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

L. B. artatio, from arto for arcto, arc, to constrain.

ARTILLIED, part. pa. Provided with artillery.
Pitscottie.

Fr. artill-er, to furnish with ordinance.

ARTHURY'S HUFE, the name given to the constellation Arcturus.
Douglas.
V. [Hoif].

ARTOW, Art thou? used interrogatively, S. the verb and pronoun being often, in colloquial language, conjoined in Scottish, as in Germ. and Isl.

Isl. ertu, id.

King's Quair.
Ertow, id.
Ywaine and Gawin.

AS, conj. Than, S. synon. with [nor].
Kelly.

AS, ASS, ASSE, ALSE, s. Ashes; plur. assis, S. ass and aiss; A. Bor. ass, Cumberl. esse, id.
Dunbar.

Moes. G. asja, Alem. asca, Germ. and Belg. asche, Su. G. and Isl. aska, cinis.