Chapter 69

3. pl. Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.

There are professions, among the men, no more favorable to these studies than the common avocations of women. Richardson.

In a few hours, above thirty thousand men left his standard, and returned to their ordinary avocations. Macaulay.

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An irregularity and instability of purpose, which makes them choose the wandering avocations of a shepherd, rather than the more fixed pursuits of agriculture. Buckle.

A*vo"ca*tive (*v"k*tv), a. Calling off. [Obs.]

A*vo"ca*tive, n. That which calls aside; a dissuasive.

{ Av"o*cet, Av"o*set } (v"*st), n. [F. avocette: cf. It. avosetta, Sp. avoceta.] (Zoöl.) A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is R. Americana. [Written also avocette.]

A*void" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Avoided; p. pr. & vb. n. Avoiding.] [OF. esvuidier, es (L. ex) + vuidier, voidier, to empty. See Void, a.] 1. To empty. [Obs.] Wyclif.

2. To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

3. To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from. [Obs.]

Six of us only stayed, and the rest avoided the room. Bacon.

4. To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute.

How can these grants of the king's be avoided? Spenser.

5. To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters.

What need a man forestall his date of grief. And run to meet what he would most avoid ? Milton.

He carefully avoided every act which could goad them into open hostility. Macaulay.

6. To get rid of. [Obs.] Shak.

7. (Pleading) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter. Blackstone.

Syn. -- To escape; elude; evade; eschew. -- To Avoid, Shun. Avoid in its commonest sense means, to keep clear of, an extension of the meaning, to withdraw one's self from. It denotes care taken not to come near or in contact; as, to avoid certain persons or places. Shun is a stronger term, implying more prominently the idea of intention. The words may, however, in many cases be interchanged.

No man can pray from his heart to be kept from temptation, if the take no care of himself to avoid it. Mason.

So Chanticleer, who never saw a fox, Yet shunned him as a sailor shuns the rocks. Dryden.

A*void", v. i. 1. To retire; to withdraw. [Obs.]

David avoided out of his presence. 1 Sam. xviii. 11.

2. (Law) To become void or vacant. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

A*void"a*ble (&?;), a. 1. Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.

The charters were not avoidable for the king's nonage. Hale.

2. Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.

A*void"ance (&?;), n. 1. The act of annulling; annulment.

2. The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.

Wolsey, . . . on every avoidance of St. Peter's chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him. Fuller.

3. A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.

4. The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of. "The avoidance of pain." Beattie.

5. The courts by which anything is carried off.

Avoidances and drainings of water. Bacon.

A*void"er (&?;), n. 1. The person who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away. Johnson.

2. One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.

A*void"less, a. Unavoidable; inevitable.

Av`oir*du*pois" (v`r*d*poiz"), n. & a. [OE. aver de peis, goods of weight, where peis is fr. OF. peis weight, F. poids, L. pensum. See Aver, n., and Poise, n.] 1. Goods sold by weight. [Obs.]

2. Avoirdupois weight.

3. Weight; heaviness; as, a woman of much avoirdupois. [Colloq.]

Avoirdupois weight, a system of weights by which coarser commodities are weighed, such as hay, grain, butter, sugar, tea.

The standard Avoirdupois pound of the United States is equivalent to the weight of 27.7015 cubic inches of distilled water at 62° Fahrenheit, the barometer being at 30 inches, and the water weighed in the air with brass weights. In this system of weights 16 drams make 1 ounce, 16 ounces 1 pound, 25 pounds 1 quarter, 4 quarters 1 hundred weight, and 20 hundred weight 1 ton. The above pound contains 7,000 grains, or 453.54 grams, so that 1 pound avoirdupois is equivalent to 1 31-144 pounds troy. (See Troy weight.) Formerly, a hundred weight was reckoned at 112 pounds, the ton being 2,240 pounds (sometimes called a long ton).

A*voke" (&?;), v. t. [Cf. Avocate.] To call from or back again. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

Av"o*late (&?;), v. i. [L. avolare; a (ab) + volare to fly.] To fly away; to escape; to exhale. [Obs.]

Av`o*la"tion (&?;), n. [LL. avolatio.] The act of flying; flight; evaporation. [Obs.]

Av"o*set (&?;), n. Same as Avocet.

A*vouch" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Avouched (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Avouching.] [OF. avochier, LL. advocare to recognize the existence of a thing, to advocate, fr. L. advocare to call to; ad + vocare to call. Cf. Avow to declare, Advocate, and see Vouch, v. t.] 1. To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority. [Obs.]

They avouch many successions of authorities. Coke.

2. To maintain a just or true; to vouch for.

We might be disposed to question its authenticity, it if were not avouched by the full evidence. Milman.

3. To declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to affirm openly.

If this which he avouches does appear. Shak.

Such antiquities could have been avouched for the Irish. Spenser.

4. To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.

Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God. Deut. xxvi. 17.

A*vouch" (&?;), n. Evidence; declaration. [Obs.]

The sensible and true avouch Of mine own eyes. Shak.

A*vouch"a*ble (&?;), a. Capable of being avouched.

A*vouch"er (&?;), n. One who avouches.

A*vouch"ment (&?;), n. The act of avouching; positive declaration. [Obs.] Milton.

A*vou"trer (&?;), n. See Advoutrer. [Obs.]

A*vou"trie (&?;), n. [OF.] Adultery. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A*vow" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Avowed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Avowing.] [F. avouver, fr. L. advocare to call to (whence the meanings, to call upon as superior; recognize as lord, own, confess); ad + vocare to call. See Advocate, Avouch.] 1. To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes.

Which I to be the of Israel's God Avow, and challenge Dagon to the test. Milton.

2. (Law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See Avowry. Blackstone.

Syn. -- To acknowledge; own; confess. See Confess.

A*vow", n. [Cf. F. aveu.] Avowal. [Obs.] Dryden.

A*vow", v. t. & i. [OF. avouer, fr. LL. votare to vow, fr. L. votun. See Vote, n.] To bind, or to devote, by a vow. [Obs.] Wyclif.

A*vow", n. A vow or determination. [Archaic]

A*vow"a*ble (&?;), a. Capable of being avowed, or openly acknowledged, with confidence. Donne.

A*vow"al (&?;), n. An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of such principles. Hume.

A*vow"ance (&?;), n. 1. Act of avowing; avowal.

2. Upholding; defense; vindication. [Obs.]

Can my avowance of king-murdering be collected from anything here written by me? Fuller.

A*vow"ant (&?;), n. (Law) The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking. Cowell.

A*vowed" (&?;), a. Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. -- A*vow"ed*ly (&?;), adv.

A*vow`ee" (&?;), n. [F. avoué. Cf. Advowee, Advocate, n.] The person who has a right to present to a benefice; the patron; an advowee. See Advowson.

A*vow"er (&?;), n. One who avows or asserts.

A*vow"ry (&?;), n. [OE. avouerie protection, authority, OF. avouerie. See Avow to declare.] 1. An advocate; a patron; a patron saint. [Obs.]

Let God alone be our avowry. Latimer.

2. The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right. Blackstone.

When an action of replevin is brought, the distrainer either makes avowry, that is, avours taking the distress in his own right, or the right of his wife, and states the reason if it, as for arrears of rent, damage done, or the like; or makes cognizance, that is, acknowledges the taking, but justifies in an another's right, as his bailiff or servant.

A*vow"try, v. t. Adultery. See Advoutry.

A*voy"er (&?;), n. [F.] A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland. [Obs.]

A*vulse" (&?;), v. t. [L. avulsus, p. p. of avellere to tear off; a (ab) + vellere to pluck.] To pluck or pull off. Shenstone.

A*vul"sion (&?;), n. [L. avulsio.] 1. A tearing asunder; a forcible separation.

The avulsion of two polished superficies. Locke.

2. A fragment torn off. J. Barlow.

3. (Law) The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another. The property in the part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the original owner. Wharton. Burrill.

A*vun"cu*lar (&?;), a. [L. avunculus uncle.] Of or pertaining to an uncle.

In these rare instances, the law of pedigree, whether direct or avuncular, gives way. I. Taylor.

A*wait" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Awaited; p. pr. & vb. n. Awaiting.] [OF. awaitier, agaitier; &?; (L. ad) + waitier, gaitier to watch, F. guetter. See Wait.] 1. To watch for; to look out for. [Obs.]

2. To wait on, serve, or attend. [Obs.]

3. To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.

Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat, Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night. Milton.

4. To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for; as, a glorious reward awaits the good.

O Eve, some farther change awaits us night. Milton.

A*wait", v. i. 1. To watch. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. To wait (on or upon). [Obs.]

3. To wait; to stay in waiting. Darwin.

A*wait", n. A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A*wake" (&?;), v. t. [imp. Awoke (&?;), Awaked (&?;); p. p. Awaked; (Obs.) Awaken, Awoken; p. pr. & vb. n. Awaking. The form Awoke is sometimes used as a p. p.] [AS. wæcnan, v. i. (imp. awc), and wacian, v. i. (imp. awacode). See Awaken, Wake.] 1. To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.

Where morning's earliest ray . . . awake her. Tennyson.

And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish. Matt. viii. 25.

2. To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.

I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie. Goldsmith.

It way awake my bounty further. Shak.

No sunny gleam awakes the trees. Keble.

A*wake" (&?;), v. i. To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death.

The national spirit again awoke. Freeman.

Awake to righteousness, and sin not. 1 Cor. xv. 34.

A*wake", a. [From awaken, old p. p. of awake.] Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.

Before whom awake I stood. Milton.

She still beheld, Now wide awake, the vision of her sleep. Keats.

He was awake to the danger. Froude.

A*wak"en (&?;), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Awakened (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Awakening.] [OE. awakenen, awaknen, AS. wæcnan, wæcnian, v. i.; pref. on- + wæcnan to wake. Cf. Awake, v. t.] To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake.

[He] is dispatched Already to awaken whom thou nam'st. Cowper.

Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. Tillotson.

Syn. -- To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth.

A*wak"en*er (&?;), n. One who, or that which, awakens.

A*wak"en*ing, a. Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn. -- A*wak"en*ing*ly, adv.

A*wak"en*ing, n. The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.

A*wak"en*ment (&?;), n. An awakening. [R.]

A*want"ing (&?;), a. [Pref. a- + wanting.] Missing; wanting. [Prov. Scot. & Eng.] Sir W. Hamilton.

A*ward" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Awarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Awarding.] [OF. eswarder to look at, consider, decide, judge; es (L. ex) + warder, garder, to observe, take heed, keep, fr. OHG. wartn to watch, guard. See Ward.] To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.

To review The wrongful sentence, and award a new. Dryden.

A*ward", v. i. To determine; to make an award.

A*ward", n. [Cf. OF. award, awart, esgart. See Award, v. t.] 1. A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted."Impatient for the award." Cowper.

An award had been given against. Gilpin.

2. The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded. Bouvier.

A*ward"er (&?;), n. One who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge.

A*ware" (&?;), a. [OE. iwar, AS. gewær, fr. wær wary. The pref. ge- orig. meant together, completely. &?;. See Wary.] 1. Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

2. Apprised; informed; cognizant; conscious; as, he was aware of the enemy's designs.

Aware of nothing arduous in a task They never undertook. Cowper.

A*warn" (&?;), v. t. [Pref. a- + warn, AS. gewarnian. See Warn, v. t.] To warn. [Obs.] Spenser.

A*wash" (&?;), a. [Pref. a- + wash.] Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.

A*way" (&?;), adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.] 1. From a place; hence.

The sound is going away. Shak.

Have me away, for I am sore wounded. 2 Chron. xxxv. 23.

2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.

3. Aside; off; in another direction.

The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun. Lockyer.

4. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.

Be near me when I fade away. Tennyson.

5. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.

And the Lord said . . . Away, get thee down. Exod. xix. 24.

6. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away. [Colloq.]

It is much used in phrases signifying moving or going from; as, go away, run away, etc.; all signifying departure, or separation to a distance. Sometimes without the verb; as, whither away so fast ? "Love hath wings, and will away." Waller. It serves to modify the sense of certain verbs by adding that of removal, loss, parting with, etc.; as, to throw away; to trifle away; to squander away, etc. Sometimes it has merely an intensive force; as, to blaze away.

Away with, bear, abide. [Obs. or Archaic] "The calling of assemblies, I can not away with." (Isa. i. 13), i. e., "I can not bear or endure [it]." -- Away with one, signifies, take him away. "Away with him, crucify him." John xix. 15. -- To make away with. (a) To kill or destroy. (b) To carry off.

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A*way"-go"ing (*w"go"ng), a. (Law) Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; -- said of crops. Wharton.

A*way"ward (*w"wrd), adv. Turned away; away. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Awe (), n. [OE. ae, aghe, fr. Icel. agi; akin to AS. ege, ga, Goth. agis, Dan. ave chastisement, fear, Gr. 'a`chos pain, distress, from the same root as E. ail. &radic;3. Cf. Ugly.] 1. Dread; great fear mingled with respect. [Obs. or Obsolescent]

His frown was full of terror, and his voice Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe. Cowper.

2. The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence.

There is an awe in mortals' joy, A deep mysterious fear. Keble.

To tame the pride of that power which held the Continent in awe. Macaulay.

The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the mountain, may fill the mind with awe -- the sense of our own littleness in some greater presence or power. C. J. Smith.

To stand in awe of, to fear greatly; to reverence profoundly.

Syn. -- See Reverence.

Awe (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Awed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Awing.] To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.

That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. Shak.

His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders. Macaulay.

A*wea"ried (&?;), p. p. Wearied. [Poetic]

A*wea"ry (&?;), a. [Pref. a- + weary.] Weary. [Poetic] "I begin to be aweary of thee." Shak.

A*weath"er (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + weather.] (Naut.) On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather! Totten.

A*weigh" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + weigh.] (Naut.) Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor. Totten.

Awe"less (&?;), a. See Awless.

Awe"some (&?;), a. 1. Causing awe; appalling; awful; as, an awesome sight. Wright.

2. Expressive of awe or terror.

An awesome glance up at the auld castle. Sir W. Scott.

Awe"some*ness, n. The quality of being awesome.

Awe"-strick`en (&?;), a. Awe- struck.

Awe"-struck` (&?;), a. Struck with awe. Milton.

Aw"ful (&?;), a. 1. Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene. "The hour of Nature's awful throes." Hemans.

2. Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive.

Heaven's awful Monarch. Milton.

3. Struck or filled with awe; terror- stricken. [Obs.]

A weak and awful reverence for antiquity. I. Watts.

4. Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding. [Obs.]

Thrust from the company of awful men. Shak.

5. Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster. [Slang]

Syn. -- See Frightful.

Aw"ful*ly, adv. 1. In an awful manner; in a manner to fill with terror or awe; fearfully; reverently.

2. Very; excessively. [Slang]

Aw"ful*ness, n. 1. The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place.

The awfulness of grandeur. Johnson.

2. The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence. [Obs.]

Producing in us reverence and awfulness. Jer. Taylor.

A*whape" (&?;), v. t. [Cf. whap blow.] To confound; to terrify; to amaze. [Obs.] Spenser.

A*while" (&?;), adv. [Adj. a + while time, interval.] For a while; for some time; for a short time.

A*wing" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + wing.] On the wing; flying; fluttering. Wallace.

Awk (k), a. [OE. auk, awk (properly) turned away; (hence) contrary, wrong, from Icel. öfigr, öfugr, afigr, turning the wrong way, fr. af off, away; cf. OHG. abuh, Skr. apc turned away, fr. apa off, away + a root ak, ak, to bend, from which come also E. angle, anchor.] 1. Odd; out of order; perverse. [Obs.]

2. Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the but end). [Obs.] Golding.

3. Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Awk, adv. Perversely; in the wrong way. L'Estrange.

Awk"ly, adv. 1. In an unlucky (left-handed) or perverse manner. [Obs.] Holland.

2. Awkwardly. [Obs.] Fuller.

Awk"ward (k"werd), a. [Awk + -ward.] 1. Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy.

And dropped an awkward courtesy. Dryden.

2. Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.

A long and awkward process. Macaulay.

An awkward affair is one that has gone wrong, and is difficult to adjust. C. J. Smith.

3. Perverse; adverse; untoward. [Obs.] "Awkward casualties." "Awkward wind." Shak.

O blind guides, which being of an awkward religion, do strain out a gnat, and swallow up a cancel. Udall.

Syn. -- Ungainly; unhandy; clownish; lubberly; gawky; maladroit; bungling; inelegant; ungraceful; unbecoming. -- Awkward, Clumsy, Uncouth. Awkward has a special reference to outward deportment. A man is clumsy in his whole person, he is awkward in his gait and the movement of his limbs. Clumsiness is seen at the first view. Awkwardness is discovered only when a person begins to move. Hence the expressions, a clumsy appearance, and an awkward manner. When we speak figuratively of an awkward excuse, we think of a want of ease and grace in making it; when we speak of a clumsy excuse, we think of the whole thing as coarse and stupid. We apply the term uncouth most frequently to that which results from the want of instruction or training; as, uncouth manners; uncouth language.

-- Awk"ward*ly (k"werd*l), adv. -- Awk"ward*ness, n.

Awl (l), n. [OE. aul, awel, al, AS. l, awel; akin to Icel. alr, OHG. la, G. ahle, Lith. yla, Skr. r.] A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.

Aw"less ("ls), a. 1. Wanting reverence; void of respectful fear. "Awless insolence." Dryden.

2. Inspiring no awe. [Obs.] "The awless throne." Shak. [Written also aweless]

Aw"less*ness, n. The quality of being awless.

Awl"-shaped` (l"shpt`), a. 1. Shaped like an awl.

2. (Nat. Hist.) Subulate. See Subulate. Gray.

Awl"wort` (l"wûrt`), n. [Awl + wort.] (Bot.) A plant (Subularia aquatica), with awl-shaped leaves.

Awm (m), n. See Aam.

Awn (n), n. [OE. awn, agune, from Icel. ögn, pl. agnir; akin to Sw. agn, Dan. avne, Goth. ahana, OHG. agana, G. agen, ahne, chaff, Gr. 'a`chnh, AS. egla; prob. from same root as E. acute. See 3d Ear.] 1. (Bot.) The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. Gray.

Awned (nd), a. (Bot.) Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded. Gray.

Awn"ing (&?;), n. [Origin uncertain: cf. F. auvent awing, or Pers. wan, wang, anything suspended, or LG. havening a place sheltered from wind and weather, E. haven.] 1. A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.

2. (Naut.) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.

Awn"inged (&?;), a. Furnished with an awning.

Awn"less, a. Without awns or beard.

Awn"y (&?;), a. Having awns; bearded.

A*work" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + work.] At work; in action. "Set awork." Shak.

A*work"ing, adv. [Pref. a- + working.] At work; in action. [Archaic or Colloq.] Spenser.

{ A*wreak", A*wreke", } (&?;), v. t. & i. To avenge. [Obs.] See Wreak.

A*wrong" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + wrong.] Wrongly. Ford.

A*wry" (&?;), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + wry.] 1. Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry. "Your crown's awry." Shak.

Blows them transverse, ten thousand leagues awry. Into the devious air. Milton.

2. Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.

Or by her charms Draws him awry, enslaved. Milton.