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2. To censure, to reprehend, to chide with.
_Wallace._
Fr. _argu-er_, Lat. _argu-ere_.
ARGUESYN, _s._ The lieutenant of a galley; he who has the government and keeping of the slaves committed to him.
_Knox._
Fr. _argousin_, satelles remigibus regendis et custodiendis praepositus, Dict. Trev.
_To_ ARGUMENT, _v. a._ To prove, to shew.
_Crosraguel._
Lat. _argument-ari_, to reason.
ARK, _s._ A large chest, especially one used for holding corn or meal, S.
_Bannatyne Poems._
A. S. _arce_, _erce_, a chest, a coffer; Alem. _arca_; Su. G. _ark_, Lat. _arca_, Gael. _arc_.
Hence,
~Eel-Ark~, _s._ That kind of box which is placed in lakes, ponds, &c., for catching and retaining _eels_; a term common in old deeds.
ARK _of a Mill_, the place in which the centre-wheel runs, S.
ARK-BEIN, the bone called the _os pubis_, S. B.
_To_ ARLE, _v. a._
1. To give an earnest of any kind, S.
2. To give a piece of money for confirming a bargain, S.
3. To put a piece of money into the hand of a seller, at entering into a bargain, as a security that he shall not sell to another while he retains this money, S.
_Skene._
L. B. _arrh-are_, arrhis sponsam dare, Fr. _arrh-er_, _arr-er_.
ARLES, ERLIS, ARLIS, ARLIS-PENNY, AIRLE PENNY, _s._
1. An earnest of whatever kind, a pledge of full possession, S. A. Bor.
_Wyntown._
2. A piece of money given for confirming a bargain, S. A. Bor.
_Acts Ja. IV._
3. A piece of money put into the hands of a seller when one begins to cheapen any commodity; as a pledge that the seller shall not strike a bargain, or even enter into terms with another while he retains the _arles_, S.
Lat. _arrhabo_, _arrha_, Gael. _iarlus_, id.
ARLICH, ARLITCH, _adj._ Sore, fretted, painful, S. B.
V. ~Arr~.
Su. G. _arg_ iratus, _arg-a laedere_, Dan. _arrig_, troublesome; as we say, "an angry sore;" or from Su. G. _aerr_ cicatrix, whence _aerrig_ vulneratus.
ARLY, _adv._ Early.
_Barbour._
A. S. _arlice_, matutine.
ARMYN, ARMYNG. _s._ Armour, arms.
_Wyntown._
ARN, _s._ The alder; a tree, S. p.r.o.nounced in some counties q. _arin_.
C. B. _uern_, Arm. _vern_, _guern_, Gael. _fearn_, alnus.
ARN, _v. subst._ Are, the third pers. plural; Chaucer _arn_.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _aron_, sunt.
ARNS, _s. pl._ The beards of corn, S. B. synon. _awns_.
