avoidance (avoidans)

[ The obsequious clergy of France. once the avoidance of the marriage. pronounced at Milman, Latin Christianity, ix. 4. 2. The act of becoming, or the state of being, vacant; especially, the state of a benefice when it becomes void by death, deprivation, resignation, or preferment of the incumbent; vacancy. Wolsey, on every avoidance of St. Peter's chair, was sitting down thereon, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him. Fuller. 3. The act of avoiding or shunning anything disagreeable or unwelcome.-4. A retiring from or leaving a place.-5t. An emptying out; that by which a fluid is carried off; an outlet. Avoidances and drain ings of water. IMG:content-1460.png:[blocks in formation] In the United States the hundredweight is now commonly 100 pounds, and the ton 2,000 pounds, called the short ton in distinction from the long ton of 2,240 pounds. 2. The weight of anything according to the avoirdupois system: as, his avoirdupois was 150 pounds. [Colloq.] Also written aver a verd upo is , and often abbrevi perdupo ated to avoir , and avdp . avoket (a-vok'), v. t. [ avocare , call away: see avocate . Cf. convoke , evoke , invoke , provoke , revoke.] To call away or back. Bp. Burnet. avolatet (av'ō-lāt), v. i. [ a vol at us , a vol at us , pp. of a vol are , fly away, a for ab , away, + volare , fly: see volant .] To fly off; esca escape; exhale. Boyle . avolationt (av-o-la's hon), n. [L. as if * avola tio ( n- ), a vol are : see avolate .] late .] The act of flying away; flight; escape; exhalation; evaporation. The a vol at i on of the favillous particles. fly: Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., v. 22.