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Sailor's "Stop!" (5)

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avast

(Other definitions for avast that I've seen before include "Stop! (naut.)" , "Stop, nautically speaking" , ""stop" signal" , "order for tar" , "Stop at sea" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal, the Newsday and The Wall Street Journal.
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