awane 
awane (a-wan'), i>rc/>. /ilir. as adv. [< ti3 + 
irinif.] On the wane; waning. 
awanting (a-wan'ting), [I'rop. a phrase, 
iraiilinii : <!'. iiiitixxiiii/.'] Wanting; deficient; 
absent; missing: not used attributively. 
In either cose criticism waa required, ami criticism was 
aii'iintiu'i. Sir 1C. Unm'/f'i'i. 
awapet, t>. t, See /////. 
award 1 (a-wiird'), r. i. [< MK. inrnnli-n, < AF. 
'rrfer,"OF. rxirnrili-r, I'xu-ardrir, later exgnnl- 
n; pxgutirder, exgiirdcir = Sp. rxi/iiardiir (obs.) 
= It. .if/uiirdttri; look at, consider, decide, ad- 
judge, < ML. *i:rirnrdarr, < L. ex, out, + ML. 
Iranian; ijiianlun; observe, regard, guard : sec 
ii-nnl, i/iiin-il, ami fii/iinl.] 1. To adjudge to 
be due ; assign or bestow as of right ; give by 
judicial determination or deliberate judgment, 
especially upon arbitration or mnpirage: as, 
to award the prizes at a school examination ; 
the arbitrators <iwnrtli<t him heavy damages. 
A iniimil of Hint mime merchant's flesh is thine : 
The court '</<</* it, and tlie law doth give It. 
.SVi*., M. of V., iv. 1. 
To the woman who coiihl conquer, a triumph was 
iiminlfil. Marg. Fuller, Woman in llrth Cent., p. 47. 
2f. To sentence ; adjudge or determine the 
doom of. 
Lest . . . the supreme King of kings . . . u, >;,,< 
Either of you to he the other's end. 
Shak., Rich. III., il. 1. 
The extremity of law 
AtctintK you to lie branded in the front. 
B. Jonson, Poetaster, v. 1. 
3. In a general sense, to permit the possession 
of; allow; allot; yield. 
The child had many more luxuries and indulgences 
than had heen aimnted to his father. Thackeray. 
award 1 (a-ward' ), n. [< ME. award, < AF. award, 
OF. esteurt, esguart; from the verb.] 1. A deci- 
sion after examination and deliberation ; a ju- 
dicial sentence ; especially, the decision of ar- 
bitrators on points submitted to them, or the 
document containing such a decision. 
We cannot expect un equitable utnfnl where the judge 
is m;ide u party. Qlanvillv. 
2. That which is awarded or assigned by such 
a decision, as a medal for merit, or a sum of 
money as damages, etc Geneva award. See Ala- 
tiaina claim*, under claim. 
award 2 t, v. t. [< n- 11 + ward.'] 1. To guard. 
2. To ward off. Evelyn. 
awarder (a-war'der), H. One who awards or as- 
signs as of: right ; a judge, arbitrator, or umpire. 
aware (a-wSr'), a. [< ME. aware, iwar, iware, 
//war, < AS. gewier (= OHG. giwar, MHO. gewar, 
G. gewahr), < ye- + itwr, wary, cautious: see 
a-8, ge-, and tiwre 1 .] If. Watchful; vigilant; 
on one's guard. 
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O 
Babylon, and thou wast not aware. Jer. 1. 24. 
Are you all aware of ... tale-bearing and evil-speak- 
ing? W fflf<j. Works (1872), XIII. 19. (N. E. D.) 
2. Apprised; cognizant; in possession of in- 
formation: as, he was aware of the enemy's 
designs. 
I was so distinctly made aware of the presence of some- 
thing kindred to me . . . that I thought no place could 
ever be strange to me again. Thorean, Walden, p. 143. 
Specifically 3. Informed by sight or other 
sense. 
Then Enid was aware of three tall knights 
On horseback, wholly ariu'd, behind a rock, 
In shadow, waiting. Tennyson, Qeraint. 
= Syn. 2. Aware, Conscious (see consciomi), mindful, ac- 
quainted (with), sensible, observant. 
awareness (a-war'nes), n. The state of being 
aware. 
Recognition of reality in our view is not awareness. 
Mind, X. 525. 
This consciousness I speak of is not a direct perception 
of the Absolute, but a general awareness that it exists. 
New Princeton Rev., II. 178. 
awarnt (a-warn'), c. t. [< a- + warn.'} To warn. 
Every bird und beast awarned made 
To shrowd themselves. Spenser, F. Q., III. x. 48. 
awash (a-wosh'), prep. phr. as a. or adv. [< a 3 
+ trash. 1 ] Naut.: (a) Just level with or emerg- 
ing from the surface of the water, so that the 
waves break over it, as wreckage, or an anchor 
when hove up to the surface, or rock, spit, or 
bank just appearing above the water. 
The wrecks are floating almost awash, presenting little 
surface for the wind to blow upon. Science, III. 303. 
(6) Covered with water; kept wet: as, the 
decks were constantly awash, (c) Washing 
about ; tossed about by the waves. 
awaste (a-wasf). prefi. phr. as adv. [< a 3 + 
tfixte.] "Wasting; going to waste or decay. 
Awata ware, pottery. See ware. 
399 
awater (a-wa'ter), /n->/>. i>l<r. as mlr. [< 3 + 
Wtttr.] < In the water. 
awave (a-wav'), ]>rep. phr. as ailr. [< <i* + 
irnrr.] On the wave ; waving. 
away (a-wa/), j>r< \<. />lir. as mtr. [< ME. ainuj, 
iiin-i/, inn-i, <r<iy, <> iri'jl, nn irn/i, etc., < AS. 
(iirii/. curlier OH weg, lit. on way: sec n't and 
'"///.] 1. On the way; onward; on; along: 
as, come away. 
Mi-tress, you must come nmm to \oin I'athi-r. 
'Hlidk.. As you Like It, 1.2. 
2. From this or that place; off: as, to go, run, 
flee, or sail awtiy. 
He rose and ran niray. .S'/itit-., 1'a.ss. rilgrim, iv. 14. 
Anil we kiss'd the fringe of his heard and we pray'd as we 
heard him pray, 
And the Holy man he assoil'd us, and sadly we sail'd away. 
T,',,,"/*i>/i, Voyage of Maeldune. 
3. From one's own or accustomed place ; ab- 
sent : as, he i away from home ; I found him 
nirni/ on a vacation. 
Thyself away art present still with me ; 
For thon not farther than my thoughts canst move. 
Shak., bonnets, xlvil. 
4. From contact or adherence; off: as, to 
clear airay obstructions; cut away the broken 
spars. 
licfore the golden tresses of the dead 
. . . were shorn mm v. ,sV/A-. , Sonnets, Ixviii. 
5. Removed; apart; remote: as, away from 
the subject. 
Quite amty from aught vulgar and extern. 
liniii'iiiin,!, King anil Kook. II. I:!'-'. 
6. From one's possession or keeping: as, to 
give away one's books or money ; throw away 
a worn-out or discarded thing. 
O there, perchance, when all our wars are done, 
The brand Excalibur will be cast away. 
Tennyson, Holy Grail. 
7. From one's immediate presence, attention, 
or use ; aside : as, put or lay away your work ; 
put away your fears ; the things were laid away 
for the summer. 
Put ,">'; 
These dispositions, which of late transport you 
From what you rightly are. Shak., Lear, I. 4. 
8. From this or that direction ; in another or 
the other direction: as, turn your eyes away ; 
he turned away. 
Often, where clear-stemm d platans guard 
I h.- outlet, did I turn "">[ 
The boat-head down a broad canal 
Tennyson, Arabian Nights. 
9. At or to such a distance ; distant ; off : as, 
the village is six miles away. 
Mirthful sayings, children of the place, 
That have no meaning half a league ateay. 
Tennyson, Holy Grail. 
An hour away, I pulled up, and stood for some time at 
the edge of a meadow. 
H. James, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 136. 
10. From one state or condition to another ; 
out of existence ; to an end ; to nothing : as, 
to pass, wear, waste, fade, pine, or die away; 
continual dropping wears away stone ; the im- 
age soon faded away; the wind died away at 
sunset ; she pined away with consumption. 
The new philosophy represented by Locke, in its confi- 
dence and pride taking a parting look at the old philoso- 
phy, represented by the scholastic discussions, passing 
array in the midst of weakness and ridicule. 
McCosh, Locke's Theory of Knowledge, p. 16. 
Without adducing one fact, without taking the trouble 
to perplex the question by one sophism, he [Mr. Mill] 
placidly dogmatises amni the interest of one half of the 
human race. Macavlay, Mill on Government. 
11. Gone; vanished; departed: as, here's a 
health to them that's away. [Chiefly prov. Eng. 
and Scotch.] 12. On; continuously; stead- 
ily ; without interruption : as, he worked away ; 
he kept pegging away ; and hence often as an 
intensive: as, to fire away, eat away, laugh 
away, snore away. 
As if all the chimneys in Great Britain had, by one 
consent, caught fire and were blazing away to their dear 
hearts' content. Dickens. 
13. Often used elliptically, with a verb (as 170, 
get) suppressed, and simulating an imperative : 
(go) away! (get) away! we must away ; 
, 
whither away so fast f 
Away, old man ! give me thy hand, away ' 
Shak., 'Lear, v. 2. 
Love hath wings, and will away. Waller. 
Away, away, there is no danger in him. 
Hriiu. and Fl., I'liilaster. T. 4. 
Away back, far back ; long ago : as, away back in the 
years before the war ; away back in 1844. [Colloq. often 
way back. ] Away with, (a) Used as an imperative 
phrase, commanding the removal of an object. 
Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas. 
Luke xxiii. IK. 
aweel 
Atray trith you! . . . Ill ]mt r\.-i\l,..)\ innler an ar- 
rvst tli;it st;i>> lo listen to her. S/X-I-K/H/I. Tin- r;unp, i. 1. 
(/*) An elliptical expression for "get away with," that is. 
u-et on with; iicc'iiiiinoihite one's self to; einlnre. | \r 
chile.] 
Sonic ;t^ayne alllnne that he retorne.l into his conntre\ . 
hat partly tor that he conlile not tt/ntii n-ith the fashions ol 
in i ountrey folk, and partly for that bis mimic ami alti 
tion was altogether set ami lixe<! upon t topia, II 
that lie bathe taken his \n\a^e tlictherwarile ayavne. 
>'/; T. V'./v. I tophi ( \ll.cl'i. p. II',:,. 
Slutl. She never could iiirn/i irilli 
/'(//. Never, m \ci ; she \\oulil always say Mie cnuhl not 
ahi.li- Ma-ster Shallow. ., '1 lien. IV., iii. >. 
I could ne\e! ,in, ,,t u ;th that stitf-neckc'l generation. 
B.Junuin, linrtlmliiiiifw Fair, i. 1. 
Far away, far and away, (a) At a great distance. 
(fc)Byfar. [folli|.| 
Of all the men whom she hail ever seen, he was tnr ,ni;i,i 
the nicest and best. Trullni- 
Right away, straightway : at MM : immediately ; forth- 
with. - Say away, say on ; proceed with your remai k-. 
|l". s. ami prov. Kn.] To bear away, explain away, 
fire away, make away, it. . s.eti,, \di,s To make 
away With. See m<l/rr. 
away-going (a-wa'go"ing), a. and n. I. a. Go- 
ing away; departing; leaving: as, an <///- 
going tenant Away-going crops, crops sown during 
the last year of a tenancy, but not ripe until after the c\ 
jiiration of it. 
II. n. A going away ; departure, 
awaywardt (a-wa'wiird), atlr. [ME., also awei- 
ward, etc. ; ^ away 4- -ward."] Turned aside. 
(iinrer. 
awbert, [< F. avbour, OF. aubour, also au- 
bourt (Cotgrave), laburnum, appar. < L. albur- 
num : gee alburnum and laburnum. ~\ The la- 
burnum-tree, Cytisus Laburnum. Increase Ma- 
ther, Remark. Provid., p. 232. (N. M. D.) 
awe 1 (a), n. [Also, more prop., aw (like law, 
hate, etc.), < ME. aw, awe, agh, aghe, age, < Icel. 
agi = Dan. ave = AS. as if "ago, the same with 
diff. formative as AS. ege, ME. ege, eghe, eye, 
aye, ay, = OHG. agi, egi, MHG. ege = Goth, agis, 
fear, < "agan, fear (in ppr. "agands, with nega- 
tive unagands, unfearing) ; perhaps akin to Gr. 
axw, anguish. Cf. o*fc2.J i. Dread ; fear, as of 
something evil. 
I had as lief not be as live to be 
In awe of such a thing as I myself. 
Shak., J. C., i. 2. 
In every form of government, the rulers stand in some 
awe ol the people. MacaiUay, Mill on Government. 
2. Fear mingled with admiration or reverence ; 
reverential fear; feeling inspired by something 
sublime, not necessarily partaking of the nature 
of fear or dread. 
Stand in awe, and sin not. Ps. Iv. 4. 
The [Egyptian] deities representing the great forces of 
nature, and shrouded by mysterious symbols, excited a 
degree of oice which no other ancient religion approached. 
Lecky, Europ. Morals, I. 345. 
To feel once more, in placid awe, 
The strong imagination roll 
A sphere of stars about my goal, 
In all her motion one with law. 
Tennyson, In Menioriam, cxxil. 
3. Overawing influence. 
By my sceptre's awe I make a vow. 
S/iaAr., Rich. II., 1. 1. 
= Syn. Reverence, Veneration, etc. See reverence, n. 
awe 1 (a), v. t. ; pret. and pp. awed, ppr. atciiig. 
[< awe 1 , n.] 1. To inspire with fear or dread ; 
terrify ; control or restrain by the influence of 
fear. 
Nor think thou with wind 
Of aery threats to awe whom yet with deeds 
Thou canst not. Milton, P. L., vl. 283. 
Never be it said 
That fate itself could am the soul of Richard. 
Cibber, Rich. III., v. 3. 
2. To strike with awe, reverence, or respect; 
influence by exciting profound respect or rev- 
erential fear. 
awe 2 (a),.. [Sc.,=E.o;e.] Toowe. [Scotch.] 
awe 3 (a), . [Sc. also are, early mod. E. also 
aw, aue, ave, alre; origin obscure.] 1. One of 
the float-boards of an undershot water-wheel, 
on which the water acts. 2. One of the sails 
of a windmill. 
aweary (a-wer'i), a. [< a- expletive -I- weary.] 
Weary; tired. [Archaic or poetical.] 
She said, "I am aireary, aweary, 
I would that I were dead ! " 
Tennyson, Mariana. 
And all his people told him that their horses were 
aweary, and that they were aweary themselves. 
Ticknor, Span. Lit., I. 6. 
aweather (a-weTH'er), prep.'phr. as adv. or a. 
[< a 3 + weather.] On the weather side, or to- 
ward the wind: as, the helm is aweather: op- 
posed to alee. 
aweel (a-weV), adv. [Sc., < a for ah, oh, + 
weel = K. weW.] Oh well; very well ; well then. 
Aweel, if your honour thinks I'm safe the story is just 
this. Scott, Guy Mannering, II. 63. 
