anchor's aweigh

interjection

Response to order to weigh anchor when the anchor has been tripped and is no longer attached to the bottom.

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Meanings

interjection
  1. nauticalResponse 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.

    2 more examples

    Amory’s voice came again from the fo’c’sle. ‘Anchor’s aweigh, sir.’

    1987, Philip McCutchan, Convoy North

    ‘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

Translations

Finnish ankkuri irti!
  • ankkuri irti!nautical response
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APA

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Chicago

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