Avulsed

[Lat. avulsuo - avellere, to tear off, from ab, a, from, off, and vellere, to pluck.] Pulled off; torn -On the way; on the road. from. Sir Valentine, whither away so fast?"-Shake. -Used in an exclamatory sense; depart; begone. -Out of one's own hands; as, to transfer away . -To throw a thing off in a trifling manner. "Away, yè gay landscapes, ye gardens of roses!"-Byron. "It concerns every man who will not triftie away his soul." Til lots on . Away with , as applied to a person or thing, signifies to take him, or it, away . "If you dare think of deserving our charms, name is also applied to that part of the poop-deck which extends forward from the bulkhead of the cabin. Without an awn or beard. Awn'le , a . Awn'y, a . Having awns; full of beard. Awoke'. The preterite and past-participle of AWAKE, q. v. Awork', A WORKING, adv . [ a and work .] At work in, or into; a state of working or action. (0.) Awry', a . or adv . [AS. writhan , to writhe.] Writhed, turned, or twisted toward one side; distorted; crooked; asquint; with oblique vision; as, her head-dre is awry. "With jealous eyes has looked awry ."-Sir J. Denham. Away with your sheep hooks, and take to your arms."-Dryden. To make away with , to kill; to remove; to destroy. To throw away, to throw out of one's reach, so as to lose. - Perversely; deviating from right reason. Awe, n [A.S. aga , ege ; probably allied to Gr. a - ge , won- der, from agama i , to wonder, to be astonished.] Fear; dread; terror; fear, or dread, mingled with reverence or submi ion. "It was awe without amazement, and dread without distraction."-South. -v. a. To strike with fear and reverence; to influence by fear, terror, or respect. "Heav'n that placed this island to give law, To balance Europe, and her states to awe ."-Waller. Awe, (LOCH,) a lake of Scotland, in Argyles hire, 18 m. N.W. of Inverary. It is 23 m. Ieng, by 3 broad. On one of its many islands stand the magnificent ruins of Kilchurn Castle, for centuries the baronial fortre of the Camp bells, Earls of Breadalbane. In allusion to the vast territorial po e ions of this family, extending over a tract of country for 100 miles, there is a saying in the Highlands" It is a far cry to Loch Awe ." This lake receives the river Urchan; and at its N.W. extremity rises the great mountain of Ben Cruachan, 3,670 feet in height. A-wea'ry, a. [Prefix a, and weary , q.v.] Weary. (0. and R.) "She only said, I am a-weary.-I would that I were dead!"-Tennyson. A-weather, n. [A.S.] ( Mar. ) A term signifying that the situation of the helm is to the weather side of the ship, in contradistinction to a- lee . A-weigh', adv . ( Naut . ) Noting the position of an anchor, when just loosened from the ground, and hanging vertically in the water; a-trip. "All awry, and which wried it to the most wry course of all." Sir P. Sidney. Ax, a town of France, dep. of Ariège, 20 m. from Foix. It is much resorted to on account of its sulphurous springs, the temperature of which varies from 77° to 162° of Fahrenheit. Pop . about 2,500. Ax'al, a . The same as AXIAL. (R.) Axajacatl, or Axayacatzlin, emperor of the Aztecs or ancient Mexicans, who flourished in the 15th century. He was the father of the famous Monte zum a, and was himself one of the greatest monarchs of his race, having subdued many nations, and added 37 provinces to his empire. D. 1477. Axe, ( aks , ) n . (Often, but, we believe, incorrectly, written Az in the U. States.) [A.S. æx , eax , acas ; Gr. azi-në, probably from agnumi , arō, to break.] An iron instrument generally used with both hands in hewing timber and chopping wood. It consists of a head with an arching edge, and a handle. There are several forms of the A. , the two principal being the broad A. for hewing, and the narrow A. for cutting and rough-hewing. The hatchet is a smaller form of the A. , and is used with one hand. The Franks in their expedition into Italy, in the 6th century, made use of an A. with a large blade. This was termed francisca. The principal weapons of this kind were the taper A. , the broad A. , and the double A. The pole A. and the adze A. were varieties of these. The Lochaber A. was used in Scotland in the 16th century. -An axis. (R.) See AXIS. Axe, v . a . and i. Vulgarly used for to ask; to inquire, or inquire of. "The king azed after your grace's welfare."-Pegge. Awe's ome, a . Fearful or appalling; respectful; capa- ble of inspiring awe; as, an awesome being. Awe/-struck, a . Impre ed or struck with awe. Awful, a. Full of awe; that strikes or fills with awe, Axe-form, Axe'-shaped, a . ( Bot . ) Dolabriform; terror, or dread; dreadful; terrible; solemn. "Thy awful brow, more awful thus retir'd, Fairest resemblance of thy Maker fair! -Milton . -Detestable; ugly; unsightly; used in a vulgar sense; as, an awful hat. Aw'fully, adv. In an awful manner; apprehensively. Aw'fulne . n. Quality or state of being awful. "Night heightens the awfulne of the place."- Add is on . Awhile', adv . [a, and while , time or interval.] A time; a space of time; for some time; for a short time. "The wary fiend Stood on the brink of hell, and look'd awhile."-Paradise Lost. Awk, a . [Properly equivalent to left ; e. g., on the left hand; abbreviated from O. Eng. gauk ; Fr. gauche .] Awkward; clumsy; odd; out of order. (R.) "And profe ors ringing as awk as the bells to give notice of the conflagration."-L'Estrange.