spring out fra ane euil toung." Abp. Hamiltoun's Catechisme, 1551. Fol. 69 a. A.-S. aeld, senectus, Moes-G. alds, aetas. V. EILD. AULD, adj. Old. V. ALD. The aunt of one's AULD-AUNTIE, 8. father or mother, Clydes. AULD-UNCLE, s. The uncle of one's father or mother, Ibid. Although Uncle and Aunt are not of A.-S. origin, these words are formed after the idom of that language. V. AULD-FATHER. Teut. oud-oom corresponds with Auld-uncle, oom being the same with S. EME, EAM. AULD-FARRAN, adj. Sagacious, S. These people, right auld-farran, will be laith For there's ay something sae auld-farran, Ibid. ii. 361. "Ye're o'er auld-farran to be fley'd for bogles." Ramsay's S. Prov. p. 84. As applied to children, it denotes that they have sagacity and discretion beyond their years. A. Bor. aud-farand, id. Awdfarrand, grave and sober, Gl. Yorks. Ray seems to view farand as expressive of a particular humour, rendering A. Bor. Fighting farand, "in a fighting humour." Because farand man denoted a traveller, Lord Hailes renders auld farand literally, an old traveller, but figuratively, a person "sharp or versatile,;" Annals, ii. 282. It has also been been expl., "beseeming, becoming, behaving;" from Sw. fara, used in the sense of agere; "Fara illa, To behave ill." But it corresponds better with Fara, experiri. Hence wel orthum farin, eloquent, bene in loquendo peritus; lag-faren, skilled in law, juris peritus; forfarenhet, experience; Ihre. Isl. ordi farinn, facundia praestans, Ol. Trygguas. S. c. 89. Belg. aervaaren, having experience, skilful; Germ. faren, erfahren, experiri. All these words exhibit only a secondary sense of far-a, far-en, ire, profisisci. This secondary idea, of experience, attached to the v. primarily signifying to go, is very natural; as it is generally supposed, that those who have travelled far, if they have enriched themselves in no other respect, have at least brought home with them a considerable stock of experience. AULD-FATHER, 8. Grandfather; a term used by some in the West of S. A.-S. eald-faeder, Teut. oud-vader, id.; avus, Kilian. -Dan. oldevader, a great grandfather. V. ELD-FADER. AULD-HEADIT, adj. Shrewd, sagacious, Clydes. Lang-headit, synon. AULD LANGSYNE, a very expressive phrase, referring to days that are long past, S. V. under SYNE. AULD-MOU'D, adj. Sagacious in discourse; sometimes implying the idea of craft; S. Bor. -She looks ill to ca', Auld and mow, mouth. Several proper names, of a similar formation denoting mental qualities, occur in Willeram; as Drudmunt, verum o8, Fridemunt, pacificum os, Helidmund, strenuum os. Junii Obs. ad Willer. p. 5. ap. Wachter. AULD SOOCH. V. under SOUCH, 8. AULD THIEF, one of the designations given to the devil. "Their faces were by this time flushed with shame as well as fear, that they should be thus cuffed about by the auld thief, as they styled him." Perils of Men, iii. 38. AULD THREEP, a superstition, Dumfr. V. THREPE, 8. AULD-WARLD, adj. Antique, antiquated, S. "To 'wauke the auld year into the new,' is a popular and expressive phrase for watching until twelve o'clock announces the new year, when people are ready at their neighbours' houses with het-pints, and buttered cakes, eagerly waiting to be first-foot, as it is termed, and to regale the family yet in bed. Much care is taken that the persons who enter be what are called sonsie folk, for on the admission of the first-foot depends the prosperity or trouble of the year." Cromek's Nithsdale Song, p. 46. 66 Apparently, a legal 'Confermes ane gift-to the saidis provest-of Edinburgh of making of thame oversearis of all warkis and visitouris, seirchearis, aulnagers, and sealleris [sealers] of all cloath, stemming, stuffes and stokkingis maid in the said burgh." Acts Ja. VI. 1621, Ed. 1814, 669. From Fr. aulnage, measuring with an ell; aulne, L. B. aln-a, an ell. AULTRAGES, AULTERAGE, 8. pl. The emoluments arising from the offerings made at an altar, or from the rents appointed for the support of it. 2. Often applied to a mongrel dog; perhaps from having no steady power of instinct, Ibid.. AUMERS, .. pl. Embers. V. AMERIS. AUMOUS, AUMIS, 8. An alms, S. V. AL MOUS. AUNCIETIE, 8. 1. Antiquity; time past long ago.. -"No place thereof salbe withhaldin, fortifeit or garniseit, saiffing the castellis and fortresses that of all auncietie hes bene accustomet to be fortifeit and gardit." Bannatyne's Journal, p. 352. 2. Priority in respect of age. “The kingis maiestie, &c. vndirstanding the debait betwix the burrowis of Perth, Dundee, and Striueling, anent the ordering of thame in thair awin places according to the auncietie of the saidis burrowis,-ordanis," &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1579, Ed. 1814, p. 174. Ancientie, p. 357, which points out the origin, Fr. anciennete, id. AUMRIE, AWMRIE, 8. 1. A large press or cupboard where food, and utensils for housekeeping, are laid up, S. "Observing-the great east-country awmrie drag. ged out of its nook-the laird again stared mightily, and was heard to ejaculate, 'Hegh, sirs!"" Heart Mid-Loth. i. 232. This is generally viewed as peculiar to our country. Dr. Johns. supposes that it is corr. from Almonry. It seems more immediately allied to Fr. aumoire, expl. by Cotgr. "a cupboard; ambrie; alms-tub." Skinner views the Fr. term as synon. with armoire; tracing it to Lat. armarium. But aumoire appears to claim more affinity with aumonerie, the place in monasteries where alms were deposited. In O. E. ambry denoted "the place where the arms, plate, vessels, and every thing belonging to housekeeping, were kept." Jacob conjectures that "the Ambry at Westminster is so called, because formerly set apart for that use." But this seems to have been merely a more lax use of the term. The same writer therefore properly enough corrects himself; adding, "Or rather the Aumonery, from the Latin Eleemosynaria; an house belonging to an abbey, in which the charities were laid up for the poor." Although it occurs as almari in Celt. and C. B., and amri in Ir., this must be ascribed to the introduction of the term from the Lat. by early Christian teachers. O. Fr. aumonnerie, office claustral d'une abbaye; dont le titulaire doit avoir soin de faire les aumônes aux pauvres; Roquefort. 2. Muckle aumrie, a figurative expression applied to a big, stupid, or senseless person; Mearns. The idea seems borrowed from an empty press. V. ALMERIE. To AUNTER, AWNTYR, v. a. To hazard, to put into the power of accident. -At the last thair traiss fand thai, Barbour, xix. 761. MS. in O. E. It is used by Chaucer and Gower. Sir Gawan and Sir Gal. ii. 29. He sende the quene ys dogter word, wuche is antres were. i.e. what were his adventures. Rob. Glouc. p. 35. A. Bor. anawntrins, if so be; perhaps from an, if, and auntrins, corr. from aunters, which, according to Ray, is also used in the sense of, peradventure. In the same sense, in aunter is used by Gower. Myn hert is enuyous with all; They myght her innocence enchaunte. Conf. Am. F. 30. a. c. 1. Aunterous, adventurous, Gl. Sibb. Fr. aventure, auenture, abbreviated to auntre. Palsgrave gives E. aunter as corresponding to Fr. aduenture, B. iii. f. 18. AUNTERENS, adv. Perchance, peradventure; Berwick. "Aunters, peradventure, or in case; North." Grose. To AVOYD of, v. a. To remove from. "To avoyd thame of our palace with thair guard and assistars, the king promised to keep us that night in sure guard, and that but compulsion he should cause us in Parliament approve all thair conspiracies." Lett. Q. Mary, Keith's Hist. p. 332. Fr. vuil-er to void, to evacuate. To AVOKE, v. a. To call away, to keep off. "All were admitted to every consultation there. anent; yet the absence from the weightiest consultations of prime noblemen and barons, and all ministers but two, was not much remarked, nor their presence sought, if their negligence, or ado's, or miscontent, did avoke them." Baillie's Lett. i. 183. Lat. avoc-o, id. -With wourdis augural, The heuinnys chargeing with fele auowyis sere. Fr. avouer now signifies to confess; although most probably it formerly denoted vowing. 2. Discovery, declaration; in mod. language, avowal. At kirk and market when we meet, We'll dare make nae avowe, But-"Dame, how goes my gay goss hawk?" "Madame, how does my dow?" Minstrelsy Border, ii. 88. v. "Tullus-avorit xii preistis, quhilkis war namit To Avow, v. n. To vow. "Tullus-attoure avowit to big twa tempillis, in the AVOUTERIE, ADVOUTERIE, 8. Adultery, I have not observed this word in any of our S. works. "Of the herte gon out yvel thoughtis, man-sleyngis, O. Fr. avoutrie, id. AUREATE, AWREATE, adj. Golden. L.B. aureat-us. Amiddis ane rank tre lurkis a goldin beuch, AUSKERRIE, 8. A scoop, Shetl. Oes-kar is the Sw. word by which Serenius renders 2. Having a frightful or ghastly appearance. AUSTIE, adj. "Austere, harsh." The Wolf this saw, and carpand come him till Henrysone, Bannatyne Poems, p. 116. AUSTROUS, adj. Frightful, ghastly, Upp. A grousome droich at the benner en' And a dowie sheen frae his austrous een Marmaiden of Clyde, Edin. Mog. May 1820. AUTHOR, 8. 1. Ancestor, predecessor; -"The fourtie schillingland of Rispottage-haldin L. B. auctor, autor. Autores dicti-qui vel generis vel I have not observed that it is used in this sense in E. 2. One who legally transfers property to "He, who thus transmits a feudal right in his life- 3. An informer, Aberd.; synon. with Lat. AUWIS-BORE, 8. The circular vacuity left According to vulgar tradition, this orifice has been It has, however, been suggested to me by a literary This is highly probable. As aelfes or alfes is the genitive AUX-BIT, 8. A nick, in the form of the It has been supposed, that this may be q. axe-bit. I mak yow wyss, I aw to mak na band, Als fre I am in this regioun to ryng, Lord off myn awne, as euyr was prince or king. i.e. I am under no obligation. "The secund command is of the lufe, quhilk we awo Isl. aa, atte, debeo, debuit; A.-S. ag, ahte, Su.-G. a. Douglas uses it in the same sense. Virg. 361. 21. Here the present is improperly used for the past. It is also irregularly used for the second pers. sing. Thow aw this Dog [of] quhilk the terme is gone. Henrysone, Bannatyne Poems, p. 110. TO AUCHT, AWcht, AUGHT, v. a. To owe. Madem, he said, and veritè war seyn That ye me luffyt, I awcht you luff agayn. Wallace, viii. 1404. MS. The gud wyf said, Have ye na dreid, Ye sall pay at ye aucht. Peblis to the Play, st. 11. i.e. that which ye owe. "We remember quhat aythe we have maid to our comoun-welthe, and how the dewtie we aucht to the sam compellis us to cry out." Knox's Hist. p. 164. "He told them roundly, that they were aughtin us the redemption of their liberties, estates, religion, and laws." Baillie's Lett. i. 232. This v. is evidently from the pret. of Aw. AW, used for All; S. And he hes now tane, last of aw, The gentill Stobo and Quintene Schaw, Deth of the Makkaris, Bannatyne It is, Gude gentill Stobo, &c. Edin. edit. 1508. i.e. withal. 3. Used in speaking of a deceased relation, S. There is a peculiar and lovely delicacy in this national idiom. When one cannot avoid a reference to the departed, instead of mentioning the name, or speci fying the particular tie, or it were meant to prevent any unnecessary excitement of feeling either in the speaker or in the hearer, or as if naming the person were a kind of profanation of the hallowed silence of the tomb, or as if the most distant allusion were more than enough,-it is usual to speak of them that's awa; the plural being most commonly used, as if the beloved object were removed to a still more respectful distance, than by a more familiar use of the singular. i.e. by which the goods must pass. Edit. Pink. Sa thyk, that thai mycht liknyt be In edit. Pink., it is to gay; in edit. 1620, have way. V. also v. 285.-xiv. 108. A.-S. aweg, away, may be viewed as the imperat. of awaeg-an, to take away, or awegg-an, to depart. I suspect, however, that the verb has been formed from the noun; as the original composition evidently is a privative, and weg, way. Now, the noun weg being the root, it is most natural to suppose that the primary compound was the noun with the prep. prefixed. AWAY-DRAWING, 8. The act of drawing off, or turning aside; applied to a stream of water. 66 In the actioune-aganis Robert Cochrane of that Ilke for the awaydrawing of the watter callit the Kert fra the mylne of Johnestoune," &c. Act. Dom. Conc. A. 1493, p. 318. AWAYMENTIS, 8. pl. This dwne, and the Awaymentis Wyntown, viii. 5. 113. "Unless this be corr. for awysmentis, (consultations) I know nothing of it." Gloss. Wynt. But there is no necessity for supposing a corruption. The idea of preparations or preliminaries corresponds fully better than that of consultations. For the Assise had not entered on their deliberations. They had been only selected and sworn. Thus the origin will be O. Fr. avoy-er, to put in train, to settle preliminaries. Mettre en bon voie, en bon chemin. Dict. Trev. AWAY-PUTTING, 8. Vieux mot. The complete removal of any thing, of that especially which is offensive or noxious. -"Diuerss actis & constitutiones hes bene maid -towart the distruction and away putting of the saidis cruvis and yairis," &c. Acts Ja. VI. 1579, Ed. 1814, p. 147. AWAY-TAKER, s. The person who removes, or carries away. —“Gif thay gudis caryit can not be apprehendit, the away takar and hauar thair of furth of the realme "Gif ane-takis ane uther man's purse, and the away-taking-be provin, -the avail, quantitie, and nombre of the money bean therein, aucht and sould be referrit to the aith of the awner thereof." A. 1554, Balfour's Pract. p. 362. "For the wrangwis awaytaking & withhalding fra the saidis tennantis of Howatstoune," &c. Act. Dom. Conc. A. 1492, p. 240. AWAIL, AWAILL, 8. Advantage, superiority. Our mekill it is to proffer thaim battaill To AWAILL, AWAILYE, v. n. To avail. Barbour, xv. 134. MS. i.e. let fall their drawbridge. The swete wapour thus fra the ground resourss; Thai saw thare fais nere cummand, Wyntown, ix. 8. 141. "Seems," according to Mr. Macpherson, "riding or galloping down the hill, as if tumbling. Fr. avai-er to go, or fall, down. Belg. vall-en, to fall, rush." But the meaning is merely, descending, as in the last extract; from Fr. aval-er, which not only signifies to let fall, but to descend. Aval-er, v. act. Abaisser.-Les bateaux aval-ent quand ils descendent suivant le cours de la riviere. Dict. Trev. Teut. af-vall-en, decidere. 3. To fall backward, or tumble down hill, Roxb., Clydes. Gl. Sibb. I am at a loss, however, whether we should suppose, that the term has come to us through the medium of the Fr. It is more probable, that the French have themselves received it from the Franks; as it is common to the Goth. languages. Teut. af-vall-en, decidere; af-val, casus. Sw. afal, afful, lapsus, whence affuls drop, death occasioned by the fall of anything on a person. AWALD, AWALT, part. adj. In a supine state, lying on the back, S. Awalt sheep, one that has fallen down, so as not to be able to recover itself. It especially denotes one that lies on its back, Roxb. Synon. with this is A. Bor. overwelt, "a sheep which gets laid on his back in a hollow," Grose; from ower over, and welt, q. v. TO DIE AWALD, to die in a supine state, Ibid. "Sheep are most apt to die awald, when it grows warm after a shower,-till they are shorn. They lie down, roll on their backs, to relieve the itching there, and if the ground happen to be level or hollow,-they are often unable to get up, and soon sicken, swell, and die." Essays, Highl. Soc. iii. 447. To FA' AWALT, to fall over without the power of getting up again; originally applied to a sheep, hence to a person who is intoxicated, S. A. Hence also the phrase, to roll awald. AWAL, AWALD, 8. A term applied to a field lying the second year without being ploughed; lea of the second year, that has not been sowed with artificial grasses, Loth. "There are four breaks of the outfield in tillage. The first out of ley.-The second what they call Awald, where the produce will not exceed two bolls or two bolls and a half an acre." Maxwell's Sol. Trans. p. 214. "Awal, the second crop from grass." Surv. Banffs. App. p. 45. AWALD, adj. Belonging to the second crop after lea, S. AWALL AITS, the second crop of oats after grass, Mearns. V. AWAT. AWALD-CRAP, 8. The second crop after lea, AWAL-INFIELD, 8. "The second crop after ""Tis very proper that awal-land be ploughed the second time before the departure of winter frosts." Surv. Banffs. App. p. 38. AWALD, adj. An awald sheep, one that has fallen backward, Loth. V. AWAIL, v. AWALT SHEEP, one that has fallen backward, or downhill, and cannot recover itself; Gl. Sibb. V. AWAIL. To AWANCE, v. a. To advance. Bot gud serwice he dide him with plesance, Wallace, i. 366. MS. |