avast

Definitions

Examples

• “Avast there, Jane,” laughed out Sam, much pleased at the way in which his sister had received me.

• "Avast heaving, reverend man, and quit this folly," said the strange; dragging the bewildered Padre after him.

• What would the mate of a French frigate say if he wanted to say in French, "Avast there, ye lubbering swab" to a friend like?

• In a few minutes the second mate came up, hallooing to us to "avast," and laughing.

• And so they watched the evolutions of the gulls for a few minutes, till Josh called out “Avast!”