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A. S. _on_ and _pliht_ periculum, _pliht-an_ periculo objicere se.
APON, APOUN, _prep._ Upon, S.
_Barbour._
A. S. _ufa_, Su. G. _uppa_, insuper, and _on_.
APORT, APORTE, _s._ Deportment, carriage.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _apport_, from _apport-er_, to carry; Lat. _ad_ and _port-are_.
_To_ APPAIR, _v. a._ To injure, to impair, O. E. _apeir_.
_Detect. Q. Mary._
Fr. _emper-er_, id.
V. ~Pare~, _v._
APPARELLE, APPARYLE, APPARAILL, _s._ Equipage, furniture for warfare, preparations for a siege, whether for attack or defence; ammunition.
_Barbour._
Fr. _appareil_, provision, furniture, preparations for war.
APPIN, _adj._ Open, S.
_Complaynt S._
Dan. _aaben_ apertus; Isl. _opna_ foramen. Wachter derives Germ.
_offen_, apertus, from _auf_ up.
APPLERINGIE, _s._ Southernwood, S. Artemisia abrotanum, Linn.
Fr. _apile_ strong, and _auronne_ southernwood, from Lat.
_abrotanum_, id.
_To_ APLEIS, APPLESS, _v. a._ To satisfy, to content, to please.
_Wallace._
Apparently from an obsolete Fr. v. of the form of _applaire_.
APPLY, _s._ Plight, condition.
_Sir Egeir._
Fr. _pli_ state, habit.
_To_ APPORT, _v. a._ To bring, to conduce.
Fr. _apport-er_, id.
_R. Bruce._
_To_ APPREUE, APPRIEVE, _v. a._ To approve.
_Douglas._
Fr. _approuver_, Lat. _approbare_.
AR, ARE, _adv._ Formerly; also, early.
V. ~Air~.
_To_ AR, ARE, ERE, _v. a._ To plough, to till, S. _to ear_, E.
_Douglas._
Moes. G. _ar-ian_, Su. G. _aer-ia_. Isl. _er-ia_, A. S. _er-ian_, Alem. _err-en_, Germ. _er-en_, Gr. a?-e??, Lat. _ar-are_. Ihre views Heb. ??? _ar-etz_, earth, as the fountain.
ARAGE, ARRAGE, ARYAGE, AUARAGE, AVERAGE, _s._ Servitude due by tenants, in men and horses, to their landlords. This custom is not entirely abolished in some parts of Scotland. "_Arage_ and carriage" is a phrase still commonly used in leases.
_Skene._
L. B. _averag-ium_, from _aver-ia_, a beast for work; and this perhaps from Fr. _ouvre_ work.
_To_ ARAS, ARRACE, _v. a._
1. To s.n.a.t.c.h or pluck away by force.
_Wyntown._
