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ataunto

ataunto is the alternative form of a taunto.

Meaning of a taunto

Adjective

a taunto (not comparable)

  1. Of a ship, especially a tall square-rigged one: in which all running rigging is hauled taut; having all spars hoisted aloft; having all sails set.
    • She was a noble vessel. Trim, ship-shape, all a taunto, as Captain Swosser used to say. You must excuse me if I occasionally introduce a nautical expression; I was quite a sailor once.1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 11, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC
  2. Prepared, ready, fit.
    • No need of side-ropes, lads, for these marble companions. My eyes! here's a cabin all a taunto.1836, John Thomas Haines, The Ocean Life, act I, scene 1

Questions about ataunto

What is ataunto the alternative form of?
Ataunto is the alternative form of a taunto.

Words near ataunto in the dictionary

  1. Ataturkists
  2. Atatürk
  3. Ataulfo
  4. Ataulfos
  5. ataunt
  6. ataunto
  7. ataurique
  8. atavaquone
  9. atavic
  10. atavism
  11. atavisms

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