Part 809

<blockquote>An <b>avenue</b> of tall elms and branching chestnuts. <i>W. Black.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A broad street; <as>as, the Fifth <ex>Avenue</ex> in New York</as>.</def>

<h1>Aver</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>A"ver</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>aver</ets> domestic animal, whence LL. <ets>averia</ets>, pl. cattle. See <er>Habit</er>, and cf. <er>Average</er>.]</ety> <def>A work horse, or working ox.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Dial. Eng.]</mark>

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<h1>Aver</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>A*ver"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Averred</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Averring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>av\'82rer</ets>, LL. <ets>adverare</ets>, <ets>averare</ets>; L. <ets>ad</ets> + <ets>versus</ets> true. See <er>Verity</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To assert, or prove, the truth of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See <er>Averment</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.</def>

<blockquote>It is sufficient that the very fact hath its foundation in truth, as I do seriously <b>aver</b> is the case. <i>Fielding.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Then all <b>averred</b> I had killed the bird. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To assert; affirm; asseverate. See <er>Affirm</er>.</syn>

<h1>Average</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>Av"er*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>average</ets>, LL. <ets>averagium</ets>, prob. fr. OF. <ets>aver</ets>, F. <ets>avoir</ets>, property, horses, cattle, etc.; prop. infin., to have, from L. <ets>habere</ets> to have. Cf. F. <ets>av\'82rage</ets> small cattle, and <ets>avarie</ets> (perh. of different origin) damage to ship or cargo, port dues. The first meaning was pe<?/<?/<?/ the service of carting a feudal lord's wheat, then charge for carriage, the contribution towards loss of things carried, in proportion to the amount of each person's property. Cf. <er>Aver</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Avercorn</er>, <er>Averpenny</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(OLd Eng. Law)</fld> <def>That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>avarie</ets> damage to ship or cargo.]</ety> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A tariff or duty on goods, etc.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested.</def>

<cs><col>General average</col>, <cd>a contribution made, by all parties concerned in a sea adventure, toward a loss occasioned by the voluntary sacrifice of the property of some of the parties in interest for the benefit of all. It is called <i>general average<i>, because it falls upon the gross amount of ship, cargo, and freight at risk and saved by the sacrifice.</cd> <i>Kent</i>. -- <col>Particular average</col> <cd>signifies the damage or partial loss happening to the ship, or cargo, or freight, in consequence of some fortuitous or unavoidable accident; and it is borne by the individual owners of the articles damaged, or by their insurers.</cd> -- <col>Petty averages</col> <cd>are sundry small charges, which occur regularly, and are necessarily defrayed by the master in the usual course of a voyage; such as port charges, common pilotage, and the like, which formerly were, and in some cases still are, borne partly by the ship and partly by the cargo. In the clause commonly found in bills of lading, "primage and <i>average<i> accustomed," <i>average<i> means a kind of composition established by usage for such charges, which were formerly assessed by way of average.</cd> <i>Arnould.</i> <i>Abbott</i>. <i>Phillips</i>.</cs>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. <as>Thus, if A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the <ex>average</ex> 10.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc.</def> "The <i>average</i> of sensations."

<i>Paley.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.</def>

<cs><col>On an average</col>, <cd>taking the mean of unequal numbers or quantities.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Av"er*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc.; ordinary; usual; <as>as, an <ex>average</ex> rate of profit; an <ex>average</ex> amount of rain; the <ex>average</ex> Englishman; beings of the <ex>average</ex> stamp.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>According to the laws of averages; <as>as, the loss must be made good by <ex>average</ex> contribution</as>.</def>

<h1>Average</h1> <Xpage=105>

<hw>Av"er*age</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Averaged</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Averaging</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal; to reduce to a mean.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; <as>as, to <ex>average</ex> a loss</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average.</def>