An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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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, p.r.o.n. _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.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
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._
