Chapter L: B. assedatio

_Chalmerl. Air._

_To_ ASSEGE, _v. a._ To besiege.

_Wyntown._

Fr. _assieg-er_, L. B. _assidiare_, obsidere; from Lat. _ad_, and
_sedeo_.

_To_ ASSEMBLE, _v. n._ To join in battle.

_Wyntown._

Fr. _assembl-er_, from Su. G. _saml-a_, Germ. _saml-en_, Belg. _zamel-en_, congregare; from Su. G. and Germ. _sam_, a prefix denoting association and conjunction.

ASSEMBLÉ, _s._ Engagement, battle.

_Wyntown._

ASSENYHE, _s._ The word of war.

Corr. from ~Ensenyie~, q. v.

_Barbour._

ASSILAG, _s._ The stormy petrel, a bird; Procellaria pelagica, Linn.

_Martin._

Perhaps from Gael. _eascal_, Ir. _eashal_, a storm.

ASSILTRIE, _s._ An axle-tree.

_Douglas._

Fr. _asseul_, Ital. _assile_, axis.

_To_ ASSYTH, ASSYITH, SYITH, SITHE, _v. a._ To make a composition to another, to satisfy, Old E. _asseeth_, _asseth_, id.

_Acts Ja. I._

Lat. _ad_ and A. S. _sithe_, vice; Skinner. Rather from Su. G. and Isl. _saett-a_ conciliare; reconciliare. Ir. and Gael. _sioth-am_, to make atonement.

ASSYTH, ASSYTHMENT, SYTH, SITHEMENT, _s._ Compensation, satisfaction, atonement for an offence. _Assythment_ is still used as a forensic term. S. O. E. _aseeth_, Wiclif.

_Wyntown._

This word is still in use in our courts of law, as denoting
satisfaction for an injury done to any party.

Su. G. _saett_, reconciliation, or the fine paid in order to procure
it.

_To_ ASSOILYIE, _v. a._

1. To acquit, to free from a charge or prosecution; a forensic term much used in our courts, S.

_Reg. Maj._

2. To absolve from an ecclesiastical censure; as from excommunication.

_Bellenden._

Old E. _assoil_, _asoilen_, and _asoul_, denote the absolution by a
priest; P. Ploughman.

3. To pronounce absolution from sin, in consequence of confession.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

4. To absolve from guilt one departed, by saying masses for the soul; according to the faith of the Romish church.

_Barbour._

5. Used improperly, in relation to the response of an oracle; apparently in the sense of _resolving_ what is doubtful.

_Douglas._

6. Also used improperly, as signifying to unriddle.

_Z. Boyd._

O. Fr. _assoilé_, _absoillé_, dechargé, absous, despensé; Gl.
Roquefort; corr. from Lat. _absolv-ere_.

_To_ ASSONYIE, ESSONYIE, _v. a._

1. To offer an excuse for absence from a court of law.

_Stat. K. Will._

2. Actually to excuse; the excuse offered being sustained.

_Quon. Attach._

3. To decline the combat, to shrink from an adversary.

_Wallace._

O. E. _asoyned_, excused; R. Glouc. _Essoine_, a legal excuse,
Chaucer.

V. ~Essonyie~, _s._

Fr. _essoyner_, _exon-ier_, to excuse from appearing in court, or going to the wars. Su. G. _son-a_, Germ. _sun-en_, to reconcile, to explain; Moes. G. _sunj-an_, to justify.

ASSURANCE, _s._ To take _assurance_ of an enemy; to submit, to do homage, under the condition of protection.

_Complaynt S._

Fr. _donner assurement_, fidem dare; L. B. _assecur-are_, from Lat.
_ad_ and _secur-us_.

ASTALIT, _part. pa._ Decked or set out.

_Gawan and Gol._

Fr. _estail-er_, to display, to shew.

_To_ ASTART, ASTERT, _v. n._

1. To start, to fly hastily.

_King's Quair._

2. To start aside from, to avoid.

_King's Quair._

Teut. _steert-en_, to fly; Germ, _starz-en_, to start up.

ASTEER, _adv._ In confusion, in a bustling state; S. q. _on stir_.

_Ritson._

ASTRE, _s._ A star; Fr.

_Chron. S. Poet._

AT, _conj._ That; O. E. id. Gower.

_Barbour._

Dan. and Swed. _at_, quod; Su. G. _att_, a conjunction corresponding
to Lat. _ut_.

AT, _pron._ That, which.

_Wyntown._

AT ALL, _adv._ "Altogether," Rudd.; perhaps, at best, at any rate.

_Douglas._

ATANIS, ATTANIS, ATANYS, ATONIS, _adv._ At once; S. at _ainze_.

V. ~Anis~, ~Anys~.

_Gawan and Gol._

ATCHESON, ATCHISON, _s._ A billon coin, or rather copper washed with silver, struck in the reign of James VI., of the value of eight pennies Scots, or two-thirds of an English penny.

_Ruddiman._

From the name of the assay-master of the mint.

ATHARIST, Houlate III. 10.

V. ~Citharist~.

ATHE, AITH, AYTHE, _s._ An oath; plur. _athis_.

_Barbour._

Moes. G. _aith_, A. S. _ath_, Precop. _eth_, Isl. _aed_, Su. G.
_ed_, Dan. and Belg. _eed_, Alem. and Germ. _eid_, juramentum.

ATHER, _conj._ Either.

V. ~Athir~.

_R. Bruce._

ATHIL, ATHILL, HATHILL, _adv._ Noble, illustrious.

_Houlate._

A. S. _aethel_, nobilis; whence _Aetheling_, _Atheling_, a youth of the blood royal; Su. G. _adel_, id.; _adling_, juvenis nobilis; deduced from ancient Gothic _aelt_, kindred. C. B. _eddyl_ is also equivalent to Lat. gens, cognatio.

ATHIL, HATHEL, _s._ A noble prince, a man, an illustrious personage; plur. _athilles_, (erroneously _achilles_,) _hatheles_.

_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._

ATHIR, ATHYR, _pron._

1. Either, whichsoever.

_Wyntown._

2. Mutual, reciprocal.

_Bellenden._

A. S. _aegther_, uterque.

V. ~Either~.

ATHORT, _prep._ Through, S.; _athwart_, E.

V. ~Thortour~.

_Baillie._

ATHORT, _adv._ Abroad, far and wide.

_Baillie._

ATIR, EATIR, _s._ Gore, blood mixed with matter.

_Douglas._

A. S. _ater_, _aetter_, _aettor_; Alem. _eitir_, Isl. and Germ.
_eiter_, Su. G. _etter_, venenum; from Alem. _eit-en_, to burn.

ATO, _adv._ In twain.

_Sir Tristrem._

A. S. _on twa_, in duo.

ATOUR, _s._ Warlike preparation.

Fr. _atour_, attire.

_Barbour._

ATOUR, ATTOURE, _prep._

1. Over, S.

_Wallace._

2. Across, S.

_Wallace._

3. Beyond, as to time; exceeding.

_Quon. Att._

4. Exceeding in number.

_Wyntown._

Fr. _a tour_, _en tour_, _au tour_, circum; or Su. G. _at_, denoting
motion towards a place, and _oefwer_, over.

ATOUR, ATTOUR, _adv._

1. Moreover, _By and attour_, id. Laws, S.

_Pitscottie._

2. Out from, or at an indefinite distance from the person speaking, or the object spoken of.

_Douglas._

_To stand attour_, to keep off; _to go attour_, to remove to some distance, S. _By and attour_, _prep_. Besides, over and above, S.

_Spalding._

ATRY, ATTRIE, _adj._

1. Purulent, containing matter; applied to a sore that is cankered, S.

_R. Bruce._

2. Stern, grim, S. B.; _attern_, fierce, cruel, snarling; Gloucest.

V. ~Atir~, ~Eatir~.

_Ross._

Belg. _etterig_, full of matter; _eiter-en_, to suppurate.

ATRYS, _s. pl._ Perhaps from Fr. _atour_, a French hood.

_Watson's Coll._

ATRYST, _s._ Appointment, assignation,

V. ~Tryst~.

_Dunbar._

ATTAMIE, A skeleton, S.

Abbreviated from Fr. _anatomie_.

ATTEILLE, ATTEAL, ATTILE, _s._ Apparently the wigeon; being distinguished from the _teal_.

_Acts Ja. VI._

Isl. _tialld-r_, turdus marinus.

ATTELED, _part. pa._ Aimed.

_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._

V. ~Ettle~

ATTEMPTAT, _s._ A wicked or injurious enterprise.

_Bellenden._