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

ATTER-CAP, ATTIR-COP, s.
1. A spider, S. Attercop, attercob, id. A. Bor.
Montgomery.
2. An ill-natured person; one of a virulent or malignant disposition, S.

A. S. atter-coppe, atter-coppa, aranea, from atter venenum, and coppe calix, q. "a cup full of venom;" like Isl. eitrorm a serpent, i. e. "a poisonous worm."

ATTOUR, prep.
V. [Atour].

ATWEESH, prep. Between.
Shirrefs.

Franc. tuisc, entuishan, Belg. tuschen, inter.

AVA', adv. At all, S.
Ross.

Corr. from af or of, and all.

AVAILL, s. Abasement, humiliation.
Dunbar.

Fr. aval-er, avall-er, to fall down; aval, en descendant, au bas, en bas; ad vall-em; Gl. Roquefort.

To AUALE, v. n. To descend.
V. [Availl].
Douglas.