Obs. In 3 aueyment, 4 Sc. awayment. [a. OF. aveiement (later Parisian avoiement), f. aveier: see AVAY and -MENT.] Instruction, information; also (legal) declaration.
[The later sense is common with OF. avoie-, aveiement: Godefroy suggests confusion with avoement AVOWMENT.]
c. 1315. Shoreham, 77. Of spou[se]hoth thys aueyment Louketh ȝou for hordome.
c. 1425. Wyntoun, Cron., VIII. v. 113. Ðis dwne, and þe awaymentis Consawyd full in þare intentis.
