Pl. -os (17th c. -o’s). See also ADVISO. [a. Sp. aviso advice, intelligence, also an advice-boat:—late L. advīsum: see ADVICE, which is the Eng. cognate. In 16th c. refashioned as ADVISO, which is now obs.]
† 1. Intelligence, information; a notification, dispatch, or formal advice. Obs.; = ADVICE 8.
1634. Habington, Castara (Arb.), 102. This vault shall furnish thee With more aviso’s, then thy costly spyes.
1654. L’Estrange, Chas. I., 6. His first act … was to dispatch Aviso’s of his Father’s decease to forein Princes.
2. An ADVICE-BOAT.
1714. Lett., in C. King, Brit. Merch. (1721), III. 225. An Aviso or Pacquet-Boat.
1870. Daily News, 16 Sept., 5/5. The light frigates and a few avisos and gunboats.
