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

AWNIE, adj. Bearded, S.
V. [Next word].
Burns.

AWNS, s. pl. The beards of corn, S. Anes, Prov. E.
Bar awns, the beards of barley, Ang. Perths.

Moes. G. ahana, Su. G. agn, Gr. αχνα, αχνη, chaff; Alem. agena, id.; also, a shoot or stalk.

AWP, WHAUP, s. The curlew, a bird, S.
V. [Quhaip].
Gl. Sibb.

AWORTH, adv. "Worthily," Tytler.
King's Quair.

A. S. awyrth-ian, glorificare.

AWRO, Probably a wro, a corner.
Gl. Complaynt S.

Su. G. wra, pron. wro, angulus.

AWS, AWES, of a mill-wheel, s. The buckets or projections on the rims which receive the shock of the water as it falls, S.
Statist. Acc.

AWSK, s. The newt or eft.
V. [Ask].