An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 24

2. To censure, to reprehend, to chide with.

_Wallace._

Fr. _argu-er_, Lat. _argu-ere_.

ARGUESYN, _s._ The lieutenant of a galley; he who has the government and keeping of the slaves committed to him.

_Knox._

Fr. _argousin_, satelles remigibus regendis et custodiendis praepositus, Dict. Trev.

_To_ ARGUMENT, _v. a._ To prove, to shew.

_Crosraguel._

Lat. _argument-ari_, to reason.

ARK, _s._ A large chest, especially one used for holding corn or meal, S.

_Bannatyne Poems._

A. S. _arce_, _erce_, a chest, a coffer; Alem. _arca_; Su. G. _ark_, Lat. _arca_, Gael. _arc_.

Hence,

~Eel-Ark~, _s._ That kind of box which is placed in lakes, ponds, &c., for catching and retaining _eels_; a term common in old deeds.

ARK _of a Mill_, the place in which the centre-wheel runs, S.

ARK-BEIN, the bone called the _os pubis_, S. B.

_To_ ARLE, _v. a._

1. To give an earnest of any kind, S.

2. To give a piece of money for confirming a bargain, S.

3. To put a piece of money into the hand of a seller, at entering into a bargain, as a security that he shall not sell to another while he retains this money, S.

_Skene._

L. B. _arrh-are_, arrhis sponsam dare, Fr. _arrh-er_, _arr-er_.

ARLES, ERLIS, ARLIS, ARLIS-PENNY, AIRLE PENNY, _s._

1. An earnest of whatever kind, a pledge of full possession, S. A. Bor.

_Wyntown._

2. A piece of money given for confirming a bargain, S. A. Bor.

_Acts Ja. IV._

3. A piece of money put into the hands of a seller when one begins to cheapen any commodity; as a pledge that the seller shall not strike a bargain, or even enter into terms with another while he retains the _arles_, S.

Lat. _arrhabo_, _arrha_, Gael. _iarlus_, id.

ARLICH, ARLITCH, _adj._ Sore, fretted, painful, S. B.

V. ~Arr~.

Su. G. _arg_ iratus, _arg-a laedere_, Dan. _arrig_, troublesome; as we say, "an angry sore;" or from Su. G. _aerr_ cicatrix, whence _aerrig_ vulneratus.

ARLY, _adv._ Early.

_Barbour._

A. S. _arlice_, matutine.

ARMYN, ARMYNG. _s._ Armour, arms.

_Wyntown._

ARN, _s._ The alder; a tree, S. p.r.o.nounced in some counties q. _arin_.

C. B. _uern_, Arm. _vern_, _guern_, Gael. _fearn_, alnus.

ARN, _v. subst._ Are, the third pers. plural; Chaucer _arn_.

_Sir Gawan._

A. S. _aron_, sunt.

ARNS, _s. pl._ The beards of corn, S. B. synon. _awns_.