Part 805

-- <wordforms><wf>Av`a*ri"cious*ly</wf>, <tt>adv</tt> -- <wf>Av`a*ri"cious*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Avarous</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>Av"a*rous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>avarus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Avaricious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Avast</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>A*vast"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <ety>[Corrupted from D. <ets>houd vast</ets> hold fast. See <er>Hold</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and <er>Fast</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Cease; stop; stay.</def> "<i>Avast</i> heaving."

<i>Totten.</i>

<h1>Avatar</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>Av`a*tar"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Skr. <ets>avat\'83ra</ets> descent; <ets>ava</ets> from + root <ets>t<?/</ets> to cross, pass over.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Hindoo Myth.)</fld> <def>The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Incarnation; manifestation as an object of worship or admiration.</def>

<h1>Avaunce</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>A*vaunce"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Advance</er>.]</ety> <def>To advance; to profit.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Avaunt</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>A*vaunt"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>avant</ets> forward, fr. L. <ets>ab + ante</ets> before. Cf. <er>Avant</er>, <er>Advance</er>.]</ety> <def>Begone; depart; -- a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase "Get thee gone."</def>

<h1>Avaunt</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>A*vaunt"</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To advance; to move forward; to elevate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To depart; to move away.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Coverdale.</i>

<h1>Avaunt</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>A*vaunt"</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>avanter</ets>; <ets><?/</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + <ets>vanter</ets>. See <er>Vaunt</er>.]</ety> <def>To vaunt; to boast.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Avaunt</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>A*vaunt"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A vaunt; to boast.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Avauntour</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>A*vaunt"our</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>avanteur</ets>.]</ety> <def>A boaster.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>