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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

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

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hindan, post, aet hindan, a tergo, on-hinder, retrorsum.

AHIND, AHINT, adv.
 1. Behind, in respect of place, S.
 2. Late, as to time, S.
 3. Applied to what remains, or is left, S.
Ross.

AICH, s. Echo, S. B.

AIGARS, s. Grain dried very much in a pot, for being ground in a quern or hand-mill. S. B.

Moes. G. akran, Su. G. aker, Isl. akur, corn; A. S. aecer, an ear of corn.

Hence,

AIGAR-MEAL, s. Meal made of grain dried in this manner, S.

AIGAR-BROSE, s. A sort of pottage made of this meal, S.

To AIGH, v. a. To owe, to be indebted; aighand, owing, S. B.

Su. G. aeg-a, Isl. eig-a, debere; Moes. G. aig-an, A. S. ag-an, habere, possidere.

AIGHINS, s. pl. What is owing to one, especially used as denoting demerit. When one threatens to correct a child who is in fault, it is a common expression, "I'll gie you your aighins," S. B.

Moes. G. aigins, possession.

AIGLET, s.
 1. A tagged point.
Gl. Sibb.
 2. A jewel in one's cap.
Gl. Sibb.

Fr. esguilette, id. q. aculeata.

AIK, AYK, s. The oak, S. Plur. akis, oaks.
Douglas.

A. S. ac, aec, Alem. Germ. eiche, Su. G. ek, Isl. eik, quercus.

AIKERIT, part. adj. Eared; weil yaikert, having full ears; applied to grain, Tweedd, Pron. yaikert.
V. Aigars.

AIKRAW, s. Pitted warty lichen, L. scrobiculatus, Linn. South of S.
V. Staneraw.
Lightfoot.

AYLE, s.
 1. A projection from the body of a church, one of the wings of the transept, S.
 2. An inclosed and covered burial place, adjoining to a church, though not forming part of it, S.
Spalding.

Moes. G. and A. S. alh, templum.

AILICKEY, s. The bridegroom's man, he who attends on the bridegroom or is employed as his messenger at a wedding, Ang.

Su. G. e marriage, and lackey, Fr. lacquay, a runner.

AIN, adj. Own, S.
V. Awin.

AYND, END, s. The breath; also written end; A. Bor. Yane, id.
Barbour.

Isl. Su. G. ande, A. S. ond, halitus, spiritus.

To AYND, EAND, v. a. To breathe upon.
Bellenden.

Isl. and-a, Su. G. and-as, respirare.

AYNDING, s. The act of breathing.
Douglas.

AYNDING-STEDE, s. A breathing-place.
Douglas.

AYNDLESSE, adj. Breathless, out of breath.
Barbour.

AINS, adv. Once.
V. Anis.

AIR, AYR, AR, ARE, adv.
 1. Before, formerly.
Wallace.
 2. Early.
Fell air, very early in the morning.
Airer, compar.; airest, superl.
Wyntown.
Are morrow, early in the morning.
Douglas.

Moes. G. air, A. S. aer, Alem. er, Belg. eer, ante, prius; also tempus matutinum.

AIR, adj. Early, S.
Journ. Lond.

AIR, s. Expl. "hair, used for a thing of no value."
Bannatyne Poems.

Isl. aur, the smallest thing imaginable.

AIR, AIRE, AYR, AYRE, AR, s. An oar; still used, S. B.
Wallace.

A. S. Alem. are, Isl. aar, Dan. aere, Su. G. ara.

AIR, AIRE, AYR, s. An heir.
Barbour.

Moes. G. arbi, Su. G. arf, Lat. haeres, id.

AYRSCHIP, s. Inheritance, S.
Acts Ja. III.

AIR, AYRE, AYR, s. An itinerant court of justice; E. Eyre.
Wallace.

Lat. iter, O. Fr. eire.

AIRN, s. Iron, S.  Airns, pl. Fetters.

Isl. iarn, Su. G. iern.

V. Irne.

AIRT, ART, ARTH, AIRTH, s.
 1. Quarter of the heaven, point of the compass, S.
Douglas.
 2. A particular quarter of the earth.
Wallace.
On every art, on every hand, on all sides.
Douglas.

Gael. aird, a cardinal point; Germ. ort, wart, Belg. oorde, a place or quarter; Isl. vart, Moes. G. wairths, versus, towards.

To AIRT, ART, ERT, v. a.
 1. To direct, to mark out a certain course, used with respect to the wind, as blowing from a particular quarter, S.
Law Case.
 2. To give direction or instruction, in order to find out a certain person or place, or any other object, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
 3. To airt on, to urge forward, Galloway.
Davidson.

AIRT and PART.
V. Art.

AISLAIR, adj. Polished, S.
Abp. Hamiltoun.

AISMENT,

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