ay adv. (all old edd. have the spelling āIā)
1.
yes Tp. I. ii. 268;
introducing a more forcible statement than the
preceding one Wint. II. i.
137.
2.
used to introduce a
question=Come! Why! Tp. II. i.
284 [276], Shr. V. ii. 42, Ant. III. viii. 38
[x. 29].