Part 21 (1/2)

_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-e_, 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. _a peine_, ”scarcely, hardly, not without much ado,” Cotgr.