afflight ( gh mute)

[In A.S. aflygan = to drive away, to put to flight.] Flight, hasty departure. "Of the gripe he had a sight How she flew in afflight.' Torrent of Portugal , p. 82. *af-flig'-it, pa . par ., as if from a verb aftige . [Lat. affligo to afflict.] [AFFLICT.] ( Maunde ville .) ( Hall i well .) taff-loof, *aff-lûfe, adv. [ALOOF.] 1. Off-hand, unpremeditated, extempore; on the spur of the moment. "But I shall scribble down some blether Just clean aff - loof . " Burns: Epistle to J. Lapraik. 2. Forthwith, immediately. "Sae I was ca'd into the preceence, and sent awa affloof tae sper ye out an' bring ye tae speak tae the muckle fo'k."- St . Patrick , 1. 76.