An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 11 : _Are morrow_, early in the morning. _Douglas._ Moes. G. _air_, A. S. _aer_, Alem. _er_,

_Are morrow_, early in the morning.

_Douglas._

Moes. G. _air_, A. S. _aer_, Alem. _er_, Belg. _eer_, ante, prius; also tempus matutinum.

AIR, _adj._ Early, S.

_Journ. Lond._

AIR, _s._ Expl. "hair, used for a thing of no value."

_Bannatyne Poems._

Isl. _aur_, the smallest thing imaginable.

AIR, AIRE, AYR, AYRE, AR, _s._ An oar; still used, S. B.

_Wallace._

A. S. Alem. _are_, Isl. _aar_, Dan. _aere_, Su. G. _ara_.

AIR, AIRE, AYR, _s._ An heir.

_Barbour._

Moes. G. _arbi_, Su. G. _arf_, Lat. _haeres_, id.

AYRSCHIP, _s._ Inheritance, S.

_Acts Ja. III._

AIR, AYRE, AYR, _s._ An itinerant court of justice; E. _Eyre_.

_Wallace._

Lat. _iter_, O. Fr. _eire_.

AIRN, _s._ Iron, S. _Airns_, pl. Fetters.

Isl. _iarn_, Su. G. _iern_.

V. ~Irne~.

AIRT, ART, ARTH, AIRTH, _s._

1. Quarter of the heaven, point of the compa.s.s, S.

_Douglas._

2. A particular quarter of the earth.

_Wallace._

_On every art_, on every hand, on all sides.

_Douglas._

Gael. _aird_, a cardinal point; Germ. _ort_, _wart_, Belg. _oorde_, a place or quarter; Isl. _vart_, Moes. G. _wairths_, versus, towards.

_To_ AIRT, ART, ERT, _v. a._

1. To direct, to mark out a certain course, used with respect to the wind, as blowing from a particular quarter, S.

_Law Case._

2. To give direction or instruction, in order to find out a certain person or place, or any other object, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

3. _To airt on_, to urge forward, Galloway.

_Davidson._

AIRT and PART.

V. ~Art~.

AISLAIR, _adj._ Polished, S.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

AISMENT, AYSYAMENT, _s._ Used in the same sense with E. _eas.e.m.e.nt_, as denoting a.s.sistance, accommodation. Fr. _ais.e.m.e.nt_, commodum.

_Stat. Rob. I._