An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

A. S. acwerd, aversus, perversus, E. aukward.

ACTON, s. A leathern jacket, strongly stuffed, anciently worn under a coat of mail.
Stat. Rob. I.

O. Fr. auqueton, haucton, L. B. aketon, acton, id.

ACTUAL, adj. An actual minister, or an actual man, a phrase still used by the vulgar to denote one who is in full orders as a minister of the gospel, S.
Wodrow.

L. B. actus, officium, ministerium.

ADDETTIT, part. pa. Indebted.
Douglas.

Fr. endebté, id.

ADEW, used as an adj. Gone, departed.
Douglas.

From Fr. adieu, used in an oblique sense.

ADEW, part. pa. Done.
Wallace.