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Definitions
Hold fast!; cease!; stop!
Word origin
Probably borrowed from Dutch hou vast, houd vast (“hold fast!”), from houd (imperative of houden, “to hold”) + vast (“fast, firm, tight”). Doublet of hold fast.
Used in a sentence
“Then pull avvay, hoa up, hoa up, hoa up, ſo avaſt there, Sir.”
“Avaſt, brother, avaſt! ſheer off—Yo ho! you turnkey, vvhy don't you keep a better look out? here's one of your crazy priſoners broke from his laſhings, I do ſuppoſe.”
“[T]he sail went into the water, and he could not drag it in. "Avast heaving," said Gascoigne, "till I throw her up and take the wind out of it."”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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