GLOSSARY AND GENERAL INDEX.
GLOSSARY.
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A', adj. all.
ABAK, adv. behind.
ABASIT, part. pa. confounded; abashed.
ABBACY, s. an abbey.
ABEE—to let abee, to let alone; not to meddle with.
ABEECH, ABIEGH, adv. aloof; "at a shy distance;" keep aloof.
ABLE, ABLIS, ABLINS, AIBLINS, adv. perhaps; peradventure.
ABONE, ABOW, ABOON, ABUNE, prep, above.
ABOOT, prep, about.
AE, adj. one; only; single.
AFF, adv. off; away.
AFFCAST, s. a castaway.
AFFCOME, s. the termination of any business. "I gied him his affcome," I gave him a down-setting, or offset.
AFEIRD, part. pa. afraid.
AFFHAND, adj. plain; honest; blunt; without premeditation.
AFFLUFF, adv. extempore.
AFORE, prep, before.
AFFPUT, s. pretence for delay.
AFFPUTTING, adj. trifling; delaying.
AFFSIDE, s. offside.
AFT, adv. often.
AFTEN, adv. often.
AFTERHEND, adv. afterwards.
AGAYNE, prep, against.
AGAIT, adv. on the way or road.
AGEE, adv. to one side; ajar; a little open.
AGLEY, A-GLY, adv. off the right line; obliquely; wrong.
AHIND, AHINT, adv. behind.
AIK, s. the oak.
AILEN, part. pa. ailing.
AIN, adj. own.
AINS, adv. once.
AIR, adv. early in the morning.
AIR, AIRE, AYR, s. an heir.
AIRMS, s. pl. arms.
AIRN, s. iron.
AIRT, AIRTH, s. point of the compass.
AISLAIR, adj. a polished substance.
AITS, s. pl. oats.
AITEN, adj. oaten.
AITH, s. an oath.
AIZLE, s. a hot ember.
ALANE, adj. alone.
ALANG, adv. along.
ALD, AULD, adj. old.
ALMOUS, AUMES, s. pl. alms.
AMAIST, adv. almost.
AMANG, prep. among.
AMBRY, s. a press or closet where victuals are kept for daily use.
AN', conj. and.
ANE, adj. one.
ANENT, prep, over against; opposite.
ANETH, prep, beneath.
ANEUCH, adv. enough.
ANIEST, adv. or prep. on this side of; on the nearest side.
ANITHER, adj. another.
ANKERSTOCK, s. a loaf made of rye, sweetened with treacle.
ANSE, adv. once.
APERT, adj. brisk; bold; free.
APERTLY, adv. briskly; readily.
APON, APOUN, prep. upon.
APPARELLE, s. equipage; furniture for warfare.
APPLERINGIE, s. the plant called southernwood.
ARCH, adj. averse; reluctant.
To ARGLE-BARGLE, ARGIE-BARGIE, v. a. to contend; to bandy backwards and forwards.
ARK, s. a large chest used for holding meal or corn.
ARK of a Mill, s. the place in which the water-wheel moves.
To ARLE, v. a. to give earnest of any kind.
ARLES, s. earnest of any kind.
ARLY, adv. early.
ARMYN, ARMYNG; s. armour; arms.
ART and PART, accessory to, or abetting.
ASSE, s. ashes, plural assis and aiss.
ASSHOLE, s. place for receiving ashes under the grate.
ASCHET, s. a large plate, on which meat is brought to table.
ASK, AWSK, s. an eft or water newt; a lizard.
ASKLENT, ASCLENT, ASKLINT, adv. obliquely; asquint; on one side.
To ASSAILYIE, v. a. to attack, to assail.
To ASSOLYIE, v. a. to acquit.
ASTEER, adv. in confusion; in a bustle.
A'THEGITHER, adv. altogether.
ATHORT, prep, through, athwart.
ATOUR, ATTOURE, prep. over.
ATTOMIE, s. a skeleton.
ATTELED, part. pa. aimed.
ATTER-CAP, ATTIR-COP, s. 1. a spider; 2. an ill-tempered person; one of a malignant or virulent disposition.
ATWEESH, prep, between; betwixt.
AUGHT, pret. pa. possessed.
AUCHT, s. property; possession; that which is exclusively one's own. In aw my aucht, all I am possessed of.
AUKWART, AWKWART, prep. across; athwart.
AULD-CLUITY, s. the devil.
AULDEST, adj. oldest; elder.
AULD, adj. old; aged.
AULDFARRANT, AULDFARRAND, adj. sagacious.
AULD-MOU'D, adj. sagacious in discourse. Sometimes used as crafty.
AUMUS, s. an alms.
AVA, adv. at all.
AWA, adv. away.
AWFU', adj. awful.
AWIN, AWYN, adj. own. This is the common pronoun in the south of Scotland; in other parts, ain.
AWNIE, adj. bearded.
AWNS, s. pl. the beards of corn or barley.
AWSK, s. the newt or eft.
AWSOME, adj. awful; appalling.
To AX, v. a. to ask.
AX-TREE, s. an axle-tree.
AYONT, prep. beyond.
AY, adv. yes.