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

Fr. arrach-er, to tear, to pull by violence; to pull up by the roots, from Lat. eradic-are.

ARBY, s. The sea-gilliflower, Orkn.
Neill.

ARBY-ROOT, s. The root of the sea-pink, or Statice armeria, Orkn.

ARCH, ARGH, AIRGH, ERGH, (gutt.) adj.
1. Averse, reluctant; often including the idea of timidity as the cause of reluctance, S.
Douglas.
2. Apprehensive, filled with anxiety, S. Chaucer, erke, weary, indolent.
Popul. Ball.

A. S. earg, desidiosus, iners, slothful, sluggish, earh fugax, "timorous, and ready to run away for fear," Somn. Isl. arg-ur, reformidans; arg-r piger, deses; Su. G. arg, ignavus. Among the Goths argur, L. B. arga, denoted a poltroon, a coward.

To ARCH, ARGH, v. n. To hesitate, to be reluctant.
V. [Ergh], v.

ARCHNES, ARGHNESS, s.
1. Reluctance, backwardness.
Wodrow.
2. Obliquely used for niggardliness, q. reluctance to part with any thing.
Legend Bp. St Androis.

To AREIK, ARREIK, v. a. To reach, to extend.
Douglas.

A. S. arecc-an, assequi, to get, to attain.

AREIR, adv. Back.
To rin areir, to decline.
Lyndsay.