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. [Archaic] Spenser. Thus Ellen, dizzy and astound. As sudden ruin yawned around. Sir W. Scott.

Stranded. Sir W. Scott.

gs stretched wide apart; astraddle. Placed astride upon the bars of the palisade. Sir W. Scott. Glasses with horn bows sat astride on his nose. Longfellow.

Subtle; cunning; astute. [R.] Sir W. Scott. -- As*tu"cious*ly, adv. [R.]

s they might attain to Phenice. Acts xxvii. 12. Nor nearer might the dogs attain. Sir W. Scott. To see your trees attain to the dignity of timber. Cowper. Few boroughs had as yet attained to power such as this. J. R. Green.

A touch or hit. Sir W. Scott.

train; accompanying; in waiting. From the attendant flotilla rang notes triumph. Sir W. Scott. Cherub and Seraph . . . attendant on their Lord. Milton.

Of or pertaining to hearing; auditory. [R.] Cotgrave.

Property; possession. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer. It seems to augur genius. Sir W. Scott. I augur everything from the approbation the proposal has met with. J. F. W. Herschel.

signed himself . . . with a docility that gave little augury of his future greatness. Prescott.

Old; as, Auld Reekie (old smoky), i. e., Edinburgh. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

A Scottish phrase used in recalling recollections of times long since past. "The days of auld lang syne."

A member of the conservative party in the Church of Scotland in the latter part of the 18th century.

disease. "What signs avail " Milton. Words avail very little with me, young man. Sir W. Scott.

mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance. Mutual aversion of races. Prescott. His rapacity had made him an object of general aversion. Macaulay.

Missing; wanting. [Prov. Scot. & Eng.] Sir W. Hamilton.

Expressive of awe or terror. An awesome glance up at the auld castle. Sir W. Scott.

Beyond. [Scot.]

One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their milk.