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VOID.
t b. To empty out (water, etc.) from a vessel.
1^0-70 Bk, Quintessence 5 Aftir J>at J>is erHy water be
voydid, putte(etc.J. 1530 Palsgr. 769/1, 1 voyde, I emptye,
jixmydt. Ibid.^ Voyde this water. ^1577 Sir T. Smith
Camrtnv. Eng. (1609) 60 As a water held in a close and
dark vessel issueth out, & is voyded and emptied.
to. Of a river or stream. Also refl. and absol.y
to discharge into the sea or another river. Obs*
1598 Sylvester Du Bartas 11. li. Colonies 62 Ob, the
King of Rivers . . In Scythian Seas voyding his violent load.
1600 J. PoRY tr. Leo's Africa 44 Finally it voideth into the
sea at two mouths, one of which mouthes is a mile broad.
i6to Holland Catndens Brit. i. 466 A little above it, the
river Blith voideth it selfe into the sea. 1633 Up. Hall
Occas. MediU (ed. 3> § 19. 45 VVhen the little nvulets have
once voyded themselves mto the mayne streames.
1 9. To make by excavation ; to cut or hollow
out (a hole, etc.), Obs.
1575 Lankham Let. (1871) 51 Holez wear thear also, and
cauems,.. voyded intoo the wall.
III. 1 10. To leave alone, set aside ; to ab-
stain or refrain from ;
to have nothing to do with,
Obs. a. A thing, action, course of conduct, etc,
— Avoid z/. 8 b.
13.. E. E. AUtt. P. B. 744 Nay \>Xi, faurty forfete ^et
fryst I a whyle, & voyde away my vengaunce. }>a^ me vyl
J^nk. 1390 GowER Conf. I. 105 For he doth al his thing
be gesse, And voideth alle sikemesse. c 1400 Destr. Troy
4017 Ho..voidet all vanities, & virtus dissyret. 14x2-20
Lydg. Ckron, Troy iv. 1072 Be wisdam lete vs voide pride
And wilfulnes. 1435 Misyn Fire of Love 12 pal liaue
wodid old vnthriftynes of venemus lyfe. 1534 Moke Comf.
agst. Trib. 11. Wks. 1100/2 He fyrmely purposeth vpon it,
no lesse glad to do it, then a nother man wolde be glad to
voyde it. x68i R. L'Estbance Tully''s Of^ccs 64 Beware
,.to void things that look Harsh, Rough, and Uncivil.
b. A person or persons : = Avoid 7;. 8 a.
C1374 Chaucer Anel. 4- Arc. 295, I voyde companye,
I fle gladnesse. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 249
William .. was i^orowned kyng at Westmynstre of Aldredus
archebisshop of York, and voydede Stygandus archebisshop
of Caunterbury. c 1400 Beryn 2456 Good sir, . . why do yee
voide me?.. I woll 5ewe no more harm. 1607 Shaks. Cor,
IV. v. 88 For if I had fear'd death, Of all the Men i th'
world I would haue voided thee.
f 11. To keep clear of, to escape from or evade
(something injurious or troublesome) ; = Avoid
p.g. Obs^
In later use containing a mixture of sense 6 c.
c X380 Wyclif SeL Wks. III. 30 We t>at hoten grete
avowis to voiden angus and siiktiessis of J^is liif. 1387
Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 347 And for l?e Romayns scholde
somdel voide J?e cruelnesse, he made trompoures blowe,
a 1400-50 Alexander ^^-zf^ (Dubl.), Bot whilke of yow as
foundes frist on fote vs agayns, Sail neuer voyde my
d^dane ne my derfe Ire. 14^ Rolls of Parlt. V. 127/3
To eschewe and voyde the perils in thes said Articles.. expressed.
1513 More Rich. Ill (1883) 48 A merveilous case
II is to here, either the warninges of that he should haue
voided, or the tokens of that he could not voide. c 1520
Skelton Magnyf. 300 Let se this checke yf ye voyde canne,
C1580 in Eng. Hist. Rev. July (1514) 524 He may rise or
fall his price accordinglye and void manye inconveniences
wiche the unskillfull fall in to. 1606 Brvskett Civ. Life
16 The labyrinth which I desire most to eschew and voide,
i6ao Frier Rush 18 For to voyde all tribulations and misfortunes
that might fall in time to come, a 1677 Barrow
Serm. Wks. 1682 I. 15 For voiding which prejudices. . I
shall . . propose some of those innumerable advantages.
+ b. To get out of the way of (a blow, person,
etc.) ; to avoid in this way. Obs.
c 1430 Merlin x. 159 He . . leide a.boute hym on bothe sides,
and slow all that he raught with a full stroke, so that thei
voyded hys strokes and made hym rome. 1596 Spensek F. Q.
IV. vi. 3 As soone as th' other nigh approaching, vewed The
armes he bore, his speare began abase, And voide his course.
x6o6 Holland Sueton. 106 He had given straight commandament..that
no man should trouble him, and all the
way voided as many as were comming towards him. 1639
Fuller Holy W^arv.ix. (1840) 258 A patron of pilgrimages,
not able to void the blow yet willing to break tha stroke of
so. .plain a testimony,
12. To prevent or obviate ; to keep or ward
•foff;
— Avoid z;. 10. Obs.
c X400 Destr. Troy 12109 Hit hade doutles ben done, and
hire deth voldid. Had not Calcas he cursit carpit before.
X509 Pari. Devylles xxxviii, If I tempte hym w* lechery, I
must me hyde, He voydeth me of with chastyte. X528
More in St. Papers Hen. VIH^ I. 285 Hym selfe and Your
Grace, if it may be voided, wold be as lothe to have eny
warre with iheym. 1605 Sylvester Du Bartas, Sonn.
Late Peace xl, Henry our King, our Father, voyds our
dangers, And..planteth Peace in Franca. X7az W. Hamilton
Wallace 4 To void a bloody Civil War, The two Contendants
should submit the Thmg, To the Decision of the
English King.
Iv. 13. intr. To go away, depart, withdraw
from or leave a place or position ; to retire or
retreat ; to give place,
=
make way ; to vanish or
disappear :
Avoid v. 6. Now Obs. or arch.
Also const, (b) with advs., as aside^ a-ivay, hence, thence,
out, or ic) with preps, asfrom, of out of to.
a. Of persons or animals.