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Show AV A 2. 'The perfon that carries any thing away 3. The veflel in which things are carrie away AvoipLESS. adj. [from awoeid.] Inevitable ; that which cannot be avoided That aweid//fs ruin in which the whole empir would be involved Dennis's Letters AvoirDUPO'1S. #. /0 [awoir du poids, Fr. A kind of weight, of which a poun contains fixteen ounces and is in pro portion to a pound Troy as feventee to fourteen All the larger and coarfe commodities are weighed by awoirdupoi weight Chambers Probably the Roman left their ounce in Bri tain, which is now our aweirdupois ounce : for ou troy ounce we had elfewhere 0y _drbutbnot on Coins AvorLa'TioN. . [ [from awvdl, to fl away, Lat.] The a& of flying away flight ; efcape Thefe airy vegetables are made by the relicks o plantal emiffives, whofe awolatien was prevente by the condenfed enclofure Glanwiile's Scepfis Strangers, or the fungous parcels about candles only fignify a pluvious air, hindering the awolation of the favillous particles Brown's Vulg. Err €0 Avo'ucH. @. a. [awvoner, Fr.: for thi word we now generally {ay wouch. 1. T affirm' t maintain peremptorily t declar They boldly awguched that themfelves only ha the truth, which they would at all times defend Hooker Wretched though I feem T can produce a champion that will prov ‘What is awouched here Shakefp. King Lear 2. To produce in favour of another Such antiquities could have been awouched fo the Irith Spenfer's Ireland 3. To vindicate ; to juftify You will think you made mo offence, if th duke gwouch the juftice of your dealing Shakefpeare's Meafure for Meafure Avo'ucH n [from the verb.] Decla ration ; evidence ; teftimony I might not this believe ‘Without the fenfible and try'd awouc Of mine own eyes Shake[p. Hamlet Avo'ucHABLE. 2dj. [from avouch.]Tha may be avouched AVO'UCHER. 7 /. [from awouch.] He'tha avouches 990 AVO'W. @. a. [avouer, Fr.] Todeclare with confidence ; to juftify ; no to diffemble His cruel ftepdame, feeing what was done Her wicked days with wretched knife did end In death awswing th' innocence of her fon Fairy Queen He that delivers them mentions his doing i upon his own particular knowledge, or the relatio of fome credible perfon, awewing it upon his ow experience 5 Boyle Left to myfelf, I muft awow, I firov ¥rom publick fhame to fcreen my fecret love. Dryd Such aflertions proceed from principles whic cannot be awowed by thofe who are for prefervin church and ftate Savift Then blaz'd his fmother'd flame, awow'd an bold Thomfon Avo'WaBLE adj [fro gwow. Tha which may be openly declared; tha which may be declared without fhame Avo'waL. . /. [from avow.] Juftificator declaration ; open declaration Avo'wEDLY. adv.. [from avew.] In a open manner Wilmo -coul no again{t the other % U avowedl hav excente Aurora {hed On Indus fmiling banks the rofy thower, Thom/ Clarendon AvOwEE". n. /. [avoué, Fr.] He to who the right of advowfon of any church belongs AvO'WER. #. /. [fro avows or juftifies AURO'RA Borealis. [Lat.] Light fiream* ing in the night from the north AU RUM Fulminans. [Lat.] A preparation made by diflolving gold in aqu regia, and precipitating it with falt o tartar; whence a very {mall quantity o it becomes capable, by a moderate heat of giving a report like that ofa piftol Diz awew. H tha _ Virgil makes /Aneas a bold awszver of his ow virtues Dryden Avo'wrY. n /. [from avow. In law is where one takes a diftrefs for rent, o Quincy other thing, and the other fues replevin Some aurum fulminans the fabrick fhook. Garth In which cafe the taker fhall juitify, i his plea, for what caufe he took it; and Avscurra'tion. # /. [from aufeulto Lat.] Ahearkening orliftening to. Dié if he took it in his own right, is to fhe it, an {o avo the taking whic A'USPICE . / [aufpicium Lat. 1. 'The omens of any future undertakin i called his awowry Chambers Avo'wsar, #. /. [from avew.] A confeflion Dig Avo'wrry . [, [Se Apowrry. Adultery A'uraTE. #./0 A fort of pear; whic {ee Avure‘Lia. z /. [Lat.] A term ufed fo the firft apparent change of the eruca or maggot of any {pecies of infets Chambers drawn from birds 2. Proteftion ; favour fhewn Great father Mars and greater Jove By whofe high aufpice Rome hath ftoo So long Ben Fonfon 3. Influence ; good derived to others fro the piety of their patron But fo may he live long, that town to fway Whic by his aufpice they will nobler make As he will hatch their athes by his ftay Dryder Avsri‘crar. adj. [from aufpice.] Relating to prognoiticks Avsri'cirous. adj. [from aufpice. 1. Having omens of fuccefs The folitary maggot, found in the dry heads o teafel, is fometimes changed into the awrelia o a butterfly, fometimes into afly-cafe. Ray on Creat You are now, with happ A'uRICLE. n. /. [auricula, Lat. 1. The external ear, or that part of th ear which is prominent from the head 2. Two appendages of the heart; bein two mufcular caps, covering the tw and aufpicious be ginaings, forming a model of a Chriffian charity Spratt 2. Profperous; fortunate: applied to perfons Aufpicious chief! thy race, in times to come Shall fpread the conquefts of imperial Rome. Dryd ventricles thereof; thus called from th 3. Favourable refemblance they bear to the externa ear 'They move regularly like th kind propitious ap plied to perfons, or alions Fortune play upon thy profp'rous helm As thy aufpicious miftrefs Shakefpeare heart, only in an inverted order ; thei {yftole correfponding to the diaftole of 4. Lucky; happy : applied to things "the heart Chambers Tl deliver all And promife you calm feas, aufpicious gales Blood fhould be ready to join with the chyle before it reaches the right auricle of the heart Avuri'cura And fails expeditious Ray on Creation 7. [ See BEars Ear A flower Avur1i'cULAR adj the ear. 1. Within the fenfe or reach of hearing You fhall hear us confer, and by an awricula affurance have your fatisfaltion Shak. K. Lear as, auricula 3. Traditional ; known by report Th alchymift cal in many varieties out o aftrology, auricular traditions monies Avri'curarvry. adv and feigne teftiBacon [from auwricular. In a {ecret manner Thefe will foon confefs, and that not az{rz'czzlqr{y but in a loud and audible voice Decay of Piety Aur1'FEROUS. adj. [aurifer, Lat.] Tha which produces gold Rocks rich in gems, and mountains big wit mines ‘Whence many a burfting ftream auriferous plays Thomfon Aurica'TiON, 7. /. [auriga, Lat.] Th att or praétice of driving carriages. Dic7 See ORPIMENT AvuripicME'NTUM AURORA. =. /. [Lat. 1. A fpecies of crowfoot 2. The goddefs that opens the gates o day ; poetically, the morning A pure, an altive, an aufpicious flame And bright as heav'n, from whence the bleflin Rofcommon came Two battles your aufpicious caufe has won Thy fword can perfeé what it has begun. Drydex [from auriculs, Lat 2. Secret; told in the ear confeflion Shake[p. Tempeft Avusri'crousry. adwv. [from aufpicions. Happily ; profperoufly ; with profperous omens Avusri'crouswEss. z /. [from aufpicious. Profperity; promife of happinefs AUSTERE. adj. [aufterus, Lat. 1. Severe; harfh; rigid When men reprefent the Divine nature as a auffere and rigorous mafter, always lifting up hi hand to take vengeance, fuch conceptions muf Rogers unavoidably raife terror Auftere Saturnius, fa From whence this wrath? or who controuls th Pope fway 2. Sour of tafte ; harfh Th' auflere and pond'rous juices they fublime Mak them afcend the porous foil, and clim The orange tree, the citron, and the lime Blackmore Auftere wines, diluted with water, cool mor than water alone, and at the fame time do notrelax . Arbutbnot on Aliments AUsTE'RELY. adv verely ; rigidly Ah [from auffere. Se Luciana, did he tempt thee {o Might'ft thou perceive, aufferely in his eye That he did plead in earneft Hypocrites aufferely tal Of purity, and place, and innocence Shakefpeare Par. Loff AUSTERE |