adv. [ AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way. ]
The sound is going away. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Have me away, for I am sore wounded. 2 Chron. xxxv. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]
The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun. Lockyer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Be near me when I fade away. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
And the Lord said . . . Away, get thee down. Exod. xix. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ It is much used in phrases signifying moving or going from; as, go away, run away, etc.; all signifying departure, or separation to a distance. Sometimes without the verb; as, whither away so fast ? “Love hath wings, and will away.” Waller. It serves to modify the sense of certain verbs by adding that of removal, loss, parting with, etc.; as, to throw away; to trifle away; to squander away, etc. Sometimes it has merely an intensive force; as, to blaze away. [ 1913 Webster ]
Away with,
Away with one,
To make away with.
a. (Law) Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; -- said of crops. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
adv. Turned away; away. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]