AVAILANT ADJ. advantageous, profitable; of beneficial efficiency ...c1420 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from avail (vb. to be effectual, serviceable, or of use) + -ant FIRST DOCUMENTED USE c1420 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Thaire kyndes beth, oon is peche Armenye, Precox is next, the thridde is duracyne. But if this tree to sore in sonne drie Hepe erthe aboute and humoure vespertyne, Eke thing object the fervoure of declyne. A serpent skynne doon on this tree men lete Avaylant be to save it in greet hete..." (Their sorts are the Armenian, the Precox, and the cling-stone. If the tree be too sorely sun-dried, heap earth about it. Let anything placed as a protection ward off the heat. Men think a serpent's skin avails to save it.) From: Palladius On Husbondrie, Part 1 - Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius Ed
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