ASCHET, _s._ a large plate, on which meat is brought to
table.
ASK, AWSK, _s._ an eft or water newt; a lizard.
ASKLENT, ASCLENT, ASKLINT, _adv._ obliquely; asquint; on
one side.
_To_ ASSAILYIE, _v. a._ to attack, to assail.
_To_ ASSOLYIE, _v. a._ to acquit.
ASTEER, _adv._ in confusion; in a bustle.
A'THEGITHER, _adv._ altogether.
ATHORT, _prep_, through, athwart.
ATOUR, ATTOURE, _prep._ over.
ATTOMIE, _s._ a skeleton.
ATTELED, _part. pa._ aimed.
ATTER-CAP, ATTIR-COP, _s._ 1. a spider; 2. an ill-tempered
person; one of a malignant or virulent disposition.
ATWEESH, _prep_, between; betwixt.
AUGHT, _pret. pa._ possessed.
AUCHT, _s._ property; possession; that which is exclusively
one's own. _In aw my aucht_, all I am possessed of.
AUKWART, AWKWART, _prep._ across; athwart.
AULD-CLUITY, _s._ the devil.
AULDEST, _adj._ oldest; elder.
AULD, _adj._ old; aged.
AULDFARRANT, AULDFARRAND, _adj._ sagacious.
AULD-MOU'D, _adj._ sagacious in discourse. Sometimes used
as crafty.
AUMUS, _s._ an alms.
AVA, _adv._ at all.
AWA, _adv._ away.
AWFU', _adj._ awful.
AWIN, AWYN, _adj._ own. This is the common _pronoun_
in the south of Scotland; in other parts, _ain_.
AWNIE, _adj._ bearded.
AWNS, _s. pl._ the beards of corn or barley.
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