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2 ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. Ain, adj. own. Airle, Erie, v. to give earnest money. Airles, or^Arles, sh, earnest money given on engaging a servant. Aim, sh. iron. Aims, or PlonglL Aims, sh. the coulter, sock, &c. of a plough. Aiwal. When an animal falls on its back, and cannot recover itself, it is said to have fallen * aiwal."^ Aizins, sh. the eaves of the thatch of a house or stack. Same as Sasins. Aiide-tree, sh. an axle-tree. Allan- hawk, sh. the great northern diver, and the red-throated diver. The skua was also so called in Moume, co. of Down {Harris^ 1744). See HoUand-hawk. All gab and guts like a yonng orow, a comparison. All my bom days, all my life. 'A niver seen sich a sight in all ma horn day$.* All my lone. A' my lane, or All his lone, v. alone. Allow, to advise. ' Doctor ! A wouldn't allow you to be takin' off that blister yet/ means ' I wouldn't advise it' Allowance^ sh. permission. 'There's no allowance for people in here.' All sorts^ (1) A ff^^^ scolding. 'She gave me all sorts for not doin* it.' (2) very much. ' She was cryin' aU sorts,' * It was raining all sorts.* All the one, the only one. ' Is this cUl the one you have.' All there, adj. wise ; sane. * Not cUl there * = not quite wise. All together like Brown's oows, or Like Brown's oows all in a lump, a comparison. All to one side like the handle of a jng, saying. Alowe, V. lit ; kindled ; on fire. Anfiftfig hans. ' He'll daet amang hxms^ L e. he will get it done somehow, by dividing the labour, and finding spare time for it Among ye be it, blind harpers, i. e. settle it among yourselves : said to persons quarrelling. Amos. ' A blirton amosy* a big soft fellow who weeps for a slight cause. Angle-berrieSy sh. large hanging warts on a horse, sometimes about its mouth.