underweigh

1. alternativedatedAlternative form of under way.

   We have got some five or six of them fairly underweigh, as Jack would say, and hope the remainder will speedily trip their anchors and follow."

   1838, American Anti-Slavery Society, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4

   4 more examples

   At dawn of day, (17th) we got underweigh and steered through the islands; at noon, we were abreast of Termination Island, the latitude of which we found to be 34 degrees 32 minutes.

   1822, Phillip Parker King, Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia

   Got underweigh at 1 p.m., and stood to the south-west, under topsails, stemming a strong ebb tide to 3.30, when we came to anchor in five fathoms (sand and shells), about three miles from the western shore of the bay, Sloping Head bearing north by east five miles.

   1884, A C, F T Gregory, Journals of Australian Explorations

   Many turned resolutely back, preferring rather to die than to attempt life under such new and hopeless conditions, and stern examples had to be made before the unwilling emigrants were at last fairly got underweigh.

   1896, Emily Lawless, The Story Of Ireland

   The captain of the Claverhouse, however, got underweigh, but before getting very far his engineer reported that the hot-well cover had broken in two.

   1907, Walter Runciman, Looking Seaward Again

present singular third person underweighs · participle present underweighing · participle past underweighed · past underweighed

1. To weigh insufficiently (indicating a too-small weight)