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anchor-ice
The ice which is formed on and incrustates the beds of lakes and rivers: the ground-gru of the easte...
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Ice
·noun Concreted sugar.
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Ice
Frequently mentioned (Job 6:16; 38:29; Ps. 147:17, etc.). (See Crystal.)
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Anchor
·noun An emblem of hope.
II. Anchor ·noun An <<Anchoret>>.
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Anchor
From Acts 27:29, 30, 40, it would appear that the Roman vessels carried several anchors, which were ...
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The Anchor
A house so called near Aldermanbury given to the parish of St. Olave Jewry (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii...
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anchor
Bring your a-se to an anchor, i.e. sit down. To let go an anchor to the windward of the law; to keep...
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anchor
of a buckle, the chape. Glou.
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anchor
A large and heavy instrument in use from the earliest times for holding and retaining ships, which i...
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Bay ice
·- ·see under <<Ice>>.
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Ice plant
·- A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten ...
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Ice-built
·adj Loaded with ice.
II. Ice-built ·adj Composed of ice.
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Neapolitan ice
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Neapolitan ice cream.
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Water ice
·- Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection.
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ice-plant
n.
Tasmanian name for Tetragoniaimplexicoma, Hook., N.O. Ficoideae, B. Fl. Variousspecies of Tetrag...
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ice-candles
icicles. Kent.
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ice-bone
a rump of beef. Norf.
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bay-ice
Ice newly formed on the surface of the sea, and having the colour of the water; it is then in the fi...
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cake-ice
Ice formed in the early part of the season.
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drift-ice
The debris of the main pack. (See open ice.)
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field-ice
A sheet of smooth frozen water of a general thickness, and of an extent too large for its boundaries...
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ground-ice
See anchor-ice.
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ice-beams
Strengtheners for whalers. (See fortifying.)
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ice-birds
Small sea-fowl in the polar regions.
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ice-blink
A streak or stratum of lucid whiteness which appears over the ice in that part of the atmosphere adj...
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ice-boat
A peculiar track-schuyt for the Dutch canals in winter.
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ice-bound
A vessel so surrounded by ice as to be prevented from proceeding on her voyage.
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ice-chisel
A large socket-chisel into which a pole is inserted, used to cut holes in the ice.
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ice-claws
A flat claw with two prongs spread like a can-hook; the same as a single span or claw-dog.
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ice-fenders
Fenders of any kind, used to protect a vessel from injury by ice; usually broken spars hanging verti...
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ice vein
A narrow temporary channel of water in the packs or other large collections of ice.
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ice lane or vein
A narrow temporary channel of water in the packs or other large collections of ice.
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ice-master
A pilot, or man of experience, for the Arctic Sea.
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ice-plank
See spike-plank.
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ice-quake
The rending crash which accompanies the breaking of floes of ice.
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ice-saw
A huge saw for cutting through ice; it is made of 2/8 to 3/8 inch plates of iron, and varies in leng...
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ice-sludge
Small comminuted ice, or bay-ice broken up by the wind.
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ice-tongue
See tongue.
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land-ice
Flat ice connected with the shore, within which there is no channel.
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light ice
That which has but little depth in the water; it is not considered dangerous to shipping, as not bei...
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loose ice
A number of pieces near each other, but through which the ship can make her way.
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main-ice
A body of impenetrable ice apparently detached from the land, but immovable; between which and the l...
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old ice
In polar parlance, that of previous seasons.
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open ice
Fragments of ice sufficiently separate to admit of a ship forcing or boring through them under sail....
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pack-ice
A large collection of broken floe huddled together, but constantly varying its position; said to be ...
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penknife ice
A name given by Parry to ice, the surface of which is composed of numberless irregular vertical crys...
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piling ice
In Arctic parlance, where from pressure the ice is raised, slab over slab, into a high mass, which c...
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sailing ice
A number of loose pieces floating at a sufficient distance from each other, for a ship to be able to...
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sea-ice
Ice within which there is a separation from the land.
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slush-ice
The first layer which forms when the surface is freezing.
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stream-ice
A collection of pieces of drift or bay ice, joining each other in a ridge following in the line of c...
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young ice
Nearly the same as bay-ice, except that it is only applied to ice very recently formed, or of the pr...
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Anchor escapement
·add. ·- The common recoil escapement.
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Anchor light
·add. ·- The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor. International rules of the road require v...
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Anchor shot
·add. ·- A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.
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Anchor space
·add. ·- In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 inches by 3/, lying along a cushion and bisec...
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Anchor watch
·add. ·- A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at night when a vessel is at anchor.
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Anchor-hold
·noun Hence: Firm hold: security.
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Sea anchor
·- ·see Drag sail, under 4th Drag.
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Sheet anchor
·vt Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.
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Anchor Alley
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 68 to Three Cranes, on the west side of Vintners' Hall (P.O....
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Anchor Inn
On the west side of Duck Lane, in Aldersgate Ward (Rocque, 1746-L. Guide, 1758).
The site is now oc...
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Anchor Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street at No.9 to the Thames, in Castle Baynard Ward, between Crown and Ho...
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Blue Anchor
Strype says that the part of Houndsditch in Bishopsgate Ward Without extends to the Blue Anchor (Str...
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anchor-ball
A pyrotechnical combustible attached to a grapnel for adhering to and setting fire to ships.
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anchor-chocks
Pieces indented into a wooden anchor-stock where it has become worn or defective in the way of the s...
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anchor-davit
See davit.
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anchor-hold
The fastness of the flukes on the ground; also the act of having cast anchor, and taken the ground. ...
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anchor-hoops
Strong iron hoops, binding the stock to the end of the shank and over the nuts of the anchor.
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anchor-lining
The short pieces of plank fastened to the sides of the ship, under the fore-channels, to prevent the...
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anchor-ring
Formerly the great ring welded into the hole for it. Recent anchors have Jew's-harp shackles, easily...
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anchor-seat
An old term for the prow of a ship, still in use with eastern nations Chinese, Japanese, &c.
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anchor-shackle
An open link of iron which connects the chain with the anchor
a "Jew's-harp" shackle.
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anchor-smith
A forger of anchors.
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anchor-stock
A bar at the upper end of the shank, crossing the direction of the flukes transversely, to steady th...
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anchor-stocking
is a mode of securing and working planks in general with tapered butts.
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anchor-watch
A subdivision of the watch kept constantly on deck during the time the ship lies at single anchor, t...
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at anchor
The situation of a vessel riding in a road or port by her anchor.
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floating anchor
A simple machine consisting of a fourfold canvas, stretched by two cross-bars of iron, rivetted in t...
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flood-anchor
That which the ship rides by during the flood-tide.
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foul anchor
An anchor is said to be foul, or fouled, either when it hooks some impediment under water, or when t...
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lee-anchor
The leeward one, if under weigh; or that to leeward to which a ship, when moored, is riding.
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pilot's-anchor
A kedge used for dropping a vessel in a stream or tide-way.
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rodgers' anchor
The excellent small-palmed, very strong and good-holding anchor. It is the result of many years' stu...
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sea-anchor
That which lies towards the offing when a ship is moored.
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sheet-anchor
One of four bower anchors supplied, two at the bows, and one at either chest-tree abaft the fore-rig...
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shore-anchor
That which lies between the shore and the ship when moored.
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single anchor
A ship unmoored, having hove up one bower, rides by the other.
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spare anchor
An additional anchor the size of a bower.
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stream-anchor
A smaller one by two-thirds than the bowers, and larger than the kedges, used to ride steady, or moo...
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up anchor
Pipe to weigh; every man to his station.
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waist-anchor
An additional or spare anchor stowed before the chess-tree. (See spare anchor.)
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weather-anchor
That lying to windward, by which a ship rides when moored.
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Neapolitan ice cream
·add. ·- An ice or ice cream containing eggs as well as cream.
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barrier of ice
Ice stretching from the land-ice to the sea or main ice, or across a channel, so as to render it imp...
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beset in ice
Surrounded with ice, and no opening for advance or retreat, so as to be obliged to remain immovable....
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heavy drift-ice
Dense ice, which has a great depth in the water in proportion to its size, and is not in a state of ...
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hummocks of ice
Protuberant lumps of ice thrown up by some pressure upon a field or floe, or any other frozen plane....
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island of ice
A name given to a great quantity of ice collected into one solid mass and floating upon the sea; the...
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vein of ice
A narrow channel between two fields. Any open cracks or separations of floe offering navigation.
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lane or vein of ice
A narrow channel between two fields. Any open cracks or separations of floe offering navigation.
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Blue Anchor Alley
1) In Great Minories (Dodsley, 1761).
Not further identified.
2) In St. Katherine's precinct (Dods...
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Blue Anchor Court
In Salisbury Court, Fleet Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Blue Anchor Inn
On the south-west side of Duck Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without, at the Corner of Little Britain (O....
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Blue Anchor Yard
West out of Coleman Street at No. 1 and north to London Wall. In Coleman Street Ward (Rocque, 1746-E...
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Three Anchor Alley
In Shoe Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Name derived from the sign.
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anchor-stock-fashion
The method of placing the butt of one wale-plank nearly over the middle of the other; and the planks...
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anchor-stock tackle
A small tackle attached to the upper part of the anchor-stock when stowing the anchor, its object be...
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boat the anchor
Place the anchor in-board in the boat.
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cat the anchor
When the cat is hooked and "cable enough" veered and stoppered, the anchor hangs below the cat-head,...
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shoulder the anchor
When a seaman forgets his craft, and gives his ship too little cable to ride by, she may be thrown a...
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blink of the ice
A bright appearance or looming (the iceberg reflected in the atmosphere above it), often assuming an...
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run of the ice
In Arctic parlance, implies that the ice is suddenly impelled by a rushing motion, arising from curr...
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Anchor and Hart Alley
North out of Aldgate High Street, near the eastern boundary of Portsoken Ward and within the ward. "...
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beam of the anchor
Synonymous with anchor-stock.
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blade of an anchor
That part of the arm prepared to receive the palm.
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drag the anchor, to
The act of the anchors coming home.
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eye of an anchor
The hole in the shank wherein the ring is fixed.
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fish the anchor, to
To turn up the flukes of an anchor to the gunwale for stowage, after being catted.
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lift an anchor, to
Either by the purchase; or a ship if she has not sufficient cable on a steep bank lifts, or shoulder...
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nuts of an anchor
Two projections either raised or welded on the square part of the shank, for securing the stock to i...
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peak of an anchor
The bill or extremity of the palm, which, as seamen by custom drop the k, is pronounced pea; it is t...
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shoe of the anchor
A flat block of hard wood, convex on the back, and having a hole sufficiently large to contain the b...
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sight the anchor, to
To heave it up in sight, in order to prove that it is clear, when, from the ship having gone over it...
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stock of an anchor
A cross-beam of wood, or bar of iron, secured to the upper end of the shank at right angles with the...
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stopper of the anchor
A strong rope attached to the cat-head, which, passing through the anchor-ring, is afterwards fasten...
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trend of an anchor
The lower end of the shank, where it thickens towards the arms, usually at one-third from the crown....
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Anchor Lane, Castle Baynard Ward
See Anchor Wharf.
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Anchor Lane, Street, Vintry Ward
See Anchor Alley.
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Blew Anchor Inn, Duck Lane
See Blue Anchor Inn.
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Blue Anchor Alley, Rosemary Lane
See Crown and Shears Place and Red Gate Court.
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bring home the anchor, to
is to weigh it. It applies also when the flukes slip or will not hold; a ship then brings home her a...
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bring-to an anchor, to
To let go the anchor in the intended port. "All hands bring ship to an anchor!" The order by which t...
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drag for the anchor, to
The same as creep or sweep.
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run away with her anchor
Said of a ship when she drags or "shoulders" her anchor; drifting away owing to the anchor not holdi...
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sheer to the anchor, to
To direct the ship's bows by the helm to the place where the anchor lies, while the cable is being h...
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walking away with the anchor
Said of a ship which is dragging, or shouldering, her anchor; or when, from fouling the stock or upp...
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Blue Anchor Yard, Alley, Tower Hill
See Baily Place.
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Anchor and Harp Alley, Aldgate High Street
See Anchor and Hart Alley.
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