From S. _aff off_, and _lufe_, the palm of the hand.

AFFPUT, _s._ Delay, or pretence for delaying. S.

AFFPUTTING, _adj._ Delaying, trifling, dilatory, _putting off_, S.

AFFRAY, _s._ Fear, terror; Chaucer, id.

Fr. _affre_, _effroi_, terreur.

_Barbour._

AFFROITLIE, _adv._ Affrightedly.

Fr. _effroy-er_, to frighten.

_Douglas._

AFFSET, _s._

1. Dismission, the act of putting away, S.

2. An excuse, a pretence, S.

_Ross._

Moes. G. _afsat-jan_, amovere.

AFFSIDE, _s._ The farther side of any object, S. Su. G. _afsides_, seorsum.

AFLOCHT, AFLOUGHT, _part. pa._ Agitated, in a flutter, S.

V. ~Flocht~.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

AFORGAYN, _prep._ Opposite to; the same with ~Foregainst~, q. v.

_Barbour._

A. S. _onforan_, ante, coram, and _gean_, contra; _on_ being changed into _a_ in S. and E., as _onweg_ into _away_. _Foran ongean_, ex adverso.

AFORNENS, _prep._ Opposite to.

V. ~Fore-anent~.

_Wyntown._

AFTEN, _adv._ Often, S.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _aeft_, iterum.

AFTER ANE, _adv._ Alike, in the same manner, in one form, S. i. e.

_after one_.

AFTER-CLAP, _s._ Evil consequence, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

AFTERHEND, _adv._ Afterwards.

V. ~Eftirhend.~

AFTERINGS, AFT"RINS, _s. pl._ The last milk taken from a cow, S.

Lancash. Derbysh. id.

A. S. _aefter_ post.

_Morison._

AGAYNE, AGANE, _prep._ Against, S.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _gean_, _agen_, _ongean_, Su. G. _gen_, _igen_, Isl. _gegn_, _gen_, contra.

AGAIT, _adv._ On the way or road.

V. ~Gait~.

_Wallace._

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