Obs. Anglicized form of AVANIA; cf. F. avanie.
1676. Teonge, Diary (1825), 761. Arrayd least an aveny (fine) should have been layd on them.
1682. Wheler, Journ. Greece, IV. 298. One runs the risque of having the Barque burned, and an Aveny set upon you besides.
1682. Luttrell, Brief Rel. (1857), I. 177. The Turks … lay greater avenies [printed avenue’s] on that trade than ever.
