avocet

See avoset. Avocetta (av-o-set'ä), n. [NL.: see avoset.] 1. A genus of birds, the avosets: a synonym of Recurvirostra (which see). Bri on, 1760. See cut under avoset.-2. A genus of humming-birds. Aga iz. Also Avocettula. Avogadro's law. See law. avoid (a-void'), v. [ IMG:content-1456.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1457.jpg:[blocks in formation] 31. To eject; throw out; drive out. And yf he avoyde hem [swine going at large] not, or put hem in warde, aft warning made, he that is so in default to paye the peyne reherced. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 398. A toad contains not those urinary parts.. to avoid that serous excretion. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err. 41. To quit; evacuate; depart from. And then the both maires to chaunge their places, then to avoid the halle. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 418. IMG:content-1458.png:[blocks in formation] Macaulay, Sadler's Ref. Refuted. 6t. To get rid of; get out or clear of. I will no longer endure it, though yet I know no wise remedy how to avoid it. Shak., As you Like it, i. 1. = Syn. 5. To escape, elude, evade, keep clear of. II.t in trans. 1. To become void, vacant, or empty. Bishop ricks are not included under benefices: so that if a person takes a bishop rick, it does not avoid by force of that law of pluralities, but by the ancient common law. Ayliffe, Parergon. 2. To retire; withdraw. David avoided out of his presence. 1 Sam. xviii. 11. IMG:content-1459.png:[blocks in formation]