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agent, awgent, aagent,
augent ['ɑ:dʒənt, 'ɔ:dʒənt]
n. An agent, a solicitor.
v. To manage.

Compounds and phrases etc.

augentrie: arch. The office or function of agent.
station augent: a station manager
August, Augist, Ageest, Aagist, Aagust, Aagist, Aageest,
August ['ɑ:gɪst, 'ɔ:gɪst, N. I., 'a:gɪst]
n. The month August.
Auhaz, Awhaz, Aahaz, Ahaz,
Auhaz ['ɑ:həz, 'ɔ:həz, N. I. 'a:həz]
n. The personal name Ahaz.
auk, aak, awk,
auk [I. a:k]
n. The common guillemot Uria aalge
dim. aukie
auld, aald, aul, aal, oul, aul', ould, oul', owl', ald, al, owl, owld, awl, aulder, aaler, ouler, owler, auler, aaler, aalder, auldest, ouless, aulest, aaldest, aalest, auld-dame, aulddame, aul'est, au, aulden, aalden, aulen, aalen, oulen, aul'en, oulden, oul'en, owl'en, alden, auldrif, auldrife, auldruff, oulrife, aalrife, aaldrife, aalrif, aaldrif,
auld [ɑ:l(d), ɔ:l(d), N. I. a:l(d), U. ʌul(d)]
adj. Old.
comp. aulder
superl. auldest

aulden ['ɑ:ldən, 'ɔ:ldən, N. I. 'a:ldən, U. ʌul(d)ən]
adj. Olden.

Compounds and phrases etc.

Auld Cluits, Auld Nick: the devil
auld-dame [-dem, U. ʌuldem, MN. a:ldim]: a grandmother
auld-farrant: adj. Old-fashioned persons or things, antiquated, quaint, droll. Children or young people having the ways or the shrewdness of older people, precocious. Sagacious, prudent, knowing, cunning, clever, witty, ingenious.
auld in the horn: shrewd, wise
Auld Knacksie: Old Knock, Saint Paul
auld lang syne: old long ago
auld licht: the Moderate or more latitudinarian element of the Church
Auld Reekie: Edinburgh
auldrif ['-rɪf]: of the old style
auld warld: old world, antiquated
auld wife: an old woman, a gossip, a rotating chimney-cowl
auld-tastit: musty
Auld Deer,
Auld Deer ['a:l(d) di:r]
pn. Old Deer. (Aberdeenshire)
Auld Kilpaitrick, Auld Kilpatrick,
Auld Kilpaitrick [ɑ:l(d), kɪl'petrɪk]
pn. Old Kilpatrick. (Dunbartonshire)
Auley, Ollie, Olie,
Auley ['ɑ:le, 'ɔ:le;]
n. The Personal name Olaf or Oliver.
aum, a'um, aam, awm,
aum [ɑ:m, ɔ:m, N. I. a:m]
n. Alum.
v. To treat with alum as in tanning or making tinder etc., to thrash.
aumlach, namlach, nyamlach,
aumlach [U. ɑ:mləx]
adj. awkward, clumbsy, ungainly.
adv. Awkwardly.
n. A small quantity.

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