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

ASSHOLE, s. The place for receiving the ashes under the grate; S. Lancash. esshole, ashole, id.
V. [Preceding word].

ASCHET, s. A large flat plate on which meat is brought to the table, S.

Fr. assiette, "a trencher-plate," Cotgr.

ASYNIS, s. pl. Asses.
Bellenden.

Fr. asne, Lat. asin-us.

ASK, AWSK, s. An eft, a newt; a kind of lizard, S.; asker, A. Bor.
Wyntown.

Germ. eidechs, eidex; Franc. edehsa; A. S. athexe; Belg. egdisse, haagdisse, id. Wachter deduces the Germ. word from ey, eg, ovum, and tyg-en gignere, q. "produced from an egg."

ASKLENT, ASCLENT, ASKLINT, adv. Obliquely, asquint, on one side, S. Aslant, E.
R. Bruce.

Swed. slant, obliquus, from slind latus.

ASPECT, s. The serpent called the asp, or aspik, Fr. aspic.
Burel.