Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume XXIV Part 27

ARMYN, ARMYNG; _s._ armour; arms.

ART _and_ PART, accessory to, or abetting.

a.s.sE, _s._ ashes, plural _a.s.sis_ and _aiss_.

a.s.sHOLE, _s._ place for receiving ashes under the grate.

ASCHET, _s._ a large plate, on which meat is brought to table.

ASK, AWSK, _s._ an eft or water newt; a lizard.

ASKLENT, ASCLENT, ASKLINT, _adv._ obliquely; asquint; on one side.

_To_ a.s.sAILYIE, _v. a._ to attack, to a.s.sail.

_To_ a.s.sOLYIE, _v. a._ to acquit.

ASTEER, _adv._ in confusion; in a bustle.

A'THEGITHER, _adv._ altogether.

ATHORT, _prep_, through, athwart.

ATOUR, ATTOURE, _prep._ over.

ATTOMIE, _s._ a skeleton.

ATTELED, _part. pa._ aimed.

ATTER-CAP, ATTIR-COP, _s._ 1. a spider; 2. an ill-tempered person; one of a malignant or virulent disposition.

ATWEESH, _prep_, between; betwixt.

AUGHT, _pret. pa._ possessed.

AUCHT, _s._ property; possession; that which is exclusively one's own. _In aw my aucht_, all I am possessed of.

AUKWART, AWKWART, _prep._ across; athwart.

AULD-CLUITY, _s._ the devil.

AULDEST, _adj._ oldest; elder.

AULD, _adj._ old; aged.

AULDFARRANT, AULDFARRAND, _adj._ sagacious.

AULD-MOU'D, _adj._ sagacious in discourse. Sometimes used as crafty.

AUMUS, _s._ an alms.

AVA, _adv._ at all.

AWA, _adv._ away.

AWFU', _adj._ awful.

AWIN, AWYN, _adj._ own. This is the common _p.r.o.noun_ in the south of Scotland; in other parts, _ain_.

AWNIE, _adj._ bearded.

AWNS, _s. pl._ the beards of corn or barley.

AWSK, _s._ the newt or eft.

AWSOME, _adj._ awful; appalling.

_To_ AX, _v. a._ to ask.

AX-TREE, _s._ an axle-tree.

AYONT, _prep._ beyond.

AY, _adv._ yes.

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BABIE, BAWBIE, _s._ a halfpenny.

BACHLE, BAUCHLE, _s._ an old shoe or slipper.

BACKLINS, _adv._ backwards. _To gae backlins_, to walk backwards, like a ropemaker.

BACKSPANG, _s._ a trick, or legal quirk; advantage taken by one over another.

_To_ BACK-SPEIR, _v. a._ to trace a report as far back as possible; to cross-question.

BACK-SPEIRER, _s._ a cross-examiner.

BADE, _pret_. of bide.

BADRANS, BATHRONS, _s._ a designation for a cat.

_To_ BAE, _v. n_. to bleat like sheep.