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avast

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a·vast  (-vst)
interj. Nautical
Used as a command to stop or desist.
[From Middle Dutch hou vast, hold fast : hou, houd, imperative of houden, to hold + vast, fast; see past- in Indo-European roots.]
avast [əˈvɑːst]
sentence substitute
(Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical stop! cease!
[perhaps from Dutch hou'vast hold fast]


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But avast, he added, tapping his forehead, you haint no objections to sharing a harpooneer's blanket, have ye?
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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