Definition of "ava" []

• Alternative form of kava. (noun)

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• "Ars Poetica, the whilk Mr Graham says is no its richt name ava, but jist Epistola ad Pisones; for gien they bude to gie 't anither it sud ha 'been Ars Dramatica."
• "There was also offered to them a beverage named ava, which is intoxicating in its nature, and very disgusting in its preparation."
• "The ava is a plant more injurious than useful to the inhabitants of these isles; since they only make use of it to obtain a dangerous and intoxicating drink, which they also call ava."