Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- As much as possible.
- Nautical, with all sails set; fully rigged.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb (Naut.) Fully rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right.
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- adverb nautical Fully rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right.
Etymologies
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Examples
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By daybreak next morning we had everything ataunt again; the chase, however, had run completely out of sight, hours before, and was, at all events for the present, hopelessly lost to us.
Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War Harry Collingwood 1886
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For the very reason that he wants to leave off, I wish to go on; for he is much heavier armed than we are, and sails as well; and if we permit him to get all right and all ataunt by to-morrow morning, he may prove a very awkward customer yet.
Percival Keene Frederick Marryat 1820
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Adolescent Klingons used the term “bloodless” as ataunt, almost as bad as “Earther” or an insult to one’s mother.
The Edge of the Sword Kevin Ryan 2002
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Adolescent Klingons used the term “bloodless” as ataunt, almost as bad as “Earther” or an insult to one’s mother.
The Edge of the Sword Kevin Ryan 2002
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Adolescent Klingons used the term “bloodless” as ataunt, almost as bad as “Earther” or an insult to one’s mother.
The Edge of the Sword Kevin Ryan 2002
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