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anchor's aweigh

anchor's aweigh interjection: response to order to weigh anchor when the anchor has been tripped and is no longer attached to the bottom.

Interjection

  1. Response to order to weigh anchor when the anchor has been tripped and is no longer attached to the bottom.
    • [1928] 1988, Frederick Pease Harlow, The Making of a Sailor http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0486256138&id=maCNIgbmJMgC&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&sig=9Fd6uA0SsfwXRKuI4mZqnZokyAU
      Then the mate called again to the captain, “Anchor’s aweigh, sir!” while the men kept on heaving.
    • Amory’s voice came again from the fo’c’sle. ‘Anchor’s aweigh, sir.’1987, Philip McCutchan, Convoy North

Questions about anchor's aweigh

What does anchor's aweigh mean?
Anchor's aweigh means response to order to weigh anchor when the anchor has been tripped and is no longer attached to the bottom.
What part of speech is anchor's aweigh?
Anchor's aweigh is an interjection.

Words near anchor's aweigh in the dictionary

  1. anchor stores
  2. anchor tenant
  3. anchor tenants
  4. anchor worm
  5. anchor worms
  6. anchor's aweigh
  7. anchor-hoy
  8. anchor-hoys
  9. anchorable
  10. anchorably
  11. anchorage

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