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ADDILL, ADDLE, _s._
1. Foul and putrid water.
_Douglas._
2. The urine of black cattle, Renfrews.
A. S. _adl_, filthy gore, Teut. _adel_, filth, mire.
Hence,
_To_ ADDLE, _v. n._ To moisten the roots of plants with the urine of cattle, Renfrews.
Su. G. _adl-a_, mejere.
ADIST, _prep._ On this side, S. It is opposed to _ayont_, i. e. on the other side.
_Kelly._
Perhaps from Germ. _diss_. hoc, E. _this_.
_To_ ADORNE, _v. a._ To wors.h.i.+p, to adore.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
ADRED, _adv._ Downright.
_Douglas._
Fr. _adroit_, or _droit_, right, straight, Lat. _direct-us_, Rudd.
ADREICH, _adv._ Behind, at a distance.
_To follow adreich_, to follow at a considerable distance, S. B.
_Adrigh_, O. E.
From the adj. _Dreich_, q. v.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
ADREID, _conj._ Lest.
_Palice Hon._
Imper. of A. S. _adraed-an_ timere.
ADRESLY, _adv._ With good address.
_Wyntown._
AE, _adj._ One, S.
V. letter A.
_Ramsay._
AE, _adv._ Always; E. _aye_.
_Z. Boyd._
Isl. _ae_, semper, Moes. G. _aiw_ aeternum.
AER, _s._ Oar.
V. ~Air~.
_Stat. Gild._
_To_ AFAYND, _v. a._ To attempt, to endeavour, to try.
_Wallace._
A. S. _afand-ian_ tentare.
AFALD, AFAULD, AEFAULD, AUFAULD, EFFAULD, _adj._
1. Honest, upright, without duplicity, S.
2. Used to denote the unity of the divine essence in a trinity of persons.
_Barbour._
Moes. G. _ainfalth_, Isl. _einfauld_, A. S. _anfeald_, simplex.
Immediately from S. _a_ or _ae_ one, and _fald_ fold.
