_Auld-shoon_, old shoes literally, a
discarded
lover metaphorically.
Robert Forst
_Amaist_, almost.
_Amang_, among.
_An'_, and, if.
_Ance_, once
_Ane_, one.
_Anent_, over-against, concerning, about.
_Anither_, another.
_Ase_, ashes of wood, remains of a hearth fire.
_Asteer_, abroad, stirring in a lively manner.
_Aqueesh_, between.
_Aught_, possession, as "in a' my aught," in all my possession.
_Auld_, old.
_Auld-farran'_, auld farrant, sagacious, prudent, cunning.
_Ava_, at all.
_Awa_, away, begone.
_Awfu'_, awful.
_Auld-shoon_, old shoes literally, a discarded lover metaphorically.
_Aumos_, gift to a beggar.
_Aumos-dish_, a beggar's dish in which the aumos is received.
_Awn_, the beard of barley, oats, &c.
_Awnie_, bearded.
_Ayont_, beyond.
B.
_Ba'_, ball.
_Babie-clouts_, child's first clothes.
_Backets_, ash-boards, as pieces of backet for removing ashes.
_Backlins_, comin', coming back, returning.
_Back-yett_, private gate.
_Baide_, endured, did stay.
_Baggie_, the belly.
_Bairn_, a child.
_Bairn-time_, a family of children, a brood.
