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A BOON ; above, in its general fenfe. 

 To ADDLE; to earn by working: " he 

 cannot addle his bread." 



ADDIWiSSEN j to be fent about addiwiflen, is to 

 be fent on a fool's errand : an expreffion which 

 is nearly obfolete. 



AIRTH ; quarter; as, " in whatairth is the wind ?" 



AISK ; a newt, or lizzard. 



AITHER ; a plowing ; as, the firftor fecond aither; 

 the fame as airth of fome places, and earth of 

 others. 



AME'LL } between ; as, <* amell fix and feven 

 o'clock." 



ANANTERS, or ANTERS ; left, or for fear ; 

 " ananters it fhould rain." 



ANCHOR ; the chape of a buckle. 



ANENST, or OVER-ANENST ; oppofite. 



AR ; a cicatrice, or fear left by a wound. 



ARFISH ; fomewhat afraid. 



ARK ; a kind of large cheft or bin, .with divifion* 

 within, formerly ufed for laying up drefled corn 

 in ; a fort of moveable granary. 



ASS; afhes. 



ASSLE j query, a corruption of axis, or a native 

 word ? afs/f-tootbj a grinder ; afsle-tref, the axis 

 of a carriage-wheel, but of no other wheel ; nor is 

 it ever applied without the termination tree. Per- 

 haps axlt is a pedantic corruption of this word. 



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