Part 26 (1/2)

_Douglas._

V. ~Hoif~.

ARTOW, Art thou? used interrogatively, S. the verb and p.r.o.noun being often, in colloquial language, conjoined in Scottish, as in Germ. and Isl.

Isl. _ertu_, id.

_King's Quair._

_Ertow_, id.

_Ywaine and Gawin._

AS, _conj._ Than, S. synon. with _nor_.

_Kelly._

AS, a.s.s, a.s.sE, ALSE, _s._ Ashes; plur. _a.s.sis_, S. _a.s.s_ and _aiss_; A.

Bor. _a.s.s_, c.u.mberl. _esse_, id.

_Dunbar._

Moes. G. _asja_, Alem. _asca_, Germ. and Belg. _asche_, Su. G. and Isl. _aska_, cinis.

a.s.sHOLE, _s._ The place for receiving the ashes under the grate; S.

Lancash. _esshole_, _ashole_, id.

V. Preceding word.

ASCHET, _s._ A large flat plate on which meat is brought to the table, S.

Fr. _a.s.siette_, ”a trencher-plate,” Cotgr.

ASYNIS, _s. pl._ a.s.ses.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

Fr. _asne_, Lat. _asin-us_.

ASK, AWSK, _s._ An eft, a newt; a kind of lizard, S.; _asker_, A. Bor.

_Wyntown._