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

ANLAS, s. Properly "a kind of knife or dagger usually worn at the girdle," as the term occurs in Chaucer; but used to denote a pike fixed in the cheveron of a horse.
Sir Gawan.

Franc. anelaz, analeze, adlaterale telum, from lez latus, the side; C. B. anglas, a dagger; L. B. anelac-ius, id.

ANN, s. A half-year's salary legally due to the heirs of a minister, in addition to what was due expressly according to the period of his incumbency, S.
Acts Cha. II.

Fr. annate, L. B. annata.

ANMAILLE, s. Enamel.
V. [Amaille].

To ANORNE, v. a. To adorn.
Douglas.

L. B. inorn-are, Tertullian.

ANSE, ANZE, ENSE, conj. Else, otherwise, Ang.

Allied perhaps to Su. G. annars alias.

To ANTER, v. n.
1. To adventure, S. B.
Ross.
2. To chance, to happen, S. B.
Journ. Lond.
3. In the form of a participle, as signifying occasional, single, rare.
An antrin ane, one of a kind met with singly and occasionally, or seldom, S.
Ferguson.