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aˈsklent, aˈsclent, adv. [Cf. sclender, sclate = slender, slate.] Scotch form of aslant.1584 J. Carmichael Let. in Misc. Wodr. Soc. (1844) 443 They..hes bene farther careit asklent then reason can warrand. 1657 S. Colvil Whigs Supplic. (1751) 61 They always took the bog a-sclent [= they fled]. 1792 ...
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anewst (obsolete)
anunder (regional, Northern England, Ireland, and Scotland)
askant (archaic)
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askances
▪ I. askance, adv. (əˈskæns) Forms: 6 a scanche, a scance, ascaunce, 6–7 asconce, ascance, 6–8 askaunce, 7 askauns, ascaunse, 6– askance. [Etymology unknown. Wedgwood suggests It. a schiancio ‘bias, slanting, sloping or slopingly, aslope, across, overthwart’ (Baretti), where schiancio is = OFr. escl...
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sklent
▪ I. sklent, n. Sc. Also sclent. [Sc. var. of slent n. Cf. the earlier asklent adv.] A slant or slope; a slanting or sideward movement; a side-look, etc.1768 Ross Helenore 16 With easy sklent, on every side the braes..wi' scatter'd busses raise. 1786 Burns To J. Smith vii, This while my notion's tae...
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skeigh
skeigh, a. and adv. Sc. (skix) Forms: 6–7 skeich, 9 skiech, skeech; 8 skiegh, 8– skeigh. [Related to OE. scéoh shy (= MHG. schiuhe, schiech-, G. scheuch), but the origin of the sk- is not clear: cf. skey a.] A. adj. 1. Of horses: inclined to shy; skittish, mettlesome, spirited.1508 Dunbar Tua Mariit...
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world
▪ I. world, n. (wɜːld) Forms: α. 1 weorold, wuruld, worold, uoruld, wiarald, 1–3 weoruld, woruld, -eld, -old, 2 wurold, 3 we(o)reld, wæruld, Orm. we(o)relld. β. 1– world; 1–3 weorld, 4–6 worlde (2 worlð, 3 wurld, 5 whorlld(e); 2–3 werlð, 3 Orm. werrld, 3–5 werld(e; north. and Sc. 3– warld, 5–6 warld...
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