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

R. Bruce.

To APPREUE, APPRIEVE, v. a. To approve.
Douglas.

Fr. approuver, Lat. approbare.

AR, ARE, adv. Formerly; also, early.
V. [Air].

To AR, ARE, ERE, v. a. To plough, to till, S. to ear, E
Douglas.

Moes. G. ar-ian, Su. G. aer-ia. Isl. er-ia, A. S. er-ian, Alem. err-en, Germ. er-en, Gr. αρ-ειν, Lat. ar-are. Ihre views Heb. ץאר ar-etz, earth, as the fountain.

ARAGE, ARRAGE, ARYAGE, AUARAGE, AVERAGE, s. Servitude due by tenants, in men and horses, to their landlords. This custom is not entirely abolished in some parts of Scotland. "Arage and carriage" is a phrase still commonly used in leases.
Skene.

L. B. averag-ium, from aver-ia, a beast for work; and this perhaps from Fr. ouvre work.

To ARAS, ARRACE, v. a.
1. To snatch or pluck away by force.
Wyntown.
2. To raise up.
Douglas.

This sense is so different from the former, that it might rather seem to be put for arraise, q. to raise up.