Chapter L: B. afferi, affri, jumenta vel cavalli colonici; averia,

_averii_, equi, boves, jumenta; Du Cange.

V. ~Arage~.

AVERIL, _s._ Apparently a diminutive from _aver_, a beast for labour.

_Dunbar._

AVERILE, AVYRYLE, _s._ April.

_Wyntown._

AVERIN, AVEREN, AIVERIN, _s._ Cloudberry or knoutberry, S. Rubus chamaemorus, Linn.; eaten as a dessert in the north of S.

_Ross._

Perhaps from Germ. _aver_ wild, and _en_, a term now applied in Su.
G. to the berry of the juniper; Gael. _oidh' rac_, _oirak_.

AVIL, _s._ The second crop after lea or grass; Galloway.

V. ~Awat~.

AVILLOUS, _adj._ Contemptible, debased.

_Chron. Scot. P._

Fr. _avili_, _ie_, in contemptionem adductus; Dict. Trev.

AUISE, _s._ Advice, counsel; _avis_, Chaucer; _avys_, R. Brunne.

Fr. _avis_.

_Douglas._

AVYSE, AWISE, _s._ Manner, fashion.

_Douglas._

A. S. _wisa_, _wise_, Alem. _uuis_, _uuisa_, Belg. _wijse_, modus.

AVISION, _s._ Vision; Chaucer, id.

_Douglas._

Fr. _avision_, vision, fantaisie; Gl. Roquefort.

AUKWART, AWKWART, _prep._ Athwart, across.

_Wallace._

AULD, _s._ Age.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

A. S. _aeld_ senectus, Moes. G. _alds_ aetas.

V. ~Eild~.

AULDFARREN, _adj._ Sagacious, S.; _audfarand_, id. A. Bor.

_Ramsay._

Moes. G. _ald_ old, and Swed. _far-a_, Germ. _far-en_, experiri;
Swed. _faren_, Isl. _farinn_, peritus; Belg. _aervaaren_, skilful.

AULD-MOU'D, _adj._ Sagacious in discourse; sometimes implying the idea of craft, S. B.

_Ross._

From _auld_ old, and _mou'_ or _mow_, the mouth.

AULD-FATHER, _s._ A grandfather; a term used by some in the west of S.

A. S. _eald-faeder_, Belg. _oud-vader_, avus.

AULD-WARLD, _adj._ Antique, antiquated, S.

_Ferguson._

From _auld_ old, and _warld_ world.

AULIN. _Scouti-aulin_, _Dirty Aulin_, the arctic gull, Orkn. Loth.

_Pennant._

V. ~Scouti-Aulin~, and ~Skaitbird~.

AULTRAGES, AULTERAGES, _s. pl._ The emoluments arising from the offerings made at an altar, or from the rents appointed for the support of it.

_Spotswood._