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O. Fr. _hautain_, grand, sublime, eleve, Gl. Roquefort; from Lat.

_alt-us_.

AWTER, _s._ An altar; Chaucer, id.

O. Fr. _autiere_, Lat. _altare_.

_Barbour._

_To_ AX, _v. a._ To ask, S. _Asched_, _axede_, asked; R. Glouc.

_Ruddiman._

A. S. _ahs-ian_, _ax-ian_, interrogare.

AXIS, ACKSYS, _s. pl._ Aches, pains. _Axes_, id. Orkn.

_King's Quair._

A. S. _aece_, dolor; _egesa_, horror; Moes. G. _agis_, terror.

AX-TREE, _s._ An axle-tree, S.

A. S. _eax_, _ex_; Alem. _ahsa_, Germ. _achse_, axis; perhaps from Isl. _ak-a_, to drive a chariot or dray, G. Andr.

AYONT, _prep._ Beyond, S.

_Ross._

A. S. _geond_ ultra, with a prefixed; or _on_, as _afield_, originally _on field_.

B

BAACH, _a._ Ungrateful to the taste.

V. ~Bauch~.

BABIE, BAWBIE, _s._ A copper coin equal to a halfpenny English, S.

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