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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
AV'AST, exclam. In seamen's language, cease; stop; stay.
Merriam Webster's
verb imperative Etymology: perhaps from Dutch houd vast hold fast Date: 1681 — a nautical command to stop or cease
Oxford Reference Dictionary
int. Naut. stop, cease. Etymology: Du. houd vast hold fast
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Avast A*vast", interj. [Corrupted from D. houd vast hold fast. See Hold, v. t., and Fast, a.] (Naut.) Cease; stop; stay. ``Avast heaving.'' --Totten.
Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
interj. (Naut. ) Hold, stop, stay, enough.
