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To cause to descend; to lower; to let fall; to doff. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An officer of the king's stables whose duty it was to provide oats for the horses. [Obs.]

To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See Averment.

A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.

To avert; to ward off. [Obs.] Hudibras.

sition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant. Averse alike to flatter, or offend. Pope. Men who were averse to the life of camps. Macaulay. Pass by securely as men averse from war. Micah ii. 8.

To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted "To avert his ire." Milton. When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church. Bacon.…

Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious. Who scornful pass it with averted eye. Keble.

To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal. [Obs. or Archaic] One who avocateth his mind from other occupations. Barrow. He, at last, . . . avocated the cause to Rome. Robertson.

Calling off. [Obs.]

The courts by which anything is carried off. Avoidances and drainings of water. Bacon.

To pluck or pull off. Shenstone.

A fragment torn off. J. Barlow.

Aside; off; in another direction. The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun. Lockyer.

A place where the nourishment and care of babies are offered for hire.

s to be executed, to sign or indorse a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender. -- To back water (Naut.), to reverse the action of the oars, paddles, or propeller, so as to force the boat or ship backward.

A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of the wheel. W. Nicholson.

A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables. Backgammon board , a board for playing backgammon, often made i…

Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad news.

as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman. "Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges. " Prescott.