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A grandfather.

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  1. n. A grandfather.
  2. A grandfather. [Obs.] Writ of Ayle, an ancient English writ which lay against a stranger who had dispossessed the demandant of land of which his grandfather died seized.
  3. A grandfather. [Obs.] Writ of Ayle, an ancient English writwhich lay against a stranger who had dispossessed the demandant ofland of which his grandfather died seized.
  4. ayle (obsolete) A grandfather.