† aˈvayment Obs.
In 3 aueyment, 4 Sc. awayment.
[a. OF. aveiement (later Parisian avoiement), f. aveier: see avay and -ment.]
Instruction, information; also (legal) declaration.
[The later sense is common with OF. avoie-, aveiement: Godefroy suggests confusion with avoement avowment.]
| c 1315 Shoreham 77 Of spou[se] hoth thys aueyment Louketh ȝou for hordome. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. v. 113 Ðis dwne, and þe awaymentis Consawyd full in þare intentis. |