aheatadv.adj.
/əˈhiːt/, U.S. /əˈhit/, Scottish English /əˈhit/ Now Scottish and rare.
Into a heated state. Later also as adj.: in a heated or inflamed state.
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aheat1587
warmly1605
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. Pref. sig. **ivv To chafe them a heat which are waxed cold.
1836 Fraser's Mag. Mar. 290/2 For what is it the parish allows?.. It will hardly buy a dram to bring one's body a-heat again.
1901 J. Freeman Idylls Arcadia Ded. To her who..hath full oft my poor heart set Aheat.
1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. (at cited word) Suppin' het kail keeps yin a-heat a' day efter!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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