An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 25

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 25

Franc. _arn_ spica.


ARNUT, LOUSY ARNOT, _s._ Tall oat-gra.s.s or pignut; Bunium bulbocastanum, or flexuosum, Linn. S.


_Yurnut._


A. Bor.


_Lightfoot._


Corr. from _earth-nut_.


ARR, _s._ A scar, S. A. Bor. _Pock-arrs_, the marks left by the small-pox, S. Lancash.


Su. G. _aerr_, Isl. _aer_, cicatrix.


ARRED, _part. adj._ Scarred, having the marks of a wound or sore.


Hence, _Pock arred_, marked by the small-pox, S.


Dan. _arred_ cicatrised; Isl. _aerra_ cicatrices facere.


_To_ ARRACE.


V. ~Aras~.


ARRONDELL, _s._ The swallow, a bird.


_Burel._


Fr. _arondelle_, _hirondelle_, from Lat. _hirundo_, id.


a.r.s.ec.o.c.kLE, _s._ A hot pimple on the face or any part of the body, S. B.


The term seems originally to have been confined to pimples on the hips; synon. with Teut. _aers bleyne_, tuberculus in ano.


a.r.s.eENE, _s._ The quail.


_Houlate._


A. S. _aerschen_, coturnix, also _erschenn_, from _ersc_ and _henn_, q. gallina vivarii.


a.r.s.eLINS, _adv._ Backwards, Clydes. S. B.


_Ross._


Belg. _aersel-en_, to go backwards; _aerseling_ receding; _aerselincks_, retro.


ARSOUN, _s._ b.u.t.tocks.


_Barbour._


ART, ARD.


This termination of many words, denoting a particular habit or affection, is a.n.a.logous to Isl. and Germ. _art_, Belg. _aart_, nature, disposition; as E. _drunkard_, _b.a.s.t.a.r.d_; Fr. _babillard_, a stutterer; S. _bombard_, _b.u.mbart_, a drone, _stunkart_, of a stubborn disposition; _hastard_, hasty, pa.s.sionate.


ART _and_ PART, Accessory to, or abetting, a forensic phrase, S. used in a bad sense. _Art_ denotes the instigation or advice, _Part_ the share that one has in the commission of a crime.


_Erskine._


The terms are frequently used in the way of discrimination, "Art _or_ part."


_Wyntown._


Borrowed from the Lat. phrase, _Artem_ et _partem_ habuit.


ARTAILYE, _s._ Artillery; applied to offensive weapons of what kind soever, before the introduction of fire arms.


V. ~Artillied~.


_Wallace._


ARTATION, _s._ Excitement, instigation.


_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._


L. B. _artatio_, from _arto_ for _arcto_, _arc_, to constrain.


ARTILLIED, _part. pa._ Provided with artillery.


_Pitscottie._


Fr. _artill-er_, to furnish with ordinance.


ARTHURYS HUFE, the name given to the constellation Arcturus.