An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 7 : AFF, _adv._ Off, S. _Ross._ Moes. G. Isl. Su. G. Dan. Belg. _af_, Gr. ap?, af, Alem. and

AFF, _adv._ Off, S.

_Ross._

Moes. G. Isl. Su. G. Dan. Belg. _af_, Gr. ap?, af', Alem. and Lat. _ab_.

_Aff at the knot_, lunatic, deranged, S. B.

_Gl. s.h.i.+rrefs._

_Aff and on_.

1. Applied to those who lodge on the same floor, S.

2. Without any permanent change, used in relation to the sick, S.

_Aff or on_, determined one way or another, as in regard to a commercial transaction, S.

AFFCAST, _s._ A castaway.

_Bruce._

From _aff_ off, and _cast_.

AFFCOME, _s._

1. The termination of any business, the reception one meets with, as, "I had an ill _affcome_," S.

2. Sometimes used in the sense of escape, S. q. "_coming off_."

AFFECTUOUS, _adj._ Affectionate.

V. ~Effectuous~.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

AFFER, AFEIR, EFFEIR, EFFERE, _s._

1. Condition, state.

_Barbour._

2. Warlike preparation, equipment for war.

_Wallace._

3. Appearance, shew.

_Barbour._

4. Demeanour, deportment.

_Maitland P._

V. ~Fair~, ~Fere~.

AFFERD, _part. pa._ Afraid, O. E. _affered_, vulgar E. _afeard_.

_Douglas._

A. S. _afaered_, territus.

AFFERIS, EFFEIRS, _v. impers._

1. Becomes, belongs to, is proper or expedient; frequently used in our laws.

_Barbour._

2. It sometimes signifies what is proportional to, S.

_Acts Counc._

O. Fr. _affer-ir_, appartenir, Lat. _affero_.

AFF-HAND, _adj._ Plain, honest, blunt, given to free speaking. S.

_affin-hand_, Ang.

AFF-HAND, _adv._ Without premeditation, S.

_Ramsay._

AFFLUFF, AFFLOOF, _adv._

1. Without book, off hand.

To repeat _aff lufe_, to deliver merely from memory, without having a book or notes, S.

2. Extempore, without premeditation, S.

_Ramsay._