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ricious\ and Euflathius judges it to be fpoken artfully. 
Broome. 
AVARI'CIOUSLY, adv. Covetoufly. 
AVARI'CIOUSNESS,/. The quality of being avari¬ 
cious. 
AVA'RICUM, an ancient town of the Bituriges in 
Gallia Celtica, fituated on the rivulet Avara, in a very fer- 
-lile foil: now Bourges in Berry. Lat.47.16.N1 Ion. 2.30.E. 
AVAST', adv. [from bajla, Ital. itis enough.] Enough; 
ceafe. A word ujed among feamen. 
AVAT'CHA, a town of Kamtfchatcha, forty-four 
■miles eaft-north-eaft of Bolfchertzkoi. 
AVAUN'CHERS,y. among hunters, the fecond branch¬ 
es of a deer’s horns. 
AVAUNT', inter]. [avanl , Fr.] A word of abhorrence, 
by which any one is driven away : 
O, he is bold, and blufhes not at death ; 
.Avaunt, thou hateful villain, get thee gone ! Shakefpcare. 
AUB, a town of Germany, in the circle of Franconia, 
and biihopric of Wurzburg, on the river Gollach : feven- 
teen miles fouth of Wurzburg, and twenty-eight north- 
weft of Anfpach. 
AUBA'GNE, a town of France, in the department of 
the Mouths of the Rhone, and chief place of a canton, in 
the diftriCt of Aix : three leagues eaft of Marfeilles, and 
five fouth-Iouth-eaft of Aix. 
AUB AI'NE,y in the cufloms of France before the efta- 
blifhment of the republic, a right veiled in the king of be¬ 
ing heir to a foreigner that died within his dominions, not- 
Withftanding any teftament the deceafed might leave. Am- 
balfadors were not fubjeCt to the right of aubaine ; neither 
were the Swifs, Savoyards, Scots, or Portuguefe, thole be¬ 
ing deemed natives and regnicoles. 
AUBAl'S, a town of France, in the department of the 
Gard, one league fouth-eaft of Somieres, and three and a 
half fouth-weft of Nifmes. 
AUBE, a river of France, which rifes near Auberive, 
in the department of the Upper Marne, palles by Ferte- 
fiur-Aube, Bar-fur-Aube, Dienville, Arcis, &c. and joins 
*fte Seine feven miles below Mery. It gives name to a de¬ 
partment which it waters. 
AUBENA'S, a town of France, in the department of 
the Ardeche, and chief place of a canton, in the diftriCt 
of Coiron: three leagues and a half fouth-weft of Privas. 
Lat.44. 32. N. Ion. 22. 3. E. Ferro. 
AUBENTON', a town of France, in the department 
of the Aifne, and chief place of a canton, in the diftriCt 
of Vervins: nine leagues norlh-eaft of Laon, and three 
*nd three quarters eaft of Vervins. 
AU'BERG, a town of Germany, in the archduchy of 
Auftria, on the north-lide of the Danube, oppolite Lintz. 
AUBERl'VE, a town of France, in the department of 
the Marne, and chief place of a canton, in the diftriCt of 
•Rheims, on the Suippe: fifteen miles north of Chalons. 
Auberive, a town of France, inIhe department ot the 
Upper Marne, and chief place of a canton, in the diftricL 
of Langres: twelve miles fouth-weft of Langres. 
Auberive, a town of France, in the department of the 
Ifere, and chief place of a canton, in the diftriCt ot Vi¬ 
enne : five miles fouth of Vienne. 
AUBETERR'E, a town of France, in the department 
of the Charente, and chief place of a canton, in the dif¬ 
triCt of Barbelieux: fix leagues fouth-eaft of Barbelieux, 
and feven and a half fouth of Angoulefme. 
AUBET'TE, a river of France, which runs into the 
Seine near Rouen. 
AUBEVILLIE'RS, a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Somme, and chief place of a canton, in the 
diftridt of Montdidier: thirteen miles fouth-lonth-eaft of 
Amiens. 
AubvilIiers (I.es), a town of France, one league 
north-north-eaft of Paris. 
AUBIE'RES, a town of France, in the department of 
( the fuy de Dome, and chief plate of a canton, in the dif- 
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tridl of Clermont-Serand: one league S. E*. of Clermont. 
AUBIE'RS (Les), a town of France, in the department 
of the Two Sevres, and chief place^f a canton, in the' 
diftriCt of Chatillon-fur-Sevre: two leagues and a quarter 
eaft-north-eaft of Chatillon. 
AU'BlN,y. in horfemanihip, a broken kind of gait, be¬ 
tween an amble and a gallop, accounted a defeCt. 
AUBIGNY' (Theodore Agrippa d’), a very illuftrious 
Frenchman, and grandfather of the no lefs illuftrious ma- 
dame de Maintenon, was born about the year 1550. His 
parts were fo uncommon, and his progrefs in letters fo ve¬ 
ry rapid, that he is faid to have tranflated the ‘Crito’ of 
Plato from the Greek into French when no more than eight 
years old. His principal work is, Hiftoire Univerfelle, 
from 1550 to 1601 ; with a fiiort Account of the Death 
of Henry IV. in three volumes, folio. Aubigny died at 
Geneva in 1630. 
Aubigny, a town of France, in the department of the 
Straits of Calais, and chief place of a canton, in the dif¬ 
tridt of St. Pol: eight miles weft-north-weft of St. Pol. 
Aubigny, a town of France, and principal place of a 
diftridt, in the department of the Cher : fix leagues north- 
weft of Sancerre, and feven and three quarters north of 
Bourges. Lat.47.29-N. Ion. 20. 6. E. Ferro. 
AUBLE'TI A,y [fo named in honour of M. Aublet , au¬ 
thor of the Hiftory of Plants in Guiana, 1775.] In bota¬ 
ny, a genus of the clafs polyandria, order monogynia. 
The generic characters are—Calyx : perianthium five-lea¬ 
ved, rigid, fpreading, coloured within, pubefeent without, 
deciduous, five-parted ; parts linear-lanceolate, acute, with 
thick margins, which before flowering are contiguous. 
Corolla: petals five, roundifti-oblong; fmallerthan the ca¬ 
lyx, with very ihort claws. Stamina: filaments very ma¬ 
ny, very ihort; antherse ovate-oblong, outwardly gibbous, 
gaping on the inner fide, foliaceous at the tip, acute ; the 
exterior ones fterile, lanceolate,ending in a foliaceous point, 
fhorter than the corolla. Piftillum : germ roundiih, de- 
preifed; flyle long, ftriated, gradually thickening, (lightly 
incurved ; ftigma fpreading, perforated, ten-toothed. Pe- 
ricarpium : capfule large, orbiculate, deprefled, coriace r 
ous, echinate, ten-celled, gaping at the bafe. Seeds: ve¬ 
ry many, fmall, roundifli, fomewhat comprefled. Recep¬ 
tacle of the feeds, flefiiy.*— EJfential Charabier. Calyx five¬ 
leaved ; corolla five-petalled ; capfule many-celled, echi¬ 
nate, with many feeds in each cell. 
Species. 1. Aubletia tibourbou : leaves acutely ferrate, 
hiriute. This is a middling-fized tree, with a trunk feven 
or eight feet high, about a foot in diameter, and an irre¬ 
gular chopped loft thick bark, fibrous, and fit for making 
ropes. The wood is white and light. Branches fpread¬ 
ing in all directions, and bent down; twigs villofe. Leaves 
alternate, ovate-oblong, cordate at the bafe, green above 
and wrinkled, having rufTet hairs underneath ; they are fet 
on fiiort petioles. Native of Brafi), Guiana, the iilands.of 
Cayenne, and Tobago. Apeiba is the Brafilian name, and 
it is called tibourbou by the Caribbees. Aublet found it in 
flower and fruit from Auguft to October. 
2. Aubletia petoumo : leaves elliptic, acute, ferrulate, 
hoary beneath. This is a large tree, being often forty feet 
high, and a foot and a half or more in diameter, with a 
brown thick filamentofe bark fit for making cordage: the 
wood is light, and of a white colour. The branches arife 
from the top of the trunk, and fpread wide every way. 
Native of Guiana, in the vaft forefts of Sinemari; bear¬ 
ing flowers and fruit in OCtober. It is called petoumo by 
the Caribbees. 
3. Aubletia afpera: leaves quite entire, pubefeent be¬ 
neath ; fruit comprefled. This is alio a large tree, from 
thirty to forty feet in height, and a foot and a half or more 
in diameter, with a greyifh irregular thick filamentofe bark, 
proper for making cordage : the wood is light and white. 
The boughs are large, and divide into branches fpreading 
in every direction. Native of Guiana, and the ifland of 
Cayenne, flowering and bearing fruit in the month of May. 
This is alfo called petoumo by the Caribbees, 
4. Aubletia 
