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1,912 words match “SCOT”

AGLEY adv.
Aside; askew. [Scotch] Burns.
AGRAFFE n.
e feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by an agraffe set with brilliants. Sir W. Scott.
AIBLINS; ABLINS adv.
Perhaps; possibly. [Scotch] Burns.
AIGRET; AIGRETTE n.
A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc. Prescott.
AIT n.
Oat. [Scot.] Burns.
ALBYN n.
Scotland; esp. the Highlands of Scotland. T. Cambell.
ALCALDE n.
A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc. Prescott.
ALCAZAR n.
A fortress; also, a royal palace. Prescott.
ALGUAZIL n.
An inferior officer of justice in Spain; a warrant officer; a constable. Prescott.
ALIMENT n. 2 definitions
An allowance for maintenance. [Scot.]
ALLENARLY adv.
Solely; only. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
ALLEYED a.
Furnished with alleys; forming an alley. "An alleyed walk." Sir W. Scott.
ALTITUDE n.
haughty airs. [Colloq.] Richardson. The man of law began to get into his altitude. Sir W. Scott. Meridian altitude, an arc of the meridian intercepted between the south point on the horizon and any point on the meridian. See Meridian, 3.
AMBASSADRESS n.
A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador. Prescott.
AMEND v.
ncey. We shall cheer her sorrows, and amend her blood, by wedding her to a Norman. Sir W. Scott. To amend a bill, to make some change in the details or provisions of a bill or measure while on its passage, professedly for its improvement.
ANCIENT a.
fathers have set. Prov. xxii. 28. An ancient man, strangely habited, asked for quarters. Scott.
ANEATH prep.
Beneath. [Scot.]
ANES adv.
Once. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
ANGEL n.
f angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling. When pain and anguish wring the brow. Sir W. Scott.
ANTIQUATED a.
Dryden. Old Janet, for so he understood his antiquated attendant was denominated. Sir W. Scott.
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