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

AGAIT, adv. On the way or road.
V. [Gait].
Wallace.

A in the sense of on, and gait, a way.

AGATIS, adv. In one way, uniformly.
Barbour.

A, one, and gatis the plur. or genit. of A. S. gat, a way.

AGEE, A-JEE, adv.
1. To one side, S.
To look agye, to look aside, Gl. Yorks.
Ramsay.
2. A-jar, a little open, S.
Burns.

From a on, and jee, to move, to turn.

To AGENT, v. a. To manage, whether in a court of law, or by interest, S.
Baillie.

To AGGRISE, v. a. To affright, to fill with horror. Agryse, Chaucer, to shudder, to make to shudder.
Douglas.

A. S. agrys-an, horrere.

AGLEY, A-GLY, adv. Off the right line, obliquely, wrong, S.
Burns.
V. [Gley].