ned_. id.
ANEUCH, _adv._ (gutt.) Enough, S.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _genog_, _genoh_, satis, deduced by H. Tooke from _genog-an_, multiplicare; perhaps rather from Moes. G. _janoh_ multi, many.
ANEWIS, _s. pl._ "Budding flowers," Tytler.
_King's Quair._
Perhaps rings, from Fr. _anneau_, annulus.
ANGELL-HEDE, _s._ The hooked or barbed head of an arrow.
_Wallace._
A. S. Dan. Germ. _angel_, a hook, an angle; Teut. _anghel_, a sting, O. Teut. _anghel-en_, to sting.
ANGIR, _s._ Grief, vexation.
_Wyntown._
Gr. ἀγγρις, grief; Isl. _angr_, dolor, moeror; Su. G. Isl. _angra_, dolore afficere, deduced by Ihre from _aung-a_ premere, arctare.
_To_ ANHERD, ANERD, ANNERE, ENHERDE, _v. n._ To consent, to adhere.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _anhraed_, _anraed_, signifies constans, concors, unanimis; apparently from _an_ one, and _raed_ counsel. But I find O. Fr. _enherdance_ rendered by Roquefort, adherence, attachment. Lat. _inhaerere_, to cleave, or stick fast in, or to, is therefore the more probable origin.
ANIEST, _adv._ or _prep._ On this side of, Ayrs.; q. "on the nearest side." This is opposed to _Adist_, _adiest_, on that side.
A. S. on _neawiste_, in vicinia, prope ad; or _on_ and _neahst_ proximus, from _neah_ near, E. _nigh_.
ANYD, _pret._ Agreed.
V. ~Ane~, _v._
ANYNG, _s._ Agreement, concord.
_Wyntown._
ANIS, ANYS, AINS, _adv._ Once; pron. as _ainze_, or _yince_, S. _eenze_, S. B.
_Douglas._
The genit. of A. S. _an_, unus, one, _anes_ unius, also rendered semel, q. actio unius temporis.
ANIS, ANNIS, _s. pl._
1. Asses.
_Chron. S. P._
2. Metaphor used for foolish fellows.
_Bannatyne P._
Fr. _asne_, Lat. _asinus_; Su. G. _asna_, Isl. _esne_.
ANYS, the genitive of _Ane_, one.
V. ~Anis~.
ANKER-SAIDELL, HANKERSAIDLE, _s._ A hermit, an anchorite.
_Philotus._
A. S. _ancer-setle_, an anchorite's cell or seat, a hermitage; from _ancer_, a hermit, Lat. _anachoreta_, Gr. αναχωρητης.
ANKERSTOCK, _s._ A large loaf, of an oblong form. The name is extended to a wheaten loaf, but properly belongs to one made of rye, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
Q. an _anchorite's_ stock, or supply; or from some fancied resemblance to the _stock_ of an _anchor_.
ANLAS, _s._ Properly "a kind of knife or dagger usually worn at the girdle," as the term occurs in Chaucer; but used to denote a pike fixed in the cheveron of a horse.
_Sir Gawan._
Franc. _anelaz_, _analeze_, adlaterale telum, from _lez_ latus, the side; C. B. _anglas_, a dagger; L. B. _anelac-ius_, id.
ANN, _s._ A half-year's salary legally due to the heirs of a minister, in addition to what was due expressly according to the period of his incumbency, S.
_Acts Cha. II._
Fr. _annate_, L. B. _annata_.
ANMAILLE, _s._ Enamel.
V. ~Amaille~.
_To_ ANORNE, _v. a._ To adorn.
_Douglas._
L. B. _inorn-are_, Tertullian.
ANSE, ANZE, ENSE, _conj._ Else, otherwise, Ang.
Allied perhaps to Su. G. _annars_ alias.
_To_ ANTER, _v. n._
1. To adventure, S. B.
_Ross._
2. To chance, to happen, S. B.
_Journ. Lond._
3. In the form of a participle, as signifying occasional, single, rare. An _antrin ane_, one of a kind met with singly and occasionally, or seldom, S.
_Ferguson._
To be viewed as the same with ~Aunter~, q. v.
ANTERCAST, _s._ A misfortune, a mischance, S. B.
_Ross._
_Anter_, or _aunter_, adventure, and _cast_, a chance, q. something accidental.
ANTETEWME, _s._ "Antetune, antiphone, response," L. Hailes.
_Bannatyne P._
ANTYCESSOR, ANTECESSOWR, ANTECESTRE, _s._ An ancestor, a predecessor. Lat. _antecessor_.
_Wallace._
APAYN, _part. pa._ Provided, furnished.
_Barbour._
Fr. _appan-é_, having received a portion, _appan-er_ to give a portion, L. B. _apan-are_, id. from _pain_, Lat. _pan-is_, as originally denoting the supply of bread and other necessaries of life.
APAYN, _adv._
1. Reluctantly, unwillingly; sometimes written distinctly, _a payn_.
_Barbour._
2. Hardly, scarcely.
_Wallace._
3. It seems improperly used for _in case_.
_Wallace._
4. Under pain, at the risk of. In editions, _on payn_.
_Wallace._
Fr. _à peine_, "scarcely, hardly, not without much ado," Cotgr.
A PER SE, "An extraordinary or incomparable person; like the letter _A by itself_, which has the first place in the alphabet of almost all languages;" Rudd. Chaucer id.
_Douglas._
APERSMAR, APIRSMART, _adj._ Crabbed, ill-humoured; _snell_, _calschie_, S. synon.
_Douglas._
A. S. _afor_, _afre_, Isl. _apur_, _asper_, (as _apurkylde_, acre frigus); and A. S. _smeorte_, Su. G. _smarta_, pain. Haldorson remarks, that the Isl. term is also applied to one of austere manners.
APERT, _adj._ Brisk, bold, free.
_Barbour._
Fr. _appert_, expert, prompt; Lat. _apparat-us_, prepared.
APERT. _In apert_, _adv._ Evidently, openly.
_Barbour._
Fr. _apert_, _appert_, open, evident; from _appar-oir_, Lat. _appar-ere_, to appear.
APERTLY, _adv._ Briskly, readily.
V. ~Apert~, _adj._
_Barbour._
APIEST, APIECE, _conj._ Although.
V. ~Allpuist~.
APILL RENYEIS, _s. pl._ A string, or necklace of beads; q. a _rein_ or bridle of beads, formed like _apples_.
_Dunbar._
APLIGHT, _adv._ Completely; O. E. _apliht_.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _on_ and _pliht_ periculum, _pliht-an_ periculo objicere se.
APON, APOUN, _prep._ Upon, S.
_Barbour._
A. S. _ufa_, Su. G. _uppa_, insuper, and _on_.
APORT, APORTE, _s._ Deportment, carriage.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _apport_, from _apport-er_, to carry; Lat. _ad_ and _port-are_.
_To_ APPAIR, _v. a._ To injure, to impair, O. E. _apeir_.
_Detect. Q. Mary._
Fr. _emper-er_, id.
V. ~Pare~, _v._
APPARELLE, APPARYLE, APPARAILL, _s._ Equipage, furniture for warfare, preparations for a siege, whether for attack or defence; ammunition.
_Barbour._
Fr. _appareil_, provision, furniture, preparations for war.
APPIN, _adj._ Open, S.
_Complaynt S._
Dan. _aaben_ apertus; Isl. _opna_ foramen. Wachter derives Germ. _offen_, apertus, from _auf_ up.
APPLERINGIE, _s._ Southernwood, S. Artemisia abrotanum, Linn.
Fr. _apilé_ strong, and _auronne_ southernwood, from Lat. _abrotanum_, id.
_To_ APLEIS, APPLESS, _v. a._ To satisfy, to content, to please.
_Wallace._
Apparently from an obsolete Fr. v. of the form of _applaire_.
APPLY, _s._ Plight, condition.
_Sir Egeir._
Fr. _pli_ state, habit.
_To_ APPORT, _v. a._ To bring, to conduce.
Fr. _apport-er_, id.
_R. Bruce._
_To_ APPREUE, APPRIEVE, _v. a._ To approve.
_Douglas._
Fr. _approuver_, Lat. _approbare_.
AR, ARE, _adv._ Formerly; also, early.
V. ~Air~.
_To_ AR, ARE, ERE, _v. a._ To plough, to till, S. _to ear_, E.
_Douglas._
Moes. G. _ar-ian_, Su. G. _aer-ia_. Isl. _er-ia_, A. S. _er-ian_, Alem. _err-en_, Germ. _er-en_, Gr. αρ-ειν, Lat. _ar-are_. Ihre views Heb. ץאר _ar-etz_, earth, as the fountain.
ARAGE, ARRAGE, ARYAGE, AUARAGE, AVERAGE, _s._ Servitude due by tenants, in men and horses, to their landlords. This custom is not entirely abolished in some parts of Scotland. "_Arage_ and carriage" is a phrase still commonly used in leases.
_Skene._
L. B. _averag-ium_, from _aver-ia_, a beast for work; and this perhaps from Fr. _ouvre_ work.
_To_ ARAS, ARRACE, _v. a._
1. To snatch or pluck away by force.
_Wyntown._
2. To raise up.
_Douglas._
This sense is so different from the former, that it might rather seem to be put for _arraise_, q. to raise up.
Fr. _arrach-er_, to tear, to pull by violence; to pull up by the roots, from Lat. _eradic-are_.
ARBY, _s._ The sea-gilliflower, Orkn.
_Neill._
ARBY-ROOT, _s._ The root of the sea-pink, or Statice armeria, Orkn.
ARCH, ARGH, AIRGH, ERGH, (gutt.) _adj._
1. Averse, reluctant; often including the idea of timidity as the cause of reluctance, S.
_Douglas._
2. Apprehensive, filled with anxiety, S. Chaucer, _erke_, weary, indolent.
_Popul. Ball._