Definition of "ane" []

• Chiefly Scots One. (noun)

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• "Perhaps he saw my old car and something psychological kicked in ane he didn’t want to be stuck behind me."
• "Ye see, sir, I want ye to put yersels i 'the han's o' a man that kens ye baith, and the half o 'yer story a'ready -- ane, that is, wha'll jeedge ye truly and mercifully, and no condemn ye affhan'."
• "But gien sic a ane was a clerk in a coontin 'hoose, he wad hae to stow awa the wings; I cannot see what use he wad hae for them there."