aweigh

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Once aweigh, the captain thought it best to turn out of the Downs, which we did, working through the Straits, and anchoring under Dungeness, as soon as the flood made.

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  1. adjective Nautical Hanging clear of the bottom. Used of an anchor.

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  • Someone else suggests taking the boat out for a quick trip, and soon enough, they all head out to sea and pop in some E; it's anchors aweigh and inhibitions away on the blue seas and under the blue skies. —  Cinematical
  • Know the outlay of treatment and insurance salutation aweigh of time. —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • They were wise, for had she remained at anchor that night I verily believe some of the poor wretches would have tried to escape The anchor came aweigh, the sails were sheeted home, and I returned on deck to find the ship gathering way for the heads, fairly started on her long voyage What a bear-garden the deck was, to be sure! —  The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales
  • On this occasion the scantily clad and polished Malays, whom we had not seen on passing through, put in an appearance By 4 p.m. the anchor was aweigh, and we heading towards Penang, which was reached on the following day in the midst of thick, dirty weather The town is well built, and the cleanest I have yet seen since leaving Europe. —  In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83
  • The Coquette's anchor will be aweigh, in twenty minutes; and I shall find two hours of an ebbing tide, and a top-gallant breeze, but too short a time for the pleasure of entertaining such guests. —  The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas
 

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