averil (2), averill

[HAVERIL.] A sensele fellow. ( Scotch.) ( Allan Ramsay.) "Thou scowry hippit, ugly averil." Dunbar: Evergreen , ii. 57, st. 18. (Jamie son.) * ǎv-er-ish, s. [AVERAGE (3).] ǎv-er-lỹe, a. [Etymology doubtful.] Heraldry: The same as ASPERSED (q. v.). a-ver-ment, s. [O. Fr. averement . From Low Lat. ave ramentum . ] [AVER, v.] A. Ordinary Language: 1. The act of positively affirming anything, or of verifying it, that is, proving it true; the state of being affirmed positively, or of being or having been verified. "To avoid the oath, for averment of the continuance of some estate, which is eigne, the party will sue a pardon."- Bacon . 2. That which is positively affirmed; an affirmation. (More rarely, the proof offered.) Deceit, averments incompatible, Equivocations, Byron: On Hearing that Lady Byron was IU. B. Law : An affirmation alleged to be true, and followed by the words "and this he is ready to verify. ( Black stone : Comment., bk. iii., ch. 20; bk. iv., ch. 26.)