_Ferguson._
To be viewed as the same with ~Aunter~, q. v.
ANTERCAST, _s._ A misfortune, a mischance, S. B.
_Ross._
_Anter_, or _aunter_, adventure, and _cast_, a chance, q. something accidental.
ANTETEWME, _s._ "Antetune, antiphone, response," L. Hailes.
_Bannatyne P._
ANTYCESSOR, ANTECESSOWR, ANTECESTRE, _s._ An ancestor, a predecessor.
Lat. _antecessor_.
_Wallace._
APAYN, _part. pa._ Provided, furnished.
_Barbour._
Fr. _appan-e_, having received a portion, _appan-er_ to give a portion, L. B. _apan-are_, id. from _pain_, Lat. _pan-is_, as originally denoting the supply of bread and other necessaries of life.
APAYN, _adv._
1. Reluctantly, unwillingly; sometimes written distinctly, _a payn_.
_Barbour._
2. Hardly, scarcely.
_Wallace._
3. It seems improperly used for _in case_.
_Wallace._
4. Under pain, at the risk of. In editions, _on payn_.
_Wallace._
Fr. _a peine_, "scarcely, hardly, not without much ado," Cotgr.
A PER SE, "An extraordinary or incomparable person; like the letter _A by itself_, which has the first place in the alphabet of almost all languages;" Rudd. Chaucer id.
_Douglas._
APERSMAR, APIRSMART, _adj._ Crabbed, ill-humoured; _snell_, _calschie_, S. synon.
_Douglas._
A. S. _afor_, _afre_, Isl. _apur_, _asper_, (as _apurkylde_, acre frigus); and A. S. _smeorte_, Su. G. _smarta_, pain. Haldorson remarks, that the Isl. term is also applied to one of austere manners.
APERT, _adj._ Brisk, bold, free.
_Barbour._
Fr. _appert_, expert, prompt; Lat. _apparat-us_, prepared.
APERT. _In apert_, _adv._ Evidently, openly.
_Barbour._
Fr. _apert_, _appert_, open, evident; from _appar-oir_, Lat.
_appar-ere_, to appear.
APERTLY, _adv._ Briskly, readily.
V. ~Apert~, _adj._
_Barbour._
APIEST, APIECE, _conj._ Although.
V. ~Allpuist~.
APILL RENYEIS, _s. pl._ A string, or necklace of beads; q. a _rein_ or bridle of beads, formed like _apples_.
_Dunbar._
APLIGHT, _adv._ Completely; O. E. _apliht_.
_Sir Tristrem._