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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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AN' A, AN' A', Ana', Ana, An' Aa', an aw, anaa, an aa, phr. = and all, meaning, 1, with everything else (everyone else) connected therewith; and all besides; etcetera; 2, besides; as well; 3 (see below). — 1 and 2 also in dial. and colloq. Eng. (“and all,” etc.). Gen.Sc. [ə′nɑ:, ə′nɔ:]1. Per. ca.1800 Lady Nairn in Charles Rogers Life and Songs of the Baroness Nairne (1869) 133:
Wi' a hundred pipers an' a', an' a'.Sc. 1814 Scott Waverley (1829) lxiv.:
Hout na, your Honour, . . . ye were just as ill aff in the feifteen, and got the bonnie baronie back, an' a'.Sc. 1928 G. R. Malloch in Scots Mag. (Oct.) 15:
He'll jist be takin' a last look at the kye to see them bedded an' a' — he's awfu' particular aboot the beasts.2. Sc.(E) 1897 Ld. E. Hamilton Outlaws of the Marches I. 3:
Who'd hae thought auld Rowan could hae garred the mud fly that gate, wi' sic a great lang-leggit lub to carry an' a'.Knr. 1925 “H. Haliburton” Horace in Homespun 231:
An' refresh my soul, an' my sense ana', Wi' a sicht an' a smell o' the barley.Dundee 1999:
Twa bridies - a plain een an an ingan een an aa.m.Sc. 1979 William J. Rae in Joy Hendry Chapman 23-4 (1985) 80:
He began tae feel awfu tired anaa, and though he chaved himsel tae bide awauk, he couldhna keep himsel frae noddin aff.wm.Sc. 1928 J. Corrie The Last Day 70:
“I want a piece, tae,” and number two entered the chorus. — “I want a piece ana,” yelled number three.wm.Sc. 1987 Duncan and Linda Williamson A Thorn in the King's Foot 118:
Ye killt dozens tae me afore, the hens an ducks an aa. s.Sc. 1873 Murray D.S.C.S. 226:
Càllants an' wainschis an' aa', boys and girls also.

3. An' a' adds emphasis in concessive sentences like the following.Sc.(E) 1879 P. H. Waddell Isaiah Till Wha Reads 2:
An' Hezekiah himsel — gude, an' a' as he was — or the en' come, 's like a wean in his han's.m.Sc. 1994 Mary McCabe Everwinding Times 375:
"He's deid an aw," stated Big Al. "Christ on a bike, would ye look at his leg."Lnk. 1887 A. Wardrop Midcauther Fair 212:
Big an' strong an' a' as she is.