An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 21 : _Ferguson._ To be viewed as the same with ~Aunter~, q. v. ANTERCAST, _s._ A misfortune,

_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.

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._