An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Franc. _arn_ spica.
ARNUT, LOUSY ARNOT, _s._ Tall oat-gra.s.s or pignut; Bunium bulbocastanum, or flexuosum, Linn. S.
_Yurnut._
A. Bor.
_Lightfoot._
Corr. from _earth-nut_.
ARR, _s._ A scar, S. A. Bor. _Pock-arrs_, the marks left by the small-pox, S. Lancash.
Su. G. _aerr_, Isl. _aer_, cicatrix.
ARRED, _part. adj._ Scarred, having the marks of a wound or sore.
Hence, _Pock arred_, marked by the small-pox, S.
Dan. _arred_ cicatrised; Isl. _aerra_ cicatrices facere.
_To_ ARRACE.
V. ~Aras~.
ARRONDELL, _s._ The swallow, a bird.
_Burel._
Fr. _arondelle_, _hirondelle_, from Lat. _hirundo_, id.
a.r.s.ec.o.c.kLE, _s._ A hot pimple on the face or any part of the body, S. B.
The term seems originally to have been confined to pimples on the hips; synon. with Teut. _aers bleyne_, tuberculus in ano.
a.r.s.eENE, _s._ The quail.
_Houlate._
A. S. _aerschen_, coturnix, also _erschenn_, from _ersc_ and _henn_, q. gallina vivarii.
a.r.s.eLINS, _adv._ Backwards, Clydes. S. B.
_Ross._
Belg. _aersel-en_, to go backwards; _aerseling_ receding; _aerselincks_, retro.
ARSOUN, _s._ b.u.t.tocks.
_Barbour._
ART, ARD.
This termination of many words, denoting a particular habit or affection, is a.n.a.logous to Isl. and Germ. _art_, Belg. _aart_, nature, disposition; as E. _drunkard_, _b.a.s.t.a.r.d_; Fr. _babillard_, a stutterer; S. _bombard_, _b.u.mbart_, a drone, _stunkart_, of a stubborn disposition; _hastard_, hasty, pa.s.sionate.
ART _and_ PART, Accessory to, or abetting, a forensic phrase, S. used in a bad sense. _Art_ denotes the instigation or advice, _Part_ the share that one has in the commission of a crime.
_Erskine._
The terms are frequently used in the way of discrimination, "Art _or_ part."
_Wyntown._
Borrowed from the Lat. phrase, _Artem_ et _partem_ habuit.
ARTAILYE, _s._ Artillery; applied to offensive weapons of what kind soever, before the introduction of fire arms.
V. ~Artillied~.
_Wallace._
ARTATION, _s._ Excitement, instigation.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
L. B. _artatio_, from _arto_ for _arcto_, _arc_, to constrain.
ARTILLIED, _part. pa._ Provided with artillery.
_Pitscottie._
Fr. _artill-er_, to furnish with ordinance.
ARTHURY'S HUFE, the name given to the constellation Arcturus.
