astarboard
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of astarboard
Example Sentences
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"Hard astarboard!" he called down to the quartermaster.
From Project Gutenberg
"Hard astarboard," rolled up to the crow's-nest.
From Project Gutenberg
"She's hard astarboard, sir!" the wheelsman corrected.
From Project Gutenberg
He ordered the helm hard astarboard and the engines full speed astern.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hard astarboard again!” goes on incessantly without so much as a breathing-space.
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