anchor's aweigh en · INTJ
Meanings
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Response to order to weigh anchor when the anchor has been tripped and is no longer attached to the bottom.
‘Anchor’s apeak — they pawl and back — ’ At this moment the American frigate fired a gun, dropped her topgallantsails, and sheeted them home. ‘Anchor’s aweigh,’ called Broke. ‘He plucked it up in fine style.’
1994, Patrick O'Brian, The Fortune of War:[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:
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Translations (1)
fi ankkuri irti! (nautical response)