LekhoriLekhoriEver, always.
[…]Do that good miſcheefe, which may make this Iſland / Thine owne for euer, and I thy Caliban, / For aye thy foot-licker.
Yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.
Tro[ylus]. Haue I not tarried? Pan[darus]. I the grinding; but you muſt tarry the boulting. Troy. Haue I not tarried? Paude.^([sic]) I the boulting; but you muſt tarry the leauening. Troy. Still haue I tarried. Pan. I, to the leauening, but heares yet in the word hereafter, the kneading, […]
An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.
to call for the ayes and nays
A surname.
"Appears suddenly about 1575, and is exceedingly common about 1600." Probably from use of aye (“ever, always”) as expression of agreement or affirmation, or from Middle English a ye (“oh yes”), or syn...
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A word used to acknowledge a command from a superior, usually preceded by a verbatim repeat-back.