bavin

[ bav-in ]

noun

, British Dialect and Newfoundland.

1. a piece of kindling wood.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bavin¹

First recorded in 1520–30; origin obscure

Example Sentences

They conjectured of old at Athens, an aptitude for the mathematics in him they saw ingeniously bavin up a burthen of brushwood.

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