ARK-BEIN, the bone called the _os pubis_, S. B.
_To_ ARLE, _v. a._
1. To give an earnest of any kind, S.
2. To give a piece of money for confirming a bargain, S.
3. To put a piece of money into the hand of a seller, at entering into a
bargain, as a security that he shall not sell to another while he
retains this money, S.
_Skene._
L. B. _arrh-are_, arrhis sponsam dare, Fr. _arrh-er_, _arr-er_.
ARLES, ERLIS, ARLIS, ARLIS-PENNY, AIRLE PENNY, _s._
1. An earnest of whatever kind, a pledge of full possession, S. A. Bor.
_Wyntown._
2. A piece of money given for confirming a bargain, S. A. Bor.
_Acts Ja. IV._
3. A piece of money put into the hands of a seller when one begins to
cheapen any commodity; as a pledge that the seller shall not strike a
bargain, or even enter into terms with another while he retains the
_arles_, S.
Lat. _arrhabo_, _arrha_, Gael. _iarlus_, id.
ARLICH, ARLITCH, _adj._ Sore, fretted, painful, S. B.
V. ~Arr~.
Su. G. _arg_ iratus, _arg-a laedere_, Dan. _arrig_, troublesome; as
we say, "an angry sore;" or from Su. G. _aerr_ cicatrix, whence _aerrig_
vulneratus.
ARLY, _adv._ Early.
_Barbour._
A. S. _arlice_, matutinè.
ARMYN, ARMYNG. _s._ Armour, arms.
_Wyntown._
ARN, _s._ The alder; a tree, S. pronounced in some counties q. _arin_.
C. B. _uern_, Arm. _vern_, _guern_, Gael. _fearn_, alnus.
ARN, _v. subst._ Are, the third pers. plural; Chaucer _arn_.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _aron_, sunt.
ARNS, _s. pl._ The beards of corn, S. B. synon. _awns_.
Franc. _arn_ spica.
ARNUT, LOUSY ARNOT, _s._ Tall oat-grass or pignut; Bunium bulbocastanum,
or flexuosum, Linn. S.
_Yurnut._
A. Bor.
_Lightfoot._
Corr. from _earth-nut_.
ARR, _s._ A scar, S. A. Bor. _Pock-arrs_, the marks left by the
small-pox, S. Lancash.
Su. G. _aerr_, Isl. _aer_, cicatrix.
ARRED, _part. adj._ Scarred, having the marks of a wound or sore.
Hence, _Pock arred_, marked by the small-pox, S.
Dan. _arred_ cicatrised; Isl. _aerra_ cicatrices facere.
_To_ ARRACE.
V. ~Aras~.
ARRONDELL, _s._ The swallow, a bird.
_Burel._
Fr. _arondelle_, _hirondelle_, from Lat. _hirundo_, id.
ARSECOCKLE, _s._ A hot pimple on the face or any part of the body, S. B.
The term seems originally to have been confined to pimples on the hips;
synon. with Teut. _aers bleyne_, tuberculus in ano.
ARSEENE, _s._ The quail.
_Houlate._
A. S. _aerschen_, coturnix, also _erschenn_, from _ersc_ and _henn_,
q. gallina vivarii.
ARSELINS, _adv._ Backwards, Clydes. S. B.
_Ross._
Belg. _aersel-en_, to go backwards; _aerseling_ receding;
_aerselincks_, retro.
ARSOUN, _s._ Buttocks.
_Barbour._
ART, ARD.
This termination of many words, denoting a particular habit
or affection, is analogous to Isl. and Germ. _art_, Belg. _aart_,
nature, disposition; as E. _drunkard_, _bastard_; Fr. _babillard_, a
stutterer; S. _bombard_, _bumbart_, a drone, _stunkart_, of a stubborn
disposition; _hastard_, hasty, passionate.
ART _and_ PART, Accessory to, or abetting, a forensic phrase, S. used in
a bad sense. _Art_ denotes the instigation or advice, _Part_ the share
that one has in the commission of a crime.
_Erskine._
The terms are frequently used in the way of discrimination, "Art
_or_ part."
_Wyntown._
Borrowed from the Lat. phrase, _Artem_ et _partem_ habuit.
ARTAILYE, _s._ Artillery; applied to offensive weapons of what kind
soever, before the introduction of fire arms.
V. ~Artillied~.
_Wallace._
ARTATION, _s._ Excitement, instigation.
_Bellenden._
L. B. _artatio_, from _arto_ for _arcto_, _arc_, to constrain.
ARTILLIED, _part. pa._ Provided with artillery.
_Pitscottie._
Fr. _artill-er_, to furnish with ordinance.
ARTHURY'S HUFE, the name given to the constellation Arcturus.
_Douglas._
V. ~Hoif~.
ARTOW, Art thou? used interrogatively, S. the verb and pronoun being
often, in colloquial language, conjoined in Scottish, as in Germ. and
Isl.
Isl. _ertu_, id.
_King's Quair._
_Ertow_, id.
_Ywaine and Gawin._
AS, _conj._ Than, S. synon. with _nor_.
_Kelly._
AS, ASS, ASSE, ALSE, _s._ Ashes; plur. _assis_, S. _ass_ and _aiss_; A.
Bor. _ass_, Cumberl. _esse_, id.
_Dunbar._
Moes. G. _asja_, Alem. _asca_, Germ. and Belg. _asche_, Su. G. and
Isl. _aska_, cinis.
ASSHOLE, _s._ The place for receiving the ashes under the grate; S.
Lancash. _esshole_, _ashole_, id.
V. Preceding word.
ASCHET, _s._ A large flat plate on which meat is brought to the table,
S.
Fr. _assiette_, "a trencher-plate," Cotgr.
ASYNIS, _s. pl._ Asses.
_Bellenden._
Fr. _asne_, Lat. _asin-us_.
ASK, AWSK, _s._ An eft, a newt; a kind of lizard, S.; _asker_, A. Bor.
_Wyntown._
Germ. _eidechs_, _eidex_; Franc. _edehsa_; A. S. _athexe_; Belg.
_egdisse_, _haagdisse_, id. Wachter deduces the Germ. word from _ey_,
_eg_, ovum, and _tyg-en_ gignere, q. "produced from an egg."
ASKLENT, ASCLENT, ASKLINT, _adv._ Obliquely, asquint, on one side, S.
_Aslant_, E.
_R. Bruce._
Swed. _slant_, obliquus, from _slind_ latus.
ASPECT, _s._ The serpent called the asp, or aspik, Fr. _aspic_.
_Burel._
ASPERANS, _adj._ Lofty, elevated, pompous; applied to diction.
_Wallace._
Fr. _aspirant_, Lat. _aspirans_, aspiring.
ASPERT, _adj._ Harsh, cruel.
_King's Quair._
Fr. _aspre_, Lat. _asper_.
ASPYNE, _s._ From the connexion, apparently meant to denote a boat.
_Barbour._
Swed. _esping_, a long boat, Teut. _hespinghe_, _espinck_, cymba, a
small boat.
ASPRE, _adj._ Sharp.
V. ~Aspert~.
_Wallace._
ASPRESPER, _s._ Perhaps q. "sharp spear;" like _aspre_ bow, also used by
_Blind Harry_.
_Wallace._
Fr. _asper_, dur, rude, bâton noueux; Gl. Roquefort.
ASPRIANCE, _s._
V. ~Asperans~.
_To_ ASS, _v. a._ To ask.
_Henrysone._
Germ. _eisch-en_, Fran. _eiscon_, interrogare.
ASS, _s._ Ashes.
V. ~As~.
_To_ ASSAILYIE, _v. a._ To attack, to assail.
_Wallace._
Fr. _assaill-ir_; L. B. _adsal-ire_, _assal-ire_, invadere, aggredi.
ASSAYIS, _s._ Assize, convention.
_Wyntown._
ASSEDATION, _s._
1. A lease; a term still commonly used in our legal deeds, S.
_Balfour._
2. The act of letting in lease.
L. B. _assedatio_.
_Chalmerl. Air._
_To_ ASSEGE, _v. a._ To besiege.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _assieg-er_, L. B. _assidiare_, obsidere; from Lat. _ad_, and
_sedeo_.
_To_ ASSEMBLE, _v. n._ To join in battle.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _assembl-er_, from Su. G. _saml-a_, Germ. _saml-en_, Belg.
_zamel-en_, congregare; from Su. G. and Germ. _sam_, a prefix denoting
association and conjunction.
ASSEMBLÉ, _s._ Engagement, battle.
_Wyntown._
ASSENYHE, _s._ The word of war.
Corr. from ~Ensenyie~, q. v.
_Barbour._
ASSILAG, _s._ The stormy petrel, a bird; Procellaria pelagica, Linn.
_Martin._
Perhaps from Gael. _eascal_, Ir. _eashal_, a storm.
ASSILTRIE, _s._ An axle-tree.
_Douglas._
Fr. _asseul_, Ital. _assile_, axis.
_To_ ASSYTH, ASSYITH, SYITH, SITHE, _v. a._ To make a composition to
another, to satisfy, Old E. _asseeth_, _asseth_, id.
_Acts Ja. I._
Lat. _ad_ and A. S. _sithe_, vice; Skinner. Rather from Su. G. and
Isl. _saett-a_ conciliare; reconciliare. Ir. and Gael. _sioth-am_, to
make atonement.
ASSYTH, ASSYTHMENT, SYTH, SITHEMENT, _s._ Compensation, satisfaction,
atonement for an offence. _Assythment_ is still used as a forensic term.
S. O. E. _aseeth_, Wiclif.
_Wyntown._
This word is still in use in our courts of law, as denoting
satisfaction for an injury done to any party.
Su. G. _saett_, reconciliation, or the fine paid in order to procure
it.
_To_ ASSOILYIE, _v. a._
1. To acquit, to free from a charge or prosecution; a forensic term much
used in our courts, S.
_Reg. Maj._
2. To absolve from an ecclesiastical censure; as from excommunication.
_Bellenden._
Old E. _assoil_, _asoilen_, and _asoul_, denote the absolution by a
priest; P. Ploughman.
3. To pronounce absolution from sin, in consequence of confession.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
4. To absolve from guilt one departed, by saying masses for the soul;
according to the faith of the Romish church.
_Barbour._
5. Used improperly, in relation to the response of an oracle; apparently
in the sense of _resolving_ what is doubtful.
_Douglas._
6. Also used improperly, as signifying to unriddle.
_Z. Boyd._
O. Fr. _assoilé_, _absoillé_, dechargé, absous, despensé; Gl.
Roquefort; corr. from Lat. _absolv-ere_.
_To_ ASSONYIE, ESSONYIE, _v. a._
1. To offer an excuse for absence from a court of law.
_Stat. K. Will._
2. Actually to excuse; the excuse offered being sustained.
_Quon. Attach._
3. To decline the combat, to shrink from an adversary.
_Wallace._
O. E. _asoyned_, excused; R. Glouc. _Essoine_, a legal excuse,
Chaucer.
V. ~Essonyie~, _s._
Fr. _essoyner_, _exon-ier_, to excuse from appearing in court, or
going to the wars. Su. G. _son-a_, Germ. _sun-en_, to reconcile, to
explain; Moes. G. _sunj-an_, to justify.
ASSURANCE, _s._ To take _assurance_ of an enemy; to submit, to do
homage, under the condition of protection.
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _donner assurement_, fidem dare; L. B. _assecur-are_, from Lat.
_ad_ and _secur-us_.
ASTALIT, _part. pa._ Decked or set out.
_Gawan and Gol._
Fr. _estail-er_, to display, to shew.
_To_ ASTART, ASTERT, _v. n._
1. To start, to fly hastily.
_King's Quair._
2. To start aside from, to avoid.
_King's Quair._
Teut. _steert-en_, to fly; Germ, _starz-en_, to start up.
ASTEER, _adv._ In confusion, in a bustling state; S. q. _on stir_.
_Ritson._
ASTRE, _s._ A star; Fr.
_Chron. S. Poet._
AT, _conj._ That; O. E. id. Gower.
_Barbour._
Dan. and Swed. _at_, quod; Su. G. _att_, a conjunction corresponding
to Lat. _ut_.
AT, _pron._ That, which.
_Wyntown._
AT ALL, _adv._ "Altogether," Rudd.; perhaps, at best, at any rate.
_Douglas._
ATANIS, ATTANIS, ATANYS, ATONIS, _adv._ At once; S. at _ainze_.
V. ~Anis~, ~Anys~.
_Gawan and Gol._
ATCHESON, ATCHISON, _s._ A billon coin, or rather copper washed with
silver, struck in the reign of James VI., of the value of eight pennies
Scots, or two-thirds of an English penny.
_Ruddiman._
From the name of the assay-master of the mint.
ATHARIST, Houlate III. 10.
V. ~Citharist~.
ATHE, AITH, AYTHE, _s._ An oath; plur. _athis_.
_Barbour._
Moes. G. _aith_, A. S. _ath_, Precop. _eth_, Isl. _aed_, Su. G.
_ed_, Dan. and Belg. _eed_, Alem. and Germ. _eid_, juramentum.
ATHER, _conj._ Either.
V. ~Athir~.
_R. Bruce._
ATHIL, ATHILL, HATHILL, _adv._ Noble, illustrious.
_Houlate._
A. S. _aethel_, nobilis; whence _Aetheling_, _Atheling_, a youth of
the blood royal; Su. G. _adel_, id.; _adling_, juvenis nobilis; deduced
from ancient Gothic _aelt_, kindred. C. B. _eddyl_ is also equivalent
to Lat. gens, cognatio.
ATHIL, HATHEL, _s._ A noble prince, a man, an illustrious personage;
plur. _athilles_, (erroneously _achilles_,) _hatheles_.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
ATHIR, ATHYR, _pron._
1. Either, whichsoever.
_Wyntown._
2. Mutual, reciprocal.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _aegther_, uterque.
V. ~Either~.
ATHORT, _prep._ Through, S.; _athwart_, E.
V. ~Thortour~.
_Baillie._
ATHORT, _adv._ Abroad, far and wide.
_Baillie._
ATIR, EATIR, _s._ Gore, blood mixed with matter.
_Douglas._
A. S. _ater_, _aetter_, _aettor_; Alem. _eitir_, Isl. and Germ.
_eiter_, Su. G. _etter_, venenum; from Alem. _eit-en_, to burn.
ATO, _adv._ In twain.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _on twa_, in duo.
ATOUR, _s._ Warlike preparation.
Fr. _atour_, attire.
_Barbour._
ATOUR, ATTOURE, _prep._
1. Over, S.
_Wallace._
2. Across, S.
_Wallace._
3. Beyond, as to time; exceeding.
_Quon. Att._
4. Exceeding in number.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _a tour_, _en tour_, _au tour_, circum; or Su. G. _at_, denoting
motion towards a place, and _oefwer_, over.
ATOUR, ATTOUR, _adv._
1. Moreover, _By and attour_, id. Laws, S.
_Pitscottie._
2. Out from, or at an indefinite distance from the person speaking, or
the object spoken of.
_Douglas._
_To stand attour_, to keep off; _to go attour_, to remove to some
distance, S. _By and attour_, _prep_. Besides, over and above, S.
_Spalding._
ATRY, ATTRIE, _adj._
1. Purulent, containing matter; applied to a sore that is cankered, S.
_R. Bruce._
2. Stern, grim, S. B.; _attern_, fierce, cruel, snarling; Gloucest.
V. ~Atir~, ~Eatir~.
_Ross._
Belg. _etterig_, full of matter; _eiter-en_, to suppurate.
ATRYS, _s. pl._ Perhaps from Fr. _atour_, a French hood.
_Watson's Coll._
ATRYST, _s._ Appointment, assignation,
V. ~Tryst~.
_Dunbar._
ATTAMIE, A skeleton, S.
Abbreviated from Fr. _anatomie_.
ATTEILLE, ATTEAL, ATTILE, _s._ Apparently the wigeon; being
distinguished from the _teal_.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Isl. _tialld-r_, turdus marinus.
ATTELED, _part. pa._ Aimed.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
V. ~Ettle~
ATTEMPTAT, _s._ A wicked or injurious enterprise.
_Bellenden._
L. B. _attemptat-io_, nefaria molitio, scelus, Gall. _attentat_; Du
Cange.
ATTER-CAP, ATTIR-COP, _s._
1. A spider, S. _Attercop_, _attercob_, id. A. Bor.
_Montgomery._
2. An ill-natured person; one of a virulent or malignant disposition, S.
A. S. _atter-coppe_, _atter-coppa_, aranea, from _atter_ venenum,
and _coppe_ calix, q. "a _cup_ full of _venom_;" like Isl. _eitrorm_ a
serpent, i. e. "a poisonous worm."
ATTOUR, _prep._
V. ~Atour~.
ATWEESH, _prep._ Between.
_Shirrefs._
Franc. _tuisc_, _entuishan_, Belg. _tuschen_, inter.
AVA', _adv._ At all, S.
_Ross._
Corr. from _af_ or _of_, and _all_.
AVAILL, _s._ Abasement, humiliation.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _aval-er_, _avall-er_, to fall down; _aval_, en descendant, au
bas, en bas; _ad vall-em_; Gl. Roquefort.
_To_ AUALE, _v. n._ To descend.
V. ~Availl~.
_Douglas._
AUANT, AWANT, _s._ Boast, vaunt; Chaucer, id.
_Douglas._
AVANTCURRIER, _s._ One of the fore-runners of an army, the same perhaps
that are now called picquet-guards.
_Godscroft._
Fr. _avantcoureur_, from _avant_ before, and _courir_ to run.
AUCHINDORAS, _s._ A large thorn-tree at the end of a house; Fife.
AUCHLIT, _s._ Two stones weight, or a peck measure, being half of the
Kirkcudbright bushel; Galloway.
AUCHT, AWCHT, (gutt.) _pret._ of Aw.
1. Possessed. _Auht_, id. R. Brunne.
_Wyntown._
2. Owed, was indebted, id. R. Brunne.
_Wyntown._
AUCHT, (gutt.) _v. imp._ Ought, should.
_Douglas._
_Auchten_ occurs in the same sense.
_Douglas._
A. S. _aht-on_, the third pers. plur. pret. of A. S. _ag-an_,
possidere.
AUCHT, _s._ Possession, property; what is exclusively one's own. _In aw
my aucht_, in my possession, viewed at its utmost extent, S.
V. ~Best Aucht~.
_Bannatyne Poems._
A. S. _aht_; Moes. G. _aigin_, _aihn_, peculiaris ac propria
possessio.
AUCHT, (gutt.) _adj._ Eight, S. _auhte_, O. E. id. R. Brunne.
_Wyntown._
Moes. G. _aht-au_, A. S. _eaht-a_, Germ. _aht_, Belg. _acht_, Isl.
and Su. G. _att-a_, Gael. _ocht_, Lat. _oct-o_.
AUCHTAND, AUCHTEN, _adj._ The eighth. Isl. _aatunde_, octavus.
_Douglas._
AVENAND, _adj._ Elegant in person and manners.
_Gawan and Gol._
Fr. _advenant_, _avenant_, handsome; also, courteous.
AVENTURE, _In aventure_, _adv._ Lest, perchance.
V. ~Aunter~.
_Bellenden._
Fr. _à l'aventure_, id.
AVER, AVIR, AIVER, _s._
1. A horse used for labour, a cart-horse, S.
_Bellenden._
2. An old horse, one that is worn out with labour, S.
_Dunbar._
3. A gelded goat, S.
V. ~Hebrun~.
_Statist. Acc._
L. B. _afferi_, _affri_, jumenta vel cavalli colonici; _averia_,
_averii_, equi, boves, jumenta; Du Cange.
V. ~Arage~.
AVERIL, _s._ Apparently a diminutive from _aver_, a beast for labour.
_Dunbar._
AVERILE, AVYRYLE, _s._ April.
_Wyntown._
AVERIN, AVEREN, AIVERIN, _s._ Cloudberry or knoutberry, S. Rubus
chamaemorus, Linn.; eaten as a dessert in the north of S.
_Ross._
Perhaps from Germ. _aver_ wild, and _en_, a term now applied in Su.
G. to the berry of the juniper; Gael. _oidh' rac_, _oirak_.
AVIL, _s._ The second crop after lea or grass; Galloway.
V. ~Awat~.
AVILLOUS, _adj._ Contemptible, debased.
_Chron. Scot. P._
Fr. _avili_, _ie_, in contemptionem adductus; Dict. Trev.
AUISE, _s._ Advice, counsel; _avis_, Chaucer; _avys_, R. Brunne.
Fr. _avis_.
_Douglas._
AVYSE, AWISE, _s._ Manner, fashion.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wisa_, _wise_, Alem. _uuis_, _uuisa_, Belg. _wijse_, modus.
AVISION, _s._ Vision; Chaucer, id.
_Douglas._
Fr. _avision_, vision, fantaisie; Gl. Roquefort.
AUKWART, AWKWART, _prep._ Athwart, across.
_Wallace._
AULD, _s._ Age.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
A. S. _aeld_ senectus, Moes. G. _alds_ aetas.
V. ~Eild~.
AULDFARREN, _adj._ Sagacious, S.; _audfarand_, id. A. Bor.
_Ramsay._
Moes. G. _ald_ old, and Swed. _far-a_, Germ. _far-en_, experiri;
Swed. _faren_, Isl. _farinn_, peritus; Belg. _aervaaren_, skilful.
AULD-MOU'D, _adj._ Sagacious in discourse; sometimes implying the idea
of craft, S. B.
_Ross._
From _auld_ old, and _mou'_ or _mow_, the mouth.
AULD-FATHER, _s._ A grandfather; a term used by some in the west of S.
A. S. _eald-faeder_, Belg. _oud-vader_, avus.
AULD-WARLD, _adj._ Antique, antiquated, S.
_Ferguson._
From _auld_ old, and _warld_ world.
AULIN. _Scouti-aulin_, _Dirty Aulin_, the arctic gull, Orkn. Loth.
_Pennant._
V. ~Scouti-Aulin~, and ~Skaitbird~.
AULTRAGES, AULTERAGES, _s. pl._ The emoluments arising from the
offerings made at an altar, or from the rents appointed for the support
of it.
_Spotswood._
L. B. _altarag-ium_, _alterag-ium_, obventio altaris; Du Cange.
AUMERS, _s. pl._ Embers.
V. ~Ameris~.
_To_ AUNTER, AWNTYR, _v. a._ To hazard, to put into the power of
accident.
_Barbour._
Fr. _aventur-er_, risquer, mettre au hazard; Dict. Trev.
_Aunter_ is used by Chaucer and Gower in a neuter sense.
V. ~Anter~, _v._
AUNTER, _s._ Adventure; O. E. _antre_, R. Brunne.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
Fr. _aventure_, _auenture_, abbreviated.
AUNTEROUS, _adj._ Adventurous.
_Gl. Sibb._
O. Fr. _aventureux_, hasardé; L. B. _adventor-ius_; Gl. Roquefort.
_To_ AVOKE, _v. a._ To call away, to keep off.
Lat. _avoc-are_.
_Baillie._
AVOUTERIE, ADVOUTERIE, _s._ Adultery.
_Gl. Sibb._
O. Fr. _avoutrie_; Ital. _avolteria_; Lat. _adulter-ium_; Teut.
_vouter-en_, fornicare, camerare.
AVOW, AVOWE, _s._
1. A vow; used in the same sense by Chaucer.
_Douglas._
2. Discovery, declaration; in modern language, avowal.
_Minstrelsy Bord._
Fr. _avou-er_, to confess.
AUSTIE, _adj._ Austere, harsh.
_Henrysone._
A. S. _ostige_, knotty, from _ost_, Teut. _oest_, a knot, properly
in wood.
_To_ AW, AWE, _v. a._ To owe, S.
_Wallace._
Isl. _aa_, _atte_, debeo, debuit; A. S. _ag_, _ahte_; Su. G. _a_;
Moes. G. _aih_, habeo, imperf. _aiht-a_.
V. ~Aigh~, ~Aucht~.
AW, sometimes to be viewed as the third pers. sing. of the _v._;
signifying owed, ought.
_Wallace._
_To_ AUCHT, AWCHT, AUGHT, _v. a._ To owe.
V. ~Aw~.
_Peblis to the Play._
AW, used for ~All~, S.
_Bannatyne P._
_Wyth aw_, withal.
_Douglas._
AWA, _adv._ Away; the general pronunciation in S.
_Douglas._
_To_ AWAIL, AWAL, _v. a._
1. To let fall.
_Barbour._
2. To descend; used in a neuter sense.
_Wallace._
Fr. _aval-er_, to go, or fall, down; also, to let fall; Teut.
_af-vall-en_, decidere; _af-val_, casus; Su. G. _afal_, _affal_, lapsus.
_To_ AWAILL, AWAILYE, _v. n._ To avail.
_Barbour._
AWAY. This word seems to have been used occasionally as a verb.
_Barbour._
A. S. _aweg_, away, may be viewed as the imperat. of _awaeg-an_, to
take away, or _awegg-an_, to depart.
AWAYMENTIS, _s. pl._ Consultations; Gl. Perhaps preparations, or
preliminaries.
_Wyntown._
Perhaps from O. Fr. _avoy-er_, to put in train; _avoyment_, enquêté,
ouverture; de _via_; Gl. Roquefort.
AWALT SHEEP, one that has fallen backward, or downhill, and cannot
recover itself, S.
V. ~Awail~.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ AWANCE, _v. a._ To advance.
Fr. _avanc-er_, id.
_Wallace._
AWAT, _s._ Ground ploughed after the first crop from lea. The crop
produced is called the _awat-crap_, also pronounced _award_; Ang.
_Avil_, Galloway, _aewall_, Clydes. id.
A. S. _afed_, pastus, _af-at_, depastus; or Su. G. _awat_, _afat_,
deficiens; or perhaps from _af-val_, diminution, as the same with
~Awalt~, q. v.
AWAWARD, _s._ The vanguard.
_Barbour._
Fr. _avantgarde_.
AWBYRCHOWNE, AWBERCHEOUN, _s._ The habergeon, or breastplate.
_Wyntown._
Franc. _halsberge_, Isl. _halsbeorg_, collare chalybeum, from _hals_
the neck, and _berga_ to defend; Fr. _haubergeon_; L. B. _halberg-ium_.
AWBLASTER, _s._
1. A crossbow-man, _alblastere_, and _arblast_, O. E.
_Barbour._
2. The crossbow itself; Fr. _arbaleste_.
_Wallace._
Fr. _arbelestier_, L. B. _arcubalista_, arbalista.
AWCY, _s._ Perhaps, pain, torment.
A. S. _ace_, _aece_, dolor.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gol._
AWEDE, _adj._ In a state approaching to insanity.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _awed-an_, _awoed-an_, insanire.
_To_ AWENT, _v. a._ To cool or refresh by exposing to the air.
_Barbour._
A. S. _awynd-wian_, ventilare, from _wind_, ventus.
AWERTY, AUERTY, _adj._ Cautious, experienced; _auerty_, R. Brunne.
_Barbour._
Fr. _averti_, warned, advertised.
AWIN, AWYN, AWNE, _adj._ Own, proper, S. _awne_; Gl. Yorks. id. This is
the common pron. of the south of S.; in other parts, _ain_.
_Wallace._
Moes. G. _aigin_, _aihn_, proprius, A. S. _agen_, Germ. _eighen_,
Belg. _eyghen_, Su. G. _egen_, id. from their respective verbs denoting
right or property.
AWISE, _s._ Manner, fashion.
V. ~Avyse~.
AWISE, AWYSEE, _adj._ Prudent, considerate, cautious.
_Barbour._
Fr. _avisé_, prudens, cautus, consideratus; deduced in Dict. Trev.
from Goth. _wis-an_, A. S. _vis-an_, with _ad_ prefixed, L. B.
_avisare_.
AWISELY, _adv._ Prudently, circumspectly.
_Barbour._
AWMON, HEWMON, _s._ A helmet.
_Gl. Sibb._
AMOUS, _s._ A cap or cowl; a covering for the head; printed _aumons_.
_Houlate M. S._
L. B. _almuc-ia_, O. Fr. _aumusse_, from Germ. _mutze_, S. _mutch_.
AWNIE, _adj._ Bearded, S.
V. Next word.
_Burns._
AWNS, _s. pl._ The beards of corn, S. _Anes_, Prov. E.
_Bar awns_, the beards of barley, Ang. Perths.
Moes. G. _ahana_, Su. G. _agn_, Gr. αχνα, αχνη, chaff; Alem.
_agena_, id.; also, a shoot or stalk.
AWP, WHAUP, _s._ The curlew, a bird, S.
V. ~Quhaip~.
_Gl. Sibb._
AWORTH, _adv._ "Worthily," Tytler.
_King's Quair._
A. S. _awyrth-ian_, glorificare.
AWRO, Probably _a wro_, a corner.
_Gl. Complaynt S._
Su. G. _wra_, pron. _wro_, angulus.
AWS, AWES, _of a mill-wheel_, _s._ The buckets or projections on the
rims which receive the shock of the water as it falls, S.
_Statist. Acc._
AWSK, _s._ The newt or eft.
V. ~Ask~.
AWSOME, _adj._ Appaling, awful, S. B.
_Rutherford._
AWSTRENE, _adj._ Stern, austere.
V. ~Asterne~.
_Henrysone._
Lat. _auster-us_, or A. S. _styrn_.
AWTAYNE, _adj._ Haughty.
_Wyntown._
O. Fr. _hautain_, grand, sublime, elevé, Gl. Roquefort; from Lat.
_alt-us_.
AWTER, _s._ An altar; Chaucer, id.
O. Fr. _autiere_, Lat. _altare_.
_Barbour._
_To_ AX, _v. a._ To ask, S. _Asched_, _axede_, asked; R. Glouc.
_Ruddiman._
A. S. _ahs-ian_, _ax-ian_, interrogare.
AXIS, ACKSYS, _s. pl._ Aches, pains. _Axes_, id. Orkn.
_King's Quair._
A. S. _aece_, dolor; _egesa_, horror; Moes. G. _agis_, terror.
AX-TREE, _s._ An axle-tree, S.
A. S. _eax_, _ex_; Alem. _ahsa_, Germ. _achse_, axis; perhaps from
Isl. _ak-a_, to drive a chariot or dray, G. Andr.
AYONT, _prep._ Beyond, S.
_Ross._
A. S. _geond_ ultra, with a prefixed; or _on_, as _afield_,
originally _on field_.
B
BAACH, _a._ Ungrateful to the taste.
V. ~Bauch~.
BABIE, BAWBIE, _s._ A copper coin equal to a halfpenny English, S.
_Knox._
Fr. _bas-piece_, base or billon money.
BABIE-PICKLE, _s._ The small grain, which lies in the bosom of a larger
one, at the top of a stalk of oats, S.
V. ~Pickle~.
BACHLANE; To ~Bachle~.
V. ~Bauchle~.
BACK, _s._ An instrument for toasting bread above the fire, made of
pot-metal, S.
Germ. _backen_, to bake.
BACK, _s._ A large vat used for cooling liquors, S.
Belg. _bak_, a trough.
BACK, BACKING, _s._ A body of followers, or supporters, S.
_Baillie._
BACK-BREAD, _s._ A kneading-trough, S.
BACK-CAST, _s._ A relapse into trouble, or that which is the occasion of
it, S.
BACK-CAW, _s._ The same as _Back-cast_, S.
BACKE, _s._ The bat.
V. ~Bak~, ~Backie-bird~.
BACKINGS, _s. pl._ Refuse of wool or flax, used for coarser stuffs, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Swed. _bakla lin_, to dress flax.
BACKLINS, _s._ Backwards; as, _To gae backlins_, to go with the face
turned opposite to the course one takes, S.