ATTLE, S. Rubbish, refuse of stony matter. A mining term. ATTOм'D, adj. Filled with small particles; thick. Drayton. ATTONE, adv. Altogether. And his fresh blood did frieze with fearfull cold, That all his senses seem'd bereft attone. And thenne they alyght sodenly, and Morte d'Arthur, i, 319. ATTORNE, or ATTURNE, v. (A.-N.) To perform service. They plainly told him that they would not atturne to him, nor be under his jurisdiction. Holingsh., Rich. II, 481. ATTORNEY, 8. (A.-N.) A deputy; one who does service for another. ATTOUR, (1) 8. (4.-N.) A head yielding of a tenant unto a new lord. Minsheu. A law term. Wheruppon dyverse tenauntes have openly attorned unto the kynges grace. Monastic Letters, p. 88. ATTRACT, 8. An attraction. For then their late attracts decline, And turn as eager as prick'd wine. Hudibras, III, i, 695. ATTRAITS, S. pl. Flattery. Skinner. ATTRAPE, v. (Fr.) To entrap. And lying and placing thother vj c. men in a secret place nygh in the mydd way betwen Warke and the sayd towne of Myllerstayenes, aswell for the releyse of the said wawcuriores, as to attrape the enemyes, yf they unadvisedly wold pursewe or come to the said fyer or fray. MS. Cott., Calig., B v, f. 23 v°. And he that hath hyd a snare to attrap an other with, hath hym selfe ben taken therin. Tales and Quicke Answeres ATTRECTATION, 8. (Lat.) Frequent handling. ATTRIBUTION, 8. Commendation. Shakesp., 1 Henry IV, iv, 1. ATTRID, part. p. Poisoned. ATTRIED, part. p. Tried. ATTRITE, adj. (Lat.) Worn. ATTRITION, 8. (Lat.) Grief for sin, arising only from the fear of punishment. He, the whyche hath not playne contrycyon, but all onely attrycyon, the whyche is a maner of contrycyon unparfyte and unsuffycyent for to have the grace of God. Institution of a Christian Man, p. 162. ATTROKIEN, v. (A.-S.) To fail; to weary. ATTRY, adj. (A.-S.) Venomous; poisonous; filthy. And gulcheth al ut somed thet the attri heorte sent up to the tunge. MS. Cott., Nero, A xiv, f. 21. Thanne cometh of ire attry anger, whan a man is scharply amonested in his schrifte to forlete synne, thanne wol he be angry, and answere hokerly and angrily, to defenden or excusen his synne by unstedefastnesse of his fleisch. Chaucer, Persones T. ATTWEEN, prep. Between. Var. dial. ATUNDERE, adv. (A.-S.) In subjection. ATVORE, adv. (A.-S. ætforan.) Before. Rob. Glouc. ATWAIN, adv. In two; asunder. dial. ATWENDE, V. (A.-S. ætwindan.) To (2) part. p. Twisted. Somerset. ATWIST, pret. t. (4.-S.) Knew. Also, part. p., known. Another dai Clarice arist, That eni man beo falle in odwite, Hule and Nyghting., 1. 1222. This word dude much sorwe this seli olde kyng, That atwytede hym and ys stat, that he nadde hym self nothing. Rob. of Glouc., p. 33. He was wroth, ye schul here wite, AUCHT, is used in the dialect of East Anglia as the preterite of the verb to owe. AUCTE, S. (4.-S. ahte.) Property. To-morwen shal maken the fre, AUCTORITÉ, 8. (Lat.) A text of AUDACIOUS, adj. (4.-N.) courageous. AUD-FARAND, adj. (A.-S.) A term applied to forward children, who imitate the manners of elderly people. North. See Auldfar'd. AUDIENCE, S. A hearing. Chaucer. AUDITION, 8. (Lat.) Hearing. AUDITIVE, adj. (Fr. auditif.) Having the power of hearing, AUD-PEG, S. An inferior cheese, made of skimmed milk. North. AUDRIE. "Seynt Audries lace, cordon." Palsgrave. See Awdrie. AUEN, adj. Own. AUFF, S. An elf. This word occurs in A New English Dictionary, 1691. Skinner explains it, "stultus, ineptus," a fool. See Auf. AUFIN, s. The bishop at chess. See Alfin. The tract De Vetula (published under the name of Ovid) gives the following Latin or Latinized names of the chessmen. AWFIN, Miles et alpinus, roccus, rex, virgo, pedesque. AUGENT, adj. August; noble. Hayle, cumly kyngis augent! Sharp's Cov. Myst., p. 101, AUGURINE, S. A fortune-teller. (2) Inverted; confused. The old 66 rung auk," to give alarm of fire. (3) s. A stupid or clumsy person. North. AUKERT, adj. Awkward. Var. dial. AUL, S. An alder. Herefordsh. AULD, adj. (1) Old. Var. dial. (2) Great. North. (3) The first or best, a phrase AULD-ANE, S. The devil. North. antique. Old-fashioned; Thus vearst in legendary teale, Stagg's Cumberland Poems, p. 66. AULD-THRIFT, s. Wealth accumulated by the successive frugality of ancestors. North. AULEN, adj. Of alder. Herefordsh. AULN, 8. (Fr.) A French measure of 5 ft. 7 in.; an ell. AUM, S. (1) An aim. Palsgrave. (2) The elm tree. Northumb. (3) Allum. North. (4) A Dutch measure for liquids. AUMA, 8. A sort of pancake. Herefordsh. AUMAYL, (1) 8. (A.-N.) Enamel. As growe grene as the gres, Then grene aumayl on golde. Gawayn & the Gr. Kn., 1. 429. (2) v. To variegate; to figure. AUMAYL'D, adj. Enamelled or embroidered. In gilden buskins of costly cordwayne All bard with golden bendes, which were entayld With curious antickes, and full fayre aumayl'd. Spens., F. Q., II, iii, 27. AUMAIST, adv. Almost. North. AUMB, S. Alms distributed to the poor at Christmas were formerly so called in Devon. AUMBE, S. A measure of lime, containing three bushels. Norfolk Records, earlier part of 16th cent. AUMBES-AS. See Ambes-as. AUMBLE, S. An ambling pace. AUMBRE-STONE, s. Amber. Palsgrave. AUMBRY, 8. (A.-N.) A cupboard; AUMERY, AUMRY, J a pantry. North. AUNDYRN, 8. See Andiron. AUNT, S. (1) A cant term for a woman of bad character, either prostitute or procuress. Often used by Shakespeare. To call you one o' mine aunts, sister, were as good as to call you arrant whore. O. P., iii, 260. And was it not then better bestowed upon his uncle, than upon one of his aunts? I need not say bawd, for every one knows what aunt stands for in the last translation. Middleton's Trick to catch the Old One, ii, 1. It still exists in this sense in (2) The customary appellation addressed by a jester or fool, to a female of matronly appearance; as uncle was to a man. AUNTE, adv. (A.-N.) Together. Heo gederede up here aunte here ost aboute wyde, And destruyde hire londes eyther in his syde. Rob. Glouc., p. 37. AUNTELERE, s. An antler. AUNTERS, 8. pl. Needless scruANTERS, ples; mischances. Ray mentions it as a Northern provincialism, used in the first of these senses; as, "he is troubled with aunters." Tho this kynge hadde go aboute in such sorwful cas, At the laste he com to Caric, there ys dozter was, He bilevede withoute the toune, and in wel grete fere, He sende the quene ys dogter worde, wuche ys antres were. Rob. Glouc., p. 35. Ise ding thy harns out, thou base mukky Forthi an aunter in erde Warton's Hist. E. P., i, 187. I conjure the neverthelese be God and thy nobley, that thou take it unto none ydyotis, in auntyr that they by ther unkunning myght werk noy to ony man that is yeven unto the comenne profite. MS. 14th cent. (2) s. An altar. Probably a mere clerical error. Be-forn his aunter he knelyd adoun. Songs and Carols, st. xi. AUNTEROUS, adj. Bold; daring; AUNTROSE, AUNTRUS, doubtful. for adventurous; midable; sometimes, I wot, Sir, ye are wight, Destruction of Troy, MS., f. 10 vo. AUNTERS, adv. Peradventure; in case that; lest; probably. North. AUNTERSOME, adj. Bold; daring. Craven. AUNTRE, adv. On the contrary; on the other hand. Auntre, they swore hym hool oth AUNTREOUSLICHE, Al auntreousliche ther he comen wes. Frisky and fresh, AUNTY, (1) adj. generally applied to horses. Leic. Northampt. (2) s. An aunt. Var. dial. AU-OUT, adv. Entirely. North. AUP, (1) s. A wayward child. North. Pronounced aups in Craven. (2) prep. Up. West. AUPY, adj. Apeish; imitative; pert. Yorkshire. AUR, conj. Or. AURATE, s. A sort of pear. AUREAT, adj. (Lat.) (1) Golden; |