awlate

t. [A.S. wlætian, wlatan = to nauseate, to loathe.] To disgust. "Vor the king was somdel awlated ..."-Rob. Glouc., 485. (S. in Boucher .) * âwlbe, * awbe, s. [ALB.] * âw'-le , a. [AWELESS.] (q.v.). ( Prompt . Parv .) IMG:content-0950.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][merged small] IMG:content-0951.png:[blocks in formation] âwn'-ỹ, * âwn'-ie ( Eng . & Scotch ), a. [Eng. awn; -y.] Furnished with an awn or awns; bearded. "Let husky wheat the haughs adorn, And aits set up their awnie horn." awont the occupacioun of the said land."- Aberd. Reg . (1563), v. 25. *a-work', *a-wõrk'e, adv . [Eng. a = on, and work .] At work, into work. "Set a good face on't, and affront him; and I'll set my fingers aworke presently."- Holiday : Techno- gamia , iv. 5. so after Pyrrhus' pause Aroused vengeance set him new a - work ." Shakesp.: Hamlet , ii. 2. a-work-ing, a. [Eng. awork ; -ing .] the state of working; working. "Long they thus travelled, yet never met Adventure which might them a working set." Spenser: Mother Hubbard's Tale. * a-worth', adv. [Eng. a ; worth (q.v.).] Worthily ( Scotch .) IMG:content-0952.png:[blocks in formation] * a-wreke (wmute), v.t. [A.S. awrecan = to revenge, avenge, vindicate, defend, free.] To avenge, to take vengeance on; in pa ive, to be revenged of. (Now written WREAK.) "He suor he wold awreke be of hys brother Roberd." -Rob. Glouc., p. 388. (S. in Boucher .) Chaucer: C. T. , 17,230. *a-wroth ( w mute), v.i. [Eng. a; wroth.] To be wroth or angry. "Ne noght so glad that hit ne awrotheth ." Hule & Nightingale , 1,266. (S. in Boucher .) a-wry, *a-wrie' ( w mute), a. or adv . [Eng. a; wry.] [WRY, WRITHE.] IMG:content-0953.png:[blocks in formation] The buckets or projections on the rim of a mill-wheel designed to receive the shock of the falling water. ( Scotch .) ( Jamie son .) * âwsk, s. The same as Ask, s. (O. Scotch .) âw-some, a. [Eng. awe ; and suff. -some.] "To be sure he did gie an awsome glance up at the auld castle."-Scott: Guy Manner ing, ch. xi. * âws-trěne, * as-ter'ne, a. A US TERNE (Q.v.). (0. Scotch .) * âw'-tāyne, a. [HAUGHTY.] (O. Scotch .) *âw'-tere, s . The same as ALTAR (q.v.). ( Prompt . Parv .) * âw-ter-stone, s. The same as ALTAR- STONE (q.v.). A Mexican fly, the eggs of which, deposited abundantly on rushes and flags, are collected and sold as a species of caviare . The use of these as an article of diet was learned by the Spanish settlers from their predece ors, the native Indian Mexicans, who called the dish now described ahuauhtli . ( Clavigero , Webster , .) IMG:content-0954.png:[blocks in formation]