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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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AROON(D), Aroun, Arown, adv. and prep. [ə′run(d). See P.L.D. § 64]

1. adv. In a circle, on every side, used almost as in St.Eng., lit. and fig. Gen.Sc.Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems 17:
[We] sweetly ca'd the Healths arown, To bonny Lasses black or brown.Sc. 1927 T. McWilliam Around the Fireside 30:
Its banks ablaze wi' yellow broom, Haughs an' hillsides a' aroon, Gowd an' green fae Nature's loom.Abd. 2000 Sheena Blackhall The Singing Bird 17:
Far corn wyved an girse stude heich
An lowin kye grazed knackie,
The gutsy toon claims aa aroon:Requiescat in pace.Mry. 1924 J. C. Austin in Swatches o' Hamespun 80:
The shrieks sae shrill fae enjines fill The air for miles aroon. Dundee 2000 Ellie McDonald Pathfinder 3:
Fakin aroun i mi heid
for the richt word
I mak wee draains
doun the margin o the page.em.Sc. 2000 James Robertson The Fanatic 169:
'That's okay. I didn't know you could get this on video.'
He put the tray on the table beside her. 'You can get maist things on video these days. Ye have tae look aroon but.'Kcb. 1885 A. J. Armstrong Friend and Foe 230:
But the memory will only fade when the dark mist gathers aroon'.

2. prep. Round, on all sides, encompassing, lit. and fig. Gen.Sc.Sh.(D) 1918 T. Manson Humours Peat Comm. I. 127:
Dis is a bit o straw simmit I'm tied aroond me hat ta keep him on.Cai. 1992 James Miller A Fine White Stoor 109:
'The wind, boy, the wind. It leaves nothing alone. No even a kail plant'll grow strecht if ye dinna put a wall aroond it.'Abd. 1909 J. T. Jeannie Jaffray i.:
Aroun' me there sprang up a dancin' crood o' men an' weemin.e.Lth. 1885 “S. Mucklebackit” Rural Rhymes, etc. 18:
Aroond it tangling woodbine, Green ivy an' eglantine.e.Dmf. 1915 D. J. Beattie Oor gate en' 30:
Yet aroon oor herts there twine Mystic joys that Nature's gien us O' the days o' auld lang syne.