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  1. A scar. Also spelled ar. [Prov. Eng.]
  2. To anger; vex; worry. He arred both the clergy and the laity. N. Bacon, Hist. Discourse, xiv. 216. (N. E. D.)
  3. To snarl as a dog. A dog is … fell and quarrelsome, given to arre and war upon a very small occasion. Holland, tr. of Plutarch's Morals, p. 726.

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  • Thic oon's much th' better, arr, so 't be Telemachus came out of the well covered head to foot in discarded poultry feathers, but no worse for the wear. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 04-05 - October-November 1994
  • It's-- it's my right Oh, arr, so't be, only-- Weeel, usual t' rite calls fer a female. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 04-05 - October-November 1994
  • We walked all over the 12th arr, but could never find the right street. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Therefore the new arr-angement, run solely by volunteers, would be just over £20,000 cheaper to operate than the existing services. —  HX News and Sport
  • {S2, D2} = timer: tc (arr, set, [{arr, array_get}, data2 (N), N]), should be "array_set" not "array_get". —  Tenerife Skunkworks
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  1. English dial., from Middle English arre, erre, from Icelandic örr, ör = Swedish ärr = Danish ar, a scar.
  2. from Middle English arren = Low German arren, vex, from arre = Anglo-Saxon ierre, yrre, eorre, anger, as adjective angry; cf. Danish arrig, angry, which, however, is commonly associated with Danish Norwegian Swedish arg, wicked, bad, = German arg = Anglo-Saxon earg, timid, cowardly.
  3. from late Middle English arre; cf. English dial. narr, nurr, imitative; cf. “R is the dog's letter, and hurreth in the sound” (B. Jonson): see hurr.
 

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