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a⋅vast

  [uh-vast, uh-vahst]
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–verb (imperative) Nautical.
(used as a command to stop or cease): Avast heaving!
Origin:
1675–85; perh. < D houd vast hold fast (see hold 1 , fast 1 )
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a·vast   (ə-vāst')   
interj.   Nautical
Used as a command to stop or desist.

[From Middle Dutch hou vast, hold fast : hou, houd, imperative of houden, to hold + vast, fast; see past- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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avast 
1681, a nautical interjection, "hold! stop!" probably worn down from Du. houd vast "hold fast."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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