aport
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of aport
Example Sentences
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The next day saw us completing our passage of Grenville Channel and turning hard aport into Verney Passage, then to starboard into Ursula Channel for a stop at the hot springs opposite Gribbell Island.
From Time Magazine Archive
The veteran turned an experienced ear aport, listened a moment, and then replied,— "No, sir," promptly.
From Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)
The prow which was to have crushed us was only about three meters distant when the tug was thrown hard aport, so that it hit only the air.
From The Adventures of the U-202 An Actual Narrative by Spiegel, E.
They saw the guns of that little army come from their shoulders to a slanting position across the breast—arms aport!
From The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
I ran the match along close to the ceiling and came upon a rusty hook a little aport of the center.
From The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
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