Defn: A boaster. [Obs.] Chaucer.
AVE
A"ve, n. Etym: [L., hail.]
1. An ave Maria. He repeated Aves and Credos. Macaulay.
2. A reverential salutation. Their loud applause and aves vehement. Shak.
AVEL
A*vel, v. t. Etym: [L. avellere.]
Defn: To pull away. [Obs.]
Yet are not these parts avelled. Sir T. Browne.
AVELLANE
A*vel"lane, a. Etym: [Cf. It. avellana a filbert, fr. L. Avella or
Abella a city of Campania.] (Her.)
Defn: In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross.
AVE MARIA; AVE MARY
A"ve Ma*ri"a, A"ve Ma"ry.Etym: [From the first words of the Roman
Catholic prayer to the Virgin Mary; L. ave hail, Maria Mary.]
1. A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God; — used in the Roman Catholic church. To number Ave Maries on his beads. Shak.