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AIT, oat or oaten.
V. ~Aits~.
_Douglas._
AITS, _s. pl._ Oats, S. _Wild aits_, bearded oat-gra.s.s, S. Avena fatua, Linn.
A. S. _ata_, _ate_, avena.
AITEN, _adj._ Oaten, S.
_Ritson._
AITH, AYTHE, _s._ An oath.
V. ~Athe~.
AITH, or AIFTLAND, _s._ That kind of land called _infield_, which is made to carry oats a second time after barley, and has received no dung.
Ang.
Perhaps from A. S. _aeft_, iterum.
AITH-HENNES, _s. pl._ Apparently _heath-hens_, as being bred on the heath.
_Skene._
AYSYAMENT, _s._
V. ~Aisment~.
AIZLE, _s._ A hot ember.
V. ~Eizel~.
AKYN, _adj._ Oaken.
_Douglas._
ALAGUST, _s._ Suspicion.
V. ~Allagust~.
ALAIS, _s. pl._ Alleys.
_Wallace._
ALAK,
_Wallace._
V. ~Lak~.
ALAMONTI, ALLAMOTTI, _s._ The storm finch, Procellaria pelagica, Linn.
Orkn. The same with the _a.s.silag_ of St Kilda. _Allamotti_ is the proper p.r.o.nunciation.
_Neill._
Ital. _ala_, a wing, and _moto_, motion.
ALANE, ALLANE, _adj._ Alone, S.
_Wyntown._
Alem. _alain_, Germ. _allein_, alone; from _all_ omnis, and _ain_, _ein_, unus.
ALANERLIE, _adv._
V. ~Allanerly~.
ALAREIT.
V. ~Lareit~.
ALARS. _Alars yet_, apparently, the gate overspread with alder.
_Palice Hon._
A. S. _alr_, Alem. _ellra_, the alder; Su. G. _alar_, of or belonging to the alder-tree.
ALAWE, _adv._ Downward, below.
V. ~Law~, ~Lawe~.
