AWAIT. Ambush; cutting off vessels by means of boats hidden in coves
which they must pass in their course.
AWARD. A judgment, in maritime cases, by arbitration; and the decision
or sentence of a court-martial.
A-WASH. Reefs even with the surface. The anchor just rising to the
water's edge, in heaving up.
AWAY ALOFT. The order to the men in the rigging to start up.
AWAY OFF. At a distance, but in sight.
AWAY SHE GOES. The order to step out with the tackle fall. The cry when
a vessel starts on the ways launching; also when a ship, having stowed
her anchor, fills and makes sail.