[a. MFr. aidance, f. aider: see AID v. and -NCE.] Assistance, aid; means of help.
1593. Shaks., 2 Hen. VI., III. ii. 165. Aydance ’gainst the enemy.
1633. P. Fletcher, Purple Isl., VI. l. Who when for ought the aged Grandsire sends, With swift yet backward steps his helping aidance lends.
1810. Coleridge, Friend (1865), 61. All the aidances given by religion.
1860. Th. Martin, Horace, 111. Apollo’s self his aidance lent.
