ataunt
English
Alternative forms
- ataunto
Etymology
French autant (“as much (as possible)”).
Adverb
ataunt (not comparable)
- (nautical) Fully rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ataunt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)