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ANSE, ANZE, ENSE, _conj._ Else, otherwise, Ang.

Allied perhaps to Su. G. _annars_ alias.

_To_ ANTER, _v. n._

1. To adventure, S. B.

_Ross._

2. To chance, to happen, S. B.

_Journ. Lond._

3. In the form of a participle, as signifying occasional, single, rare. An _antrin ane_, one of a kind met with singly and occasionally, or seldom, S.

_Ferguson._

To be viewed as the same with ~Aunter~, q. v.

ANTERCAST, _s._ A misfortune, a mischance, S. B.

_Ross._

_Anter_, or _aunter_, adventure, and _cast_, a chance, q. something
accidental.

ANTETEWME, _s._ "Antetune, antiphone, response," L. Hailes.

_Bannatyne P._

ANTYCESSOR, ANTECESSOWR, ANTECESTRE, _s._ An ancestor, a predecessor. Lat. _antecessor_.

_Wallace._

APAYN, _part. pa._ Provided, furnished.

_Barbour._

Fr. _appan-é_, having received a portion, _appan-er_ to give a portion, L. B. _apan-are_, id. from _pain_, Lat. _pan-is_, as originally denoting the supply of bread and other necessaries of life.

APAYN, _adv._

1. Reluctantly, unwillingly; sometimes written distinctly, _a payn_.

_Barbour._

2. Hardly, scarcely.

_Wallace._

3. It seems improperly used for _in case_.

_Wallace._

4. Under pain, at the risk of. In editions, _on payn_.

_Wallace._

Fr. _à peine_, "scarcely, hardly, not without much ado," Cotgr.

A PER SE, "An extraordinary or incomparable person; like the letter _A by itself_, which has the first place in the alphabet of almost all languages;" Rudd. Chaucer id.

_Douglas._

APERSMAR, APIRSMART, _adj._ Crabbed, ill-humoured; _snell_, _calschie_, S. synon.

_Douglas._

A. S. _afor_, _afre_, Isl. _apur_, _asper_, (as _apurkylde_, acre frigus); and A. S. _smeorte_, Su. G. _smarta_, pain. Haldorson remarks, that the Isl. term is also applied to one of austere manners.

APERT, _adj._ Brisk, bold, free.

_Barbour._

Fr. _appert_, expert, prompt; Lat. _apparat-us_, prepared.

APERT. _In apert_, _adv._ Evidently, openly.

_Barbour._

Fr. _apert_, _appert_, open, evident; from _appar-oir_, Lat.
_appar-ere_, to appear.

APERTLY, _adv._ Briskly, readily.

V. ~Apert~, _adj._

_Barbour._

APIEST, APIECE, _conj._ Although.

V. ~Allpuist~.

APILL RENYEIS, _s. pl._ A string, or necklace of beads; q. a _rein_ or bridle of beads, formed like _apples_.

_Dunbar._

APLIGHT, _adv._ Completely; O. E. _apliht_.

_Sir Tristrem._

A. S. _on_ and _pliht_ periculum, _pliht-an_ periculo objicere se.

APON, APOUN, _prep._ Upon, S.

_Barbour._

A. S. _ufa_, Su. G. _uppa_, insuper, and _on_.

APORT, APORTE, _s._ Deportment, carriage.

_Wyntown._

Fr. _apport_, from _apport-er_, to carry; Lat. _ad_ and _port-are_.

_To_ APPAIR, _v. a._ To injure, to impair, O. E. _apeir_.

_Detect. Q. Mary._

Fr. _emper-er_, id.

V. ~Pare~, _v._

APPARELLE, APPARYLE, APPARAILL, _s._ Equipage, furniture for warfare, preparations for a siege, whether for attack or defence; ammunition.

_Barbour._

Fr. _appareil_, provision, furniture, preparations for war.

APPIN, _adj._ Open, S.

_Complaynt S._

Dan. _aaben_ apertus; Isl. _opna_ foramen. Wachter derives Germ.
_offen_, apertus, from _auf_ up.

APPLERINGIE, _s._ Southernwood, S. Artemisia abrotanum, Linn.

Fr. _apilé_ strong, and _auronne_ southernwood, from Lat.
_abrotanum_, id.

_To_ APLEIS, APPLESS, _v. a._ To satisfy, to content, to please.

_Wallace._

Apparently from an obsolete Fr. v. of the form of _applaire_.

APPLY, _s._ Plight, condition.

_Sir Egeir._

Fr. _pli_ state, habit.

_To_ APPORT, _v. a._ To bring, to conduce.

Fr. _apport-er_, id.

_R. Bruce._

_To_ APPREUE, APPRIEVE, _v. a._ To approve.

_Douglas._

Fr. _approuver_, Lat. _approbare_.

AR, ARE, _adv._ Formerly; also, early.

V. ~Air~.

_To_ AR, ARE, ERE, _v. a._ To plough, to till, S. _to ear_, E.

_Douglas._

Moes. G. _ar-ian_, Su. G. _aer-ia_. Isl. _er-ia_, A. S. _er-ian_, Alem. _err-en_, Germ. _er-en_, Gr. αρ-ειν, Lat. _ar-are_. Ihre views Heb. ץאר _ar-etz_, earth, as the fountain.

ARAGE, ARRAGE, ARYAGE, AUARAGE, AVERAGE, _s._ Servitude due by tenants, in men and horses, to their landlords. This custom is not entirely abolished in some parts of Scotland. "_Arage_ and carriage" is a phrase still commonly used in leases.

_Skene._

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