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.