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. 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.