(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:58:52

A*vast" (?), interj. [Corrupted from D. houd vast hold fast. See Hold, v. t., and Fast, a.] Naut.

Cease; stop; stay.

"Avast heaving."

Totten.

 

© Webster 1913.

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