Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Avast

A‐vast″ (ȧ‐vȧst″), interj. [Corrupted from D. houd vast hold fast. See Hold, v. t., and Fast, a.] (Naut.) Cease; stop; stay. “Avast heaving.” Totten.

7508

Avatar

Av′a‐tar″ (ăv′ȧ‐ta̤r″), n. [Skr. avatâra descent; ava from + root tṛ to cross, pass over.] 1. (Hindoo Myth.) The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an ...

7509

Avaunce

A‐vaunce″ (ȧ‐va̤ns″), v. t. & i. [See Advance.] To advance; to profit. Chaucer.

7510

Avaunt

A‐vaunt″ (ȧ‐va̤nt″ or ȧ‐vänt″), interj. [F. avant forward, fr. L. ab + ante before. Cf. Avant, Advance.] Begone; depart; — a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the ph...

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Avaunt (2)

A‐vaunt″, v. t. & i. 1. To advance; to move forward; to elevate. Spenser.2. To depart; to move away. Coverdale.

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Avaunt (3)

A‐vaunt″, v. t. & i. [OF. avanter; à (L. ad) + vanter. See Vaunt.] To vaunt; to boast. Chaucer.

7513

Avaunt (4)

A‐vaunt″, n. A vaunt; to boast. Chaucer.

7514

Avauntour

A‐vaunt″our (�), n. [OF. avanteur.] A boaster. Chaucer.

7515

Ave

‖A″ve (�), n. 1. An ave Maria.He repeated Aves and Credos.Macaulay.2. A reverential salutation.Their loud applause and aves vehement.Shak.

7516

Ave Maria

{ ‖A″ve Ma‐ri″a (�), A″ve Ma″ry (�). } [From the first words of the Roman Catholic prayer to the Virgin Mary; L. ave hail, Maria Mary.] 1. A salutation and prayer to the Virgin ...

7517

Avel

A‐vel (�), v. t. [L. avellere.] To pull away.Yet are not these parts avelled.Sir T. Browne.

7518

Avellane

A‐vel″lane (�), a. [Cf. It. avellana a filbert, fr. L. Avella or Abella a city of Campania.] (Her.) In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross.

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Avena

‖A‐ve″na (�), n.(Bot.) A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses.

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Avenaceous

Av′e‐na″ceous (�), a. [L. avenaceus, fr. avena oats.] Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.

7521

Avenage

Av″e‐nage (�), n. [F. avenage, fr. L. avena oats.] (Old Law) A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent. Jacob.

7522

Avenalin

A‐ven″a‐lin (?), n. [L. avena eats.] (Chem.) A crystalline globulin, contained in oat kernels, very similar in composition to excelsin, but different in reactions and crystallin...

7523

Avener

Av″e‐ner (�), n. [OF. avenier, fr. aveine, avaine, avoine, oats, F. avoine, L. avena.] (Feud. Law) An officer of the king's stables whose duty it was to provide oats for the hor...

7524

Avenge

A‐venge″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Avenged (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Avenging (�).] [OF. avengier; L. ad + vindicare to lay claim to, to avenge, revenge. See Vengeance.] 1. To take veng...

7525

Avenge (2)

A‐venge″, v. i. To take vengeance. Levit. xix. 18.

7526

Avenge (3)

A‐venge″, n. Vengeance; revenge. Spenser.

7527

Avengeance

A‐venge″ance (�), n. Vengeance.

7528

Avengeful

A‐venge″ful (�), a. Vengeful. Spenser.

7529

Avengement

A‐venge″ment (�), n. The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken. Milton.

7530

Avenger

A‐ven″ger (�), n. 1. One who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood.2. One who takes vengeance. Milton.

7531

Avengeress

A‐ven″ger‐ess, n. A female avenger. Spenser.

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Avenious

A‐ve″ni‐ous (�), a. [Pref. a- + L. vena a vein.] (Bot.) Being without veins or nerves, as the leaves of certain plants.

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Avenor

Av″e‐nor (�), n. See Avener.