avaste, int., (nav.) avast, stop, stay.
à vau-l’eau, adv., with the stream, downstream. Toutes son entreprises sont allées —; all his undertakings have come to nought.
à vau-de-route, adv., in flight.
avé, n.m., (—) ave. — Maria; ave Maria.
avec, prep., with, together with; among. Venez — moi; come with me. — dessein; designedly. — tout cela; for all that, nevertheless. Il a pris mon manteau, et s’en est allé —; he has taken my cloak, and has gone off with it. Discerner le bien d’— le mal; to discern good from evil, — ça! (coll.) nonsense!
avecque, prep., obsolete spelling of avec.
aveindre (aveignant, aveint), v.a., to take out, to fetch out.
aveine, n.f. V. avoine.
avelanède, n.f., acorn-cup, valonia.
aveline, n.f., filbert, cob-nut.