aviso
(əˈvaɪzəʊ)
Pl. -os (17th c. -o's). See also adviso.
[a. Sp. aviso advice, intelligence, also an advice-boat:—late L. advīsum: see advice, which is the Eng. cognate. In 16th c. refashioned as adviso, which is now obs.]
† 1. Intelligence, information; a notification, dispatch, or formal advice. Obs.; = advice 8.
| 1634 Habington Castara (Arb.) 102 This vault shall furnish thee With more aviso's, then thy costly spyes. 1654 Lestrange Chas. I, 6 His first act..was to dispatch Aviso's of his Father's decease to forein Princes. |
2. An advice-boat.
| 1714 Let. in C. King Brit. Merch. (1721) III. 225 An Aviso or Pacquet-Boat. 1870 Daily News 16 Sept., The light frigates and a few avisos and gunboats. |