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

AXIS, ACKSYS, s. pl. Aches, pains. Axes, id. Orkn.
King's Quair.

A. S. aece, dolor; egesa, horror; Moes. G. agis, terror.

AX-TREE, s. An axle-tree, S.

A. S. eax, ex; Alem. ahsa, Germ. achse, axis; perhaps from Isl. ak-a, to drive a chariot or dray, G. Andr.

AYONT, prep. Beyond, S.
Ross.

A. S. geond ultra, with a prefixed; or on, as afield, originally on field.

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BAACH, a. Ungrateful to the taste.
V. [Bauch].

BABIE, BAWBIE, s. A copper coin equal to a halfpenny English, S.
Knox.