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Leighton, Revised by Alexander

"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV."


ABEECH, ABIEGH, _adv._ aloof; "at a shy distance;" keep
aloof.
ABLE, ABLIS, ABLINS, AIBLINS, _adv._ perhaps; peradventure.
ABONE, ABOW, ABOON, ABUNE, _prep_, above.
ABOOT, _prep_, about.
AE, _adj._ one; only; single.
AFF, _adv._ off; away.
AFFCAST, _s._ a castaway.
AFFCOME, s. the termination of any business. "I gied him his
_affcome_," I gave him a down-setting, or offset.
AFEIRD, _part. pa._ afraid.
AFFHAND, _adj._ plain; honest; blunt; without
premeditation.
AFFLUFF, _adv._ extempore.
AFORE, _prep_, before.
AFFPUT, _s._ pretence for delay.
AFFPUTTING, _adj._ trifling; delaying.
AFFSIDE, _s._ offside.
AFT, _adv._ often.
AFTEN, _adv._ often.
AFTERHEND, _adv._ afterwards.
AGAYNE, _prep_, against.
AGAIT, _adv._ on the way or road.
AGEE, _adv._ to one side; ajar; a little open.
AGLEY, A-GLY, _adv._ off the right line; obliquely; wrong.
AHIND, AHINT, _adv._ behind.
AIK, _s._ the oak.
AILEN, _part. pa._ ailing.
AIN, _adj._ own.
AINS, _adv._ once.
AIR, _adv._ early in the morning.
AIR, AIRE, AYR, _s._ an heir.
AIRMS, _s. pl._ arms.
AIRN, _s._ iron.
AIRT, AIRTH, _s._ point of the compass.
AISLAIR, _adj._ a polished substance.
AITS, _s. pl._ oats.
AITEN, _adj._ oaten.
AITH, _s._ an oath.


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