˜yÐÄvlog

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astarboard

[ uh-stahr-berd ]

adverb

Nautical.
  1. toward or on the starboard side.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of astarboard1

First recorded in 1620–30; a- 1 + starboard
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Example Sentences

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"Hard astarboard!" he called down to the quartermaster.

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"She's hard astarboard, sir!" the wheelsman corrected.

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"Hard astarboard," rolled up to the crow's-nest.

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Thereupon he flung N.M.U.'s helm hard astarboard, neatly following the latest zig in the Communist Party zigzag.

He ordered the helm hard astarboard and the engines full speed astern.

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