_Douglas._
V. ~Hoif~.
ARTOW, Art thou? used interrogatively, S. the verb and p.r.o.noun being often, in colloquial language, conjoined in Scottish, as in Germ. and Isl.
Isl. _ertu_, id.
_King"s Quair._
_Ertow_, id.
_Ywaine and Gawin._
AS, _conj._ Than, S. synon. with _nor_.
_Kelly._
AS, a.s.s, a.s.sE, ALSE, _s._ Ashes; plur. _a.s.sis_, S. _a.s.s_ and _aiss_; A.
Bor. _a.s.s_, c.u.mberl. _esse_, id.
_Dunbar._
Moes. G. _asja_, Alem. _asca_, Germ. and Belg. _asche_, Su. G. and Isl. _aska_, cinis.
a.s.sHOLE, _s._ The place for receiving the ashes under the grate; S.
Lancash. _esshole_, _ashole_, id.
V. Preceding word.
ASCHET, _s._ A large flat plate on which meat is brought to the table, S.
Fr. _a.s.siette_, "a trencher-plate," Cotgr.
ASYNIS, _s. pl._ a.s.ses.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Fr. _asne_, Lat. _asin-us_.
ASK, AWSK, _s._ An eft, a newt; a kind of lizard, S.; _asker_, A. Bor.
_Wyntown._
Germ. _eidechs_, _eidex_; Franc. _edehsa_; A. S. _athexe_; Belg.
_egdisse_, _haagdisse_, id. Wachter deduces the Germ. word from _ey_, _eg_, ovum, and _tyg-en_ gignere, q. "produced from an egg."
ASKLENT, ASCLENT, ASKLINT, _adv._ Obliquely, asquint, on one side, S.
_Aslant_, E.
_R. Bruce._
Swed. _slant_, obliquus, from _slind_ latus.
ASPECT, _s._ The serpent called the asp, or aspik, Fr. _aspic_.
_Burel._
ASPERANS, _adj._ Lofty, elevated, pompous; applied to diction.
_Wallace._
Fr. _aspirant_, Lat. _aspirans_, aspiring.
ASPERT, _adj._ Harsh, cruel.
_King"s Quair._
Fr. _aspre_, Lat. _asper_.
ASPYNE, _s._ From the connexion, apparently meant to denote a boat.
_Barbour._
Swed. _esping_, a long boat, Teut. _hespinghe_, _espinck_, cymba, a small boat.
ASPRE, _adj._ Sharp.
V. ~Aspert~.
_Wallace._
ASPRESPER, _s._ Perhaps q. "sharp spear;" like _aspre_ bow, also used by _Blind Harry_.
_Wallace._