A dialectal or archaic word meaning to move or shuffle about in a restless or fidgety manner.
Of uncertain origin, possibly from Scottish or dialectal English. The word may be onomatopoetic or relate to Old English 'arse' (bottom), suggesting movement from sitting uneasily.
This obscure Scottish word captures something universally human—that nervous, fidgety restlessness when you can't sit still, yet it's so forgotten that most English speakers have never encountered it.
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