AIGAR-MEAL, _s._ Meal made of grain dried in this manner, S.

AIGAR-BROSE, _s._ A sort of pottage made of this meal, S.

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To AIGH, _v. a._ To owe, to be indebted; _aighand_, owing, S. B.

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Su. G. _aeg-a_, Isl. _eig-a_, debere; Moes. G. _aig-an_, A. S. _ag-an_, habere, possidere.

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AIGHINS, _s. pl._ What is owing to one, especially used as denoting demerit. When one threatens to correct a child who is in fault, it is a common expression, "I'll gie you your _aighins_," S. B.

AIK, AYK, _s._ The oak, S. Plur. _akis_, oaks.

A. S. _ac_, _aec_, Alem. Germ. _eiche_, Su. G. _ek_, Isl. _eik_, quercus.

AIKERIT, _part. adj._ Eared; _weil yaikert_, having full ears; applied to grain, Tweedd, Pron. _yaikert_.

AIKRAW, _s._ Pitted warty lichen, L. scrobiculatus, Linn. South of S.

1. A projection from the body of a church, one of the wings of the transept, S.

2. An inclosed and covered burial place, adjoining to a church, though not forming part of it, S.

AILICKEY, _s._ The bridegroom's man, he who attends on the bridegroom or is employed as his messenger at a wedding, Ang.

Su. G. _e_ marriage, and _lackey_, Fr. _lacquay_, a runner.

AYND, END, _s._ The breath; also written _end_; A. Bor. _Yane_, id.

Isl. Su. G. _ande_, A. S. _ond_, halitus, spiritus.

_To_ AYND, EAND, _v. a._ To breathe upon.

Isl. _and-a_, Su. G. _and-as_, respirare.

AYNDLESSE, _adj._ Breathless, out of breath.

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

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

Isl. _aur_, the smallest thing imaginable.

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

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

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

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

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

1. Quarter of the heaven, point of the compass, S.

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

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

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

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