Avaunt, exclamation of contempt or of abhorrence, uttered to drive one away: “childish fear, a.!” Lucr. 274. “rogues, hence, a.!” Wiv. I, 3, 90. “a., thou witch!” Err. IV, 3, 80. LLL V, 2, 298. John IV, 3, 77. H4B I, 2, 103. H5 III, 2, 21. H6A V, 4, 21. R3 I, 2, 46. Tit. I, 283. Mcb. III, 4, 93. Lr. III, 6, 68. Oth. III, 3, 335. IV, 1, 271. Ant. IV, 12, 30. Per. IV, 6, 126.
Substantively: to give her the a. == to send her packing, H8 II, 3, 10.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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