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aroint |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aroint \A*roint"\ ([.a]*roint"), interj. [Cf. Prov. E. rynt, rynt thee, roynt or runt, terms used by milkmaids to a cow that has been milked, in order to drive her away to make room for others AS r[=y]man to make room or way fr r[=u]m room The final t is perh. for ta for thou. Cf {Room} space.] Stand off or begone. [Obs.] Aroint thee, witch, the rump-fed ronyon cries. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aroint \A*roint"\, v. t. To drive or scare off by some exclamation. [R.] ``Whiskered cats arointed flee.'' --Mrs. Browning.