affroad

Scots edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɑfrod/

Verb edit

affroad (third-person singular simple present affroads, present participle affroadin, simple past affroadit, past participle affroadit)

(Shetland) to dissuade, head off, discourage

References edit

“affroad, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
“affroad” in Eagle, Andy, editor, The Online Scots Dictionary^[1], 2016.