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Webster 1913 Edition

Avast

A-vast′

(ȧ-vȧst′)
,
int
erj.
[Corrupted from D.
houd vast
hold fast. See
Hold
,
Verb.
T.
, and
Fast
,
Adj.
]
(Naut.)
Cease; stop; stay.
“Avast heaving.”
Totten.

Webster 1828 Edition

Avast

AV'AST

, exclam. In seamen's language, cease; stop; stay.

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