A‐vast″ (ȧ‐vȧst″), interj. [Corrupted from D. houd vast hold fast. See Hold, v. t., and Fast, a.] (Naut.) Cease; stop; stay. “Avast heaving.” Totten.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.