AWASH, a-wosh', _adv._ on a level with the surface of the water: floating
at the mercy of the waves. [Pfx. _a-_, and WASH.]
AWASTE, a-w[=a]st', _adv._ wasting.
AWATCH, a-wotch', _adv._ watching.
AWAVE, a-w[=a]v', _adv._ waving.
AWAY, a-w[=a]', _adv._ onward, along: forthwith: in the direction of,
about: absent: gone, dead, fainted.--_interj._ begone!--AWAY
(elliptically), to go away, esp. imperatively, AWAY! or AWAY WITH
YOU!--AWAY WITH HIM = take him away.--FIRE AWAY, fire at once, without
hesitation.--I CANNOT AWAY WITH = bear or endure.--MAKE AWAY WITH, to
destroy.--ONCE AND AWAY, once in a way (the usual modern form),
once.--THERE AWAY, in that direction, thereabout.--TO DO AWAY (_with_), to
make an end of anything; TO EXPLAIN AWAY, to explain till the thing that
needs explanation is itself removed; TO FALL AWAY (with _from_), to desert;
TO FIGHT AWAY, to go on fighting; TO WORK AWAY, to keep on working. [A.S.
_a-weg_--prep. _a_, on, _weg_, way, lit. 'on one's way.']
AWE, aw, _n._ reverential fear, or wonder: dread: (_arch._) power to
inspire awe.--_v.t._ to strike with or influence by fear.--_adj._ AWE'LESS,
without fear.--_n._ AWE'LESSNESS.--_adjs._ AWE'SOME, AW'SOME (_Scot._),
full of awe: inspiring awe: weird, dreadful.--_v.t._ AWE'-STRIKE, to strike
with awe.--_adjs._ AWE'-STRUCK, struck or affected with awe; AW'FUL, full
of awe: dreadful: inspiring respect: expressive of awe: (_slang_) ugly: and
as a mere intensive of anything.--_adv._ AW'FULLY (also in _slang_ merely =
very).--_n._ AW'FULNESS. [Ice. _agi_, A.S. _ege_, fear; cog. with Gael.
_eaghal_; Gr. _achos_, anguish.]
AWEARY, a-w[=e]'ri, _adj._ weary (with _of_).--_adj._ AWEA'RIED, weary.
[Pfx. _a-_, and WEARY.]
A-WEATHER, a-we_th_'[.e]r, _adv._ (_naut._) towards the weather or windward
side, in the direction from which the wind blows, applied to the position
of a helm when its tiller is moved to the windward side of the ship--opp.
to _A-lee_. [Prep. _a_, on, and WEATHER.]
A-WEEK, a-w[=e]k', _adv. phrase_, in the week, per week. [Prep. _a_, and
WEEK.]
A-WEIGH, a-w[=a]', _adv._ in the act of being weighed, as an anchor, when
the strain on the cable has just raised it from the bottom. [Prep. _a_, and
WEIGH.]
AWHAPE, a-hw[=a]p', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to strike: to terrify. [Dr Murray
compares the Goth. _af hwapjan_, to choke, which would give an A.S.
_ofhweppan_. See WHAP.]
AWHILE, a-hw[=i]l', _adv._ for some time: for a short time. [A.S. _áne
hwíle_ = a while; combined as early as 13th century.]