availability (avalabiliti)

[ Those who will consult him [Fourier] for no other reason, might do so to see how the energies of Woman may be made available in the pecuniary way. Marg . Fuller , Woman in 19th Cent., p. 124. They... Chaucer , Troilus, iii. 626. from their sweaty Coursers did avale. Spenser, F. Q., II. ix. 10. II. trans. 1. To lower; uncover; take off, as a vizor or hood. Chaucer . Hodid men were cleped thanne the Lolardis, that wold never avale here hood in presens of the Sacrament. Capgrave's Chron., p. 245, an. 1387. Quoted in G. P. [Marsh's Hist. Eng. Lang., p. 7. 2. To let down; lower, as a sail; cause to descend: as, "hath his saile avaled, " Gower, Conf. Amant., viii. By that, the welked Phœbus gan availe His weary waine. Spenser, Shep. Cal., Jan. IMG:content-1439.png:[blocks in formation] avalite (av'a-līt), n . [ Avala (see def.) + -ite2 .] A silicate containing chromium, occurring in emerald-green scales at the mercury-mines of Mount Avala, near Belgrade. Avallon (a-va-lon'), n. [F.] A French wine of good quality, named from the town of Aval- lon in the department of Yonne. There are sev- eral varieties, named locally from the various vineyards. These wines are free from sweetne , and are often sold under the name of Chablis . avancelt, v. A Middle English form of advance . avance2t, n. Obsolete form of avens . avaneh (a-vä'ne), n. generally of silk, worn in Asia Minor and Syria form the turban. as a girdle, or twisted around the tarboosh to avania (a-va'ni-ä), n . [Formerly also avarria , avaria , also aveny , avanie = It. Pg. avania , ἀβανία , Τurk. Ar. awānī , also awārī , also ' awan , ' awania ; origin uncertain.] An imposi- tion by the (Turkish) government; compulsory lence" ( Marsh ); specifically (as applied by tax; government exaction; "aid," "benevo- levied by the Turks. N. E. D. Christians), an extortionate exaction or tax avanious (a-va'ni-us), a. [ avania + -ous.] availably (a-va'la-bli), adv . In an available manner; so as to be used with efficacy; profit- ably; advantageously; validly; efficaciously. Extortionate. availingly (a-va'ling-li), adv . In an availing avantt (a-vänt'), n. [Abbr. of avant-garde, manner; succe fully. It [the Bible] is worshipped with a positive idolatry, in extenuation of whose gro fanaticism its intrinsic beauty pleads availingly with the man of letters and the scholar. Faber , in Dublin Rev., June, 1853. q. v.] The front of an army; the van. avant-. [ avant = Pr. avant = It. avante , avanti , before, abante , i. e., ab ante , from before: see ab- and ante- , and cf. avaunt , ad- avast vance, advantage, etc.] A prefix of French origin, meaning before, fore. Also shortened to vant-, van-. avant a avant a get, n. A Middle English form of ad vantage. prasavon