phr. Sc. [worn-down form of of all: see A adj.3 and OF.] Of all; at all.
1768. Ross, Helenore, 145 (Jam.). She neither kent spinning nor carding, Nor brewing nor baking ava’.
a. 1796. Burns, Answ. Poet. Epist., xii. This pleased them warst ava.
phr. Sc. [worn-down form of of all: see A adj.3 and OF.] Of all; at all.
1768. Ross, Helenore, 145 (Jam.). She neither kent spinning nor carding, Nor brewing nor baking ava’.
a. 1796. Burns, Answ. Poet. Epist., xii. This pleased them warst ava.
