An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 7
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 7
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. Shirrefs._
_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._