ataunt, adv.
(əˈtɔːnt)
[a. F. autant as much.]
† 1. As much as possible, to the full, thoroughly. (Cf. Palsgrave ‘I quaught, I drinke all out, Je boys dautant.’) Obs.
| c 1325 E.E. Allit. P. A. 179 Þat stonge myn hert ful stray atount. c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems 167 A dronken foole that sparithe for no dispence To drynk ataunt til he slepe at table. c 1520 W. de Worde Treat. Galaunt (1860) 17 Talewes and talkynge, and drynkynge ataunte. |
2. Naut. With every mast standing and fully rigged; with all sails set. (Also ataunto, all-ataunto.)
| 1622 R. Hawkins Voy. S. Sea (1847) 52 A fayre gale of wind..so that wee might beare all a taunt. 1836 Marryat Midsh. Easy (1863) 193 Not one soul of you puts his foot on shore until we are again all ataunto. 1867 J. Macgregor Voy. Alone 58 All was ataunt again, and then the two yachts started. |